ALL ABOUT MUSIC #2 - Non Surround, Not Covered In Other Threads

Being a baseball fan, I received an E-Mail from Joe about Tebow banging out 9 HR's in practice. The Mets train in Port St. Lucie. I've both stayed with relatives there and been to the Mets' facility. BTW, I was also at Shea Stadium. My Dad also bought a new 1963 Chevy from Bob Miller who was part of Stengel's Amazin' Mets. PS: there were two Bob Millers on the team. I got a baseball autographed by the team in the deal.

So, I E-Mailed Joe back with a video of Hank Snow doing "I've Been Everywhere." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kGHmIZ4IUY Joe always chides me about all the places I've been.

The Snow clip led right into a Leroy Van Dyke clip of the Auctioneer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVTxiPBJgM&spfreload=10

After watching Hank & Leroy's machine gun deliveries, I searched for Gordon Lightfoot doing The Auctioneer. He performed it throughout his career. A studio version was released on 1980's Dream Street Rose. BTW, it was one of the first albums recorded digitally by WB. Couldn't find a video performance, but here's a live audio clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPKH2O6d1z8&spfreload=10

Lo and Behold, I come across a complete 1979 video from the simulcast of Soundstage. Soundstage was an hour concert show dedicated to only one or two acts. It was produced by WTTW (PBS Chicago) and simulcast on WFMT, our local classical powerhouse. IF you dig Gord, his Soundstage concert is him in his prime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVaf0G56-l8&t=2730s&spfreload=10 Sadly, Canadian Railroad Trilogy is partial. All other tracks are in tact.

Another complete concert from 1972 Beat Club with complete clip of my favorite Lightfoot song, Canadian Railroad Trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqS310cQ0CI&spfreload=10

I've seen/heard Gord live perhaps 6 times, including at the Desert Inn in LasVegas. Saw/heard Sam Butera there the same night. Yes, I bought the CD-4's of Sundown & Cold on the Shoulder as new releases.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...-fears-plot-joint-north-american-tour-w469841

Really excited about Tears for Fears coming to Nashville, but why did it have to be with Hall & Oates? I can't stand them…

rtbluray said:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...-fears-plot-joint-north-american-tour-w469841

Really excited about Tears for Fears coming to Nashville, but why did it have to be with Hall & Oates? I can't stand them…

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wow, really? Not a fan huh? I like them a lot and I might think that they put on a good, tight show, live that is.

.....because their kiss is not on his list. :spot yuk, yuk, I'd have to agree.

John Svensson said:

.....because their kiss is not on his list. :spot yuk, yuk, I'd have to agree.

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haha - yep. I used to have a very childish alternate lyric that I won't repeat here. Though, my friends thought it was pretty funny. :yikes

John Svensson said:

.....because their kiss is not on his list. :spot yuk, yuk, I'd have to agree.

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Exactly.
For the record, I did listen to almost 10 H&O songs this morning trying again to warm up to them, and it just did not happen.
They are nowhere near the sonic brilliance that was Tears for Fears in the 1980s.




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I love how totally clueless this dood is. It is priceless! A good thing he wasn't driving whilst filming and flipping carts.

I'm so tempted to write my favourite quotes but I don't want to spoil the experience for you.


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Some things should not be recorded for posterity....@:

This is something I never thought I'd see.

I do hope the begin the session by stretching to Deicide played backwards.

The Art of Satanic Zen...

Namaste, Satan: Metal yoga class set inside Satanic Temple in Salem, Mass.


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Here's a brand new box set reissue for U2's "The Joshua Tree", and guess what? You guessed right! No surround sound! There's not even a DVD in this box, but follow this link to find out what you do get:

http://u2.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Store.woa/wa/product?sourceCode=U2TWEBWWUSD&sku=U2T71594

rtbluray said:

Here's a brand new box set reissue for U2's "The Joshua Tree", and guess what? You guessed right! No surround sound! There's not even a DVD in this box, but follow this link to find out what you do get:

http://u2.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Store.woa/wa/product?sourceCode=U2TWEBWWUSD&sku=U2T71594

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Undoubtedly a GREAT album but $110 for what amounts to four LOSSY RBCDs and NO surround is a bit of a letdown.

One can only imagine what a Steve Wilson or Elliot Scheiner could accomplish by remixing the U2 Catalogue in surround.

Some artists just don't get it.

4-earredwonder said:

Undoubtedly a GREAT album but $110 for what amounts to four LOSSY RBCDs and NO surround is a bit of a letdown.

One can only imagine what a Steve Wilson or Elliot Scheiner could accomplish by remixing the U2 Catalogue in surround.

Some artists just don't get it.

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I agree with you in spirit, but Red Book CDs aren't lossy. They're lossless LPCM with a 44.1kHz sample rate and 16-bit sample size. I'm not trying to be pedantic, but I think it's an important distinction.

Couldn't agree more! I saw/heard H&O in the early 80's at Poplar Creek in Hoffman Estates, IL. It was before their 80's hits. They opened for Santana, one of my favorite bands. IMHO, H&O was boring and they clipped the sound system to the max.

Fast forward to '98. H&O was playing Summerfest in Milwaukee. Two of my favorite bands, Chicago & Heart were on other stages at the same time. Of course, I opted out of H&O. BTW: Nancy Wilson was not on stage, but gave a recorded message, "I couldn't make this tour since I'm giving birth."

I'm crazy about Tears for Fears, BUT I can't pay any amount of money to sit through H&O. The upcoming show is at Allstate Arena, formerly Rosemont Horizon, perhaps the worst venue around Chicago as far as acoustics go.

With apologies to H&O fans, I'd rather watch paint dry.

rtbluray said:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...-fears-plot-joint-north-american-tour-w469841


Really excited about Tears for Fears coming to Nashville, but why did it have to be with Hall & Oates? I can't stand them…

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Attention bluegrass fans! More and more, I find myself viewing/listening to The Earls of Leicester. They're a Flatt & Scruggs tribute band, fronted by Jerry Douglas (Flux), with some killer musicians. If you love Flatt, Scruggs, & The Foggy Mountain Boys, you'll love these guys.

Jerry Douglas (14-time Grammy-winner, Brother, Where Art Thou, Alison Krauss.) is the band’s producer and Dobroist;
songwriter, singer, and producer Shawn Camp (Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton) soars on lead vocals and guitar;
multi-instrumentalist and sideman Jeff White (Vince Gill, Loretta Lynn) handles high harmony and mandolin;
ace 5-string banjoist Charlie Cushman smokes (Jimmy Martin, Mel Tillis);
Johnny Warren (son of Foggy Mountain Boys’ Paul Warren) is stunning on fiddle;
Barry Bales (Alison Krauss & Union Station) provides a steady beat on vocals and bass.

If it airs on your local PBS station, be sure to catch The Earls of Leicester episode on Bluegrass Underground. Here are three live performances:
I'll Go Steppin Too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IEoLL9lX6o
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QZtw2XQ8U
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHEi7t9Q-9U

This is one that will be quite entertaining to watch. New documentary about Rock photographer Mick Rock. It looks like a lot of fun.


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Hahaha...ahem.

I just need another bottle of vinyl cleaning solution. That's all I need.
Go to Best Buy. The guy gives me a "deer in headlights" stare. Enough said. I explained to him what I was looking for. Nada, they don't carry it. He does offer that I might go to Barnes and Noble, as he says they carry vinyl records. Nice - didn't even know they had vinyl. I go there, sure enough, they have a very reasonable section of vinyl. Solution? Nope. So, I go to Radio Shack/Ace. Nothing.

Why didn't I just buy it online from Amazon a few days ago? :yikes

Any "Lilac Time" fans here, I relistened to their first 3 albums on the weekend and what great albums they are and the third one was produced by Andy Partridge.
Well just ordered 4 more of their albums as want to see what I have been missing as I did not go beyond third album initially.

peter

I don't know if you have had the BBC's Tranatlantic Sessions shown on US TV? It is where I first heard Jerry Douglas. The Transtlantic Sessions feature some of the most incredible 'Folk/Bluegrass' musicians from the USA, Scotland, Ireland, Wales & England, playing together and specially filmed for the series. It has contained some fantastic music. Worth searching for.

Quad Linda said:

Attention bluegrass fans! More and more, I find myself viewing/listening to The Earls of Leicester. They're a Flatt & Scruggs tribute band, fronted by Jerry Douglas (Flux), with some killer musicians. If you love Flatt, Scruggs, & The Foggy Mountain Boys, you'll love these guys.

Jerry Douglas (14-time Grammy-winner, Brother, Where Art Thou, Alison Krauss.) is the band’s producer and Dobroist;
songwriter, singer, and producer Shawn Camp (Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton) soars on lead vocals and guitar;
multi-instrumentalist and sideman Jeff White (Vince Gill, Loretta Lynn) handles high harmony and mandolin;
ace 5-string banjoist Charlie Cushman smokes (Jimmy Martin, Mel Tillis);
Johnny Warren (son of Foggy Mountain Boys’ Paul Warren) is stunning on fiddle;
Barry Bales (Alison Krauss & Union Station) provides a steady beat on vocals and bass.

If it airs on your local PBS station, be sure to catch The Earls of Leicester episode on Bluegrass Underground. Here are three live performances:
I'll Go Steppin Too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IEoLL9lX6o
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QZtw2XQ8U
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHEi7t9Q-9U

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The mixing console used by Pink Floyd to record The Dark Side Of The Moon has been sold at an auction for close to 2 million dollars.

Here's the article.

Love this video! Wonderful tribute to the Beatles.

[video=youtube;sxqzMYjjkW8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqzMYjjkW8[/video]