Listening now to this stereo/mono CD.

[user 1679]

Brian Hulse - CottonMills and Shoes

Nice little gem of an album from no-man/Tim Bowness collaborator.

 

[cbmmm3]

great remaster !! I can only wonder how it would sound in MQA. Anyone here decoding MQA ? Impressions ?

 

[Clement]

No regrets listening to this Richard and Linda Thompson album this morning

Hokey Pokey Richard & Linda Thompson
https://www.allmusic.com/album/hokey-pokey-mw0000653057

 

[Hamilton59]

Good Sunday Morning People !

Sarting the day off with...

Leon Russell - Carney

 

[Beefalo]

Front 242 ‎– Front By Front

"Their previous effort (Official Version) was fantastic, but this album was something else again. Easily one of the greatest industrial albums ever made, bar none.
Front by Front hit like a bombshell on its listeners and influenced more bands and songs than can be counted.
From the rampaging start of the album not a single note, sample, guttural syllable, or headache-inducing drum hit is out of place"

 

[cbmmm3]

always enjoyed this one. Headhunter and all

 

[The Rang]

Chris Rea- The Road To Hell & Back
Excellent 2006 live album

 

[Beefalo]

Hawkwind Light Orchestra ‎– Carnivorous

Dave Brock - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synth, Keyboards & Weird Electronic Gear
Richard Chadwick- Drums
Magnus Martin - Lead guitar & Vocals

Some nice touches of Church of Hawkwind/Choose your masques
"Hawkwind leader Dave Brock might be about to ether his eighth decade, but he shows no sign of slowing down when most people his age are pottering round the local garden centre.

Commander Brock & Magnus Martin blast out some very effective guitar work all the way through. Production is pretty good & the instrumentation is well separated"

 

[The Rang]

The Meters - Zony Mash
Collection of various A an B sides from their early Josie years along with four previously unreleased tracks. Mainly instrumental, clean clear sound.
I love this stuff

 

[user 1679]

Focus - 50 Years Anthology 1970-1976 (disc 1 "Focus plays Focus/ In and Out of Focus")

 

[The Rang]

Focus - 50 Years Anthology 1970-1976 (disc 1 "Focus plays Focus/ In and Out of Focus")

Nice
I want this set so bad

 

[user 1679]

Nice
I want this set so bad

I'd suggest grabbing one while it's available, such great value for the all the content and it's very well put together. Mastering is clean and dynamic...really can't go wrong on this one....even paying with those Canadian pesos.

 

[user 1679]

Marketa Inglova - Quintessence
just an awesome very moving piece, so well structured and executed. Gorgeous.

 

[Beefalo]

Roxy Music ‎– Country Life

Special guest:
Eddie Jobson (UK)– strings, synthesizer

"This was Roxy Music at the peak of their powers, alternating between majestic, unsettling art rock and glamorous, elegant pop/rock. At their best, Roxy combine these two extremes.
Country Life benefits considerably from the ebb and flow of the group's two extremes, since it showcases their deft instrumental execution and their textured, enthralling songwriting"

Two German Roxy fans (Constanze Karoli and Eveline Grunwald) appear on the album cover.
They also helped Bryan Ferry translate a portion of the song ‘Bitter-Sweet’ into German

 

[Clement]

One of my all-time favorites! I would LOVE to have this in multichannel

Soft Machine Third
https://www.allmusic.com/album/third-mw0000675031

 

[Quad Linda]

Strongly recommend both Focus & Soft Machine. Am (near) complete on both groups, solo projects and Soft Heap, Soft Legacy, Soft Shell Crab (oops, not them).

Especially like the Soft EMI Machine late 70's/early 80's. Don't like the first 2 on ABC in US.

Bought previous Focus 10 CD box.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Roxy Music ‎– Country Life

Special guest:
Eddie Jobson (UK)– strings, synthesizer

"This was Roxy Music at the peak of their powers, alternating between majestic, unsettling art rock and glamorous, elegant pop/rock. At their best, Roxy combine these two extremes.
Country Life benefits considerably from the ebb and flow of the group's two extremes, since it showcases their deft instrumental execution and their textured, enthralling songwriting"

Two German Roxy fans (Constanze Karoli and Eveline Grunwald) appear on the album cover.
They also helped Bryan Ferry translate a portion of the song ‘Bitter-Sweet’ into German
View attachment 60298

So these 2 helped "translate"....I bet they have other skills too

 

[Beefalo]

So these 2 helped "translate"....I bet they have other skills too

"Two German Roxy fans" (groupies)

 

[JanBakker]

Dynamic range 14, not bad for a metal album


foobar2000 1.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2020-12-14 19:47:00

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Analyzed: King Diamond / Abigail
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -6.45 dB -22.49 dB 1:31 01-Funeral
DR14 -0.49 dB -15.97 dB 5:27 02-Arrival
DR13 -0.40 dB -14.97 dB 4:34 03-A Mansion In Darkness
DR13 -0.30 dB -15.44 dB 4:06 04-The Family Ghost
DR15 -0.59 dB -17.16 dB 4:50 05-The 7Th Day Of July 1777
DR14 -0.40 dB -16.72 dB 3:57 06-Omens
DR14 -0.31 dB -16.79 dB 3:26 07-The Possession
DR14 -0.40 dB -17.20 dB 4:51 08-Abigail
DR12 -1.04 dB -16.49 dB 7:39 09-Black Horsemen
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 959 kbps
Codec: FLAC

 

[M-D-Z]

Banda Magda

A name for you music lovers who live to discover amazing new hyper-talented geniuses that are guaranteed to blow you away, artists who make you wonder how you survived so blissfully ignorant before hearing of them. This whole album is incredible! Here’s the album’s title song, take the time to listen to this album, most of you will be glad you did.


I first heard of Banda Magda from an internet interview with the amazingly versatile bass player Michael League (leader of super group Snarky Puppy). He was asked who his favorite artist was, and this was how I learned of Banda Magda.
The second song listed here performed with Snarky Puppy, ... featured vocalist:
Lalah Hathaway, daughter of Donny Hathaway, SHE is AMAZING! these songs I usually blast at concert level SPLs on the big system!!!