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Offline James Edward

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14520 on: January 21, 2022, 01:41:12 PM »
Meatloaf: Bat of Hell



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Put this on as soon as I got home from work. Great stuff- may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it can’t be denied as an almost singular piece of work- Jim Steinman produced something very special.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14521 on: January 21, 2022, 02:00:21 PM »
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - Dorati/London Symphony Orchestra



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I’m going out on a limb here- how do you choose which version of a classical piece to listen to? I was reminded by your post of how much I liked the #7- so I randomly chose one off of Tidal- I looked for a hi-res one of course. It sounded good but didn’t move me. So I put on the version you had chosen, and it ‘felt’ much better. It didn’t sound as good per se, but much more enjoyable.
We should post some pieces that we feel are ‘best’- not SQ wise, but moving.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14522 on: January 21, 2022, 02:03:39 PM »
Bach: Oboe Concertos - Ogrintchouck/Swedish Chamber Orchestra



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14523 on: January 22, 2022, 01:16:16 PM »
The Rolling Stones: Love You Live



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14524 on: January 22, 2022, 01:19:07 PM »
Linda Ronstadt: Live in Hollywood



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14525 on: January 22, 2022, 01:22:52 PM »
Crosby Stills and Nash



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14526 on: January 22, 2022, 01:28:24 PM »
Janis Joplin: Pearl



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14527 on: January 22, 2022, 01:39:48 PM »
Joe Walsh: Analog Man



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I'm embarrassed to say that I only have a CD copy of this album.  :roll:
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14528 on: January 22, 2022, 02:41:24 PM »
Bach: Oboe Concertos - Ogrintchouck/Swedish Chamber Orchestra



Qobuz 44/24
I enjoyed this- I like to listen to music while reading books, and this is a cut above the very banal ‘reading’ music I wind up with on Tidal. CPE Bach also put out some oboe concertos I happened upon while listening to this.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14529 on: January 22, 2022, 07:02:09 PM »
Bach: Oboe Concertos - Ogrintchouck/Swedish Chamber Orchestra



Qobuz 44/24
I enjoyed this- I like to listen to music while reading books, and this is a cut above the very banal ‘reading’ music I wind up with on Tidal. CPE Bach also put out some oboe concertos I happened upon while listening to this.

I really liked this one too, so much so that I ordered a copy of the SACD.  8)
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14530 on: January 22, 2022, 10:55:16 PM »
Songs From a Secret Garden by Secret Garden streamed via Roon



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14531 on: January 22, 2022, 11:05:43 PM »
A Trip Around the World With the 101 Strings streamed via Roon



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14532 on: January 23, 2022, 01:15:50 AM »
Easy Listening: Academy Award Winners by The 101 Strings Orchestra streamed via Roon



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14533 on: January 25, 2022, 01:26:31 AM »
Music For Hotel Restaurant Bar  Vol. 3 by Mr Blue streamed via Roon

I found out about the artist Mr Blue, who is from Tanzania, through utube and then on Roon. There are 23 volumes available and many more that aren’t released yet on Qobuz or Tidal yet. I went thru all 23 volumes as I was curious. The recordings are good quality, spacious and holographic, so I looked up the studio which is Blue Heaven in Salinas KS. Their recording studio is a former church and the some of the instruments are sax, flute, accordion, piano. Fun to listen to

http://www.blueheavenstudios.com/index.cfm
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https://www.last.fm/music/Mr.+Blue/+wiki



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #14534 on: January 25, 2022, 06:56:47 AM »
Blue Heaven Studios is owned and operated by Chad Kasem of Acoustic Sounds for the express purpose of making high quality audiophile recordings, so the SQ of these albums does not surprise me. I have a bunch of blues albums that were done by Chad at Blue Heaven and they are very well done. I will have to check out this series.
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