Good (sounding) music

[eisbär]

Please have a look at the CD cover below (sorry no better pic available but hopefully you can enlarge it):



It's Serge Gainsbourg - Aux armes et caetera.
In the upper left corner you can see clearly the multicell horn of a 604/605 driver. On another pic in the booklet there is a sign "Silence" on the monitor. Could this be a manufacturer using altec parts?

This record sounds fantastic! But beware: It's reggae! So it's quite easy to be above average sound quality of this music style. But this one is very good even compared to an absolute level. Up to now I definitively didn't like reggae but to this record I can listen very well - and that means a lot! It's the first reggae record ever I enjoyed! The music is very relaxed.

So I would like to introduce it to you - at least since it's mixed with our favourite loudspeakers. Maybe somebody loving reaggae in this forum gives it a try.
Greetings
Ralph

P.S. I bought it at the fleamarket and the only reason why I bought it was the monitor on the cover

[scott fitlin]

Reggae guys LOVED Altec and Gauss.

A disco classic from the late 70,s, " France Joli - Come To Me " Prelude Records, 1979, also was mixed on Altec, and sounds terrific.

Another great recording to hear through Altec speakers is the 12in record of " Herb Alpert - Rotation ". That trumpet is sooooo liquid sounding, and Altec makes you look around the room for Herb Alpert himself.

[LICORNE]

In the 70's we had many US students on campus.
One day I went to my room at the dorm. with a tape of Michel Sardou, speed 7 1/2 IPS. There was a
fellow from New York City A Communication Arts student.
He had a tape deck with headphones. I lend him the tape . He sat in his big arm chair and listen to the record for hours evry night for a week.

No wonder: Michel Sardou is" Mr National "France singer.

I think I used some outbord effects on one or two songs.

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl...%3Den%26sa%3DG




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[eisbär]

I did some reading about the record I?d like to pass on to you. The title song Aux armes et caetera is actually the French national hymn the Marseillaise. This caused a serious scandal when the record was published. Imagine the Star Spangled Banner or God Save the Queen played in reggae style . French patriots were outraged! This was too much even though Serge definitively belonged to the premier league of french stars/artists ? e.g. he was a lover of Brigitte Bardot during her wild years in the sixties and President Mitterand held a speech at his funeral. He was not that famous as a singer himself but as a songwriter/composer. His most popular song is ?Je t?aime (moi non plus)?. He wrote and performed with his wife Jane Birkin. Would you expect a reggae record from somebody like that?

But since he had an excellent reputation he could engage everyone he wanted to for musical support. For this record he choose the classic reggae rhythm section: Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. And in particular Sly is doing very well! Those of you loving a good piece of percussive work will have their pleasure. From the slightest touch to a definite punch it?s all there - captured in a very colourful tonality and a broad soundstage. To those loving clearly sung out vocals I don?t recommend this record. Serge mumbles a lot. I don?t understand a word. Well my French is poor but here that?s not the reason. On the other hand this supports the relaxed atmosphere

Enjoy listening

Ralph

P.S. My question concerning the manufacturer may seem a bit silly. But ?Silence? is so obviously a sticker (blue sticker with white letters and some more words too small to read) that I dared to ask. Maybe some of you had a good amusement .

[ottor]

Originally posted by eisb?r:


P.S. My question concerning the manufacturer may seem a bit silly. But ?Silence? is so obviously a sticker (blue sticker with white letters and some more words too small to read) that I dared to ask. Maybe some of you had a good amusement.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Silence 'sticker' (I think it was actually a piece of card) came with Dolby A noise reduction units back in the 70s. From memory the small print would say something like "courtesy of Dolby Laboratories"...

[Steve Schell]

Ralph, thank you for beginning this thread. My exploration of Serge Gainsbourg's work led to the discovery of much other outstanding French '60s pop music. In particular I am enjoying France Gall, and I have been watching her performances on Youtube for days now. Here is one of her more toe tapping numbers, written by Gainsbourg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4lFJrpYYMc

[LICORNE]

Nearly twenty years after the creation of the band, and over a decade since the music was last available to fans, the music of The Traveling Wilburys will be reissued on June 12, 2007. Both CDs are combined on this 2-CD/1-DVD release and feature bonus tracks of rare and newly mixed unreleased music. The all-region DVD contains historic footage documenting the first chord to the final mix, and the band's five video clips

http://www.travelingwilburys.com/home.html




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[Old Guy]

Definitely two sad days when we lost George and Roy.

This has to be one of my favorite groups of all time.

[ottor]

One of my favourites is the DVD of "James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theatre". It has a 24bit 48kHz LPCM audio track. Sounds fabulous...

Also Neil Young has been re-releasing some of his music on CD with a bonus DVD with 24bit 96kHz LPCM audio track. "Live at Massey Hall 1971" is one title I have. Nice.