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I have yet to have an issue with either my R6's or X7's. I would recommend either set and often do.
From what you wrote it sounds like you are really hard on your equipment.
I know some 'In Ear Headphones' come with detachable cables but the hardware to support this feature introduces weight. While the idea is good the extra weight just is not worth it in my book. If you take proper care the cable should last a very long time. More chance of dropping your 'In Ear Headphones' in a cup of coffee than breaking the cable.
http://www.klipsch.com/Education/headphones-faq
How durable are Klipsch headphones?Klipsch put their headphones through extensive “real world” testing to ensure long-lasting durability. You’ll find reliable strain relief at every cable connection point to help prevent wire damage. However, cable wear occurs over time, so you should always take special care of your headphones.
Yes, it is easy to break. I'm on my 3rd set (2 replacement sets in less than a year). The first had a lot of grounding issues - had to replace it after a day. The second's sound went bad despite a lack of external damages. Now, the right earphone on my 3rd is exhibiting some rattling noise on certain tracks that are particularly stressful on high frequencies - all in less than a year.
And I've had 2 s4is prior to this - both broke within the first 6 monhts. I've always loved Klipsch's sound quality but this is ridiculous - x7is are not exactly cheap.
I haven't tried the detachable Shures, though - but that's looking like a good prospect for my next set.
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Are the 11's that much better than the 7's?
Oh the temptation !!!
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Good FAQ here: http://www.klipsch.com/Education/headphones-faq
I think it would be good for the FAQ to be right on the product pages. The FAQ is not easy to find but well worth the look.
I have a pair of the X7's and I got my wife a pair of the R6;s. Both are awesome in their own rights.
Why am I not getting enough bass response?
It’s probably because you don’t have a good ear seal. Be sure to try out the various ear tip sizes, as you may find that you need the double flange design for the best possible seal. You may also want to try pulling the ear tip out slightly, as it may have collapsed.
How do I know if I have a good seal?
When no music is playing, your voice should sound louder and ambient noise should sound quieter, very similar to wearing a pair of ear plugs. Creating a tighter seal is simple. Insert the ear tip into the ear canal and then gently pull it back. This adjustment eliminates virtually all external noise so you can play your music at a lower volume, for a longer period of time, without experiencing ear fatigue.
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The MX119 has toslink and optical outputs so you could use a headphone amp/DAC with TOSLINK or coaxial inputs. I use a couple of these and they work great.
Turtle Beach Ear Force DSS 7.1 Channel Dolby Surround Sound Processor. I bought two of these at $14.99 and now they are $13.99. I also bought a 2x4 TOSlink Optical Audio Splitter Distribution Amplifier Amp Distributor Multiplier. Can select two different toslink inputs and have four outputs. I am only using two outputs right now. Both outputs go to each of the Turtle Beach DSS devices.
Nice thing is the headphone amp does handle Dolby but downside is it does not handle DTS.
Works very well with my Klipsch X7 'In Ear Headphones'.
If you don't care about Dolby the SMSL SD793-II PCM1793 also works well. I use this DAC in the bedroom.
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This might help... someone just bypassed the connector which is one way to do it!
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Been a long time since I posted here but my Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1's got the loud hum a couple of years back and I just switched to the Klipsch 2.1 set I also had. Just no time to look at it. So the Ultra'
s have been setting in my storage area for a long time just waiting for me to look at them.
Well I picked up two 100uf cap's from Radio Shack and my Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1's are as good as new!
All good again!
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I also remember OB in the 'Members Weekly Music Recommendation'.
Very sad news.
OB will be missed.
Greg
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Talkie Walkie - Air
Audio CD (February 17, 2004)
Original Release Date: February 17, 2004
Genre: Electronica
1. Venus
2. Cherry Blossom Girl
3. Run
4. Universal Traveler
5. Mike Mills
6. Surfin' On A Rocket
7. Another Day
8. Alpha Beta Gaga
9. Biological
10. Alone In Kyoto
The official website for `Air`.
http://www.intairnet.org/intro.html
Air (band)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_%28band%29
Air is a French duo, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. Nicolas Godin studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles whereas Jean-Benoît Dunckel studied mathematics before forming a band in 1995. Their debut EP, Premiers Symptômes, was followed by the critically acclaimed album Moon Safari, the re-release of Premiers Symptômes, The Virgin Suicides (soundtrack), 10,000Hz Legend, Everybody Hertz, and Talkie Walkie.Although Air's music is often referred to as electronica, their form of electronic music really owes more to the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Pierre LeBouef and Francis Lai. Other influences are psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd; Krautrockers Tangerine Dream; Jean-Jacques Perrey (although there are some echoes of dance music styles in the production); and French crooner Serge Gainsbourg. Air's music also has jazz inflections at times.If you love Electronica this group from France will fill the bill.
Listening to the catchy rhythm or 'Air` songs you will find yourself playing the song in your head throughout the day.
Greg's picks: Alpha Beta Gaga and Cherry Blossom Girl
Yes Greg really likes this CD!
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Yes... YouTube is a fun place!
Ginger Baker Airforce on TV-Sunshine of your love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Ej7R8KV7o
12 gates to the city. Ginger Bakers airforce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00024BWDT1Q
IRON BUTTERFLY In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida color clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnUolzqcdDM
Frank Zappa - The Purple Lagoon
With John Belushi as the Samurai, 1976.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkxf4OyBWIs
Andreas Vollenweider - Night Fire Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NL1NRPEqik
Clannad - Newgrange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2_iI7nLeKg
kraftwerk- autobahn
The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CBSpj422iU
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rar6MO9ybC0
Traveling Wilburys - I Won't Back Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YokNQw_eK6Y
Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcCDUzPIoVU
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Average White Band, The - The Very Best of Average White Band
Audio CD: June 16, 1998
Original Release Date: 1997
Label: Music Club Records
Total playing time of 78:19.
Genre: Soul/FUNK
- 01 - Pick Up the Pieces
- 02 - Let's Go Round Again
- 03 - Put It Where You Want It
- 04 - Atlantic Avenue
- 05 - When Will You Be Mine
- 06 - The Jugglers
- 07 - A Love of Your Own
- 08 - Cloudy
- 09 - Cut the Cake
- 10 - Work to Do
- 11 - I Heard It Through the Grapevine [Live]
- 12 - For You, for Love
- 13 - Queen of My Soul
- 14 - School Boy Crush
- 15 - Got the Love
- 16 - Person to Person
- 17 - You Got It
Average White Band - Official website
http://www.averagewhiteband.com/
The Average White Band
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_White_Band
Let's grove!
No one is like the Average White Band. With great horn section and unique sound that is just a joy to listen to.
Yes the AWB is still touring and their music will live on for many years to come.
Let the funk live!
Greg's pick....
It has to be track #1 - Pick Up the Pieces!!!!
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Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II CD
Street Date Sep 22, 1992
01 - Sentinel
02 - Dark Star
03 - Clear Light
04 - Blue Saloon
05 - Sunjammer
06 - Red Dawn
07 - The Bell
08 - Weightless
09 - The Great Plain
10 - Sunset Door
11 - Tattoo
12 - Altered State
13 - Maya Gold
14 - Moonshine
Notes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Producers: Mike Oldfield, Tom Newman, Trevor Horn. A second "variation" on the album that put both Oldfield and Virgin Records on the map probably didn't seem like such a bad idea--especially with a guy like Trevor Horn enlisted to help produce. That said, TUBULAR BELLS 2 is quite good. It is a derivation, naturally, but one that has been fleshed out, further expounded upon, and given a modern '90s gloss. Horn's is relegated to the background, but his involvement is vital. He makes Oldfield's permutations flicker with an Art of Noise resonance, and the songs--which really play as one grand suite--have a palpable luster immersed within the absolutely excellent production. All of Oldfield's trademarks are brought to the fore here; the music is pastel, austere, vibrant, twinkling, and eccentric. For this second chapter, Oldfield brings along everything from synths and guitars to glockenspiel and other assorted percussive instruments--including tubular bells. Maybe history can in fact repeat itself.Mike Oldfield
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oldfield
Tubular.net, an open website dedicated to Mike Oldfield.
Tubular Bells II on Tubular.net
http://tubular.net/discography/TubularBellsII.shtml
Active forum on Tubular Bells II
http://tubular.net/forums/ikonboard.cgi?;act=SF;f=32
I am not going to say a lot about this CD.
If you remember the original Tubular Bells release from 1973 then you must pick up Tubular Bells II.
Greg's pick is track #7 - The Bell.
Crank it up!!!
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Julia Thornton - Eye of the Storm
Import CD ( England )
Category: Classical, Harp
Street Date: Jul 26, 2004
Yes this is the same Julia Thornton from Roxy Music.
This CD is not rock it is 100% pure classical and 100% pure harp. This is some great relaxing music. If you like to relax to soft classical and you love harp.... then this CD is worth a spin. I actually got this one in a little over a week ago but saved the review for this week.
01 Pavane
02 Prelude No. 1
03 Diatonic Prelude
04 Prelude No. 3
05 Prelude No. 1
06 Prelude No. 2
07 Prelude No. 4
08 Sarabande {From Violin Partita No. 3}
09 Chanson Dans la Nuit
10 Pavane & Variations
Released as a result of fan demand, Julia Thornton's Eye of the Storm has only been previously available as a limited edition cassette sold at live performances and has fast become a collector's item.As a solo recital, Eye of the Storm is the perfect counterpoint to Julia's lushly orchestrated 2003 EMI debut 'Harpistry'.After winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, I studied there for 5 years, winning many prizes including the Julia Leney and Renata Schefelstein harp awards, and both the harp prizes at the Royal Overseas League competition. I was also awarded the Mathias Prize for the best performance of his Sante Fe Suite at the International Harp Competition in Cardiff.After leaving college my career involved a mixture of teaching, orchestral and solo work. I performed with a variety of orchestras, opera and ballet company's, and gave recitals including performances at the Cambridge, Beaumaris and Cheltenham music festivals.I began working with Bryan Ferry in October 1999. I performed both harp and percussion on his 'As Time Goes By' tour, which was a collection of 1930s standards such as the title track. Together with a band which included a jazz horn section, a piano and a string quartet, we toured for almost a year, starting in the USA, and visiting Europe, Russia, South Africa and Indonesia. My work with Bryan has taken me all over the globe, to some of the most beautiful concert halls and famous venues in history.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?&xml=/arts/2004/11/01/bmharp30.xml&page=5#3
It takes some pluck
(Filed: 01/11/2004)While on a tour with Bryan Ferry, Julia Thornton confused the local press in Hong Kong, which ran a picture story wondering whether that was Jerry Hall, Bryan's ex, on stage. Several fans wrote to her suggesting she should be the next Roxy Music cover model.For several Ferry and Roxy Music tours, she's been contributing both glamour and her exceptional harp and percussion playing, as well as establishing an adventurous solo career and doing sessions for newer artists such as Susheela Raman.She says the archetypal "ethereal harpist" couldn't survive these days - the modern harp requires a lot of stamina for one thing: "There's about seven pounds' pull on each string." Thornton has also had to be tough and resilient in her career.After finishing her studies at the Royal Academy in London, to which she won a scholarship, she found herself taking "surreal bookings". She recalls turning up at one birthday party in Kensington to be told she had to change in the broom cupboard. "Then the wife found out I was Jewish, and she wanted me to get in touch with her son at university - she thought I'd make a suitable girlfriend."Thornton got the Roxy Music work after the wife of Bryan Ferry's producer heard her play at a yoga class. The exposure on the band's tours helped get her a major record deal with EMI, and in 2003 she made a record, Harpistry, which was widely admired.But she wasn't entirely happy with the result. "I had to please too many people there was a serious amount of compromise involved," she says. One thing she disliked was the over-polished production "You hear a Paul Weller or Eric Clapton record, or someone like Glenn Gould playing, and it's full of character - nowadays in classical music, everything has to be perfect and clean.Any slight imperfections are edited out in the studio, the edge is lost. A friend said to me recently that there are no session musicians any more, we are merely sound-wave donors." EMI was pushing her as a Vanessa-Mae type classical babe."At least they didn't ask me to take my kit off," she says. "And I met my husband at EMI - he works in the art department - so it wasn't all bad."Having "asked EMI to drop me", she has taken the formidable challenge of setting up her own record label, Crossways, and recently released a more strictly classical album, Eye of the Storm, which features preludes by Bach and Tournier."I loved the idea of selecting music that has a special place in one's heart," she says. "Pieces or songs that, as I was studying the harp with my teacher Daphne Boden, I grew to love like old friends." It's a risk, but she's happier with her new freedom, and is now experimenting writing her own material. Last month, she played some sophisticated electronic music at the Ocean in Hackney, east London.As for her being the next Roxy Music cover model, "the suggestion would have to come from Bryan perhaps we'll leave it at that, shall we?" -
Great selection....Super Session is one great CD!!!
That YouTube video was very cool too..
I did a review of the remastered CD on 06/14/2006 right here on Klipsch.
The remastered CD did add a few unreleased songs that were not available on the LP version. "Blues for Nothing" for example is one great song that is only on the remaster series.
http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/permalink/746774/747958/ShowThread.aspx#747958
Thanks for sharing!
This album is available on CD. Happy listening.
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Let's have a Rock and Roll Halloween!
Alice Cooper - Mascara & Monsters: The Best Of Alice Cooper
Street Date: Jan 16, 2001
01 - I'm Eighteen
02 - Is It My Body
03 - Desperado
04 - Under My Wheels
05 - Be My Lover
06 - School's Out
07 - Elected
08 - Hello Hooray
09 - Generation Landslide
10 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
11 - Billion Dollar Babies
12 - Teenage Lament '74
13 - Muscle Of Love
14 - Only Women Bleed
15 - Department Of Youth
16 - Welcome To My Nightmare
17 - I Never Cry
18 - You And Me
19 - How You Gonna See Me Now
20 - From The Inside
21 - Clones (We're All)
22 - Poison
Greg's pick: Track #21 - Clones (We're All)
The Alice Cooper Group: Alice Cooper (vocals); Michael Bruce (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Glen Buxton (guitar); Dennis Dunaway (bass, background vocals); Neal Smith (drums, background vocals). Producers include: Bob Ezrin, David Foster, Michael Wagener, Desmond Child, Jack Douglas. Compilation producers: David McLees, Brian Nelson. Includes liner notes by Jeffrey Morgan and Alice Cooper. This is a one-disc distillation of the four-disc box set THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF ALICE COOPER, and as such represents the cream of the shock-rock legend's output. The earlier songs (1970 to 1974), featuring the original lineup, are classic rock & roll. Managing the difficult feat of being both clever and commercially accessible, these songs were of course a huge influence on the late-'70s punk rock that followed (Johnny Rotten auditioned for the Sex Pistols by singing along with Cooper's generational anthem "I'm Eighteen"). The later material here, from "Only Women Bleed" to "Poison," is just as well crafted--Cooper performs with a combination of irony and malevolence that a certain Marilyn Manson no doubt studied long and hard.http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=75806
Most rock fans know that Alice Cooper wrote the book on shock-rock from the late 60s through the early 80s, with his outrageous costumes, horrific stage theatrics, and smart-assed hard rock songs about teenage rebellion.In 1999, we presented the long-awaited The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper 4-CD box set, and everywhere Ol Black Eyes went to promote it, the fans loved it. But they also said that they were dying for a single CD with nothin but the biggest hits.We listened, and here it isa deluxe expanded and remastered version of his Greatest Hits, originally released in 1974 on Warner Bros. Records, updated to include his very best through 1990. Mascara & Monsters features 22 mortifyingly massive hits on a single monster CD, including Schools Out, Im Eighteen, Under My Wheels, Welcome To My Nightmare, Poison, and more. -
Ok.. This is another I don't have it yet but it is on order!
Barry White - Live in Europe 1975 on DVD
Scheduled to release Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Yes that's next Tuesday!!!
The king of sexy soul music, Barry White is shown here at the height ofhis popularity in this European concert from 1975. The set listincludes "I've Found Someone," "Under The Influence of Love," and "I'mGonna Love You Just a Little More Babe." -
Picked up another great DVD this week.
Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry have always been one of our favorite artists and the 2000 Live in Paris DVD is one great DVD that will not disappoint.
Bryan Ferry - Live In Paris - At Le Grand Rex - March 2000
DVD
Format: Dolby Digital 5.1, Import, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: Jun 19 2001
Track listing
1 The Way You Look Tonight
2 Love Me Or Leave
3 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
4 Chance Meeting
5 Casanova
6 Where Or When
7 Bitter-Sweet
8 Out Of The Blue
9 The Only Face
10 Oh Yeah
11 You Do Something To Me
12 Just One Of Those Things
13 Avalon
14 Jealous Guy
15 Let's Stick Together
16 Love Is The Drug
Musicians:
Bryan Ferry - Vocals (*)
Colin Good - Piano/MD (*)
Nils Solberg - Guitar
Zev Katz - Bass (*)
John Sutton - Drums
Enrico Tomasso - Trumpet
Iain Dixon - Alto Sax/Clarinet
Robert Fowlet - Tenor Sax/Clarinet
Malcolm Earle Smith - Trombone
Rosie Wetters - Chello
Helen Hawthorne - Violin
Lucy Theo - Viola
Julia Thornton - Harp/Percussion (*)
* Musicians who also appeared in Roxy Music: Live at the Apollo (2003)
Greg's pick: Song #5 - Casanova
The thing I also liked about Bryan Ferry was his choice of musicians.
In the later years with Roxy Music or while he was promoting his solo career the selection was always top notch.
Let's look at a few members in the "Live In Paris" concert.
Julia Thornton - Harp/Percussion
After winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, I studied there for 5 years, winning many prizes including the Julia Leney and Renata Schefelstein harp awards, and both the harp prizes at the Royal Overseas League competition. I was also awarded the Mathias Prize for the best performance of his Sante Fe Suite at the International Harp Competition in Cardiff.After leaving college my career involved a mixture of teaching, orchestral and solo work. I performed with a variety of orchestras, opera and ballet company's, and gave recitals including performances at the Cambridge, Beaumaris and Cheltenham music festivals.I began working with Bryan Ferry in October 1999. I performed both harp and percussion on his 'As Time Goes By' tour, which was a collection of 1930s standards such as the title track. Together with a band which included a jazz horn section, a piano and a string quartet, we toured for almost a year, starting in the USA, and visiting Europe, Russia, South Africa and Indonesia. My work with Bryan has taken me all over the globe, to some of the most beautiful concert halls and famous venues in history.You can hear some of her wonderful harp music on her site.
Pavane - Anon 16th Century for example is wonderful. Yes it's classical... I know, Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music are rock... but rock is great with fantastic musicians!
And then there is Colin Good. Colin Good studied music at Queen's College Oxford and then since then has forged a career in the London swing and vintage jazz scene.
Influenced by Earl Hines and Teddy Wilson, Colin once toured with The Inkspots, and has composed regularly for theatre, television and film.
http://www.bryanferry.com/index.html
http://www.bryanferry.com/paris_dvd.html
Roxy Music: Live at the Apollo (2003)
Format: Import, Dolby Digital 5.1, NTSC, Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
DVD Release Date: Jul 8 2003
I know I posted the Live at the Apollo before but I am posting it along with the "Live In Paris" DVD.
If you don't have the "Live at the Apollo" DVD then you might want to pick both of these up.
I noticed that some online stores such as Amazon has both DVD at a discount when you buy them both together.
Musicians:
Bryan Ferry - Vocals
Andy Mackay - Saxophone and Oboe
Phil Manzanera - Guitar
Paul Thompson - Drums
Chris Spedding - Guitar
Colin Good - Piano
Zev Katz - Bass
Lucy Wilkins - Violin/Keyboards
Julia Thornton - Percussion/Keyboards
Sarah Brown - Vocals
Yanjck Etienne - Vocals
Track listing
1. Introduction
2. Re-Make/Re-Model
3. Street Life
4. Ladytron
5. While My Heart Is Still Beating
6. Out Of The Blue
7. A Song For Europe
8. My Only Love
9. In Every Dream Home A Heartache
10. Oh Yeah!
11. Both Ends Burning
12. Tara
13. Band Introductions
14. Mother of Pearl
15. Avalon
16. Dance Away
17. Jealous Guy
18. Editions Of You
19. Virginia Plain
20. Love Is The Drug
21. Do The Strand
22. For Your Pleasure
23. Closing Credits
Both these DVD's are in Greg's must have selection.
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Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits - Don Henley
# Audio CD (November 20, 1995)
# Original Release Date: November 20, 1995
1. Dirty Laundry
2. The Boys Of Summer
3. All She Wants To Do Is Dance
4. Not Enough Love In The World
5. Sunset Grill
6. The End Of The Innocence
7. The Last Worthless Evening
8. New York Minute
9. I Will Not Go Quietly
10. The Heart Of The Matter
11. The Garden Of Allah
12. You Don't Know Me At All
13. Everybody Knows
Greg's pick(s): Track #1 Dirty Laundry and Track #3 - All She Wants To Do Is Dance.
Greg likes them both!
If you love 80's rock then Don Henley will take you back to that time and place.
Don Henley Official site(s)
Don Henley - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Henley
Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band The Eagles. He has since had a successful solo career and has played a founding role in several environmental and political causes. -
Now that sound like a DVD I want to watch!!!
Always loved the sound of Blind Faith.
Ordered it right after I read your review.
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Great CD for sure.
Thing is the remastered edition which is simply called "Blind Faith (Deluxe)" has even more great Blind Faith...
Two CD's with a total of 15 songs!
If you love Blind Faith you need to get a hold of the Deluxe version.
The Jam sessions on disc 2 alone make this a must have CD.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000056JYB/ref=m_art_pr_3/102-0724420-5247323?ie=UTF8
Disc: 1
1. Had To Cry Today
2. Can't Find My Way Home
3. Well All Right
4. Presence Of The Lord
5. Sea Of Joy
6. Do What You Like
7. Sleeping In The Ground (Previously Unreleased Mix)
8. Can't Find My Way Home (Electric Version) (Previously Unreleased Mix)
9. Acoustic Jam (Previously Unreleased)
10. Time Winds (Previously Unreleased)
11. Sleeping In The Ground (Slow Blues Version) (Previously Unreleased)
Disc: 2
1. Jam No.1: Very Long & Good Jam (Previously Unreleased)
2. Jam No.2: Slow Jam #1 (Previously Unreleased)
3. Jam No.3: Change Of Address Jam (Previously Unreleased)
4. Jam No.4: Slow Jam #2 (Previously Unreleased)
This might be my last one of these for awhile, So let's go:
BLIND FAITH ...............CD ........... 1969 .........
Eric Clapton ... Steve Winwood ... Ginger Baker ... Rich Grech ... the first of many of the so called SuperGroups...Four young ,diverse, talented musicians looking for an outlet for their musicial ideas and songs, tired of being stuck in a mold with the music they have already done.....well they found it here, six well crafted and performed songs worthy of Supergroup status........A vocalist who really is a voice of a generation, and just happens to play a pretty good keyboards, a Guitarist who was considered by many a superstar at the tender age of 17, a drummer's Drummer second to none, and a multi talented Bassist, what's not to like;
1 Had to Cry Today
2 Can't Find My Way Home
3 Well All Right
4 Presence of the Lord
5 Sea of Joy
6 Do What you Like
six great songs, well written, well played pieces of music.......One album and gone....but.. never forgotten....this is a Rock Classic and should be part of every Rock collection......Many supergroups have come and gone, many sold more albums, many got more airplay......but they can never touch this group of talented men....None...
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thebes is out of town this week.
Format's simple: Name of artist or group, name of album, type of music as best you can (rock, blues etc.), and recording format (cd, lp etc.)
So what do you have to share this week?
Here is my offering..
The Book of Secrets - Loreena McKennitt
Blending of Celtic folk, world, and new age.
# Audio CD (September 30, 1997)
# Original Release Date: September 30, 1997
1. Prologue
2. The Mummers'
3. Skellig
4. Marco Polo
5. The Highwayman
6. La Serenissima
7. Night Ride Across The Caucasus
8. Dante's Prayer
Greg's pick: Track #2 -- The Mummers'
Greg also likes track #4 -- Marco Polo.
You will be taken away by the shear beauty of this CD looking forward to the ever changing sounds as each song plays.
This CD is simply lovely!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loreena_McKennitt
McKennitt is often compared to Enya, but is more grounded in traditional and classical invocations using literary works as sources of lyrics and springboards for interpretation such as The Lady of Shalott by Lord Tennyson, Prospero's Speech, the final soliloquy in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Snow by Archibald Lampman, William Blakes Prospero, intended for a dramatic piece of King Edward the fourth and The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes.The official site for Loreena McKennitt and her private record label, Quinlan Road.
"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu's words are a good introduction to the third album in a trilogy of musical travel documents that began with The Visit. Recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World studios in England, The Book Of Secrets was written and researched all over the world, and, following its release in 1997, would go on to sell several million copies around the globe.The album features a cast of over two dozen musical collaborators, and the eight songs contained therein, including North American hit single The Mummers Dance, leads the listener on unexpected journeys. Follow the music from ancient Byzantium to a puppet-maker's theatre in Sicily, or from the rocky island of Skellig Michael once inhabited by Irish monks in the Dark Ages to Venice and the journeys of Marco Polo, or from the tragic narrative of The Highwayman to the thunder of hooves across the Caucasus and the echoes of Dante s words found, unexpectedly, in a train journey across Siberia. -
No problem....
Your covered...
Greg
Cool stuff this week. I've got to check out Helen Merril, and I
just picked up the re-mastered cd, not dvd, of the Last Waltz after reading about it here.
Grog, or somebody, I'm going to be out of town next week, could you make sure this thread goes up on Monday?
Thanks.
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I picked this jewel last week at the super market.
The Last Waltz - The Band - DVD
Special Edition - 1978 (2002) - MGM Home Entertainment (UA)
Track Listing:
Don't Do It - The Band
Theme from the Last Waltz - The Band
Up on Cripple Creek - The Band
The Shape I'm In - The Band
Who Do You Love - Ronnie Hawkins/The Band
It Makes No Difference - The Band
Such a Night- Dr John (Mac Rebennec)/The Band
Helpless - Neil Young/The Band
Stagefright - The Band
The Weight - The Band/The Staples
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
Dry Your Eyes - Neil Diamond/The Band
Coyote - Joni Mitchell/The Band
Mystery Train - Paul Butterfield/The Band
Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters/The Band
Further on up the Road - Eric Clapton/The Band
Sip the Wine - Rick Danko
Evangeline - The Band w/Emmylou Harris
Genetic Method - Garth Hudson
Ophelia - The Band
Caravan - Van Morrison/The Band
Forever Young - Bob Dylan/The Band
Baby Let Me Follow You Down - Bob Dylan/The Band
I Shall Be Released - Everybody w/Ringo Starr & Ron Wood
Theme from Last Waltz - The Band
Great review which says it all.
"THIS FILM SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD!"
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews2/lastwaltz.html
Greg's picks:
Up on Cripple Creek - The Band ( The band at their best! )
Helpless - Neil Young/The Band ( Neil Young as I like to here him. )
This is a must have DVD.
One of the best looking and sounding DVD's I own!
The disc by MGM, presented in anamorphic widescreen detail, is beautifully and lovingly reworked to give us this enduring document. The colors are vibrantly displayed and the detail is perfect. I'm not surprised either, given the fact that Martin Scorsese was involved. This is concert footage shot in 1976 and yet you have to be impressed with the picture quality. The audio is equally spectacular. Mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1, as well as the requisite 2.0, the channels are all in good use. The 5.1 rear channels are very active and provide an immersive feeling that only serves to enhance the absorption of the film. Remember, 1976! -
When you think of George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison what group comes to mind?
Yes the Traveling Wilburys!!!
If you like the sound of the above artists then you must find and buy these CD's.
Yes... another must have selection from Greg!
Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
# Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
# Original Release Date: October 25, 1988
# Label: Wilbury Records
01 . Handle With Care
02 . Dirty World
03 . Rattled
04 . Last Night
05 . Not Alone Anymore
06 . Congratulations
07 . Heading for the Light
08 . Margarita
09 . Tweeter and the Monkey Man
10 . End of the Line
Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3
# Audio CD (October 19, 1990)
# Original Release Date: October 19, 1990
# Label: Wilbury Records
01 . She's My Baby
02 . Inside Out
03 . If You Belonged to Me
04 . Devil's Been Busy
05 . 7 Deadly Sins
06 . Poor House
07 . Where Were You Last Night?
08 . Cool Dry Place
09 . New Blue Moon
10 . You Took My Breath Away
11 . Wilbury Twist
Reversing the usual process by which groups break up and give way to solo careers, the Traveling Wilburys are a group made up of solo stars. The group was organized by former Beatle George Harrison, former Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison, thus representing three generations of rock stars. In 1988, the five (who had known each other for years) came together to record a Harrison B-side single and ended up writing and recording an album on which they shared lead vocals. It turned out to be a way to transcend the high expectations made of any of them as individuals, and a delighted public sent the album to number three, with two singles, "Handle With Care" and "End of the Line" hitting the charts. Unfortunately, Orbison died of a heart attack only a few weeks after the album's release.Two years later, the remaining quartet released a second album, inexplicably titled Vol. 3. Although it didn't match the success of the first Wilburys album, it was another million-selling hit. Throughout the '90s, there were rumors of another Traveling Wilburys record in the works, but no new albums from the group surfaced. Harrison and Lynne did re-team in 1995, when Lynne produced and reworked two John Lennon demos with the Beatles for their Anthology rarities collection. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music GuideFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bootlegs* Traveling Wilburys Vol. 2 (1989 demos and extended songs from Vol. 1)* Traveling Wilburys Vol. 4 (1990 out-takes from Vol. 3)For those who wonder why only Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 were released.
Yeah.. Vol. 2 and Vol. 4 are bootlegs!
Greg's pick: Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 - Track #1 - Handle With Care
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Steve Winwood - The Finer Things
# Audio CD (March 21, 1995)
# Original Release Date: March 21, 1995
# Number of Discs: 4
# Format: Box set
Steve Winwood performing with such greats as The Spencer Davis Group, Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse, Traffic, Blind Faith and Stomu Yamashta's Go.
We also have some great music from Steve Winwood's own solo career!
DISC 1:
1. Dimples - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
2. I Can't Stand It - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
3. Every Little Bit Hurts - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
4. Strong Love - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
5. Keep On Running - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
6. Somebody Help Me - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
7. When I Come Home - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
8. I Want To Know - (with Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse)
9. Crossroads - (with Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse)
10. Gimme Some Lovin' - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
11. I'm A Man - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
12. Paper Sun - (with Traffic)
13. Dealer - (with Traffic)
14. Coloured Rain - (with Traffic)
15. No Face, No Name, No Number - (with Traffic)
16. Heaven Is In Your Mind - (with Traffic)
17. Smiling Phases - (with Traffic)
18. Dear Mr. Fantasy - (with Traffic)
19. Pearly Queen - (with Traffic)
20. Forty Thousand Headmen - (with Traffic)
21. No Time To Live - (with Traffic)
22. Shanghai Noodle Factory - (with Traffic)
23. Medicated Goo - (with Traffic)
24. Withering Tree - (with Traffic)
DISC 2:
1. Had To Cry Today - (with Blind Faith)
2. Can't Find My Way Home - (previously unreleased, electric version, with Blind Faith)
3. Sea Of Joy - (with Blind Faith)
4. Sleeping In The Ground - (previously unreleased, live, with Blind Faith)
5. Under My Thumb - (previously unreleased, live, with Blind Faith)
6. Stranger To Himself - (with Traffic)
7. John Barleycorn - (with Traffic)
8. Glad - (with Traffic)
9. Freedom Rider - (with Traffic)
10. Empty Pages - (with Traffic)
11. Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys - (with Traffic)
12. Rainmaker - (with Traffic)
DISC 3:
1. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory - (with Traffic)
2. Uninspired, (Sometimes I Feel So) - (live, with Traffic)
3. Happy Vibes - (with Winwood/Kabaka/Amao)
4. Something New - (with Traffic)
5. Dream Gerrard - (with Traffic)
6. Walking In The Wind - (with Traffic)
7. When The Eagle Flies - (with Traffic)
8. Winner/Loser - (with Stomu Yamashta's Go)
9. Crossing The Line - (live, with Stomu Yamashta's Go)
10. Hold On
11. Time Is Running Out
12. Vacant Chair
DISC 4:
1. While You See A Chance
2. Arc Of A Diver
3. Spanish Dancer
4. Night Train
5. Dust
6. Valerie
7. Talking Back To The Night
8. Your Silence Is Your Song
9. Higher Love
10. Freedom Overspill
11. Back In The High Life Again
12. Finer Things, The
13. Roll With it
14. Don't You Know What The Night Can Do?
15. One And Only Man
Greg's pick: Disc #1 Track #5 - Keep On Running - (with The Spencer Davis Group)
If you like Steve Winwood then this CD box set is a must have for your collection.
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