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On another thread (about BL20 speakers, and my testing them) Jeff recommended I listen to "The Band" rather than Joan Baez and then went on the make the following recommendation:
elephant: Jeff: Bobby Horton's rendition of "I'm A Good Old Rebel," written just after the war, truly captures the despair and bitterness the South felt. Add to My Library Download All done
Jeff: Bobby Horton's rendition of "I'm A Good Old Rebel," written just after the war, truly captures the despair and bitterness the South felt.
Will be curious as to what you think of it. PM or email me if you like.
So I listened to the following tracks downloaded (from Apple's streaming service) today:
So thanks Jeff !
BeoNut since '75
Just finished listening to Steve'n'Seagulls, a Finish hillbilly band that play mainly heavy rock covers with humour. What amazes me is not only how they interpret these classic songs but the production value. Close your eyes whilst listening through your B&O speakers and you can really imagine reaching out and touching the instruments and band members.
At times like this I really appreciate the values of Bang & Olufsen and gives me complete confidence that my wife's views are wrong :-)
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
I'm not familiar with the Bobby Horton "Ologies" so can't comment. The feel of the classic Southern songs varies a lot, from optimistic and go get em at the start, to somewhat more dour and even kind of gallows humor during the war, to resigned or even bitter at the end. I remember one about Vicksburg"
Twas at the siege of Vicksburg, of Vicksburg, of Vicksburg,
Twas at the siege of Vicksburg, and the Parrot shells were singing thru the air,
Listen to the Parrot shells, listen to the Parrot shells, the Parrot shells were singing thru the air
Etc.
Or one from he beginning:
Oh I come from old Manassas with a pocket full of fun,
I killed 20 Yankees with a single barreled gun,
But it don't make a niffes difference, to either you or I,
Big Yankee, little Yankee, all run or die
He has several in praise of Stonewall Jackson that are quite uplifting. Jackson was such a unique character, and a brilliant tactician of cavalry, the way he is portrayed in the movie "Gods and Generals" is pretty accurate and makes the movie worth a watch.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Jeff:The feel of the classic Southern songs varies a lot, from optimistic and go get em at the start, to somewhat more dour and even kind of gallows humor during the war, to resigned or even bitter at the end.
Understandably ... I have only read one in-depth book of that war - which was mainly about the battles rather than the tragedy.
And to confirm, the Beoworld iApp is working but does not post pictures so I am back to the Mac ... the Alison Krauss renditions were great, I had forgotten how great ! I can see many enjoyable hours are ahead, I need to sort my collection by stars and focus on the subset of ***
This afternoon I found a new strength of the BL20s ..... I can do the vacuuming and still hear the music and it was not even set to [LOUD]
Thanks Geoff for a great playlist selection ... it raises an interesting question as to why each speaker has a different list !
Good to see [TELARC] lives on ...
And "finally" this track in particular was outstanding ... but I would say my favourite was Maty Chapin Carpenter's "I Feel Lucky"
- Flere
smile and enjoy the moment
Hi.
Every week on spotify I get a new suggested playlist from Spotify itself, I assume it's based on what I have been listening to recently. This week one of the tracks was 'The Message' by Nate James, which I really enjoyed, having a great cool, funky feel to it.
Not knowing anything about this singer I searched his name on You Tube and found the official video to this track. There, right at the beginning of the video there were 2 beograms side by side on a sideboard, and he puts an LP on one and starts it. This appears to be a BG1700 I believe. Another ' B&O in the music video' feature along with a great track. The quality of the video on you tube is not great as it is from 2008 but is watchable.
Just thought I would share with you.
Thanks.
Graeme.
Yes, I have enjoyed this feature every week recently. Have discovered new tracks and rediscovered some long forgotten about tracks too.
Life's about gambles, so I pre-ordered SANTANA IV, without pre-listening to it on any streaming device or reading any press reviews.
Basically Carlos Santana has gone back to the early 70's and pulled the original team together who produced and recorded in my eyes their finest work, (first three albums). Ok nostalgia and 45 years does not always mix; for some reason I still think I looked cool in my bell bottomed trousers and long hair riding my BSA.
Musically this is a good album with some moments of pure Santana genius and you will want to revisit it time after time, sit down turn your phone off, grab a drink and just listen.
On the flip side I had followed the bands "Pledge Music" and social media hype and pre-ordered Cheap Tricks 17th studio album, "Bang Zoom ...Hello", to me Robin Zander is one of rocks best singers and Rick Neilson's clowning guitar work is pure brilliance. Like Santana, Cheap Trick have had a mixed release of albums, from critically acclaimed to total disasters and this is a cracker, with hints of Bowie, The Who and Sweet.
Life cannot get better than good music......
Mark: I still think I looked cool in my bell bottomed trousers and long hair riding my BSA.
Peter the Biker:arranged for 44 pianos
Tommy James and the Shondells, very, very sixties with catchy “little” tunes, kind of nostalgic to listen to, BUT the pressing sucks.
The sound is so tinny and artificial that I cleaned the MMC6000 cartridge on the Beogram 8000. (It wasn’t dirty and cleaning didn’t help.) Started having “dark” thoughts about my elderly MMC6000.
Tried the record on the Beogram 4004/MMC20CL and it was exactly the same, lousy.
Just had to make peace with the fact that Roulette was not exactly the best label in the sixties…. Pretty much took me back to this same recording played on an 8-Track in my car.
Hey, I enjoy the songs, so it is what it is.
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Piaf:Hey, I enjoy the songs, so it is what it is.
elephant:Half the pleasure is the associated sounds, sights and scents in your memories. Often the memory sounds sooooo much better
You are SOOOOO right about the sound AND the memories. In all fairness I rather imagine this record sound just “fine” on my first Fisher stereo which wouldn’t compare very well with any B&O product.
I have regular conversations with the friend who gifted me with the MMC6000 and he dependably never fails to comment, “I can’t believe that MMC6000 still works.”
Well it does and frankly I can’t tell the difference between the MMC6000 and two of the MMC20CL’s. They are my favourite cartridges and I would have hated it if any of those somber predictions of doom had actually come true….. but they hadn’t.
It is all good.
Piaf:It is all good.
elephant: I'll probably select the most technically challenging because "yes we can"
I'll probably select the most technically challenging because "yes we can"
If you don't succeed, just plug your headphone into the iPhone instead ;-))
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Miles Davis, Tutu
HD 24bit/96kHz
Prince is gone
Prince Sign 'O' the Times 😥
Format 0 😀😎
CB:Prince is gone
Loved his music, he was an icon of his time.
Prince "Purple Rain" cassette BC4500 -> BM4000 -> M70. Even the wife is jamming.
Sadly.
Listening to 'Over' by 'Wolven' who are a young group of local musicians. It's a track which I first heard played on the BL90's in my local store.
A great track and beautifully produced.
http://listentowolven.bandcamp.com/track/over
Martin.
not sure where to post this but if you are lucky enough to have access to the brilliant BBCiPlayer there is a fantastic live studio performance of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells if you also watch the Mike Oldfield story on iPlayer you may just see a pair of B&O speakers in his studio....
the live performance is rather accurate and beautifully played....
Uriah Heep/Salisbury, a monster of an album and the very one used as a demo disk to sell stereo gear at my favourite “Hi-Fi” store, Cooper Radio/St. Petersburg, Florida.
What a tangled complex and POWERFUL work. Exceptional, artistic, a period piece that defined the age.
This LP along with a few others sure as heck got me to buy my first McIntosh stereo and after not hearing it for decades, I can see why.
Totally off the subject, my local audio technician has said and said often that vinyl records decay being the plastic that they are and no matter how I have taken care of them, they don’t sound remotely as good as they did new. Had anyone else heard anything like this?
I ask because I tried a Tommy James recording and found it tinny…. but worse I put on one of my “prized” Motown original Supreme’s Greatest Hits and found it lifeless with very, VERY low volume.
I had been playing the Beocord 8004 prior and it was basically twice the volume of this LP. Then while listening to the LP with the volume cranked WAY up, an errant touch on the remote had the radio selected at a volume that about knocked me out of my chair.
So I went looking for another “vintage” LP and found the Uriah Heep…… and nothing tinny about this LP and the volume matches the Beocord.
Anyone else ever experienced this low LP volume? Or is my memory of the recording enhanced” by time?
Ferenc Fricsay did a very good job as conductor, better than Herbert v. Karajan. "Die Moldau": At the end of the piece (last beat) you shall know where Mike Oldfield got his inspiration for his beats on Tubular Bells ...
Siam roads (2014), by Limousine
Evan I am listening to RIGHT NOW side 3 LP of Verdi's 'Nabucco' on my B & O 5500 system coming through my 5500 Beogram through a set of Penta Speakers - sounds amazing.
Professor David A Flynn JP LM
Im listening to the Best of Fleetwood Mac
Then i will listen to Dami Im Carpenters tribute
Listening to Francoise Hardy on my new laptop. the sound is JBL, I think. The new HP laptops sport B&O sound. But I wanted
the i7 processor and a solid state HD so I opted for the Lenovo instead.