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[Alan2]

It's a term audiophiles sometimes use for a sound where it's hard to discern the different strands of a recording.

Hmm.

Jules

Meaning?

[Alan2]

It's a term audiophiles sometimes use for a sound where it's hard to discern the different strands of a recording.

Hmm.

Jules

Has the straying into audio territory troubled you?

[davidmjs]

Liege and Lief  (Remastered CD, Island, 2002).

Not my favourite Fairport album.  That would be Holidays. L&L always sounds  cluttered and closed in to me.  This CD doesn't help.    Some great singing on it  though, and you  get 2 bonus tracks.

It's my least favourite of the classic first 5 (or 6).  I value, understand and appreciate its importance in the canon...but I don't love it anywhere near as much as the other 4.  Not sure I really agree about the overall sound, mind.  And, tbh, I just laugh when I hear audiophiles talk - it's mostly nonsensical to me, just something to put between the music and the mind.  By any means possible is my mantra.  Which is probably why I like 8-tracks and cassettes

[Andy]

R.E.M. at the BBC, an 8CD compilation which I picked up yesterday.

[Alan2]

Liege and Lief  (Remastered CD, Island, 2002).

Not my favourite Fairport album.  That would be Holidays. L&L always sounds  cluttered and closed in to me.  This CD doesn't help.    Some great singing on it  though, and you  get 2 bonus tracks.

It's my least favourite of the classic first 5 (or 6).  I value, understand and appreciate its importance in the canon...but I don't love it anywhere near as much as the other 4.  Not sure I really agree about the overall sound, mind.  And, tbh, I just laugh when I hear audiophiles talk - it's mostly nonsensical to me, just something to put between the music and the mind.  By any means possible is my mantra.  Which is probably why I like 8-tracks and cassettes

I'm an oddity.  An audiophile i suppose,  but  one of my  cassette players is in for service as we speak  i'm much looking  forward to its return.  

[davidmjs]

R.E.M. at the BBC, an 8CD compilation which I picked up yesterday.

That's normally pretty pricey isn't it?  Good?

[Alan2]

Judy Dyble  : Anthology part one (Earth Records LP,  2015).

And as i may have said before, what about the other part(s)?

[davidmjs]

Judy Dyble  : Anthology part one (Earth Records LP,  2015).

And as i may have said before, what about the other part(s)?

You mean this?  https://www.discogs.com/release/7560834-Judy-Dyble-Gathering-The-Threads-Fifty-Years-Of-Stuff

[Alan2]

Judy Dyble  : Anthology part one (Earth Records LP,  2015).

And as i may have said before, what about the other part(s)?

You mean this?  https://www.discogs.com/release/7560834-Judy-Dyble-Gathering-The-Threads-Fifty-Years-Of-Stuff

Well yes  , i was really  thinking of  parts 2 etc. on vinyl.  I don't think  they ever  happened.  

[davidmjs]

Judy Dyble  : Anthology part one (Earth Records LP,  2015).

And as i may have said before, what about the other part(s)?

You mean this?  https://www.discogs.com/release/7560834-Judy-Dyble-Gathering-The-Threads-Fifty-Years-Of-Stuff

Well yes  , i was really  thinking of  parts 2 etc. on vinyl.  I don't think  they ever  happened.  

Aye, they never did.

[Alan2]

Judy Dyble  : Anthology part one (Earth Records LP,  2015).

And as i may have said before, what about the other part(s)?

You mean this?  https://www.discogs.com/release/7560834-Judy-Dyble-Gathering-The-Threads-Fifty-Years-Of-Stuff

Well yes  , i was really  thinking of  parts 2 etc. on vinyl.  I don't think  they ever  happened.  

Aye, they never did.

Part one was around for a long time online, and i think the price was lowish. Maybe it didn't sell too well.

[Andy]

R.E.M. at the BBC, an 8CD compilation which I picked up yesterday.

That's normally pretty pricey isn't it?  Good?

Usually about £50. Barnardos had it at a much more reasonable price.

EVerything I've listened to so far has been splendid.

[Alan2]

Shirley  Collins  :   Lodestar,  Heart's  Ease,  Archangel  Hill  (all Domino Records LPs).

So much to love here.  What a finale to a long career.  

[Alan2]

Trees :  The Garden of Jane Delawney  (Sony BMG  CD,  2008).

Not a  wonderful  sounding  disc, but such a great  record from  a mini legend of  folk rock.  You get some bonus stuff including 2008 recordings. The boxed set has everything, for those who want it.

I wonder if anyone saw the On the Shore band a few years ago?

[davidmjs]

Trees :  The Garden of Jane Delawney  (Sony BMG  CD,  2008).

Not a  wonderful  sounding  disc, but such a great  record from  a mini legend of  folk rock.  You get some bonus stuff including 2008 recordings. The boxed set has everything, for those who want it.

I wonder if anyone saw the On the Shore band a few years ago?

I had a ticket for it, but then got ill.  A great regret.  The box set on CD is essential for any fan of the band.

[Alan2]

Trees :  The Garden of Jane Delawney  (Sony BMG  CD,  2008).

Not a  wonderful  sounding  disc, but such a great  record from  a mini legend of  folk rock.  You get some bonus stuff including 2008 recordings. The boxed set has everything, for those who want it.

I wonder if anyone saw the On the Shore band a few years ago?

I had a ticket for it, but then got ill.  A great regret.  The box set on CD is essential for any fan of the band.

That's bad luck.  I wish i'd been there.

The vinyl boxed set is pretty near flawless as to content  and quality. I'e had every reissue of both albums,  almost, and am now down to my CBS On the Shore and the boxed set.  If the former hits Nick Drake level  as to price, i may sell it. :-)

It would be amazing if some  high quality live material surfaced- i'm not counting the pseudo - live  Trees Live boot.  

[davidmjs]

Trees :  The Garden of Jane Delawney  (Sony BMG  CD,  2008).

Not a  wonderful  sounding  disc, but such a great  record from  a mini legend of  folk rock.  You get some bonus stuff including 2008 recordings. The boxed set has everything, for those who want it.

I wonder if anyone saw the On the Shore band a few years ago?

I had a ticket for it, but then got ill.  A great regret.  The box set on CD is essential for any fan of the band.

That's bad luck.  I wish i'd been there.

The vinyl boxed set is pretty near flawless as to content  and quality. I'e had every reissue of both albums,  almost, and am now down to my CBS On the Shore and the boxed set.  If the former hits Nick Drake level  as to price, i may sell it. :-)

It would be amazing if some  high quality live material surfaced- i'm not counting the pseudo - live  Trees Live boot.  

I'm fairly certain there was an interview with DC and maybe others around the release of the box, and they explicitly stated there wasn't any decent live material...but I might be misremembering that.

[Alan2]

Trees :  The Garden of Jane Delawney  (Sony BMG  CD,  2008).

Not a  wonderful  sounding  disc, but such a great  record from  a mini legend of  folk rock.  You get some bonus stuff including 2008 recordings. The boxed set has everything, for those who want it.

I wonder if anyone saw the On the Shore band a few years ago?

I had a ticket for it, but then got ill.  A great regret.  The box set on CD is essential for any fan of the band.

That's bad luck.  I wish i'd been there.

The vinyl boxed set is pretty near flawless as to content  and quality. I'e had every reissue of both albums,  almost, and am now down to my CBS On the Shore and the boxed set.  If the former hits Nick Drake level  as to price, i may sell it. :-)

It would be amazing if some  high quality live material surfaced- i'm not counting the pseudo - live  Trees Live boot.  

I'm fairly certain there was an interview with DC and maybe others around the release of the box, and they explicitly stated there wasn't any decent live material...but I might be misremembering that.

I read the booklets in the 2007/2008  CDs  for the first time in a while.  No mention of live material in the vaults, and one interview is with David Costa.  I'll  have a look at the boxed set  booklet tonight.  It may be different as to content.  

I felt inexplicably nostalgic and sad reading those stories again  . I was barely an adult in 1970, and didn't really notice music till 1971,after which it was a slow landslide of awareness  which didn't stop for a long time.   Those fine  creative,  optimistic  young people created something very special, which sank into obscurity  for decades,  and by some miracle or accident resurfaced .
Al Stewart quoted Kurt Vonnegut:

'I was the victim of a series of accidents,  as are we all' .

[davidmjs]

Trees :  The Garden of Jane Delawney  (Sony BMG  CD,  2008).

Not a  wonderful  sounding  disc, but such a great  record from  a mini legend of  folk rock.  You get some bonus stuff including 2008 recordings. The boxed set has everything, for those who want it.

I wonder if anyone saw the On the Shore band a few years ago?

I had a ticket for it, but then got ill.  A great regret.  The box set on CD is essential for any fan of the band.

That's bad luck.  I wish i'd been there.

The vinyl boxed set is pretty near flawless as to content  and quality. I'e had every reissue of both albums,  almost, and am now down to my CBS On the Shore and the boxed set.  If the former hits Nick Drake level  as to price, i may sell it. :-)

It would be amazing if some  high quality live material surfaced- i'm not counting the pseudo - live  Trees Live boot.  

I'm fairly certain there was an interview with DC and maybe others around the release of the box, and they explicitly stated there wasn't any decent live material...but I might be misremembering that.

I read the booklets in the 2007/2008  CDs  for the first time in a while.  No mention of live material in the vaults, and one interview is with David Costa.  I'll  have a look at the boxed set  booklet tonight.  It may be different as to content.  

I felt inexplicably nostalgic and sad reading those stories again  . I was barely an adult in 1970, and didn't really notice music till 1971,after which it was a slow landslide of awareness  which didn't stop for a long time.   Those fine  creative,  optimistic  young people created something very special, which sank into obscurity  for decades,  and by some miracle or accident resurfaced .
Al Stewart quoted Kurt Vonnegut:

'I was the victim of a series of accidents,  as are we all' .

David's 'obscurity' involved a very successful career as a graphic designer (he worked on numerous famous album covers)...

I wasn't thinking about an interview in the booklets - one of the mags, I think...may even have been the earlier Flashback piece

[Alan2]

Yes,  i was thinking of the band really.