Listening to Now (In Surround) - Volume 2

[wavelength]

Listening to the Dual Disc of Anne Murray - I'll Be Seeing You. Not much discussion about this one on the forum. The mix is really nice, and the fidelity is awesome. Probably not some people's cup of tea, but for those who like jazz standards and covers of other popular tunes, she is a great singer, and the surround is excellent. I picked it up in a used record store in great condition for $2 plus tax. At that price it can't be beat!

I have that disc too. Really like it. What a voice!

I actually met her. My parents were friends of her husband (he's passed away). Back in the 80's we were on a sailing trip and stopped to visit Anne and her husband one afternoon at their summer home in Nova Scotia. Later on they came down to the wharf to have supper on my parent's sailboat. She's was very down-to-earth. It was a great visit.

 

[MTB Vince]

For the past several months I've been cataloging my music collection. I started with the CDs and my largest category, Rock & Pop. I've almost completed this category as tonight I've arrived at the letter Y and this excellent album.

Steve Wilson's revised mixing efforts for both the CD & 24/96 stereo mixes offer a clearer view into the band's music making while the 5.1 remix is flat out excellent.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

After this LP Quad conversion, I'm thinking I need a session with a psychiatrist
*what were they doing here, running a big squeegee over a windshield or clubbing a baby Seal to death

 

[DuncanS]

After this LP Quad conversion, I'm thinking I need a session with a psychiatrist
*what were they doing here, running a big squeegee over a windshield or clubbing a baby Seal to death

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............ did they use squeaky polystyrene as well!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

............ did they use squeaky polystyrene as well!

OK Dunc. I made a slight change to the Genre

 

[humprof]

OK Dunc. I made a slight change to the Genre

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The 3 paragraphs about this album under the tracklist are pretty interesting:
https://sunra-mh.bandcamp.com/album/astro-black
Also this great article by Hua Hsu:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/how-sun-ra-taught-us-to-believe-in-the-impossible

 

[jefe1]

Acquired taste. Interesting artist. Worth reading the excerpt about the Impulse records licensing deal in the book The House That Trane Built

 

[Tornado Red]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side on blu ray in 5.1

 

[user 1679]

Fish - Weltschmerz

 

[antoine555]

Still a classic

 

[user 1679]

Tim Bowness - Lost in the Ghost Light

 

[Tornado Red]

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King on blu ray in 5.1

 

[Perp]

The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed

 

[4-earredwonder]

Blue Chamber Quartet FIRST IMPRESSIONS [Stockfisch Records/Multi~CH SACD] A gorgeous rendering of songs by Chick Corea from his ECM Solo album Children's Songs as well as other composers in state of the art sonics

https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=4727

 

[RustyStatic]

Pretenders: Greatest Hits DVD. No "Middle Of The Road" for this "Popstar", so, "Stop Your Sobbing".

Hey Mike, I was looking for some info on this one since I picked it up—I'm not hearing anything discreet at all on this one, although it sounds nice overall... am I missing something or is that your take too?

 

[humprof]

In an effort not to clutter the poll thread, I'll note here that Purim has released a new album at age 80:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/16/flora-purim-if-you-will-review-80th-birthday-dianahttps://florapurim.bandcamp.com/album/if-you-will

Also, one of the best rock critics of our times, Ann Powers, has just today published a long, appreciative retrospective of Purim's life's work:
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/25/1094606295/flora-purim-final-album

 

[humprof]

Blue Chamber Quartet FIRST IMPRESSIONS [Stockfisch Records/Multi~CH SACD] A gorgeous rendering of songs by Chick Corea from his ECM Solo album Children's Songs as well as other composers in state of the art sonics

https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=4727

Still available from jpc.de for 25 Euros:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/de...-KlavierHarfeVibraphonKontrabass/hnum/1484546(Whatever happened to the Stockfisch-NativeDSD team-up? It seems to have stopped after those first seven albums.)

 

[Mesozoic Mike]

Hey Mike, I was looking for some info on this one since I picked it up—I'm not hearing anything discreet at all on this one, although it sounds nice overall... am I missing something or is that your take too?

That's my take, too. For me, if the fidelity is good, I don't mind a lack of discreteness. Compared to their cds, I feel these versions sound much better.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Mahavishnu Orchestra BIRDS OF FIRE {Columbia Records/SONY/4.0 Multi~CH SACD}

 

[Audiowannabee]

David Elias
Crossing
Sacd

@Clement miss u coming back?