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Audiophile News
We are now stocking (in additon to Classic and Speakers Corner) Analogue Productions and select titles from Pure Pleasure and others. Mobile Fidelity is back with a small, range of vinyl, and the feedback is that they are better than ever. One of the biggest players at the moment is Rhino Records. An independant arm of the giant WEA Label, they have re-entered the audiophile vinyl area with a vengeance, with new releases (Emmylou Harris / Mark Knofler, Tom Petty, etc.) and re-issues from Warners vast catalogue. Stand outs have been Joni Mitchell's "Blue", Dire Staits "Brothers in Arms", Bee Gees boxed set of the early (and best) and albums by Joy Division, Pogues and many others. Latest offering is the Traveling Wilburys and projected releases include The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, etc. etc. They have had trouble meeting their expected release dates (the Doors box set is about 8 months overdue), but it is worth the wait.
Out range of these supelative L.P.s is growing rapidly, and order times decreasing. For information on what is in best records for high end , call us, or refer to our in-stock listing for titles..
Frank Sinatra from Mobile Fidelity
In 1958, Frank Sinatra recorded Frank Sinatra Sings for…Only the Lonely, one of five collections recorded for Capitol, consisting of saloon songs and bluesy ballads, lamenting lost love and heartache. Recorded over three days in Capitol's famous Studio A, Only the Lonely features sumptuous arrangements by Nelson Riddle who co-conducts here with Sinatra's resident concertmaster Felix Slatkin. The result is arguably his greatest ballads album.
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Track Listings
1. Only the Lonely
2. Angel Eyes
3. What's New?
4. It's a Lonesome Old Town
5. Willow Weep for Me
6. Goodbye
7. Blues in the Night
8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
9. Ebb Tide
10. Spring Is Here
11. Gone With the Wind
12. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
On Nice 'N' Easy, Frank Sinatra selected a collection of songs he sung early in his career and it's a classic mix of breezy mid-tempo numbers and beautiful ballads. Conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle, Nice 'N' Easy contains 12 pieces of pure perfection including definitive versions of "That Old Feeling," "How Deep Is The Ocean," "I've Got A Crush On You," "Try A Little Tenderness," "Embraceable You" and "Dream." This album rolls along steadily from the first tune to the last, charming everyone along the way.
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Track Listings
1. Nice 'n' Easy
2. That Old Feeling
3. How Deep Is the Ocean?
4. I've Got a Crush on You
5. You Go to My Head
6. Fools Rush In
7. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)
8. She's Funny That Way
9. Try a Little Tenderness
10. Embraceable You
11. Mam'selle
Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 – the eighth installment in the best-selling and critically lauded Bootleg Series which launched in 1991 – is a treasure trove of 27 songs spanning four LPs. Tell Tale Signs features previously unreleased recordings and alternate versions of tracks from sessions which generated some of Bob Dylan's most acclaimed and commercially successful albums from the last two decades, including Time Out Of Mind, Love And Theft, Modern Times and Oh Mercy.
Packaged in a 12" x 12" box with lift-off cover, download card, 60-page booklet with photos, essay and credits. Our Price $165.00
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Track Listings
1. Mississippi (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
2. Most Of The Time (Alternate Version, Oh Mercy)
3. Dignity (Piano Demo, Oh Mercy)
4. Someday Baby (Alternate Version, Modern Times)
5. Red River Shore (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
6. Tell Ol' Bill (Alternate Version, North Country Soundtrack)
7. Born In Time (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
8. Can't Wait (Alternate Version, Time Out Of Mind)
9. Everything Is Broken (Alternate Version, Oh Mercy)
10. Dreamin' Of You (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
11. Huck's Tune (Album Version)
12. Marchin' To The City (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
13. High Water (For Charley Patton) (Live from Niagara Falls, Ontario)
14. Mississippi (Unreleased version #2, Time Out Of Mind)
15. 32-20 Blues (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
16. Series Of Dreams (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
17. God Knows (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
18. Can't Escape From You (Unreleased, December 2005)
19. Dignity (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
20. Ring Them Bells (Live, The Supper Club, November 17, 1993, New York, NY)
21. Cocaine Blues (Live, 1997)
22. Ain't Talkin' (Alternate Version, Modern Times)
23. The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore (Live, 1992)
24. Lonesome Day Blues (Live, February 1, 2002, Surise, FL)
25. Miss The Mississippi (Unreleased, 1992)
26. The Lonesome River (With Ralph Stanley, from the album Clinch Mountain Country)
27. 'Cross The Green Mountain (From Gods And Generals Soundtrack)
Miles Davis Kind of Blue
50th Anniversary Box
2 CDs + DVD (NTSC) + 180-gram Blue Vinyl
This one is really sumptuous, and a guareneed collectors item. First, a CD of the original album, remastered with bonus tracks. Next, another CD of the first live session performed by the group (May 26, 1958), plus The Den Haag Concert and The Zurich Concert (over 60 minutes of music). Then, a DVD featuring an expanded Making Of Kind Of Blue documentary, as well as the historic television program The Sound Of Miles Davis, filmed in 1959. And finally, the important bit, a premium, 180-gram BLUE vinyl companion record. Plus, a hardcover book with additional memorabilia.
Originally recorded in 1959, Kind Of Blue is widely regarded as the definitive jazz album, a universally acknowledged standard of excellence. It is also the best-selling jazz album of all time. Representing the pinnacle of modal jazz, Miles Davis brought together John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb and assembled one of the greatest bands in history, spontaneously inventing a new musical style and language in the process.
Dr. John The City That Care Forgot
The City's greatest ambassador fuses blues, funk and soul on a pointed and poignant love letter to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. On City That Care Forgot, Dr. John delivers an elegantly elegiac homage to his drowned hometown that's at once an incredible collection of songs – possibly his best work of the past two decades – and a bold statement and cultural event. Musically anchored with that legendary gravely drawl and a buoyant riot of swamp-voodoo piano grooves (and aid from a few friends like Eric Clapton and Willie Nelson) the album's 13 tracks also provide a lyrical reminder that the rawness and divisions exposed by Hurricane Katrina are as fresh as ever. 2 LPs on Heavy Vinyl. $75.00
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Track Listings
1. Keep On Goin'
2. Time For A Change featuring Eric Clapton
3. Promises, Promises featuring Willie Nelson
4. You Might Be Surprised
5. Dream Warrior
6. Black Gold
7. We Gettin' There featuring Terence Blanchard
8. Stripped Away featuring Eric Clapton
9. Say Whut?
10. My People Need A Second Line
11. Land Grab featuring Terence Blanchard
12. City That Care Forgot featuring Eric Clapton and Ani DiFranco
13. Save Our Wetlands
Rhino News
This extreme quality high end audiophile label has released six more titles following on from Joni Mitchell's "Blue"
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Joy Division ........ Closer : Unknown Pleasures : Still (2 L.P.'s) : James Taylor....... Sweet Baby James : ZZ Top and (at last), Rickie Lee Jones. All in Stock Now. See New Release page for the Led Zeppelin "Song Remains the Same".
(See New Release Page)
Doors update: After the fiasco of the faulty covers, Rhino have made this good and replaced those (at great expense). The second and final pressing should be released December. A beautfully presented and superbly remastered edition, only 10,000 copies (first pressing already sold) are to be pressed. Expressions of interest for these are invited. Price TBA.
Bee Gees
Another superb audiophile worthy release from Rhino Records. This collection of late sixties albums by the Bee Gees were overshadowed by their phenomonal success in the 70's but were vastly superior musically. In stock now $195.00. For more info Click Here.
From Classic Records
Please note that Classic Records have lost the rights to the Atlantic Label and so artists such as Led Zeppelin, Crosby Stills and Nash and others are no longer available. These may (not definate) turn up again through Rhino, but as that company are having trouble keeping up with demand, it may be a year or so before this happens. We are pleased to announce In the meantime, Classic are still going strong and after some problems with maintianing the high standard of their pressings, this appears to have been resolved - they will be pressing with RTI. New titles below, and the Who "Quadrophenia" has been released to add the their already impressive ctalogue.
Suzanne Vega "Beauty and Crime"
Beauty and Crime is possibly
Suzanne Vega's best effort since her debut album and likely even better than
the highly acclaimed Solitude Standing. Mixed by Tchad Blake and recorded at
both Sear Sound in New York and Olympic Studios in London, the sound of this
record is full of depth and nuance that every audiophile and music lover will
love. Mastered and cut on Classic Records' "All Tube" cutting system
by Bernie Grundman, this LP release is a must-have and not to be missed. 200
gram. $48.00
Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells"
If you haven't got this (everyone else has), or worn out your old copy, this classic album has never souned better.
Jethro Tull "Aqualung"
Tull's best album? probably.
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From Speakers Corner
Janos Starker
Janos Starker, whose elegant style and impeccable musicianship are the delight of audiences the world over, performs the Schumann, Lalo and Saint-Saens Cello Concertos on 35mm film. Another sublime sounding record to add to the Starekr collection inlcuding the award winning Bach Cello Suites box set.
Johnny Cash At San Quentin
Johnny Cash was a country legend even during his lifetime, although, or perhaps because, he was very different from the numerous country singers with checkered shirts. When performing he chose to wear black as a symbol of solidarity with the oppressed and those who had no rights. His chosen outlaw image was just as convincing as the train-like boom-tiddy-boom sound of his rhythm group who lent their typical sound to many of his 500 songs. At the very zenith of his career, Cash (who himself had committed a few minor offenses) had the idea of singing and playing for the bad guys behind the prison walls for nothing. Initially his suggestion to market the live recording was rejected, but finally his record company decided to release the album At Folsom Prison . Fired by the success of his jailhouse recording, Columbia Records released At San Quentin shortly afterwards. The recording, in which Cash and his combo were frequently applauded more or less at the end of each verse, exceeded all expectations. Today it is still considered by Cash fans to be the best live recording by the "man in black.' On 180 gram vinyl.Our Price $55 (Aust).
Joni Mitchell "Hissing of Summer Lawns"
For many, the soft and crystal-clear voice of Joni Mitchell at the beginning of her career will remain indelible in their memory. The innovative style of her peaceful, folk guitar music caught the attention of David Crosby, member of the highly popular band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and in 1968 he produced her very first album. Only three years later she became inspired by the cool flow of modern jazz and set off on new musical paths. "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns" represents a great leap away from the folk scene. Even the very first number, "In France They Kiss On Main Street", stands out thanks to its surprisingly unconventional melodic writing which is answered by powerful bass lines in a Jaco Pastorius-like style. Experiments with sound follow, such as the use of warrior drums of the Burundi and the growling sinus tones of the Moog synthesiser ("The Jungle Line") and then there is a whole line-up of minor-key songs behind whose jet-set foreground one finds a sophisticated jazz spirit. Even the final gospel-like singing ("Shadows And Light") contains little touches of the poignant melancholy which is found throughout the album. With her highly versatile, uniquely textured voice, Joni Mitchell has created a masterwork of the Seventies.
Fleetwood Mac - Pious Birds of Good Omen
If you're a child of the sixties, you will remember "Albatross", a lazy, seductive instrumental that was so good you thought that the Beatles had done it, and George Harrison's guitar playing had improved dramaticaly. But it wasn't! Instead we were introduced to the superlative Peter Green and the original Fleetwood Mac. This superb release is from audiophile label Speakers Corner and includes "Albatross" and "Black Magic Woman" with a few bonus tracks. On 180 gram vinyl. $55.00
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From Mobile Fidelity
Santana
A brilliant combination of rock with Latin and African influences, prominently featuring the organ playing and husky vocals of Gregg Rolie; the energetic, precise drumming of Mike Shrieve; and, especially, the soaring, immediately identifiable guitar sound of Carlos Santana. Justifiably a massive hit and the prototype for an assembly line of simular records. Contains Evil Ways and Soul Sacrifice . Our Price $55 (Aust). "Abraxas" in stock soon.
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
A new release from Mobile Fidelity. Half-speed mastered, heavy vinyl and a two LP 45 X RPM format ensure the ultimate sound for this major talent. $78.00
"From the soulful march, "San Andreas Fault," that opens her solo debut, it is obvious she has found a freedom in going solo. It's evident in her less restrictive vocals and in a tighter, more expansive musical sound. Her lyrics, no surprise, remain somber. But in finally recording a song as throbbingly funky as "Carnival," Merchant offers a glimpse of what she always had lurking inside when she flailed about onstage with the Maniacs. And "River," a tribute to the late River Phoenix, gives her a chance to belt a lyric out--a pleasant, surprising change from her usual folkie whisper. TIGERLILY also includes some simple piano tracks that recall the earliest Maniacs records. The piano-voice duet has always been Merchant's forté, and her sweet, rich voice cuts through the heartbreaking loss of "Beloved Wife" and the unrequited love of "The Letter." And then, just when you think the piano is her sweetest ally, a captivating fiddle joins her and her piano for the winsome "Cowboy Romance."
From Analogue Productions
Ricki Lee Jones "It's Like this"
Not since Billie Holiday has there been a vocalist who so completely transforms a song into her own. On It's Like This , eclectic folkie Rickie Lee Jones envelops standards, showtunes, '70s soul, and even slick jazz-rock, interpreting them with her familiar childlike, breathy shouts. In a very similar vein as 1991's Pop Pop , Jones pulls together a collection of diverse songs from throughout the 20th century and gives them a sparse, fragile spin, kind of like Diana Krall and Bjork sharing coffee at an all-night diner. Produced by Bruce Brody (who has also worked with Maria McKee and Bette Midler), this album is really a showcase for the dynamic vocalist - her voice pitching and yawing like a sloop far out at sea. Several notable artists scatter themselves unobtrusively throughout the album like Joe Jackson, Ben Folds, John Pizzarelli, and Taj Mahal; each lend a subtle bass line or harmony vocal, cautiously not stepping on any of Jones' delicate lines. On 180 gram 2 X 45 RPM. Our Price $85.00 (Aust).
American composer, musicologist and guitar legend Ry Cooder teams with North Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt to create an exquisite musical realm, with both musicians playing exceptional slide guitar. Their collaboration evokes musical elements from many cultures and styles. Percussion by Sukhvindar Singh on tabla and Cooder's 14-year-old son Joachim on dumbek. This recording won a Grammy Award. On 180 gram 2 X 45 RPM. Our Price $85.00 (Aust).
"…Astonishingly, the four conversational yet adventurous tracks captured on A Meeting by the River were unrehearsed jams between the two masters, who had met only minutes before the session. The lesson is that Cooder and Bhatt not only knew how to play, but how to listen." – Daniel Durchholz, Stereophile , February 2007
