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  1. As does For Your Consideration for the film...

    As does For Your Consideration for the film industry.
  2. Eugene Levy absolutely steals that film from an...

    Eugene Levy absolutely steals that film from an incredibly stellar cast. His performance is just extraordinary. I wonder how many people thought the same way about listening to 70s and 80s metal...
  3. Bert Jansch and John Renbourn - Bert and John

    Bert Jansch and John Renbourn - Bert and John
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    Yeah, that is disappointing. Thankfully my...

    Yeah, that is disappointing. Thankfully my mid-90s Marantz KI Sig is still going strong, though I use it with a more recently-bought external DAC these days. On the other hand, CD-loading and...
  5. Umphrey's McGee - It's Not Us

    Umphrey's McGee - It's Not Us
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    And will hopefully include Europe & the UK!!

    And will hopefully include Europe & the UK!!
  7. Count me in as a huge fan of Blows Against the...

    Count me in as a huge fan of Blows Against the Empire, in fact of all three of the pre-Jefferson Starship Kantner-Slick albums, with my favourite probably being Baron von Tollbooth. They were...
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    Holy shit - I would definitely pay to see that!!

    Holy shit - I would definitely pay to see that!!
  9. Wow - thank you for all the work that you did to...

    Wow - thank you for all the work that you did to make that album sound so incredible. That first UK album is one of my all-time favourites and I still listen to it regularly, even after having owned...
  10. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of inner Turbulence ...

    Dream Theater - Six Degrees of inner Turbulence

    And what did we learn? That I never, NEVER need to hear this album again.
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    #4 on mine, after FII, Awake and Images and Words.

    #4 on mine, after FII, Awake and Images and Words.
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    Out of curiosity, I dug my copy of Six Degrees of...

    Out of curiosity, I dug my copy of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence out today and gave it a spin. Jesus, what a fucking awful album: I'd forgotten just how LOUD the drums are in the mix, something...
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    In his film documentary Can't Stand Losing You:...

    In his film documentary Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police Summers, with epic understatement, describes Sting (or Prick, as I prefer to refer to him) as 'not a team player.' He's always...
  14. Saga - Trust

    Saga - Trust
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    Again, I appreciate that I am very late to the...

    Again, I appreciate that I am very late to the party, but I can't think of many back catalogues less in need of remixing and remastering than that of the Flower Kings. Whatever I may sometimes think...
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    I still have my original vinyl copy of the The...

    I still have my original vinyl copy of the The Wake from 1985, and must admit that absent a comprehensive remix I'm struggling to see what the attraction of a vinyl reissue of this album actually is....
  17. Paul Gilbert - Werewolves of Portland Steve...

    Paul Gilbert - Werewolves of Portland
    Steve Hillage - Live Herald
    Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
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    I've really enjoyed watching this RB interview...

    I've really enjoyed watching this RB interview with Paul Gilbert over the last few days. Of course, Gilbert is almost always a great interviewee because he's so enthusiastic and positive while...
  19. Marillion - Brave Sleep - Dopesmoker Bruford -...

    Marillion - Brave
    Sleep - Dopesmoker
    Bruford - One of A Kind
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    I was lucky enough to see Hillage with Miquette...

    I was lucky enough to see Hillage with Miquette Giraudy and the current incarnation of Gong as his backing band at Nottingham Rock City in May of last year. They were absolutely sensational, and...
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    This has been one of my favourite metal albums of...

    This has been one of my favourite metal albums of the last couple of years. Kind of thrash-prog, really. Well worth your time and attention, imho:
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    :lol:lol:lol

    :lol:lol:lol
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    Erm, well not really. Sure, I like technically...

    Erm, well not really. Sure, I like technically challenging playing as much as the next person, but it has to have at least some musical point to it, at least some degree of recognisable melodic...
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    Just Finished: Peter F. Hamilton - Judas...

    Just Finished: Peter F. Hamilton - Judas Unchained

    Now halfway through: Geddy Lee - My Effin' Life
  25. Arsena - Blood Rusted Mother Earth Rush - Caress...

    Arsena - Blood Rusted Mother Earth
    Rush - Caress of Steel
    Elder - Innate Passage
  26. Sherinian/Phillips - Live Kylver - The Mountain...

    Sherinian/Phillips - Live
    Kylver - The Mountain Ghost
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    Yes, same here. My love for FII was a big part...

    Yes, same here. My love for FII was a big part of the reason why SFAM was such a disappointment to me on release. In fact the latter is an album I still find to be all-but unlistenable thanks to...
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    I seem to recall reading at the time that DT in...

    I seem to recall reading at the time that DT in fact offered the gig to Minneman first after the auditions, but he turned them down. It was only after that that they approached Mangini. I have no...
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    Once again, I appreciate I'm very, very late to...

    Once again, I appreciate I'm very, very late to the party, but I must admit to having very, very mixed feelings about this. I got off the DT-with Portnoy bus at Octavarium, as I thought the band was...
  30. Thread: Kraan

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    I saw Kraan at NEARFest 2003, without having a...

    I saw Kraan at NEARFest 2003, without having a clue who they were. I wasn't in the best of moods after we'd been kept waiting for what seem like HOURS by Glass Hammer, the preceding band, who then...
  31. Ohmphrey - Posthaste Ronnie Montrose - Diva...

    Ohmphrey - Posthaste
    Ronnie Montrose - Diva Station
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    Vapor Trails yes, Snakes and Arrows, no. I...

    Vapor Trails yes, Snakes and Arrows, no. I actually think the latter sounds pretty good - easily the best produced of the latter-day (post-2000) albums, in fact. I'm not sure that it's that good...
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    Same here. I had a listen to my remastered copy...

    Same here. I had a listen to my remastered copy of Hemispheres the other day, and my overall impression was recalling it sounded distinctly punchier, with the bass much more prominent, on vinyl. Of...
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    Had another listen to Clockwork Angels again...

    Had another listen to Clockwork Angels again towards the end of last year, the first time since getting my cd copy back out of storage in mid-2022. My opinion of it hasn't changed: musically, it's...
  35. I think 'despise' is perhaps a bit strong. There...

    I think 'despise' is perhaps a bit strong. There are some great snippets of music on Tales, but there also a whole lot of crap that goes on forever without ever really doing anything - side 2 being...
  36. Sleep - Dopesmoker

    Sleep - Dopesmoker
  37. Good one!!

    Good one!!
  38. If albums are indeed getting shorter then...

    If albums are indeed getting shorter then personally I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. It might just be ingrained habit, but 35-45 minutes always seemed to be about the right length for...
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    Interesting. I had a listen to Hackett's At the...

    Interesting. I had a listen to Hackett's At the Edge of Light from 2019 this evening, for the first time probably since I bought it on release. Not only did I really enjoy the music (I've blown hot...
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    I think there's a further but related issue here...

    I think there's a further but related issue here with hardware as well: very few people now listen to music on hi-fi systems specifically intended for high quality, stereo music reproduction. ...
  41. Steve Hackett - At The Edge of Light Haven't...

    Steve Hackett - At The Edge of Light

    Haven't listened to this album in a very long time indeed. I've been a bit hit or miss on Hackett's studio work since 2003, but I was surprised by just how...
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    This is an interesting point, and it's one that...

    This is an interesting point, and it's one that certainly has relevance to some of the awful-sounding recent albums that I've bought. In most cases, you can actually ascertain that before they had...
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    Agreed, though I was kind of speaking...

    Agreed, though I was kind of speaking rhetorically out of sheer frustration! ;)
  44. Lloyd Langton Group - Hard Graft Ozric Tentacles...

    Lloyd Langton Group - Hard Graft
    Ozric Tentacles - The Hidden Step
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    I have been quite genuinely shocked by just how...

    I have been quite genuinely shocked by just how bad the sound has been on virtually every newly-released CD I have bought since 2022 has been, especially from artists such as Trevor Rabin and Derek...
  46. Lone Star - Lone Star/Firing on All Six

    Lone Star - Lone Star/Firing on All Six
  47. Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil

    Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil
  48. That was apparently during the period when...

    That was apparently during the period when whatever music they were supposed to make was going to be AWBH2 and before it became the whole Union monstrosity. Things rapidly went south shortly...
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    Yes, I do this with photographs, where I actually...

    Yes, I do this with photographs, where I actually currently have five backup hard drives in circulation. I really don't want to do it with music and film, though.
  50. Elias has said a lot about the recording of that...

    Elias has said a lot about the recording of that album, as I recall, and none of it complementary to the members of Yes themselves. If his account (and Bruford's similarly jaundiced retelling) is to...
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    Yes, same here: these are the versions I have and...

    Yes, same here: these are the versions I have and IMHO sound excellent. I've heard numerous times that the 2007 remasters are a sonic disaster area, so I have absolutely ZERO intention of changing...
  52. IIRC, weren't quite a lot of musical motifs from...

    IIRC, weren't quite a lot of musical motifs from Steve Howe's Turbulence album also used on the AWBH sections on Union? I seem to recall that I Would've Waited Forever especially has it origins in...
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    Bagpipes - the sound of cats fighting in a bag...

    Bagpipes - the sound of cats fighting in a bag writ large. Dear god, just no.
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    Granted, but hard drives can, and do, fail,...

    Granted, but hard drives can, and do, fail, taking your entire music catalogue with them if you don't have a backup (which I assume, given you mentioned you have your music stored on 3 drives, you...
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    I must admit that I dislike going to the cinema,...

    I must admit that I dislike going to the cinema, period, as it's so bloody expensive in the UK and the multiplexes over here very rarely show films that I actually want to see (though we have a...
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    Greetings all, I appreciate that I am very...

    Greetings all,
    I appreciate that I am very very late to this conversation, and I apologise in advance if I'm re-treading old ground covered at least 15 pages ago, however, the original premise of...
  57. Hi Renate - hope you're well!! :)

    Hi Renate - hope you're well!! :)
  58. Bert Jansch - The Black Swan Marillion - An Hour...

    Bert Jansch - The Black Swan
    Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark
    Chicago - VI
    Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You.
  59. It's awful, isn't it? Not Vapor Trails bad, but...

    It's awful, isn't it? Not Vapor Trails bad, but really not what you'd expect of a well-produced album in the 2020s. Makes me wonder if the stereo mix was essentially an afterthought and all of the...
  60. What used to amaze me about the FB Marillion page...

    What used to amaze me about the FB Marillion page was that one of the moderators used to regularly join in with the trolling of anybody who dared voice even the most moderately critical opinion of...
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