Ten Albums I Can Be Happy Stuck on a Desert Island With
Submitted by slipkid71 on Fri, 10/25/2002 - 04:27
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- in no particular order
- John Coltrane, "A Love Supreme"
- The Who, "Who's Next"
- King Crimson, "Discipline"
- Frank Sinatra, "Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years"
- The Beatles, "Revolver"
- Ravi Shankar, "The Sounds of India"
- Bjork, "Vespertine"
- Sneaker Pimps "Becoming Remixed"
- Miles Davis, "In a Silent Way"
- Peter Gabriel, "Peter Gabriel (Third Album)"
Since you are such a fan, I encourage you to find a Steve Hoffman remastered Who's Next, the best I have ever heard this album sound. Hoffman is the remastering wiz (the greatest remasterer in the business today) who was behind the DCC gold discs of the 90s. His verison is available as the budget (?!) version in Canada. Here's a link to HMV's page for it.
It is not as bright and shiny as most versions, but I kid you not, Moon's drums and the slicing guitars sound incredible on this version, Hoffman's remastering kills the current "new" Astley remastering (plus, it hasn't be remixed, like Astley's has, even though the package doesn't mention this), and even with postage figured in, I picked it up for under $10 from the link above. One of the best music deals around.
Alright, my little commercial is over.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Didn't know this existed, but I'll keep an eye out for it. I'm been very happy with the remasters done by Astley and supervised by Townshend. They sure as hell beat MCA's original CD pressings, which sounded like they were re-mastered in an industrial-sized trash can.