jaaah, dein neuer plattenspieler hätte sich bestimmt gefreut

Etwas verspätet, aber für die, die es noch nicht mitbekommen haben:
Die Mr. Bungle Scheiben "Mr. Bungle" und "Disco Volante"
sind nun nach langer Vorankündigung endlich wieder
auf LP erhältlich...

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... so heute wurden die Grenzen ausgelotet, sich frühzeitig von Siemens ins Wochenende verabschiedet und Platten gesammelt...

RAMMSTEIN _ PUSSY _ Digipak

... äähm, hübsch; nur das Video fehlt... dafür hab´ ich jetze n´ Poster mit nem rosa Pudel... D´OH ...

ELEMENT OF CRIME _ LP (im Monoton zusammen mit der 7ner) _& iTunes Download

Dreimal am Stück bitte anhören... dann: Platte des Jahres. Mindestens...

GÜNTER GRÜNWALD _ Gestern war heute morgen _ 2CD

Der Grünibub verwurstet alte Nummern und ist trotzdem noch ne Adresse für sich...

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[mep] schrieb on 11.09.2009 um 22:10:53:

sach mal, mr. mep, hier haste doch geschummelt! das sind ja keine platten, sondern schnöde kleine silberne scheiben! pfff.

leider hab ich keine vernünftigen infos gefunden, ob und wann die alben neu als lp rauskommen. das ist doch aber sicherlich geplant, oder?

stereophile review

So the big day, September 9, Beatles Day, has come and gone and after being away on a brief trip, I returned this morning to a number of voicemails that began, “Are the Beatles reissues worth the money?”

Using my Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 3D CD player—which by the way is a great machine that I have always adored—at the exact same volume, the first thing you notice when you A-B new against old is that sonically the new transfers make the originals sound flat and one–dimensional. There is a newfound fullness, multi-dimensionality and also a sense of space that the originals lack. On first listen, this new sonic heft can easily be mistaken for loudness, for compression, but it’s really just a wider dynamic range and the presence of more music that you’re hearing. In the stereo CD of Rubber Soul, I A–B’d “Drive My Car” repeatedly against the 1987 originals and the audible differences for me came down to several things: increased separation and clarity between instruments, a more expressive, luxuriant emotional tenor, and an exquisite and exacting sense of bringing out and enhancing details like the roundness of the bass line or the edge on the vocals, which were always there but which are now so much more alive and present in the mix.

After listening for the past few days, several sonic constants have appeared. The contributions of Paul and Ringo, alone and as a rhythm section are now more prominent. Paul’s bass is now something you can regularly hear and be impressed by. Ringo’s tambourine on “Got To Get You Into My Life” (from Revolver) now sounds like a glorious idea come to fruition. Another “Gee, I never heard that before,” moment comes from the layering, particularly of the vocals, which is now so much more defined. On “Doctor Robert,” again from Revolver (a lesser tune that I, of course, have a cheesy affinity for), the harmonies have a new energy.

Energy, in fact, may be the word that best describes the positive sonic alterations inherent in the new remasters. What you really hear is an audible new jolt of energy. Words like cogency, potency and sparkle also apply. This music, on the medium of CD, is suddenly more alive than ever before. Best of all the CD format’s worst quality, that cold digital brightness that’s made so many CD transfers damned near unlistenable, has actually been used, very judiciously, to great effect. I would venture to say that the Abbey Road team has finally harnessed this demon and made it serve rather than harm the music making.  

Finally, after listening to the The Beatles (aka The White Album), which despite much love for Abbey Road has always been my favorite Beatles album, the proof as they say, is in the air. The sound is appreciatively better, richer, more intense. The overdubs on this record have always sounded clumsy to me but on the new remaster, that problem has been minimized. A–B’ing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” is yet another example of how clarity has been strengthened while the music that was always there, the Harrison/McCartney harmonies float above the mix with a new urgency and Clapton’s guitar has a thrilling new sting. Anyone who cannot hear the differences here needs to upgrade their gear or perhaps retune their ears. It’s easy to fall back upon metaphors when describing the exciting new sound that rises from these remasters but I’ll use only one. In listening to these new reissues, it makes me think that the music was like a half-opened flower that has now been brought into full and beautiful bloom.

A word about packaging: The glossy paperboard packs that the new reissues come in are well thought out and a definite success. If you like Beatles photos, many rarely seen (at least by non-fanatics), these new packages are a bonanza. The Rubber Soul package for instance contains 11 photos, only four of which were included in the original CD package.

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das neue pearl jam ist auch 'ne schöne sache, haben sie denn die schon auf ihren letzten konzerten gespielt?

selene schrieb on 21.09.2009 um 14:12:47:


da pflichte ich (natürlich) bei!