The Hitmen / Aim For The Feet
1980 Columbia
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@willkimbrough, coincidentally i was listening to sandanista the other day--it’s a lot to wade through but i think it’s unfairly maligned, with fully 75% of it being close-to-genius, albeit in a drugged out way. you also prompted me to revisit "funky kingston"--he’s the only guy who can get me to listen to a john denver song. my random picks: roseanne carter, "interiors"--really frickin depressing record. "dance with the tiger" is a perfect pop song. salem 66, "a ripping spin"--they can just barely play their instruments, but they’re much smarter than your average riotgirls and the songs are there. swervedriver, "future ruins"--most of these reunion albums blow, but these guys were always more tuneful than the norm and this is as good as their early 90s stuff.
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Harry Chapin-Living Room Suite(White/Promo) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Vickie Sue Robinson-Never Gonna Let You Go Side A Al Cohn-Standards Of Excellence(CJ 241) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Styx-Equinox Side 1 SQ Audiophile Gordon Lightfoot-Cold On The Shoulder Side 1 Rimsky-Korsakov-Le Coq D’or(6 Eye MS 6092) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Linda Ronstadt-Silk Purse Side 2 Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds Of Fire Side 2 SQ Audiophile With 5/8 having Audiophile SQ makes for a great listening session! Picking the best SQ album tonight is difficult. I will go with Equinox due to its one of the great 70’s classic rock recordings with top level SQ(Doug Sax) that very few possess.
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Gordon Lightfoot-Summer Side Of Life Side 2 The Rolling Stones-It's Only Rock 'n Roll Side 1 Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who? Side 1 James Williams-Images(CJ-140) Side 2 SQ Audiophile America-ST Side 1 SQ Audiophile It's A Beautiful Day(UK pressing)-ST Side 1 SQ* Bob James-One Side A SQ Audiophile Fleetwood Mac-ST Side 1 SQ Audiophile Added about 30 albums to my collection, several were played tonight. SQ* would need another listen to IABD to possibly give it Audiophile SQ status. Bob James takes the SQ crown with a recording that also comprises top level content. |
@bslon i'm not a big joe jackson guy (he's a vg musician but a lousy singer), but "big world" is one of the best-sounding recordings you'll hear. also the rare live album which has only new songs (jackson browne's is the only other one to come to mind). my picks: pg six, starry mind--really good, richard thompsonish folkrocky/jammy stuff the neats, crash at crush--genuinely great singer + the songs are mostly there scenic, acquatica--guitar-instro music which sometimes drifts off into the ozone, but they always have beautiful album covers
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@loomisjohnson I agree on Big World’s SQ, and you wouldn’t know it’s a live recording as the invited audience is silent. The music was mixed live from microphones on each musical instrument, then sent directly to a two track stereo digital tape recorder. It’s a double album but side 4 is blank, made for CD. BTW, your picks… nice. |
here's a record so obscure that even @bslon has (probably) never heard of it--the sponsors, "sponsors". angsty sorta power pop, with terse, fantastic songs. from the tiny bit i've found on the web, they were from nyc and made only this one album; their singer (who is incredible) was allegedly 14 years old. you can find this on discogs or youtube:
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@loomisjohnson They have a couple cuts on a 2012 various artist’s compilation called Buttons: Starter Kit. Didn’t know about an album, nice find! |
Queen-Sheer Heart Attack Side 1 Glenn Frey-No Fun Aloud Side 1 Uriah Heep-Demons And Wizards Side 1 Lynyrd Skynyrd-Gimme Back My Bullets Side 1 Rosemary Clooney-With Les Brown(Aurex EWJ-80268) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Pink Floyd-Meddle Side 1 Dave Brubeck-WATAFTFT(Atlantic SD 1641) Side 2 Billy Joel-Turnstiles(MoFi Gain 2 No. 1121) Side 2 SQ* Repositioned my speakers and rotated IC's/Powercords which created a noticeable SQ change. The only recording that was just average in SQ was Skynyrd might not be an OG pressing. SQ* Joel was tough to analyze maybe due to cable changes but my guess is an original pressing has better SQ. I'm sure some don't want/need/hear another version of Take Five but a 16 minute live version could be of interest. |
