What's the Latest CD/LP Added to Your Pile #2

[kap'n krunch]

Honest opinion on this one as I have Japanese pressing too, not pressing quality, just sound wise

Here is my honest opinion on the sound...

 

[Cyber 1]

Ahhhhhhhh, never saw that thread, definitlty agree but to me it also seems to lack any depth in sound stage

 

[Cyber 1]

So a few new arrivals, first up is Bowie Heathen sealed orange & cobalt version RTI pressing, nicely done.

And Joe Cocker , Speaker corner, mint condition , got a good deal on it but man another speakers corner pressing that is fetching some real coin.

 

[kap'n krunch]

Ahhhhhhhh, never saw that thread, definitlty agree but to me it also seems to lack any depth in sound stage

oh, but that is the original mix..."Draw the line" is basically mono...there is a more "stereo" version in Pandora's Box but it's missing many a guitar track

 

[Cyber 1]

oh, but that is the original mix..."Draw the line" is basically mono...there is a more "stereo" version in Pandora's Box but it's missing many a guitar track

got that one and box of fire, which the match stick is kinda cool

 

[kap'n krunch]

oh shit!
Was not even aware of the "Box of fire" release!!!!
Cool!

 

[gvl_guy]

I bought my first disc to play in my new-to-me Oppo. Alan Parsons' Eye in the Sky. Connected into my Sansui QRX-7001. Really impressed.

 

[GOS]

Unfortunately, I purchased a just released CD called READY OR NOT THOM BELL PHILLY SOUL ARRANGEMENTS & PRODUCTIONS 1965-1978.

Yes, the tunes are great, but honestly about half the songs sounds comPRESSed. DePRESSing.......

So, here are the DR values. Many are good. OK, so I exaggerated a bit. Hmmmm. Thing is, I wanted every song to sound amazing...and they do not!

foobar2000 1.5.4 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2020-07-26 09:58:44

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Analyzed: Archie Bell & The Drells / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (1)
Connie Stevens / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (2)
Dee Dee Sharp / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (3)
Dionne Warwick / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (4)
Dusty Springfield / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (5)
Jerry Butler / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (6)
Johnny Mathis / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (7)
Laura Nyro & Labelle / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (8)
Lesley Gore / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (9)
MFSB featuring Thom Bell / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (10)
New York City / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (11)
Ronnie Dyson / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (12)
Teddy Pendergrass / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (13)
The Courtship / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (14)
The Delfonics / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (15-16)
The Intruders / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (17)
The O'Jays / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (18)
The Orlons / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (19)
The Spinners / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (20)
The Stylistics / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (21-22)
Three Degrees / Thom Bell - Ready Or Not - Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965-1978 (23)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -0.30 dB -12.29 dB 2:12 01/23-Here I Go Again
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.33 dB 3:06 05/23-Tick-Tock
DR10 -0.42 dB -12.24 dB 2:56 08/23-What Kind Of Lady
DR12 -0.30 dB -14.91 dB 6:57 23/23-Track Of The Cat
DR9 -0.30 dB -13.80 dB 2:54 10/23-I Want To Be Free Girl
DR11 -0.80 dB -13.81 dB 2:24 07/23-Moody Woman
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.23 dB 6:03 17/23-Life Is A Song Worth Singing
DR10 -0.51 dB -14.25 dB 3:22 22/23-It's Gonna Take A Miracle
DR11 -0.80 dB -13.32 dB 2:20 04/23-Look The Other Way
DR9 -3.51 dB -15.00 dB 2:59 18/23-Something For Nothing
DR11 -0.30 dB -13.35 dB 2:49 16/23-I'm Doin' Fine Now
DR11 -0.30 dB -13.40 dB 3:43 14/23-One Man Band (Plays All Alone)
DR9 -3.10 dB -13.71 dB 3:36 21/23-Close The Door
DR11 -0.30 dB -13.42 dB 3:12 11/23-It's The Same Old Love
DR11 -0.30 dB -13.25 dB 2:46 03/23-You've Been Untrue
DR10 -0.80 dB -14.24 dB 2:01 09/23-Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
DR10 -0.30 dB -12.03 dB 2:42 15/23-Do You Remember Yesterday
DR12 -0.80 dB -14.64 dB 3:07 13/23-Back Stabbers
DR11 -0.30 dB -13.17 dB 2:10 02/23-I Can't Take It
DR9 -2.60 dB -13.26 dB 4:15 19/23-Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
DR13 -1.33 dB -17.83 dB 3:32 12/23-People Make the World Go Round
DR9 -2.00 dB -14.43 dB 5:30 20/23-You Make Me Feel Brand New
DR10 -0.44 dB -13.85 dB 2:40 06/23-What I See
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Number of tracks: 23
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 426 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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[kap'n krunch]

I bit the bullet....saw them in Denver in 2018 in a SMALL theater, there weren't 300 people in there...what a shame... incredible show...got their autographed CD in the venue...
Will try to see them if they come to NOLA next year...
Got their latest on CLEAR vinyl (I will have to TELL my TT that it's an LP cause it won't know there's anything on the platter!) with a CD..which I think is WAY better than a "download code"..sent for it all the way to GERMANY...apparently it´s a very limited edition!!!

 

[Quad Linda]

Flaming Pie Ultra Deluxe Sucker-Bait version - Macca 5 CD/2 DVD
The Who Hits 50! 2 LP
Other Side of This Life - Fred Neil CD
Live at Rockpalast 1978 - Spirit German 2 CD/DVD
Healing Game (deluxe) - Van Morrison 3 CD
Complete Music from the Soil (Down to Earth - Music from the Soil {+4 bonus tracks}/More Music from Soil) - Ramsey Lewis Trio Spain CD

 

[Quad66]

Amazingly just scored a long sought LP version of Pretzel Logic for 10 dollars at my fave local record store. I know people don't love this mix but it sounds great on my Sansui 7001.

 

[gvl_guy]

Amazingly just scored a long sought LP version of Pretzel Logic for 10 dollars at my fave local record store. I know people don't love this mix but it sounds great on my Sansui 7001.

I have the 7001 also plus that Steely Dan album. I can't say I hate the mix or anything. But anything SD did was always in my top faves.

 

[Cyber 1]

so found a super clean copy of the 45 rpm single side 4 LP of bridge over, to my ears beats the mofi box, probably the last good spin of the tape in 99

 

[Cyber 1]

and a good wide sound field out of this 30th anniversary 1/2 speed of night at the opera

 

[privateuniverse]

Can I post my latest 8-tracks here?

 

[privateuniverse]

Prince Sign ☮ the Times mega-box. It even comes with its own unique shipping container!

 

[privateuniverse]

I haven't even come close to working my way through the new Prince box....and then this just arrived!

 

[GaryG]

The Doobie Brothers self titled first album. Never owned this one in any format so had to have the CD.

 

[Quadly McQuadmeister]

The first three Beatles 180g Parlophone reissues. I've had the Stereo and Mono CD boxes for awhile and most of the original LP's, but not those first three...it was time...

 

[kap'n krunch]

Been trying to get this for quite a while..I'm a HUGE fan of Rod's 80's output and this one covers most (if not all) of those hits...