HDCD list - Page 16

Beck "Sea Change" has HDCD. Showed on WMP and my home player.

I can confirm this, I just checked my copy with the same catalogue number, and it's HDCD, sounds great. I didn't know this, I'd only played it in my HDCD capable player a few times. Thanks for the tip!!!! That's why this thread is so useful.

Rokia Traore / Wanita

Hi,

I found a cd not listed here and on hdcd.com.
artist: Rokia Traore
album: Wanita
Worldmusic
it is labeled with HDCD
amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music

kind regards
Bulbous

Steve Earle, El Corazón

Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road


^^ HDCD ^^

Sigur Ros

Hi, I just bought the CD () of Sigur Ros at amazon.co.uk but I didn't get a HDCD version. But on hdcd.com and here it says that it is a HDCD title.
Does anyone know in wich country they did bring out the HDCD version or at wich store I can buy the HDCD version?

regards,
Bulbous

One of the best I've heard recently is The Lonesome Sea by Wayne Robbins and the Hellsayers. Sad that it has almost no distribution or press because it's really a nice album. Probably comes closer to that magic sound of After the Gold Rush than Neil could get today, but still never sounds dated. A little of that "Helpless" flavor in the chorus of the second song. Guess they did some shows opening for My Morning Jacket so that's a good comparison too. But closer to the Songs: Ohia take on Neil Young, maybe. Not the totally melancholy Molina as on Didn't It Rain that I love the most, but the more twangy and hopeful one that made Magnolia Electric Co so good. Kind of like Doug Martsch and his Built To Spill take on Neil Young, but more lap steel. And Doug's quirky and mystical, but loveable take on the world around him. And they do let loose on occasion with the full arsenal of noisy guitars, which always makes me smile. Like on the third song "Jesus", which starts out slow and acoustic sounding but takes off into Spiritualized meets Crazy Horse territory in the second half after they crank up the guitar amps. Good lyrics too, even if I don't always know quite what the songs are about. Only 10 songs and a couple do go on a little longer than they should, but the rest is golden, especially for a debut. Kind of self-released so not widely available, although one of the band members stopped by Rave Recs and said they should be getting some wider distribution soon. But do a search and buy it from Wayne...it'll make you happy. Pretty nice sound and not all compressed like most modern rock.

Also another favorite from a few years ago that I've mentioned around here is Still by Sue Garner and Rick Brown. Very diverse and eclectic mix of trip hop, indie pop/rock, avant-folk, Tortoise-like loopy electro-organica, and maybe even a couple nods to the Fall. Nice CD. Maybe too far reaching at times for their own good, but lots to like. Recorded with some of their friends including Chris Stamey of the DB's, Douglas McCombs of Tortoise, Tara Key and Doug Weiselman in the couple's home studio. A little along the lines of Yo La Tengo but with a more diverse sound. They even do a pretty cool and very minimalist cover of John Lennon's "It's So Hard" that's nearly a cappella with only a plucked bass as accompaniment. This is one that has really stood up well for me over the last few years. I don't think it garnered a lot of critical acclaim but I play it all the time and now it's like an old friend. Lots of very nice ambience on this one. Recommended, even if you aren't looking for HDCDs.

And while I'm here, might as well mention some other old favorites that have probably already shown up in this thread, like Hum Downward Is Heavenward and Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West and ...

Elvis Costello - North

Hi,

I found another HDCD cd not mentioned here or on hdcd.com. It's from Elvis Costello, album name is North. It's not labeled HDCD. It's a kind of jazzy music.

Also bought on Ebay a Japanese 2-cd box of Norah Jones with both her albums on it and some bonustracks. It's labeled HDCD.
It's jazz music.
I don't know if it should be mentioned in the list. I suppose it's hard to get in the west. But for the HDCD diehards maybe nice to know...

kind regards,
Bulbous

Coldplay

Hi, picked up another HDCD.
It's from Coldplay, a 2-CD box with 'A rush of blood to the head' and 'Parachutes'. Asian Edition. Pop/Alternative.
It's labeled HDCD.
Excellent sound!

Just a note that if you do P2P sharing, you may find a FLAC-compressed copy of the sigur ros HDCD. If you burn an audio cd from the FLAC, the HDCD encoding will survive, and your player will recognize it as such.
I bring this up, because If you d/l copies of CD's which you actually own, there is no copyright infringement.
I did this recently to get a copy of King Crimson's 'Discipline' on HDCD, and was surprised when the little red light came on. Still, the sound did not knock me out as I'd hoped it would, it was a marginal improvement at best.

Thanks for the tip. I will try it out to see if I can find one. I didn't know the HDCD encoding would stay on a copied cd...

Here's one for the Darkest Desires crowd -

Samael - Reign of Light

The HDCD light was on for every track. It's not marked as being HDCD at all, but there ya go.

How about Genghis Blues, the soundtrack of the documentary movie of the same title? If you take an ethnomusicology course, I am told that you are certain to learn about Tuvan throat singing. Imagine a blind U.S. blues singer learning this specialized technique of generating vocal overtones by listen to the shortwave, becoming quite skilled at it and traveling to Tuva (above Mongolia) to compete in their national contest. Some fusion music is just plain wierd but this CD has some throat singing/blues combinations that blow me away. Amazing stuff. And mostly good SQ.

Frampton Comes Alive 25th Anniverary Edtion says HCDC on CD cover.

What does "DIGITALLY MASTERED ANALOG RECORDING" mean? Some lbels say this and some don't.

Also some say "20 bit digital transfer" with sb mapping, like Journey on Sony label? Or Aerosmith on Columbia says "20-bit" too.

Just a warning: to my ears "The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out" HDCD is significanlty below the quality of the non-HDCD "The Dave Bruebeck Collection". The HDCD has a mix that lowers the bass and bass impact, and the clarity seems lower. Surprised me, but there you go.

TonyAAA

surprised me when i put this in, one of my fav cd's

Artist: Mark Farina
Album: Mushroom Jazz 4
Genre: Acid Jazz

Does not say HDCD anywhere on the case but my cal audio cl-10 tells me otherwise

released under the label OM records