[listening] What's On The Turntable?
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Brass Jester
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I went to see Kill II This on Saturday, and it was such a fantastic gig. It has to be the first time in 20 years I've seen the band play live and I was right up the front for it. So much positive energy in the room.
Thanks Nathan - never heard of them but have been listening on Amazon Music now - Brill!
Ben also likes them (he is a big BFMV fan and we saw them twice - also saw Bring Me The Horizon on the second gig - oh dear. But, Atreyu opened that gig (at the NEC) and they really rocked!)
Thanks Nathan - never heard of them but have been listening on Amazon Music now - Brill!
Ben also likes them (he is a big BFMV fan and we saw them twice - also saw Bring Me The Horizon on the second gig - oh dear. But, Atreyu opened that gig (at the NEC) and they really rocked!)
Maddz
Demi-God
Having got my amplifier serviced (could do with more restoration, not worth the money to do so - especially as a new version is due for release this summer), I've re-imported 2 albums: Focus - their 1975 eponymous album, and Fingers Off! - a 1981 compilation I got with a pair of Levis... The original imports, while acceptable, had minor issues; the new imports sound much better (especially after I wired everything up correctly - Paul managed to muck up the speakers and the phono lead to the old iMac).
[Whether I replace the amp is up in the air - MRRP for the forthcoming replacement is currently £699 which is rather a lot of money for kit we use so rarely now...]
Fingers Off! was (probably) my earlier acquisition; I've owned it since new, and it's survived much playing at my flat in London using my old Dansette suitcase record player, and latterly better treatment on the Pro-ject turntable. Reminds me a bit of listening to Top of the Pops on a mono CRT with a portable aerial (watching was not so good because of the poor reception). It's lasted better than the Levis I got with it! If I recall correctly, the Levis got relegated to sailing kit before being cut-off and eventually chucked out when my Mum complained they were indecent.
Focus I got second-hand (the hand-written price label suggests that). Where I got it from and when I can't remember. I might have got it at uni (either Bristol 1976-1979 or Leeds 1982-1984), or when I was living in London, or when I lived at home after Leeds, or even after I moved to Cambridge in 1990... It's a compilation of shorter pieces (single length) with a few longer pieces, and dates from just before the original line-up split. It's pretty well all instrumental prog rock, ranging from commercial sounds to more prog pieces.
Next to get the treatment is The Shangri-Las - Greatest Hits; another compilation (1984). I have a CD compilation - The Best of The Shangri-Las which has more tracks (17 vs 12) but only has 7 of the 12 tracks on the vinyl compilation.
The recording process is mildly involved:
[Whether I replace the amp is up in the air - MRRP for the forthcoming replacement is currently £699 which is rather a lot of money for kit we use so rarely now...]
Fingers Off! was (probably) my earlier acquisition; I've owned it since new, and it's survived much playing at my flat in London using my old Dansette suitcase record player, and latterly better treatment on the Pro-ject turntable. Reminds me a bit of listening to Top of the Pops on a mono CRT with a portable aerial (watching was not so good because of the poor reception). It's lasted better than the Levis I got with it! If I recall correctly, the Levis got relegated to sailing kit before being cut-off and eventually chucked out when my Mum complained they were indecent.
Focus I got second-hand (the hand-written price label suggests that). Where I got it from and when I can't remember. I might have got it at uni (either Bristol 1976-1979 or Leeds 1982-1984), or when I was living in London, or when I lived at home after Leeds, or even after I moved to Cambridge in 1990... It's a compilation of shorter pieces (single length) with a few longer pieces, and dates from just before the original line-up split. It's pretty well all instrumental prog rock, ranging from commercial sounds to more prog pieces.
Next to get the treatment is The Shangri-Las - Greatest Hits; another compilation (1984). I have a CD compilation - The Best of The Shangri-Las which has more tracks (17 vs 12) but only has 7 of the 12 tracks on the vinyl compilation.
The recording process is mildly involved:
- Clean, rinse & air dry records
- Place on turntable, check both channels working
- Fire up Quicktime on old iMac and select new audio recording. Make sure input volume is max!
- Record a short sequence, check both channels are appearing using Audacity (or do a test directly into Audacity).
- Delete test recording, start new one, restart LP.
- Record Side A, save as *Side A, turn over, record *Side B, save (into iCloud with new folder for each album)
- Open each file in turn in Audacity, mark the tracks (making sure the numbering for side B follows on from side A), save as Audacity project in same album folder.
- Open Audacity on MacBook Pro, edit album metadata, export the audio files from side A, repeat for side B.
- Import into iTunes, sort track names and artwork, tag the LTID in comments, update LT by changing the import tag to the iTunes tag. In iTunes, add the file to the Vinyl rip playlist.
- At some point, check the quality of the recording for the vinyl rip and yt-dlp playlists; if satisfied, remove from the playlist. Otherwise, delete and re-rip.
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Proggy update:
I've been enjoying Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate's latest, The Uncertainty Principle. I was going to link to it on Spotify, but they've not released it there yet. You can get it on Bandcamp here: https://hatsoffgentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/the-uncertainty-principle
However, there are two EPs available if you want a feel:
I may have shared the second one before. I absolutely love this band. They still feel very fresh and different to me.
My entry to them was Nostalgia for Infinity, where they used a load of Alastair Reynolds books as inspiration.
I've been enjoying Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate's latest, The Uncertainty Principle. I was going to link to it on Spotify, but they've not released it there yet. You can get it on Bandcamp here: https://hatsoffgentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/the-uncertainty-principle
However, there are two EPs available if you want a feel:
I may have shared the second one before. I absolutely love this band. They still feel very fresh and different to me.
My entry to them was Nostalgia for Infinity, where they used a load of Alastair Reynolds books as inspiration.
HOGIA introduced me to Ghost of the Machine, who I've been enjoying.
Once again, their latest album Empires Must Fall is only available on Bandcamp at the moment: https://ghostofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/empires-must-fall-16-bit
There are singles on Spotify:
Their first album is pretty good too.
Once again, their latest album Empires Must Fall is only available on Bandcamp at the moment: https://ghostofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/empires-must-fall-16-bit
There are singles on Spotify:
Their first album is pretty good too.
Not prog update.
I really enjoyed She Drew The Gun who supported Public Service Broadcasting recently.
This is their latest album:
I've also been playing this one a lot:
The style is very indie/protest. I was hooked when the singer did the lines from some of the songs they didn't perform as poetry between tracks.
This one the first one that caught my attention.
I really enjoyed She Drew The Gun who supported Public Service Broadcasting recently.
This is their latest album:
I've also been playing this one a lot:
The style is very indie/protest. I was hooked when the singer did the lines from some of the songs they didn't perform as poetry between tracks.
This one the first one that caught my attention.
Enjoying Mr Steven "Porcupine Tree" Wilson's latest album. I think that's the best title for it because even though it only has two tracks, one is 23 minutes long and the other is 18 mins long...
Remember to listen to the disc 2 version (where it's split into sections) if you can, as each counts as a single play and gets around Spotify's notorious stinginess to artists.
Remember to listen to the disc 2 version (where it's split into sections) if you can, as each counts as a single play and gets around Spotify's notorious stinginess to artists.