Posts Tagged ‘CD’
Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
Epitomizing.
You know it when you see it (to quote the infamous Justice Potter) and you get a lot of it around here. If I like something, I tell you so, and I don’t hold back on the verbiage to get my point across. So, should we give it another go?
Oscar Peterson, who in his lifetime [...]
Boxed-In
I’ve said it often enough around here and I’ll state it again: We collectors are nutcases.
There was a time when I collected books, “contemporary horror fiction” to be precise. It all started when I got my first limited edition of some book and it continued with lots of other limited, numbered, lettered and whatnot editions, [...]
Ted Nugent: Double Live Gonzo!
How’s that for a change of pace around here? A post about the “Motor City Madman” by the only German that doesn’t have a driver’s license?
As is always the case around here, the memory tag is securely attached to this double-LP, which I invested a whole summer’s earnings into.
But.
If you have at all been reading [...]
John Coltrane: “Fearless Leader” and “Interplay”
It’s been quite a while since I started a series entitled Trials and Tribulations. In that series, I wrote about things that can drive us collectors up the wall …and down again. At the time I only hinted at it, but right now I’m planning on expanding on one of the issues I mostly left [...]
Human CD Holders
The other day I ended up on Popgadget, which happens to be a site covering “Personal Tech + Innovative Life Style for Women”. I have no remembrance of how I landed on the site, but I assume it was when – once again – I was googling for some product. Although I certainly don’t have [...]
Trio Pim Jacobs: “Come Fly With Me”
I had never heard of Pim Jacobs when, unsuspecting, I accidentally hit one of those sites that discuss more obscure music releases or reissues and, although I can’t quite recall, the album was even offered for download. I quickly read through the veritable epitomizing of this reissue and started investigating in more detail. It’s become [...]
Recent Acquisitions
End of the year, which starts in Germany mid-summer with the sale of Christmas cookies at major supermarkets (go figure), is usually a busy shopping time. I don’t know why that is, but every year I seem to find bargain prices all over the place at a time when things should actually be full price [...]
Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
As you know by now, I tend to review things here that I like. Some of you might even argue that I go overboard at times, recommending music I’ve grown to love with a truckload full of emotionally charged adjectives and adverbs. Be that as it may: I’m about to do it again.
So, sit back, [...]
Tord Gustavsen Trio – Being There
It had to come at some point and I almost bet my life on the fact that it would happen with the release of their third album … and it did, somewhat. The Tord Gustavsen Trio put out a new album and if you mosey on past those usual “great album …” reviews by people [...]
Jazz at the Pawnshop (30th Anniversary)
Note: There are photos available on Flickr of this collection. Click on the “more” button on the right side and to the right to see more.
If you want to stop any discussion on a jazz board dead in its tracks or, in reverse, want to flame an ongoing discussion on any audiophile forum, you just [...]