Filed under: artists, news, records | Tags: all things audible, box set, james childs, the beatles
I’m pretty excited about this:
From Amazon:
- Hard black glossy lift top with magnet clasp
- CDs packaged in three panel digi-pak with digital mini documentaries
- Remastered by Guy Massey, Steve Rooke, Sam Okell with Paul Hicks and Sean Magee
All 13 Studio remasters plus Past Masters (digi packaging with digital mini documentaries)
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Day’s Night
Beatles For Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
Abbey Road
Let It Be
Past Masters
- DVD of all 13 mini-documentaries (Running time: 40 minutes)
Filed under: artists, records | Tags: all things audible, andy davis, david boucher, james childs, matt chamberlain, missy higgins, mitchell froom, on a clear night
This is really a beautiful record, that’s the best word I can think of to describe it. Warm acoustic guitars, lush piano and Missy’s thick Australian accent. And the songs are great songs. I first heard her song ‘Where I Stood’ sitting in Global Village and I liked it so much I went and bought the CD, On a Clear Night. It was done by a great Producer/Mixer team–Mitchell Froom and David Boucher (same guys that did Andy Davis’ record). And Mike, Matt Chamberlain did drums on the entire project, so that should be reason alone to buy this.
Please go to her website and listen to some of her songs. And if you’re lazy, here’s one:
Filed under: news, records | Tags: abbey road, all things audible, beatles, coldplay, james childs, listening sessions, parachutes, vinyl
For the 2nd time so far, some friends and I have had a night of what we are calling The Listening Sessions, where we meet at my apartment with the sole purpose of listening to an album start to finish with no distractions. The idea was that no one actually listens to music anymore for the sake of music. It’s become something to workout to or something you have on in the background while you homework. Also, with the advent of digital music and single song downloads, the album is becoming a foreign concept; listening to music, especially to entire albums as they were meant to be heard, is something of the past. So we decided to devote a night to sitting and listening to a whole record with no visual distractions. Almost like watching a movie, but with music.
The first time we listened to Coldplay’s Parachutes on vinyl which was a lot of fun. Listening to a real vinyl record makes music so much more tangible. You have to carefully place the record on the turntable and place the needle down. No skipping or rewinding, and you have to flip it over halfway through. It’s a very hands-on and interactive experience. It was also fun to pass the LP artwork around while we listened.
Then last night a lot more people showed up (Ben, Brentice, Jordan, Pri, and Tyler) and we listened to Abbey Road (on CD, the turntable wasn’t working..). This was a good one too – we passed around the Beatles Anthology book while we listened and learned lots of random facts about the album.
It’s a great time and something I really look forward to. Anyone’s welcome next time as long as they can sit still and listen for 45 minutes or so..
