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[Quad Linda]

OK, Fred, here's an answer to your TT question and EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about the Nightfly cover:
Album on TT: Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Microphone: RCA 77DX
Turntable: Para-Flux A-16
Cigarettes: Chesterfield Kings (of course)

has anybody worked out what the LP is on Lester the Nightfly's desk?

he's got plenty of Java and Chesterfield King's by the looks of it.. but I'd love to know what he's playing on his TT..!

 

[Odys]

OK, Fred, here's an answer to your TT question and EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about the Nightfly cover:
Album on TT: Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Microphone: RCA 77DX
Turntable: Para-Flux A-16
Cigarettes: Chesterfield Kings (of course)

But what's on the matchbook?

 

[Odys]

Round 3, 21-30, again in no order.

Slint - Spiderland
King Crimson - Discipline
Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Bicycle Thief - You Come and Go Like a Pop Song
The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
B-52's - B-52's
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Neil Young - Harvest
Stooges - Raw Power

 

[fredblue]

OK, Fred, here's an answer to your TT question and EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about the Nightfly cover:
Album on TT: Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
Microphone: RCA 77DX
Turntable: Para-Flux A-16
Cigarettes: Chesterfield Kings (of course)

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OH MY WORD..!! You, Queen Quad Linda, are a bloody MARVEL

Big kiss!! Thank you!

 

[fredblue]

But what's on the matchbook?

haha!! nice one!

"Some loser fires off a flare"

(bang bang)

 

[timbre4]

In no particular order, these recordings are now my dear friends, having enriched my life beyond any of my own expectations:

1. Genesis - Foxtrot
2. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
3. King Crimson - USA
4. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
5. Ambrosia - Ambrosia (1975)
6. Sparks - Kimono My House
7. The Doors - The Doors (1967)
8. Love - Forever Changes
9. Jeff Buckley - Grace
10. Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
11. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
12. Living Colour - Time's Up
13. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel
14. Edgar Winter - Entrance
15. Be Bop Deluxe - Live In The Air Age
16. 10cc - The Original Soundtrack
17. Focus - Moving Waves
18. Jethro Tull - Benefit
19. Brand X - Livestock
20. The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
21. XTC - Skylarking
22. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
23. Neil Young - Harvest (and Harvest Moon)
24. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
25. Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get
26. Yes - Close To The Edge
27. Genesis - Seconds Out
28. Roxy Music - The Thrill Of It All (can't decide albums)
29. Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U.
30. CSNY - 4 Way Street
31. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
32. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
33. Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon
34. The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars
35. Bruford - One Of A Kind
36. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
37. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
38. Mike Harrison - Smokestack Lightning
39. Kayak -Royal Bed Bouncer
40. John Hiatt - Slow Turning
41. Wishbone Ash - Number The Brave
42. UK - UK
43. Morrissey - Your Arsenal
44. Mallard - In A Different Climate / Mallard
45. PFM - Photos Of Ghosts
46. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
47. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
48. Midnight Oil - Diesel & Dust
49. David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
50. Rush - Hold Your Fire

Incomplete but serves to begin painting a picture.

 

[Quad Linda]

Aargh!! :howl I've re-posted #'s 59-65 on my list, since the photo links are corrupted and inaccessible.

59- Icarus - Paul Winter/Winter Consort (Oregon) CD Epic EK 31643 or CD OOP Living Music LD-0004 (alternate red cover)



60- Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company expanded SACD 5.1 OOP Columbia CS 65784


61- A Star is Born - Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson CD Columbia CK 57375


62- Takin' it to the Streets-Doobie Brothers SACD 2ch MoFi UDSACD 2043


63- Layla - Derek & the Dominos DVD-V 5.1 (Scheiner mix)/4 CD/2 LP in Layla 40th Anniversary box set.



64- Blaze of Glory - Joe Jackson CD OOP A&M CD 5249


65- Chicago X QUAD SQ LP OOP Columbia PCQ-34200

 

[Quad Linda]

73- Eden - Everything But the Girl (UK) CD Blanco y Negro 240 395 2 (signed)


74- Black Cars - Gino Vannelli German CD Dreyfus FDM CD-18115 It Hurts to Be in Love was the hit, but this is mostly a killer rockin'/techno album, really!


75- Chicago 16 expanded CD Rhino


76- Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings QUAD DTS CD OOP DTS Entertainment/Miller Nevada 71021-54403-2-3


77- Kind of Blue - Miles Davis SACD single layer 5.1 OOP Columbia CS 64935 Listen to it in 2ch!!


78- Aja - Steely Dan Gold CD OOP MoFi UDCD 585 or in Citizen Steely Dan 4 CD box set MCA MCAD4-10981 BOTH sound better than Japan SHM-SACD single layer MCA UIGY-9026



79- Quadrophenia - The Who Gold 2 CD OOP MoFi UDCD 2-550 The BEST WAY to hear this in 2ch!! or 4CD/half-assed DVD-A 5.1/45 box set, most complete, with a good stereo transfer which pales compared to MoFi GOLD, and incomplete 5.1 version of album. BOTH sound better than Japan single layer SHM-SACD Universal UIGY-9053

 

[Quad Linda]

But what's on the matchbook?

The matchbook on the Nightfly cover is from a fictional jazz nightclub called the Elephant & the Rhino. In other words, Ellephino!! :yikes

 

[Quad Linda]

80- Waiting for the Sun - The Doors OOP DVD-A 5.1/CD DMC/Rhino R2-77645-C from OOP Perception Box Rhino R2-77645 6 DVD-A/6 CD w/peep hole or SACD 5.1 hybrid Analog Productions
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81- Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Blu-Ray 5.1 from Immersion Box 4 CD/DVD/Blu-Ray DON'T LOSE YOUR MARBLES!
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82- Streetnoise - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity CD Polydor 843 399 2
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83- The Stranger - Billy Joel SACD 5.1 single layer OOP Columbia CS 69384
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84- Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan QUAD QS LP OOP Command Quadraphonic CQD-40015
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85- Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band DVD-V 5.1/CD 30th Anniversary Edition Lossy, but best surround mix.
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[Quad Linda]

oh another one to add to my Fave's List..!
(I've got a feeling this thread will run and run..!!)

In The Eye Of The Storm - Roger Hodgson
(CD A&M 395 004 2).

the first CD pressing is very nice indeed.. and the album.. well, just Wow!
Rog never improved on his solo debut, imho

Great album from Rogie!! I have a "domestic" A&M first pressing CD which was made in Japan. His next album, Hai Hai was a "stiff" (industry lingo for a poor seller), but is a FANTASTIC album!

 

[fredblue]

The matchbook on the Nightfly cover is from a fictional jazz nightclub called the Elephant & the Rhino. In other words, Ellephino!! :yikes

yikesarama! There's Rhino and Hip-O music labels, now there's Dumbo and Ellephino records imprints..!!

 

[fredblue]

In no particular order, these recordings are now my dear friends, having enriched my life beyond any of my own expectations:

1. Genesis - Foxtrot
2. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
3. King Crimson - USA
4. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
5. Ambrosia - Ambrosia (1975)
6. Sparks - Kimono My House
7. The Doors - The Doors (1967)
8. Love - Forever Changes
9. Jeff Buckley - Grace
10. Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
11. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
12. Living Colour - Time's Up
13. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel
14. Edgar Winter - Entrance
15. Be Bop Deluxe - Live In The Air Age
16. 10cc - The Original Soundtrack
17. Focus - Moving Waves
18. Jethro Tull - Benefit
19. Brand X - Livestock
20. The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
21. XTC - Skylarking
22. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning
23. Neil Young - Harvest (and Harvest Moon)
24. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
25. Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get
26. Yes - Close To The Edge
27. Genesis - Seconds Out
28. Roxy Music - The Thrill Of It All (can't decide albums)
29. Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U.
30. CSNY - 4 Way Street
31. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
32. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
33. Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon
34. The Enid - In The Region Of The Summer Stars
35. Bruford - One Of A Kind
36. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
37. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
38. Mike Harrison - Smokestack Lightning
39. Kayak -Royal Bed Bouncer
40. John Hiatt - Slow Turning
41. Wishbone Ash - Number The Brave
42. UK - UK
43. Morrissey - Your Arsenal
44. Mallard - In A Different Climate / Mallard
45. PFM - Photos Of Ghosts
46. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
47. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
48. Midnight Oil - Diesel & Dust
49. David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
50. Rush - Hold Your Fire

Incomplete but serves to begin painting a picture.

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY on QQ!

:banana:

 

[fredblue]

Aargh!! :howl I've re-posted #'s 59-65 on my list, since the photo links are corrupted and inaccessible.

59- Icarus - Paul Winter/Winter Consort (Oregon) CD Epic EK 31643 or CD OOP Living Music LD-0004 (alternate red cover)
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60- Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company expanded SACD 5.1 OOP Columbia CS 65784
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61- A Star is Born - Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson CD Columbia CK 57375
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62- Takin' it to the Streets-Doobie Brothers SACD 2ch MoFi UDSACD 2043
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63- Layla - Derek & the Dominos DVD-V 5.1 (Scheiner mix)/4 CD/2 LP in Layla 40th Anniversary box set.
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64- Blaze of Glory - Joe Jackson CD OOP A&M CD 5249
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65- Chicago X QUAD SQ LP OOP Columbia PCQ-34200
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oh Linda, your list is "ageless and evergreen"..

meantime, that pic of the Layla Box Set in your post must be the only one in existence that's not been smashed/dented/ripped/scratched...!!!

 

[fredblue]

73- Eden - Everything But the Girl (UK) CD Blanco y Negro 240 395 2 (signed)
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74- Black Cars - Gino Vannelli German CD Dreyfus FDM CD-18115 It Hurts to Be in Love was the hit, but this is mostly a killer rockin'/techno album, really!
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75- Chicago 16 expanded CD Rhino
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76- Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings QUAD DTS CD OOP DTS Entertainment/Miller Nevada 71021-54403-2-3
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77- Kind of Blue - Miles Davis SACD single layer 5.1 OOP Columbia CS 64935 Listen to it in 2ch!!
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78- Aja - Steely Dan Gold CD OOP MoFi UDCD 585 or in Citizen Steely Dan 4 CD box set MCA MCAD4-10981 BOTH sound better than Japan SHM-SACD single layer MCA UIGY-9026
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79- Quadrophenia - The Who Gold 2 CD OOP MoFi UDCD 2-550 The BEST WAY to hear this in 2ch!! or 4CD/half-assed DVD-A 5.1/45 box set, most complete, with a good stereo transfer which pales compared to MoFi GOLD, and incomplete 5.1 version of album. BOTH sound better than Japan single layer SHM-SACD Universal UIGY-9053
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the MFSL CDs for SD's "Aja" and "Gaucho" are not the best, mastered from inferior sources. the Gaucho MFSL's even at the wrong pitch.

the best Aja CD I've found is what is agreed to be the first run of Roger (The Immortal) Nichols' mastering for CD (MCAD-37214 DIDX 55).

there's so much conjecture & false information about the SH mastering (does it exist!?) I've given up researching/looking.. and spent the time Lapping up the wonderful MCAD-37214 DIDX 55 mastering instead.

so crankable, so gorgeous, so sue me..!!

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/discography/MCA/4285

 

[Quad Linda]

I've not owned this CD of Aja. I've owned the first LP pressing, a Canadian colored vinyl, MFSL vinyl, first Japan CD pressed by JVC which was lousy, the MFSL Gold CD, Citizen box and SHM-SACD, which is crap.

the MFSL CDs for SD's "Aja" and "Gaucho" are not the best, mastered from inferior sources. the Gaucho MFSL's even at the wrong pitch.

the best Aja CD I've found is what is agreed to be the first run of Roger (The Immortal) Nichols' mastering for CD (MCAD-37214 DIDX 55)...

 

[fredblue]

I've not owned this CD of Aja. I've owned the first LP pressing, a Canadian colored vinyl, MFSL vinyl, first Japan CD pressed by JVC which was lousy, the MFSL Gold CD, Citizen box and SHM-SACD, which is crap.

1st JVC Japanese CD, MFSL CD & SHM-SACD, I agree they are all crap!

the Citizen SD Box I tried out after you mentioned you had them and they do all sound nice for the most part.. they sound like the same sources as the "keepers" i have but different masterings, with some slightly over zealous noise reduction going on and a bit of treble boosting from what I can hear.. but they're still very enjoyable!

for all the classic SD albums, if you can track down either the 1st press Japan for US MCA CDs (I can PM you the cat. info. for each album) or better still the Nimbus UK CDs (which are easier to detect the right ones, as its any with DMCL on the disc hub.. "MCLD-xxxxx" may still be on the spine/art.. but if "DMCL" & "Mastered by Nimbus" are on the disc too, you won't go far wrong) ..the Nimbus' are all great (carefully level-adjusted) transfers of the Nichols 1st issue MCA CDs. no matter which you get though, Nimbus or the right MCA's, they are all terrific! crank-o-Rama! they love to be played nice and loud!

its just a shame one has to hunt down decent stereo CD of Steely Dan, when the chance was there for all those 72-80 classics to be in Hi-Res surround! (well maybe not ALL of Aja.. but most of it and everything else..!!) boooooo..!!!

 

[Odys]

31-40, again in no particular order.

Nation of Ulysses - 13 Point Program to Destroy America
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Fugazi - Repeater + 3 Songs (CD adds the 3 Songs EP as bonus tracks. 3 Songs contains my favorite Fugazi track "Song #1")
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
David Bowie - Low
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Velvet Underground and Nico
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

 

[fredblue]

Great album from Rogie!! I have a "domestic" A&M first pressing CD which was made in Japan. His next album, Hai Hai was a "stiff" (industry lingo for a poor seller), but is a FANTASTIC album!
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my W.German late 80's "In the Eye.." CD is just a digital clone of your 1st press Japan for U.S. CD.

the so-called 'remastered' CD is nothing of the sort.. but just a straight copy of the original CD..!

i guess either A&M thought there was nothing wrong with it in the first place, or, more likely, that it wasn't worth their while remastering it but repressed it and lied and said it was "remastered" anyway to flog a few more to the die-hards..!?

ah, I'm a sucker for a double dip..!!

 

[Odys]

41-50, in no particular order.

Cop Shoot Cop -Release (this should have been ranked much higher, but it slipped my mind earlier)
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Ataxia - Automatic Writing
Dead Moon - Dead Moon Night
Rembetiko - Soundtrack
System of a Down - Mezmerize
Hank Williams III - Lovesick Broke and Driftin'
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP