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[OMC]

Well, I broke down and preordered The Smile's new record. Reviews are rolling in for the US pressing. Guess I'm prepared for disappointment again from MRP.


The Smile (5) - Wall Of Eyes

Url: https://www.discogs.com/release/29539879-The-Smile-Wall-Of-Eyes

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Euro pressings also have mixed reviews. Non-fill issues. Guess, I better just buy the damn CD

At the listening party last night that featured this album I found that Thom Yorke is not my cup of tea. No surprise, I’m old and set in my ways. The system being listened to was an SME 6 table and arm with a Hana ML on the end of it. Didn’t catch the phono pre but the store owner preferred it to the built in of the Luxman 509Z. Speakers were the Wilson Sasha V. I was sitting in the back of the room but to my ears the first side of the record had a dynamic range of about six dB. I was close enough to see the Luxman meters pretty much stayed in a very narrow range. The second half of side two got a little more dynamic but the Luxman seemed to be running out of gas by that time and it wasn’t very loud at all. Worst part for me, and the reason I posted this here was the noise between cuts was far too noticeable for my tastes. Plenty of folks were buying the record afterwards so what do I know? This was the first in-shop listening session I had been to in about 35 years and it was enjoyable.

 

[Jbraswell]

Anyone get the new Ornette from Rhino?
My copy is sitting 75 miles away for the rest of the weekend

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

I played the European version of the Smile today and had no no-fill issues / popping. I'm not the world's fussiest listener - I can't say that it sounded dazzling, but it sounded perfectly fine.

 

[MikeH]

Anyone get the new Ornette from Rhino?
My copy is sitting 75 miles away for the rest of the weekend

Got mine pretty quickly but haven’t had a chance to listen…

 

[MikeH]

Curious what the new craft one step will be that is announced this week!

 

[Joe Mac]

Curious what the new craft one step will be that is announced this week!

Another bloody jazz record.

 

[MikeH]

Another bloody jazz record.

We need more quality jazz reissues!

 

[Joe Mac]

We need more quality jazz reissues!

Damn the no eye roll reaction.

 

[Turbo]

Anyone get the new Ornette from Rhino?
My copy is sitting 75 miles away for the rest of the weekend

I did, but haven't played it yet.

 

[MikeH]

Finally grabbed this one for a good price. Add it to the BoomBoom count!

 

[Turbo]

Damn the no eye roll reaction.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Finally grabbed this one for a good price. Add it to the BoomBoom count!
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Nice! Yeah, this is the one to get!

I am still looking a copy of the HQ-180 pressing of You Are Free.

 

[markmck79]

Finally grabbed this one for a good price. Add it to the BoomBoom count!
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I highly recommend the new Cat Power Sings Dylan album.

I have the clear vinyl edition cut by BG and it sounds great. (Plus the album/music is great, as well.) It has been in heavy rotation here since the holidays.

 

[MikeH]

I highly recommend the new Cat Power Sings Dylan album.

I have the clear vinyl edition cut by BG and it sounds great. (Plus the album/music is great, as well.) It has been in heavy rotation here since the holidays.

Yep it’s REALLY good. Been in constant rotation here too.

 

[wmeugene]

Anyone get the new Ornette from Rhino?
My copy is sitting 75 miles away for the rest of the weekend

I did, it sounds great as one would expect

 

[wmeugene]

Curious what the new craft one step will be that is announced this week!

Hoping for Isaac Hayes or some other essential Stax, but I expect to be disappointed

 

[MikeH]

Hoping for Isaac Hayes or some other essential Stax, but I expect to be disappointed

Can’t be black Moses if they stick to 1LP (and VMP is doing it anyway). Forgot they don’t own much Otis Redding.

 

[wmeugene]

Can’t be black Moses if they stick to 1LP (and VMP is doing it anyway). Forgot they don’t own much Otis Redding.

I’m rooting for Hot Buttered Soul

 

[HayesWeighsIn]

Well, I broke down and preordered The Smile's new record. Reviews are rolling in for the US pressing. Guess I'm prepared for disappointment again from MRP.


The Smile (5) - Wall Of Eyes

Url: https://www.discogs.com/release/29539879-The-Smile-Wall-Of-Eyes

Shared from the Discogs App


Euro pressings also have mixed reviews. Non-fill issues. Guess, I better just buy the damn CD

Streamed it over the weekend. I enjoyed it more than anything Thom Yorke has done in a very, very long time. It's a winner. Also loved that while the arrangements are dense, the master isn't slammed. It's nice.

 

[zdkaiser]

Streamed it over the weekend. I enjoyed it more than anything Thom Yorke has done in a very, very long time. It's a winner. Also loved that while the arrangements are dense, the master isn't slammed. It's nice.

My vinyl copy is being delivered today. Waiting for that to arrive for my first listen