Another question for the ages...

[etimh]

no more no less - things should not be talked to death.

I think everything should be talked to death.

Tim

[S8 Booster]

ok, but then there is no playroom for your imagination?

now, did that sound 60s? :lol:

[sunrise]

Hey, I just found my Half speed masters of Let It Be and For Sale. Do you remember them? Printed on polyvinyl that you can actually see through. I guess I will pop them on tonight just for you and test out my newly acquired Denon MC cartridge...

So far this evening it has performed quite well with both Nine Inch Nails, Kraftwerk, Fila Brazilia, Beth Gibbons, Sinead O'connor and Nearly God. Would be nice with some old school.

Or maybe it's all in the head?

michael

[S8 Booster]

interesting - difficult question.

i remember there was a lot of special records out form time to time but i have none of those you listed.

i have a special Abbey Road Original Master Recording Vinyl - not vinyl - some other persistent stuff - not transparent LP, and one directly engraved one with Thelma Huston and Pressure Cooker.


as if it is all in the head or not.

i use this reference: if plastic bands of the 70s or just bands/groups of the 70s-80s - example abba, start to sound good vs the current mainstream music - it is the current music that is no good and abba was possibly not bad at the time but drowned in the real good stuff at the time. to me abba sounds ok today but i would never buy an abba record. never liked them at the time.


did that make any sense?

as for lp records, i can still extract more depth in the music midrange - where the complex stuff is - using my old hi-fi system from 1974 including the 1974 rekodo purea, than i can with my modern high-end hifi system.

also the 1974 player is now down a little bit of speed maiking the records a little bit more blusey than the cds do - but i like it. becomes more "heavy".

btw i think many of the "pretender bands" from the 70-80 are doing fine by todays mainstream standard. Kizz raised the game latly, "stairways to heaven" i even liked a little then, whatever the band was - quite some of those bands were ok but they had undoubtly missed the train at the time - but they are doing fine vs the mainstream today.

did that make any sense?

[super8man]

Not really but it is fun to read.

Don't disparage the modern times altogether. People are still arguing over who penned all the Shakespeare stories and how even he plagarized the popular stories of his day.

There's a decent song by the Barenaked Ladies about how it's all been done before. In reality, there are no new ideas, only new people...and even then there are theories that souls are recycled over time. I know I have seen a few reinvented individuals on this board over time myself.

[S8 Booster]

Not really but it is fun to read.

good :lol:

Don't disparage the modern times altogether. People are still arguing over who penned all the Shakespeare stories and how even he plagarized the popular stories of his day.

no, admittedly i accept being an old fart in this context and will act no police but when youve been there you know, the good vibes, mood and stuff - all gone...

i could draw a few heavy lines here but at this time ill just explain about my soon 10 year old mgm or whatever music tool cd i got with one of my macs: there is 8 or so different music styles from blues/jass to hip hop and stuff in a billion samples - i think i can make a up to date hit-alike song in 5 minutes with this tool not awfully worse than the average mainstream - song included. ever tried to play guitars n drums on a keyboard. not bad at all actually.

There's a decent song by the Barenaked Ladies about how it's all been done before. In reality, there are no new ideas, only new people...and even then there are theories that souls are recycled over time. I know I have seen a few reinvented individuals on this board over time myself.

there is still a fact that many artists - as computertechology got heavily implemented that voices and instruments are being post-patched in stidios because the aritsts are out of tune. lets pitch down the guitar a bit to level out or lets adjust their voice so it gets in tune+++++++++

those optons werent there a few years back.

so,
so
and,

so

well another anecdote from an grumpy old one.

btw, yeah, oh. shakey was a actually a norwegian just bending the ancient style norwegian words a bit to fit ancient english. thats the simple truth abt shakey. strange someone gets famous from that. :lol:

[super8man]

Well said...really!

[tlatosmd]

Or maybe it's all in the head?

"It's all in the mind, y'know..." ;)





Or may-be you think-I'm soft-in the head?

i would never buy an abba record. never liked them at the time.
did that make any sense?

Yes. Yes it does! :lol:

[sunrise]

if plastic bands of the 70s or just bands/groups of the 70s-80s - example abba, start to sound good vs the current mainstream music - it is the current music that is no good and abba was possibly not bad at the time but drowned in the real good stuff at the time.

I see. I used to spend a lot of time in 2nd hand shops. It was a perfect time, when everybody shifted to cd and got rid of their lp collections. Ready for me to pick up. It's not really like that nowadays and the good bargains are becomming harder and harder to find. Luckily now someone like Simply Vinyl is doing all sorts of re-releases of great stuff plus new stuff. Higly recommendable. If someone knows where to find a decent vinyl version of The The's mindbomb, I'm all ears. For now it's the remaster cd for me.

If you have the Original Master Recording of Abbey Road, you should try to hold it up against the light. You should be able to see through it.


michael

[T-Scan]

Brian Jonestown Massacre "The best 60's revivalist since the 60's"
a new double disc, 30 songs.. Tepid Pepperment is awsome.

[espo]

I guess bowie for me. But 80's dance funk bowie best of all. No-one's really mentioned what a fine album 'the idiot' is though.

By the way whoever mentioned chumbawumba...? :roll:

Mekons rule. And Gun Club.[/quote]

[audadvnc]

Sure, I suppose I liked "Glass Onion" and "Long and Winding Road" and all their other hits the first 2500 times I heard them, but they kind of wear on me by now. Knowing every note of every song doesn't mean I wish to listen to them much anymore. Especially since I just spent the last 10 years working with a compleat Fab 4 freak.

[etimh]

By the way whoever mentioned chumbawumba...? :roll:

http://www.chumba.com/media/Chumbawamba-Her_Majesty.mp3

Tim

[S8 Booster]

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If you have the Original Master Recording of Abbey Road, you should try to hold it up against the light. You should be able to see through it.


michael

found out about the record material - kind of vinyl.

The Beatles

as released by Mobile Fidelity

Intro

Brad Miller was both a producer and a recording engineer. In 1977, Miller founded Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, an organization dedicated to faithful sound reproduction. By slowing down the mastering process to "half-speed," by making use of a master tape as close to the original as possible, and by using high quality "virgin" vinyl made by the Japanese Victor Company, Mobile Fidelity set out to issue a series of Original Master Recordings in higher quality than commonly available to the general public.
The first OMR album was issued in February, 1978. As the process gained popularity -- especially after the release of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in 1979 -- it was inevitable that Beatles records would be issued through Mobile Fidelity.