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Brian Ferry- Olympia

post #1 of 6
11/7/10 at 4:59pm
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I never knew too much about Brian Ferry until I heard one of my all time favorite renditions of "All Along the Watchtower" featured on Battlestar Galactica T.V. show. Kind of an odd way to find an artist, but you've got to keep your ears and mind open.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower

 

Brian Ferry version of "All Along the Watchtower" really blew me away. I'm pretty hard on Dylan cover tunes.  Since then  I've been building my music library with Brian Ferry CD's. My latest is Olympia. Great stuff!

 

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post #2 of 6
11/8/10 at 4:12am

Good call on that album ,it's a good one. If you haven't discovered them yet, Roxy Music are well worth a listen too, it's the band Ferry formed with Andy Mackay and Brian Eno after getting the sack from his job in a girls school in the 70's. Overall i prefer his solo stuff but it's all very listenable.

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post #3 of 6
11/8/10 at 3:27pm
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Thanks Marcus_C I'll check more Bryan Ferry out.

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post #4 of 6
11/8/10 at 3:41pm

Roxy Music - Avalon on SACD. (except that it's $350 new)

 

"Slave to Love" gets me every time

 

I discovered "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and some Dylan songs through Bryan Ferry's cover versions


Edited by SiriuslyCold - 11/8/10 at 3:42pm
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post #5 of 6
11/11/10 at 11:31am

how does it sound though? i heard it was very squashed and compressed sounding so i thought i'd ask people here who take that stuff seriously... before i buy it that is.

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post #6 of 6
11/11/10 at 3:23pm
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I guess it might sound a little "thin" as I compare it to "Dylanesque". Of course I might be limited with my equipment compared to the "big rigs" of some of the other forum members. When I find something I like I guess I give the CD a little leeway if I like the artist or the music's imagery. Over compressed production does take the listening pleasure down on any music. So I guess we should all be commenting on that as we recommend. Can anyone else comment on the production values of this CD? I live and learn from your comments.

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