Listening now to this stereo/mono CD.

[JohnN]

Steppenwolf

 

[jefe1]

My friend bought the album and we spent many enhanced hours listening to it. I also picked up the original gatefold album and still have it.
The second collaboration Evening Star is nice but never grabbed me like this one.

 

[The Rang]

Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion

Really nice album (of course) with well placed vocal performances sprinkled in, though I could have done without most of the orchestral bits.
His loss still sticks as one of the biggest in my music fan lifetime.

 

[JohnN]

Jethro Tull Rocks On The Road (US CD single)

 

[marpow]

I need a break from all this fancy surround music.
Just give me my stereo.
Canned Heat-Future Blues SHM CD released 1/18/2018 Japan. Originally released 1970. The Blind Owl still on this.
DR's are 9's, 10's, 11's, 12's, 13, 14.

 

[JohnN]

Led Zeppelin III

 

[4-earredwonder]

Mr Big THE BIG FINISH LIVE [Evosound/2 MQA encoded CDs] Recorded live at Budokan, Japan on July 26, 2023. Raucous and thrilling!

Will probably spring for the 4K blu~ray with the Dolby ATMOS soundtrack when it becomes available!

 

[jefe1]

Ok the Legend of Paul Revere and the Raiders
Both discs.
A lot of songs.
Just wanted their singles that I knew expected not to like all of this.
Did like some early instrumentals several not released before, songs and late period stuff Including Indian Reservation when they tried to get heavier and save their career.

Is this collection better than the later Essential Paul Revere another 2cd set with far fewer songs?
I don't know. But the sound is good and I have the singles I like. I look at this set as a library where I can pull out the ten or so songs I like to hear.
There is a place in my heart for bubble gum pop....

 

[jefe1]

And now for something different.
John Coltrane Live In Japan
Disc 3 of 4.
Originally taped for a radio broadcast in Japan in 1966. In good old mono but does spread out with a decoder.

 

[Rhinojack]

Making my way through these CDs.

 

[Uncle Obscure]

Ok the Legend of Paul Revere and the Raiders
Both discs.
A lot of songs.
Just wanted their singles that I knew expected not to like all of this.
Did like some early instrumentals several not released before, songs and late period stuff Including Indian Reservation when they tried to get heavier and save their career.

Is this collection better than the later Essential Paul Revere another 2cd set with far fewer songs?
I don't know. But the sound is good and I have the singles I like. I look at this set as a library where I can pull out the ten or so songs I like to hear.
There is a place in my heart for bubble gum pop....

It's a bit of an apples to oranges comparison, Jefe. The Legend Of Paul Revere is a 1990 release that was produced at a time when all of the labels were actively searching their vaults for stereo versions of their classic hit recordings in order to pump them out onto click-pop-scratch-free CDs. If no stereo master existed and the label thought the project made potential P&L sense, they would sometimes go back to the multi-tracks if they were available and let the mastering engineer remix the music into stereo. That is what you get here and that's why the jewel case boasts a SPARS code of AAD / ADD. Legacy went all in on marketing these ADD discs for a brief period of time. Mark Wilder remixed around twenty tracks from the multi's for this collection. Are they the authentic AM radio hit versions? By there very nature as being a remix into stereo, of course not. Are they good? For the most part, I think he succeeds, but at the end of the day, there is no denying that they are "different." Am I glad I have a copy? You bet.

I didn't bother with the Essential Paul Revere, since it appears to be a whittled down version of Bob Irwin's Collectors' Choice Music, 2010, 3-disc set "The Complete Columbia Singles." It's a nearly all mono affair and the sound quality is very much akin to his Sundazed Paul Revere discs. It does however deliver every A & B side of their entire Columbia Records 45 output. This set is most likely overkill for your level of fan interest. If all you really want are those "...ten or so songs" that you really like, then you can't go wrong with the Sony Legacy, Paul Revere & The Raiders Greatest Hits from 2000. It's an expanded version of the original collection, mastered by Vic Anesini, and for the most part, it presents the hits just as you remember them (albeit as presented on the original Columbia stereo vinyl LP.)

And, if you still want to dig a bit deeper, then Steve Stanley at his Now Sounds label has also been dabbling with the Paul Revere catalog. His releases are exhaustively researched and meticulously remastered and they sound fantastic. However, there is no hits collection...yet. Perhaps, someday?

 

[vegas]

Good old Accept with Udo Recorded live in Osaka, Japan in 1985.

 

[jefe1]

Thanks @Uncle Obscure
One of the things I love about this forum is the depth of information and helpfulness of the members
I have the 45 of Kicks that I recorded on a tape compilation but will I go back and compare it to the Legend version? Probably not.
I do like mono mixes and its good to have your recommendation for a good collection. Maybe I will pick it up one day.

We also have the quad versions thanks to DV for a few other of their hits too......

 

[The Rang]

Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast

I love all the previous Tull sets but in overall excellence from beginning to end this one takes the cake. The core album is great, and usually the bonus material is of passing interest but here it’s fantastic including the live show.
And lots of it.
The book as always is absolute top of the heap quality.
Sounds great in 24/96 LPCM or CD.
10/10

 

[The Rang]

Herb Alpert - Wish Upon A Star

Big change of pace after almost a week with Tull (see post above).
Like this one better than his previous record. He continues to release strong albums after 60 years…..amazing.

 

[JohnN]

T. Rex The Slider (Japan CD) (Children Of the Revolution)​

 

[4-earredwonder]

Van Halen BALANCE [Warner Music/MQA encoded CD] WOW! What an absolute treat. Gorgeous packaging, stellar remaster and played through the Super DSP mode on my Meridian pre/pro instruments were discretely swirling all around. Glad I bought this for under $19 versus the pricey MoFi Stereo SACD! Decodes at 24b/88.2 kHz

 

[The Rang]

Ultravox - Quartet

Good box set though not up to the heights of Vienna or Rage In Eden.
Sound is good on the DVD (24/96) and lots of good bonus material on the CDs

 

[barfle]

Picked this one up in a thrift store. Probably mono, but great music!

https://www.discogs.com/release/958330-Duke-Ellington-The-Great-London-Concerts

 

[artwwweb]

If I Could Wrap up a Kiss – Silje Nergaard (Christmas album). I didn't really know Silje until I bought her one album in surround (Nightwatch SACD) and liked her voice and the style of music. Inspired by that, I bought this Christmas album (stereo only). A nice, mainly late night, fireside kind of record with a few upbeat ones thrown in. It's got the perfect mix for me: a few new ones, some classics and some less-covered Christmas tunes. Also a few in her native Norwegian, which adds variety and seems appropriate for Christmas. And I normally wouldn't want to listen to a cover of River - why do that when there is the Joni original? - but this version I at least don't skip, which I think counts as high praise!