Did anybody ask Toots?

Just don’t mention R*lf H*rris…

I’ve just listened to the 24/96 download. Same as the LP.

Both are a bit strained. So it’s not the LP pressing, it’s on the master tape.

Seen:
Spiral. Too many loose ends unmade. I’ll still watch the next series, though.
Family Guy – series 17 & 18. We’ve started on The Cleveland Show now.

Heard:
Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet & Let It […]

Ye-et iiin the dar-ark stree-eet shi-i-i-i-neth

Where’s Liam Gallagher when you need him?

Dusty and PSB

I bought the 50th LP. Gimme Shelter is quite murky, but I think that’s just because there’s lots going on in the mix. Everything else sounds really good. I haven’t compared it to my 1980s pressing.

NAD UK or NAD German?

I rode a horse from Giza to the pyramids and a camel back again. After the camel ride, I don’t think I sat down for a week (and I was about 2 inches shorter).

@mini

Yes, came last Thurs, but, due to tedious family-related drains on my time, I’ve not yet listened.

David at the cafe was eyeing it up lustily – he’s a massive early hip-hop/sampling fan.

And anything non-Apple above 5.0 (2016) can support AptX HD (lossless).

Current version is 5.1 (Jan 2019).

CDs were more like £14 in 1989. So more like £35. Crikey.

Coloured vinyl often sounds worse, though, so I’m going to throw my money at the black stuff.

I wondered if the phrase “Ace Records” would set an alarm bell ringing chez DFB.

Yeah, the Portland Arms sells Nanny State. It’s alright but I much prefer the Ghost Ship, which is not available there (but is at the Blue Moon and NCI Club). I wouldn’t know about other Cambridge pubs that don’t […]

My Android laptop forgets the BT connection to my Naim preamp. I have to go to settings – sound – select device (or something) and go through the ‘pair’ process again.

Mrs F joined CSR, originators of […]

See also: Fear of a Back Planet.

Somehow, I knew we’d end up here. Which reminds me, I read a review of this compiled by Bob Stanley release on Ace Records:

And any more than the absolute minimum of vinyl. Some of my late-80s/early-90s pressings are little more than thick flexi-disks. They’re almost translucent.

And the” black sheep of the family brother nobody mentions” of Ray and Dave Davies.

I hope I don’t come across like I prescribe sobriety. I like(d) the buzz from a couple of pints, especially at gigs. But I rarely got properly drunk after university, maybe half a dozen times in 20 years.

When I […]