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Headphoneus Supremus


[Blue Note: December, 1963.] Recorded in Paris during Dex’ self-imposed exile (prior to his several-year domicile in Copenhagen), this album swings! All four are in top form. Whew!
a) 100% on the Martin Barre observationJRiver > Schiit Modi Multibit > Schiit Asgard 3 > Grado RS-1x
Stand Up (1969) (Steven Wilson remix) by Jethro Tull - I first heard this in 69, when a classmate of mine leant it to me for a couple of days. I loved the cover with it's cardboard pop up of the band in the centre but also loved the music. Sadly funds were short when I was 12 and it would be a couple of years before I got my first Tull album (Aqualung) and have been a fan ever since. This is the first Tull album featuring Martin Barre, who I think was an enormous part of their sound and was saddened when he was basically "let go" in 2012. This was also the first time that Ian Anderson had full control of the song writing and the direction the band would take and the difference between this and their debut (This Was) is huge. Grado RS-1x all the way with this album, great detail, great timbre.... just a great sound.![]()
Love/Hate with this album. Loved the sound, bought it after Joe Walsh broke his hand and was replaced as the undercard by Weather Report with John Mayall at the Orpheum. Sat about 20’ from the left bank of speakers, and 3 Who, 2 Zep, 3 Floyd, and many other concerts and none caused more hearing damage than WR did that night in 1974. Zawinul and Shorter were mixed way over the others.
Bought this album years ago, liked the name and cover so I figured it must be good. Correct
, still one of the coolest jazz fusion groups ever IMO.
You must have some tough eardrums. All it took for me was one Marshall Tucker concert in '75 and my ears are still ringing!Love/Hate with this album. Loved the sound, bought it after Joe Walsh broke his hand and was replaced as the undercard by Weather Report with John Mayall at the Orpheum. Sat about 20’ from the left bank of speakers, and 3 Who, 2 Zep, 3 Floyd, and many other concerts and none caused more hearing damage than WR did that night in 1974. Zawinul and Shorter were mixed way over the others.
My new chain: TIDAL->Cambridge->iOS->MXN10->Gumby->Rag 1->HE-6 SE
On this album.