Music

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Here's a short Stereophile blurb on the classical music download site Primetone. It seems like a nice alternative to the label stores although the article seems to indicate that they are trying to retain some control of their holds. Anyway, I kind of like the way that Primetone includes news and interviews so visiting the site is a quick way to see what's hot. This is in contrast to ClassicsOnline that seems to be a more traditional online music store. Be sure and note how different sites vary in price and formats. BTW, looks like most of these sites have streaming in the making. http://www.stereophile.com/content/primephonics-hi-rez-classical-downlo…

So I'm looking for Purple Rain and 1999 in high resolution. qobuz has them for download at 96\24 Any thoughts on those? 1. can I download them in the US 2. can I play it with any player 3. how do they sound

What the hell is going on at 1:39 of this track? That's more than a kick drum. On a side note: I challenge anyone with good bass on their headphones to listen to that track and say that the bass at that point isn't "visceral" (NSFW -- "I don't give a fuck you fucking fuck" being amongst the lyrics). You should feel that bass down somewhere around your diaphragm.

Thought I'd start this thread, seeing as I'm listening to Sky Cries Mary right now. Check 'em out. Well, can't have this thread without mentioning Porcupine Tree, so I'll mention them: Porcupine Tree -- so there, I mentioned them. If you like this type of music and you haven't heard them, you should at least check them out. No, seriously, they've recently been remastering a lot of their back catalog, and the impossible to get Lightbulb Sun should be coming up soon. Stars Die (the compilation) is a good place to start. Warning: multiple versions of practically all their albums exist, so do your homework first -- decide, for example, beforehand, whether or not …

I'm currently listening to Lisa Stansfield's "All around the World", a tune that has a strong power to rise my spirits. In fact most of her first album can do that. There are many others, no matter how tough conditions are, that may help me to feel a bit happier. I suppose you have your own and may you like to share them. Some other Prozac tunes of mine Art Blakey - Moanin' Charlie Mingus - Moanin' Bob Marley - Three little birds Kool & The Gang - Celebration LV Beethoven - 4th movement of his 9th Stevie Wonder - Isn't she lovely

Ok American Soul maybe the best drunk music ever... so in that spirit name your top soul/r&b tracks maybe 2-5 of them here are a few of mine Tammy Tate and the Nightingales ; Just a Little Overcome Otis R : Try a Little Tenderness OJays : Backstabbers Harold Melvin : Don't Leave Me This Way ok old people what are your favs

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So, this is a really stupid question, but I was wondering if DVD-A discs have PCM 24/96 tracks on them? If I have a transport that can play the PCM information off of DVD-V discs, is there any reason it won't work with DVD-A discs? Thanks!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120328/us-obit-earl-scruggs/ 88 years...

He would've been 80 today. If only those silly German doctors knew he was diabetic... --- Recommended Dolphania: Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch Eric Dolphy - Other Aspects Eric Dolphy - Live at the Five Spot John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Charles Mingus - The Great Concert Of Charles Mingus Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz Chico Hamilton - Gongs East! Andrew Hill - Point Of Departure The man was a fucking genius.

http://remhq.com/new...ory.php?id=1446 Bummer, but it was an awesome ride for those guys. I'm going to play Chronic Town/Murmer and Collapse Into Now to mark their passing.

New album being digitally released (in WAV, if you like) on Saturday! Just pre-ordered the $53 2-lp set, which won't ship till May but includes a WAV download. Super excited to hear the new material. http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/

Thought some of the Jazz, or even simply piano, fans here might be interested in this Kevin Whitehead audio review of Ran Blakes newest: Ran Blake: Ghosts In The Piano : NPR Music . Immediately ordered.

Here's a short Sterephile review of Newmans newest. One of the most fun purchases I'm made recently. Course for a couple months recently I was listening almost exclusively to Randy, so maybe I'm a bit biased there.

This thread is for pointing and jeering. Great cover there guys, really. Genius.

I have never listened to Stravinsky but want to. Some of my favorite composers are 20th century composers and Stravinsky is almost always spoken of with high regard. The problem is that I don't know where to start. What pieces do you like a lot or what do you think I should start with?

I am grooving to this old Paul Van Dyk album, "Out There And Back" (to be fair, this isn't actually my old copy, I did own one in high school and lost it to the ravages of college, I picked up this copy from someone on HF), and am looking for some more trancey pulsating dreamy atmospheric beat and bass heavy music. I plugged Van Dyk into Pandora and Tiesto came up. I've noticed some of you posting Tiesto discs in the "listening to" thread. The album that came up on Pandora was "Nyana". Thanks!

Anything, anything good The more epic the merrier.

Looking for any recommendations for more current jazz bassists (and good albums with them) that had a similar style to Ray Brown or Paul Chambers (laid back, playing in the pocket, great melody).

One of my favorite holidays of the year. Is anyone going? Anything worth picking up? http://recordstoreday.com/ Flaming Lips - Heady Nuggs Vol 2 is tempting I kinda want Skrillex & Diplo ft Justin Bieber - Where Are You Now? Across The Universe OST. If this was the deluxe edition, I'd be incredibly tempted. As it is, it doesn't have "If I Fell" by Evan Rachel Wood. She got better at singing as the filming progressed, or she was autotuned, or both, but I much prefer her version in the movie to the Beatles' version. Monster a Go-Go Volume 1. A friend of mine would go nuts over this, and there are only 1000 copies, so if I find it, may grab it for him. …

Who's going to support their local record store on "Record Store Day"? http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home It looks like there will be a lot of new releases and exclusives sold on Record Store Day (RSD). And some stores will have quite a few special events. Amoeba in Hollywood is giving away 250 wristbands to see Smashing Pumpkins perform on RSD if you preorder their boxset. Slash will be signing his new album. Salzer's in Ventura will be having some bands play and Coheed & Cambria will be doing a signing. Looks like quite a bit of good fun.

Just a heads-up for this year's RSD on 4/16: http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases Lots of special releases on vinyl in particular.

I didn't see a thread on this, but I just remembered that it's tomorrow. I NEED the CAKE box set, but there's a lot of other cool stuff too. http://recordstoreday.com Is anyone else going shopping tomorrow? **BRENT**

Stereophile's list: Stereophile: 2009 Records To Die For Lots of safe choices, but some good ones too.