So - What Music Did You Buy This Week? (1 Viewer)

[Rich Malloy]

Vaughan Williams "A Sea Symphony" Telarc SACD--this disc sounds amazing, among the very best classical SACDs I've heard.

Alison Krauss+Union Station "Live" Rounder SACD--easily my favorite AK+US SACD out there, brilliantly recorded ("direct to DSD"). Very highly recommended.

Simon & Garfunkel "Bookends" MFSL Gold Disc (on CD-R)--not just the finest MFSL I've yet heard, but the finest of any Simon and Garfunkel album (on CD) I've heard. And it just happens to be my favorite of their releases.

 

[JonZ]

NOFX - Regaining Unconsciousness EP (Cant wait for the new record next week )

 

[Angelo.M]

jesse malin's the fine art of self destruction
caitlin cary's i'm staying out
and i bought daniel lanois' shine for a friend: the best album of 2003 so far

rich: is the MSFL Bookends significantly better than the recent remastered CD (Columbia Legacy, or something like that)?; i was floored by the remaster c/w the older Redbook CD version--hadn't heard Bookends sound that good before

 

[Tom Meyer]

Recently:

White Stipes - "Elephant". I could only resist so long ...

Stereolab - "ABC Music - BCC Radio One Sessions". some very very very off-key singing on disc #2 is offset by some very cool stuff like "Moogie Wonderland" and "Anemie" on disc #1

Monade - "Socialisme ou Barbarie". Laetitia Sadier's solo thang. Very understated & spartan. Pretty good so far.

Arab Strap - "Monday Night at the Hug and Pint". More songs about drinking, fighting, getting drunk, screwing, breaking up, making up, drinking, fighting, drinking and did I mention drinking ? Enjoying it a lot !

 

[Rich Malloy]

I remember comparing the Remaster with the Mofi. The Mofi sounded a little smoother and less bright.. some may prefer the remaster on their sysytemsears. Anyway I prefered the Mofi, but they both sounded good and the difference wasn't that much.

I also have the Columbia Mastersound Gold (on CD-R) of "Bridge Over Troubled Waters", but it is definitely NOT worth seeking out. It's only the second Mastersound disc I've heard, but I've not liked either one of them (specifically, I prefer my original "CBS" release of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" to the Mastersound version).

 

[Jeremiah]

The Doors - Strange Days
James Brown - Greatest Hits....I think it's called 40th anniversary, 2 disc set.

 

[LarryDavenport]

DVD-A Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
DVD-A Neil Young - Harvest
DVD-A Fleetwood Mac - Rumors

used CD Isacc Hayes - Black Moses (single disc highlight 24 bit remaster)
used CD Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy/Songs For Young Lovers (Australian 2-fer)
used cd Pharoah Sanders - heart is a melody
used cd Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Deluxe 2cd)

bootleg Beatles Complete Hollywood Bowl
bootleg Beatles Acetates 1 & 2
bootleg Beatles Complete Rooftop Concert
bootleg White Stripes Complete BBC Recordings

 

[JordanS]

4-28-03

3 copies of the 30 Year Anniversary Vinyl of DSOTM

 

[Jeff Kohn]

Threshold - Wireless

 

[Mike Broadman]

Prog rock bundle arrived in the mail:

Opeth- Orchid (remastered)
Camel- Snow Goose (remastered)
Magma- Kontarkosz
Glass Hammer- Prelandra

and

NP: Opeth- Damnation

 

[Zenas]

Just got... Rammstein - "Live Aus Berlin"

 

[ShawnFr]

I just bought the last two issues of CMJ New Music monthly magazine, which, of course, came with discs!

 

[KevinJ]

i just bought the heart alive in seattle dvd[well worth the $20 btw]

 

[Rachael B]

On used CD I got Calexico's BLACK LIGHT and Wilson Pickett's THE ESSENTIALS

ON new CD I got Madonna's AMERICAN LIFE

On SACD I got Bob James IN HI-FI which sounds good but does it rival the vinyl? Questionable? I got MAN OF THE WORLD: REFLECTIONS ON PETER GREEN which is a various artists tribute to the man behind the original Fleetwood Mac. It's not as good as listening to Peter Green but there's a nice variety of his contemporaies giving it a shot. Sound quality, very average for SACD.

I know I said, in the Kinks thread, that I wasn't going to buy LOW BUDJET but I did. This isn't my favourite period of the Kinks but I kind'a like it. Furthermore, this is a really hot sounding stereo SACD. I was amazed how good it sounds even on my SCD-775. It really blazed on my XA777! It contains 3 bonus cuts that are extended mixes of, arguably, the 3 best songs. I've decided to buy all or most of the new Mobile Fidelity releases as I feel they'll become very collectable. BTW, 3 more Kinks albums are in the MF pipeline. LOW BUDJET is a totally bitchin' disc! I hope the others measure up to this one.

 

[Dave Scarpa]

Kevin How is that Heart DVD ? I have it on my List It's supposed to be Anamorphic Widescreen Hows the quality?

 

[Al B. C]

SACD's......

Peter Gabriel - "So" and "Shaking The Tree"

DVD-V......

"Standing In The Shadows Of Motown"

 

[Rich Malloy]

Picked up every Gabriel SACD that my local Best Buy had: "So", "Shaking the Tree", and "Passion". I've reviewed in several other threads, so I won't repeat it here.... but I think my neighbors will be happy when the newness of these wears off, as I do believe Tony Levin's bass is reaching through the walls and rearranging the kidneys and bladders of anyone within range!

 

[KevinJ]

the quality's quite good imho[sound and picture]

 

[KevinJ]

btw the heart dvd was shot in HDTV and was shown on hdnet

 

[Dave Scarpa]

I Thought it might be the HDNet concert, which I have not seen.