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This album turned 25 last week. It is my favorite by U2 and one that will finally be (re)released on vinyl this month. An underrated gem that is perhaps the most un-U2 they ever sounded.
I can listen to the title track on repeat for hours at a time sometimes.
Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.3.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi, farthest unit gets 60% signal strength and always works since new power supply) and Squeeseslave
Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.3.1 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B (WiFi) /Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave
Squeezebox Boom - "At Large" player around both home and cabin
Headphones and car - Android phone/Bluetooth w/full library on MicroSD card - PowerAmp music player app (similar to Material Skin)
2 Duets controllers, 1 X Boom, 1 X Radio
1 X SqueezeAmp + KEF LS50 Wireless II
1 X Receiver + Yamaha RX-A2000, Polk M70
1 X Receiver + Boston MicroSystem CD
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ HiFi Berry Amp2 7" touchscreen PiCorePlayer 7.0 Monsoon Flat Panel sub
Raspberry Pi 2 B, HiFiBerry Dac+ & Max2play
SqueezeAmp Audioengine A5 ( passive mode ) with Infinity Sub
HTC 10 w/ Squeeze Ctrl
ReadyNAS 516 LMS 8.31
Public Image - Concert - Live at the Brixton Academy 27.5.86
This is a live album recorded I think around the time Album was released, but not itself released until this year. It kicks off with an instrumental version of Kashmir, with Lydon coming in with a jaunty 'hello'. But his interaction with the audience goes downhill from there, as some in the audience persistently spat at the band. So, rather an interesting live album!
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Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3)
2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 (retired), 1 x SqueezeAMP Office: LMS8.0.0 running on Raspberry Pi3; Raspberry Pi 3 player with touchscreen/piCorePlayer/IQaudIO DAC and Amp Portable: Raspberry Pi 3B/pCP7.0.1/LMS8.1.2/Material, files on Seagate portable drive, powered via power brick
That PIL album above reminds me of the live album released by Suicide in 1978 - my LP copy has a plain white sleeve - entitled 21½ Minutes in Berlin/23 Minutes in Brussels, which must be the most confrontational live album in my collection. The side recorded in Brussels ends with the band being harassed off stage by a remarkably hostile crowd, which cheers as the band give up.
Home: Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.1.2/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A
Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3)
2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 (retired), 1 x SqueezeAMP Office: LMS8.0.0 running on Raspberry Pi3; Raspberry Pi 3 player with touchscreen/piCorePlayer/IQaudIO DAC and Amp Portable: Raspberry Pi 3B/pCP7.0.1/LMS8.1.2/Material, files on Seagate portable drive, powered via power brick
Home: Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.1.2/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A
Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3)
2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 (retired), 1 x SqueezeAMP Office: LMS8.0.0 running on Raspberry Pi3; Raspberry Pi 3 player with touchscreen/piCorePlayer/IQaudIO DAC and Amp Portable: Raspberry Pi 3B/pCP7.0.1/LMS8.1.2/Material, files on Seagate portable drive, powered via power brick
Leftover Salmon - Bridges to Bert (1997) An interesting collection of music. Uses a lot of accordion and seems to be a mix of reggae, bluegrass with some blues/pop thrown in for good measure. Overall I'd give it at least 4 of 5 stars.
Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.3.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi, farthest unit gets 60% signal strength and always works since new power supply) and Squeeseslave
Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.3.1 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B (WiFi) /Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave
Squeezebox Boom - "At Large" player around both home and cabin
Headphones and car - Android phone/Bluetooth w/full library on MicroSD card - PowerAmp music player app (similar to Material Skin)
Leftover Salmon - Bridges to Bert (1997) An interesting collection of music. Uses a lot of accordion and seems to be a mix of reggae, bluegrass with some blues/pop thrown in for good measure. Overall I'd give it at least 4 of 5 stars.
I think it's 1993. Still sounds good.
R.
LMS on a dedicated server (PiCorePlayer)
Transporter (Ethernet) - main listen ining, Onkyo receiver, Paradigm speakers
Touch (WiFi) - home theater 5.1, Sony receiver, Energy speakers
Boom 1 (WiFi) - work-space
Boom 2 (WiFi) - various (deck, garage, etc.)
Radio (WiFi) - home office
Control - Squeeze Control (Android mobile), 2 Controllers (seldom used), Squeeze Remote (on Surface Pro 4)
Touch x 1 - spare
UE Radio x 1 - spare
Boom x 1 - spare
Controller x 1 - Spare
Vol. 18 of the Complete Percy Grainger edition - Unaccompanied Vocal Pieces; currently "Recessional."
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Logitech Media Server Version: 8.0.0 - ARCH-AUR-GIT.20200807.1a544e3 running on Wandboard Quad, music library on USB HDD
Squeezebox Touch plugged into run-of-the-mill stereo rig via Musical Fidelity X-Act, extra speakers in kitchen, basement, and bedroom connected by ordinary (not unidirectional) copper wire.
Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.3.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi, farthest unit gets 60% signal strength and always works since new power supply) and Squeeseslave
Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.3.1 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B (WiFi) /Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave
Squeezebox Boom - "At Large" player around both home and cabin
Headphones and car - Android phone/Bluetooth w/full library on MicroSD card - PowerAmp music player app (similar to Material Skin)
Saw David the other night at Hugh's Room in Toronto. Nothing beats live music, but in its absence we've got some pretty fine albums.
Love Bromberg. I have most of his albums and have seen him live many times (small band and big band). I'm seeing him in a few weeks performing solo. Can't wait.
Home: Pi4B-8GB/pCP8.2.x/4TB>LMS 8.3.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) Cottage: rPi4B-4GB/pCP8.2.x/4TB>LMS 8.3.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI) Office: Win11(64)>foobar2000 The Wild: rPi3B+/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite) Controllers: iPhone14Pro & iPadAir5 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) Files:Ripping: dBpoweramp > FLAC; Post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; Streaming: Spotify
The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But The Blues by David Bromberg
Saw David the other night at Hugh's Room in Toronto. Nothing beats live music, but in its absence we've got some pretty fine albums.
He was playing in quintet form at Hugh's, a cracking band. Particularly notable were guitarist Mark Cosgrove and fiddler Nate Grower. David has said he doesn't play the way he used to (when he was a go-to sideman, played with Dylan, the Dead and many others, co-wrote with George Harrison, etc etc), before he had a two decade hiatus from performing, but plays now with more nuance, less speed, more time to think. Excellent player on acoustic and electric slide. Cosgrove provides some of the speed chops, phenomenal, and Grower, normally a bluegrass kind of guy, plays the fiddle like it was an electric guitar. Both electifying. David sings well, has kind of come into his own like many older blues guys, except he sings with a Jewish Philly accent and cadence, instead of the south or Chicago.
Thought the photos were interesting. The old b/w was taken by Robert Altman back in 1974, and the newer one is from this year at a festival (Bettye Lavette was on his arm, but I cropped her out to take the size down).
Had to delete original post, something was awry in the way it was displayed, this is a repost.
R.
LMS on a dedicated server (PiCorePlayer)
Transporter (Ethernet) - main listen ining, Onkyo receiver, Paradigm speakers
Touch (WiFi) - home theater 5.1, Sony receiver, Energy speakers
Boom 1 (WiFi) - work-space
Boom 2 (WiFi) - various (deck, garage, etc.)
Radio (WiFi) - home office
Control - Squeeze Control (Android mobile), 2 Controllers (seldom used), Squeeze Remote (on Surface Pro 4)
Touch x 1 - spare
UE Radio x 1 - spare
Boom x 1 - spare
Controller x 1 - Spare
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