No apologies required on this one, it should have happened many years ago! Viva Chris Squire
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ALL ABOUT MUSIC #2 - Non Surround, Not Covered In Other Threads
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I was bombing around Amazon looking at albums, and ran across Erasure-Wonderland. It was a "new" reprint from Intervention Records (awesome label) and it got my attention. Erasure is one of those names that certainly rings a bell (no pun intended) for me and I never listened to them though as they weren't rock. :violin
Read up on them on wiki and find they were wildly popular in terms of over year record sales. I'm like... huh? Where the heck was I during the 80's? Oh yeah, I forgot...I was busy being a bad, bad boy and really can't remember too much from 1980-1987. :yikes
So - I get on youTOOB expecting to know a few of the songs (since they seemed to be so popular)
Nope, nothing, nada, zip, zilch ZERO. Wow, I don't know any of the songs that were hits. OK, that's my story. LOL!
Just felt like posting this.
Read up on them on wiki and find they were wildly popular in terms of over year record sales. I'm like... huh? Where the heck was I during the 80's? Oh yeah, I forgot...I was busy being a bad, bad boy and really can't remember too much from 1980-1987. :yikes
So - I get on youTOOB expecting to know a few of the songs (since they seemed to be so popular)
Nope, nothing, nada, zip, zilch ZERO. Wow, I don't know any of the songs that were hits. OK, that's my story. LOL!
Just felt like posting this.
César
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Hello, is there any QQ'er living in Boston? I might be going next week and any suggestions would be welcome. Especially if they point me out to any nice music shop
Well, well. So, I have the 2.0 Dual Disk of Back In Black. Some how, I had historically convinced myself that it was superior in every way to older CD versions I have.
Tonight, I ripped the DD and cued it up. My ears thinks it sounds amazing. I also went back and played the CD version...again, my ears think that sounds amazing. The Dynamic Range tells me that the DD is inferior by about 2 points per song than the CD. Geez......
Anyway. Lesson learned.
Tonight, I ripped the DD and cued it up. My ears thinks it sounds amazing. I also went back and played the CD version...again, my ears think that sounds amazing. The Dynamic Range tells me that the DD is inferior by about 2 points per song than the CD. Geez......
Anyway. Lesson learned.
Back in the 80's & 90's I used to make a few trips a year to Boston just for record shopping. There were lots of great stores. I know many are gone but I believe some are still there. Harvard Square (in Cambridge) had several excellent stores. There were also a few in Kenmore Square. I think the following are still around:
In Your Ear (957 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston - just outside of Kenmore Square)
Nuggets (486 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston - in Kenmore Square)
In Your Ear (72 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge - in Harvard Square)
Planet Records (144 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge - in Harvard Square)
César
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Unbelievable year. Rick Parfitt from Status Quo died today. Rest in peace!
Well, nothing better to do - guess I'll rip a few more discs to my NAS. 
A few hundred more to go yet. :yikes
A few hundred more to go yet. :yikes
I was just looking on the BBC website and this appeared! George Michael has died at 53.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862
What is it about 2016!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862
What is it about 2016!
No freaking way! No way! REally???
This one sort of shocks me I guess. Believe it or not, I was always a George Michael (solo) fan. I thought he had a great amount of talent. Geez. What the heck is with all these deaths??? Seriously!
It's amazing how much we get music shoved down our throats, in new compilations, Deluxe Editions, Box sets...blah, blah. Here is an example.
I've had the Black Sabbath - Deluxe Expanded Edition for quite a while now. It's a 3 disc box, with:
1. Original album
2. 1974 Quad Mix & Stereo LPCM mix
3. Stereo Alternate Mixes
OK - Of course, when I purchased it, it was for the Quad mix. For that, I'm good. Tonight, I decided to rip the Stereo LPCM layer hoping for something special. First of all - when I loaded that disc, I could only find AC3 48/24 Stereo. Nothing about LPCM (unless I am not understanding LPCM)
Anyway, I went ahead and ripped the 48/24 Stereo. Hahaha...the DR is a JOKE! On the first song, War Pigs - the DR on the 48/24 is only 9! On my old CD the DR is 14!!!!! To top it off, the 48/24 is way too loud!
Not that we need this example to learn something. We all know that the loudness wars really hit us hard, and it shows it's ugly head more often than not.
I've had the Black Sabbath - Deluxe Expanded Edition for quite a while now. It's a 3 disc box, with:
1. Original album
2. 1974 Quad Mix & Stereo LPCM mix
3. Stereo Alternate Mixes
OK - Of course, when I purchased it, it was for the Quad mix. For that, I'm good. Tonight, I decided to rip the Stereo LPCM layer hoping for something special. First of all - when I loaded that disc, I could only find AC3 48/24 Stereo. Nothing about LPCM (unless I am not understanding LPCM)
Anyway, I went ahead and ripped the 48/24 Stereo. Hahaha...the DR is a JOKE! On the first song, War Pigs - the DR on the 48/24 is only 9! On my old CD the DR is 14!!!!! To top it off, the 48/24 is way too loud!
Not that we need this example to learn something. We all know that the loudness wars really hit us hard, and it shows it's ugly head more often than not.
Well, geez. This is NOT really about music. Related, yeah maybe. I have high-speed internet. I'm supposed to get 50 Mbs download. I was getting that about 6 months ago...and I sort of forgot about it and seems the speed had dropped dramatically. (In the 12-13 Mbs range)
I had reset my modem several times, only still no faster.
Tonight, I contacted my provider and they eventually did a reset on their end and WOW!!! My speeds instantly jumped to about 75 Mbs!!! They informed me that a reset on their end would take care of any issues....
I'm like.....dammit! All this time I was sucking wind and couldn't fix it. Just an FYI!!
I had reset my modem several times, only still no faster.
Tonight, I contacted my provider and they eventually did a reset on their end and WOW!!! My speeds instantly jumped to about 75 Mbs!!! They informed me that a reset on their end would take care of any issues....
I'm like.....dammit! All this time I was sucking wind and couldn't fix it. Just an FYI!!
Listening to some Jefferson Starship - Spitfire....on album.
Simon A
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Some of you will consider this blasphemy, but I for one love it. Rush has made it to DJ Culture.
Here's the first one. Make sure to listen right until the end to hear the DJ's friends' reactions, it's excellent!
[video=youtube;zHPyYFJkMwU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHPyYFJkMwU[/video]
Here's the first one. Make sure to listen right until the end to hear the DJ's friends' reactions, it's excellent!
[video=youtube;zHPyYFJkMwU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHPyYFJkMwU[/video]
RuudMans
Well-known Member
First: Happy New Year to you and your loved ones, Dennis. I hope 2017 will bring you good health and happiness.
I also hope that your relative absence wasn't caused by anything bad. I for one always look forward to reading your comments and contributions on this 'ere forum.
Second: I totally agree with your assessment of the HOF.
I recently read somewhere that certain rock bands look at being inducted in the HOF as an insult nowadays. Go figure.
Anyway, thanks for your post (as always) and hope you'll be back again soon.
Cheers matey!
This is absolutely one of the greatest sounding albums I've ever heard. It's a 45rpm version of this one....and WOW! It's as punchy and wide staged as you'd ever want. I ripped the vinyl the day I got it and have it at my finger tips...
The DR is stupid high and the fidelity is off the charts. Oh, if only all albums sounded this killer.
The DR is stupid high and the fidelity is off the charts. Oh, if only all albums sounded this killer.
