What Are You Listening To? - January, 2025
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After getting into JJ Cale via this Forum I've accumulated several of his albums and my latest is this triple disc affair simply called Collected.
There are many Cale compilations out there but this one is quite different as the third disc contains mostly previously unreleased tunes, some of them live.
Three discs at roughly 1 hour per disc, excellent value at just a nudge over £12.
Jay.
There are many Cale compilations out there but this one is quite different as the third disc contains mostly previously unreleased tunes, some of them live.
Three discs at roughly 1 hour per disc, excellent value at just a nudge over £12.
Jay.
Hi Jay,
I've got the 9 JJ Cale CDs up to and including Travel-Log. I also bought the one he did with Clapton. But thought it was pretty dire so binned it.
You've said in the past how short the CDs are, and they are. But for me they are the ideal length to play on my bus ride into town.
Mike
Oops. If you mean The Road To Escondido then I bought a copy less than an hour ago
.I'm actually looking into ripping his albums onto a memory stick so as I can play then all together but having problems with which format my Marantz and Yamaha likes.
Then you get all types of pendrive.....I just bought one that upon opening I find isn't FAT32 which I need for the Yamaha aaaarrggghhh.
Jay.
I'm sorry Jay, I hope I haven't spoiled it for you. Lesson learned, keep my opinions to myself.
I haven't used pen drives in a while, but can you not reformat the drive to what you want?
I usually rip CDs to my desktop computer using Windows Music player and listen on computer for continuous music playing.
Okay, the quality isn't as good but I've learned to live with it. Neither of my stereo systems have USB access.
Mike
I haven't used pen drives in a while, but can you not reformat the drive to what you want?
I usually rip CDs to my desktop computer using Windows Music player and listen on computer for continuous music playing.
Okay, the quality isn't as good but I've learned to live with it. Neither of my stereo systems have USB access.
Mike
avail I am sure that you enjoy that album. My parents had a different Mitch Miller and the Gang Christmas album, which brings back pleasant memories to me too. But I am not so keen on any other Mitch Miller. Over the years, I read there was some tension between Frank Sinatra and Mitch Miller when both were at Columbia Records. Mitch Miller, who was an influential producer, was known for his heavy-handed production style. Sinatra felt that Miller's approach was overproduced and they often clashed, with deep animosity between the two. I tend to agree. Sinatra was particularly unhappy with some of the corny novelty songs Miller chose for him, such as "Mama Will Bark," which he felt were beneath his talent. This tension eventually contributed to Sinatra leaving Columbia and moving to Capitol Records, where he had more creative control over his music. Whether true or not, it’s clouded my opinion about Mitch Miller. Many fans and critics consider Sinatra's Capitol years to be his artistic pinnacle. When he moved there, he had greater creative control and worked with renowned arrangers like Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, and Billy May, and produced iconic albums such as, "In the Wee Small Hours" (1955), "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" (1956) and"Only the Lonely" (1958). What do any of you think?
Thanks for describing that story, I had no idea, but then I was a little at the time. I remember my dad tuning in the Mitch Miller TV show. (This was one of the few shows he watched, or permitted while he was in the living room. He called it the "idiot box", I'm sure he was not alone in that.)
Medieval (-ish like) relaxing music...
Last night it was more 1970's rock for me. One in particular is a huge favourite, Golden Earring's Moontan with their massive hit Radar Love as the opening track.
Below is the UK album cover art, the prudish Yanks got a pretty boring cover
Jay.
Below is the UK album cover art, the prudish Yanks got a pretty boring cover
Jay.
After making enquiries on a Hi-Fi Forum I've now converted my NTFS pendrives to FAT32 and my WAV files to FLAC files, or rather I've used some new software (EAC) to rip them as FLAC files.
One huge rigmarole but I think I'm getting there.
Jay.
Hi Jay,
Glad to hear you found a method to achieve what you wanted to do.
As you say it can be a bit of a rigmarole at times.
The thing now is to make a note of how you did it so can repeat if needed in the future.
Mike