Recent content by John Kotches

No one has yet mentioned one of my personal favorites... Larry Carlton on Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne. Absolutely killer work. Cheers,

Graham, Well you've skipped a few words here and there but that's ok... Generally speaking, grey is considered drab and dreary, yes? Consider "The Kiss From a Rose" to be love, and it's effect on a formerly drab and dreary (grey) life and I think that you're probably getting pretty...

Kyle: Could you explain why the SPARS code for Brothers in Arms was DDD then? It cannot have a SPARS code of DDD if it's mixed on an Analog console, it would have to be DAD, or AAD. According to Steve Hoffman, BIA was the first disc to be released as DDD. There were analog tracks...

Eric, If you review and post in the forums you learn to have thick skin[/i] pretty quickly ;) Best,

Glenn, I don't have a problem with your post. In this cut and paste world it's easy to have your words move from forum to forum to forum pretty easily, and without your knowledge. Cheers,

I don't review displays for WSR. I do handle audio reviews for some universal players. Those aren't around for that long, typically about 4-6 weeks.

Are there any obvious physical flaws on the disc? If not, and depending on the age you may have a hard time getting Universal or the pressing plant to replace the media. Good luck though. Cheers,

I guess I'm going to voice the "Minority Report" on this forum too... This disc doesn't suck by any stretch of the imagination, but it just misses the mark of being reference class for me. Here's where I think it falls short: 1) Inconsistent mix of lead vocal between phantom center, hard...

Andrew: Some of us like the fact that they have intelligent (often wry) lyrics as opposed to the vast majority of what passes for popular music these days. Ahh well, everybody has different tastes. I just got word that Brothers in Arms shipped, but it's not slated to arrive until next...

Rachael, Well, I believe that Steely Dan has delivered more groove on one track, Pretzel Logic, than Spyro Gyra has in > 25 years of recording. If you want even more groove at uptempo for a variation, add in Kid Charlemagne. Most unimpressive. But that's just my opinion. Cheers,

Rachael: No they don't. For one thing, they have no soul, nor do they have any concept of a true groove, and their material sounds about the same as when they first hit the scene 25 years or so ago. Then there's the fact that Beckenstein has an almost non-existent tone quality to his horn...

Spyro Gyra. They aren't even bubble gum jazz, and yes I have the disc. Soulless elevator music. Yes, it's well recorded, but there's simply nothing particularly appealing to me about any of their performances.

Rachael, Sound quality is meaningless if the performance is emotionless or drivel. There is at least one recording in your list that qualifies in this category. Cheers,

There's no doubt (if you have the patience and time) that Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding is great demonstration material on SA-CD and DVD-Audio. On my system the DVD-A sounds a tad better, but it's skewed that way anyway. There are a few other great demo tracks on this disc as...

Danny, I ordered through CD Wow, but I haven't received shipping confirmation yet. Should be fun when it gets here though. Cheers,