RSD 2020

Jan said:
I never had the original, so i jumped on this. I like the love to detail llike the reworking of the original grand royal logoView attachment 64277
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Yeah, that's great. This is just a really nostaglic record for me. I was listening to this, Built To Spill's There's Nothing Wrong With Love and Rift by Phish a lot, all around the same time. WEEN's Pure Guava, too, with the assorted Grateful Dead and Beatles, etc sprinkled in. It's all kind of one weird moment. I found a copy once for $2, years ago, at a little street market, so I bought it. I never remember hearing much about it otherwise, so I don't know what kind of life it had beyond myself and the friend I would listen to it with. Because of that, the associations remain very specific for me.

I might have to grab this for the demos and outtakes.
 
Dead C said:
Yeah, that's great. This is just a really nostaglic record for me. I was listening to this, Built To Spill's There's Nothing Wrong With Love and Rift by Phish a lot, all around the same time. WEEN's Pure Guava, too, with the assorted Grateful Dead and Beatles, etc sprinkled in. It's all kind of one weird moment. I found a copy once for $2, years ago, at a little street market, so I bought it. I never remember hearing much about it otherwise, so I don't know what kind of life it had beyond myself and the friend I would listen to it with. Because of that, the associations remain very specific for me.

I might have to grab this for the demos and outtakes.
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I actually started listening to ben lee with the second one "something to remember me by" and only had pop queen on an old grand royal sampler. So that was the chance to pick this up. Looks like there a enough copies around of the reissue judging from discogs sellers prices
 
Jan said:
I actually started listening to ben lee with the second one "something to remember me by" and only had pop queen on an old grand royal sampler. So that was the chance to pick this up. Looks like there a enough copies around of the reissue judging from discogs sellers prices
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Yeah. I picked up a lot, so I'm hoping to just watch this drop in price. Some always do and this feels slept on. It's the same with the Daedelus Invention release for RSD from a few years back. You can find that now for about $10 some places and I love that album.

When "Something To Remember Me By" came out, I was so used to the sound of Grandpaw Would that it almost felt too sleek and produced, at the time. Of course, that's only by comparison to an album made by a 15 year old on a $20 guitar. What always kind of weirded me out is how, when Lee was signed to Grand Royal, he was still a kid and Ad Rock was married to Ione Skye. Now Ben is married to her. Mix in the fact that Donovan has been both of their father in law and my imagination jumbles up with fantastic ideas of them all palling around in a yard drinking beer at some fictional cookout.
 
Selaws said:
Damnnnnn the comments on the Discogs listing for the Sun Ra box are BRUTAL. People are not happy at all with the amount pressed. Have to say though, a deluxe 5lp box set for £69.99 sounds pretty reasonable to me (especially when you consider the inflated RSD prices) and im surprised they only pressed 2000 copies worldwide.

Sun Ra - Egypt 1971
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I've got to say though, this is one of the best Discogs "reviews" I've seen 🔥
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HuddieLedbetter said:
Hi all:

I think that this is the correct section for this, but it isn't a record. I have these: Sonus Faber Concerto Grand Piano loudspeaker that I purchased around the time that review was written. They served me well, sound beautiful, and have the wear (plus an extra bit) that you might expect of speakers that traveled 3 states and I think 8-10 moves.

Some quick notes:
  • The speakers are the two towers and the center channel (see photos)
  • Serial # on the towers is 3005
  • I cannot ship them, they are available for pickup only, and I live in Boston (city)
  • They ebay for an oddly high amount of money considering how old they are -- I share this mostly to say that I lived with them since ~1999/2000 and they were terrific speakers that sound lovely, were highly regarded upon release, and apparently if I'd taken great care of them I could flip for about $1500-2K less than I originally paid (huh.... life lessons).
  • This is a comparable ebay listing: Sonus Faber Concerto Grand Piano matched pair Serial # 2516 free shipping CUS | eBay
  • They are inefficient: e.g. they require an amp that can push a high quality of power. @HiFi Guy might be able to provide more context but originally I bi-wired them to a 200w/channel amp -- a Denon AVR 5800
  • I paired them with a sub to balance the inefficiency (REL Storm III) and provide a full range
  • They are able to be bi-wired (see above points, power hungry) -- slight hiccup at the moment is that my five-year old son seems to have recently taken the connectors between the terminations for all three speakers. This is though just a simply piece of conductive metal and I think easy to replace. If I hunt enough I can probably find them ... Kids.... :) but can't promise it.
  • the extra bit of wear...Around 3 moves ago, the movers managed to crack the the housing where all three speakers terminate. They have always worked since then, but you can slide that open on all 3 speakers (see photo)
My asks (some honor system stuff)
  • Please don't take them to flip them -- unless that is really financially important to you ('cause hey, times) but hopefully this is a way to help someone get a set of speakers to enjoy the hobby more we all love
  • Please try to be kind in a few conscious acts -- in whatever manner you choose -- and well, pay it forward
  • Please donate something to @Jake! PIFsgiving because I think that's pretty neat
  • Recommend me one record that's been meaningful to you this past year
that's it. Why am I doing it? Thanks @MikeH @HiFi Guy @AnthonyI @Skalap @Selaws @Joe Mac @Ed Selley @Splunders and all of you. Seems good and it would be great it they went to a good home. Happy to send more photos, etc.

Final note: if you look carefully in one of the photos you can see my gym sock reflected in the very shiny piano black finish -- because, shiny!

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HuddieLedbetter said:
If you end up missing out, I can PIF you a copy
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In case people weren't already aware, N&G Leadbelly is wicked awesome people.
 
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