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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: The Big Beat 1963
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on: January 26, 2015, 11:57:17 AM
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I won't be giving the Qobuz versions of KAEOS64 a go any time soon, for two reasons: one, I currently lack the tools I would trust to be able to make a proper judgement, even on the better-quality recordings that can be found on KAEOS64, and secondly, and more prosaically — I already bought KAEOS64 in its original lossy format once, and I don't really want to shill for it again. Especially not if it turns out the files are the same lossy ones I already paid for, but this time in a sugary hi-res coating, so to speak...!
How about doing a test with one of your own files, a .wav/.aif that you know is lossless, run it through the tester to check to see what kind of data gives you, then compressing that very same file and convert it to .wav, checking it again. At least that could give you an idea if the tool works at all.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: THE BEACH BOYS 1964 KEEP AN EYE ON SUMMER (follow up to The Big Beat 1963)
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on: December 26, 2014, 06:45:23 AM
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Have only listened to a few songs here and there, some of it is really great. The alternate version of "I'm So Young" is really beautiful. And the live in the studio versions of "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "I Get Around" are awesome too.
I find the live in studio versions of "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "I Get Around" rather embarrassing, mostly of course because of Mike Love's nasal singing, but also due to the sloppy playing. I really dislike the fact that they feel the need to speed up the songs too. Loving the rest of KAEOS though.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: W i l d H o n e y
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on: August 09, 2014, 05:42:10 AM
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Isn't the Friends album cover absolutely glorious??? Bruce just seems to have zero taste and/or judgement. Mind you, that Goin' Pubic album cover - masterpiece!! The way it just lazily lifts an old Sunflower-era photo and slaps it onto a plain mauve background - sheer class! Curious to know as to where this ranks in Bruce's bad album cover list... Zero taste? A bit strong, more like "differing". But yes, Goin' Public cover is a joke. Dunno how Bruce ranks it, just that he told some fan who came with the album to sign it for him to toss/never show it again. He signed my Goin' Public CD-cover willingly. And I think he's right; Sloop John B does not really fit on Pet Sounds. As for the Friends cover, he couldn't be more wrong!
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Byrds
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on: January 19, 2014, 07:13:56 AM
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I've read over at Hoffman that there may be some unrelased Byrds tracks coming to iTunes soon! Shows by McGuinn, Clark, Hillman and Crosby in the late 70's (the Boarding House).
Any one else hear anything?
Trying to find the post on Hoffman without luck, have a link?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Is Sunflower actually overrated? Defend the album.
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on: August 26, 2013, 12:12:38 PM
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I didn't see the light when it comes to 'Tears In The Morning' until I heard the instrumental w/backing vocals version.
Personally I think 'At My Window' and 'Deirdre' are throw-aways, and 'ASMTYD' is highly overrated. The rest of the album however is really great (except maybe 'Got to Know a Woman' which is fun, but a little meh); ' This Whole World' is outta this world, and 'Our Sweet Love' has resemblance to GOK (enough said).
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: MIC Price Discussion Thread.
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on: August 21, 2013, 12:38:36 PM
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Awesome guys. What's the delivery time for you?
Mine says it will be shipped Friday, which means I'll have it Saturday (if all goes well!)
Dutch retailer btw.
Price? 99 euros. That's about the cheapest I could find here in The Netherlands. Yeah, about the same here in Norway, but no shipment yet. Hoping for friday too!
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: MIC Price Discussion Thread.
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on: August 17, 2013, 11:45:36 AM
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Price alert - on deepdiscount.com, they are having a one day sale 15% off. With the 15%, the price of the box is $110.49. Free shipping. Some may think it's still too expensive but I suspect this is the lowest the price will get pre-release - after release all bets are off.
Don't order from deepdiscount if there's a chance you will cancel your pre-order. There's a good chance they will charge you and ship it regardless. Furthermore deepdiscount has the worst customer service known to man. Funnily enough importCDs is excellent though, even though they have the same owners.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: MiC up for order on Amazon, August release
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on: August 04, 2013, 01:44:26 AM
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Congrats, everyone, on one hundred pages.
I just wanted to be on this page
Wait till it's released-there will easily be 348 pages on WIBNTLA alone. I wonder if there's anyone brave enough that will come out and say they don't like the song. Absolutely. There are a lot of folks who don't care for Denny's work. The consensus here is that it's an "ok" song, very much in line with his contemporary work that has been released, but the vocal makes it stand out. Since that is a pretty subjective rubric, it won't blow everybody away as much as if does a select few. But I'm a hardcore Dennis fan, and I've never listened to Adam Marsland's version, so I expect to fall in love with it. To each their own. I love a lot of Dennis' work, but I'm also one of those who find POB pretty overrated. It's a nice album, but it doesn't do that much for me. Of course if WIBNTLA is anywhere near the quality of 'Little Bird', 'Lady', or 'Forever', then colour me excited. Apropos, I'd love to hear a version of 'San Miguel' with Dennis on lead vocal.
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