What are we listening to right now..

[Johnkeizer]

FM radio, hits of the 70s, via some Gentleman Jack and a Tomahawk steak.
Who needs the high end?

 

[Robin L]

Picked this up yesterday, used but very clean. This box is supposed to have 10 CDs, mine is missing the two-CD collection "Groovin'". This is not a representation of "Woodstock" in any manner, but it is a good representation of Top 40, a little bit of true rock and more than a little sunshine pop. The box uses the "Time-Life" logo, but the logo was licensed by "Direct Holdings Americas Inc., 2010", so maybe not so much Time-Life, eh? In any case, the mixes sound pretty up to date, some sound like remixes—the mix of "Turn, Turn, Turn" (one of the earliest tracks here), has instruments in one channel, vocals in the other, the original is in hard mono on the "Turn, Turn, Turn" album on Tidal. Other songs seem to have greater clarity than versions I've heard from other CDs of this material. "Happy Together" comes to mind*. However, I suspect there's some peak limiting/compression going on, though I know the originals have some obvious compression to make them "radio friendly". I usually listen to CDs in my car, so this might be a feature, not a bug. Well worth the $3 I paid for it, though I now feel committed to find a copy of the missing two-CD set.

*Edit. I have a different transfer of Happy Together on "Lost & Found in the Sixties, Songs You Never Forget", Liberty 7243-5-97032-2-0, from 2004. The level volume level of Happy Together on the Liberty compilation is lower than the "Woodstock" collection, but the peak distortion sounds the same.

 

[Sammy77]

Fugazi has finally released the recordings they made with Steve Albini back in 1992, which were initially meant for their album In On The Kill Taker.

Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi

12 track album

fugazi.bandcamp.com

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Oh nice , I didn’t know they had something new out !

 

[Sammy77]

 

[Rick63]

 

[DSJR]

I know, I've got it real bad for them, but it's great to see these two finally getting the audiences they justly deserve, the love and respect passing both ways with no barriers I feel right now and the visuals developing nicely -

 

[Rick63]

 

[Rick63]

 

[Rick63]

 

[CptKaos]

 

[Sammy77]

I know, I've got it real bad for them, but it's great to see these two finally getting the audiences they justly deserve, the love and respect passing both ways with no barriers I feel right now and the visuals developing nicely -

This was fun

 

[J. Lohmann]

INSPIRED BY LES NESSMAN...

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[J. Lohmann]

 

[J. Lohmann]

2018 RECORD STORE DAY VARESE SARABANDE BLUE AND ORANGE VINYL REISSUE

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[J. Lohmann]

2022 TARGET EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION "METALLIC COPPER" VINYL REISSUE

This is what the included bumper sticker looks like:

 

[J. Lohmann]

2021 LIMITED EDITION YELLOW VINYL REISSUE

 

[J. Lohmann]

 

[J. Lohmann]

1971 REPRISE ORIGINAL PRESSING

 

[J. Lohmann]

Found a near-mint copy of this Hip Hop classic, which was a favorite of mine when it came out in '88 (I had the cassette back then); Derek B was a UK-based rap artist/DJ who only had this one album to his credit (alongside a bunch of singles), and who unfortunately passed away at the age of 44 from a heart attack. The big single in the US off this LP was "Bad Young Brother," and it's definitely a banger.

Bullet From a Gun was released in the UK on a different label initially, but Derek was eventually noticed and singed by American Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons, who put the album out on Profile Records in the States. This pressing was dead quiet after a cleaning -- to the point I thought it had never been played -- and the jacket even had the original hype sticker on it. So cool to have this on wax and to be able to add it to my Old School Hip Hop section of the vinyl collection.

 

[Robin L]

Happy Birthday Billie! April 7, 1915: