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List the first album you purchased in 2013 that was first released in 2013. Any format (vinyl, CD, download) whether it is a new release, an audiophile remaster, deluxe edition, collection or whatever as long as it first saw the light of day in 2013.

 

Here is mine

 

  • PATRICIA BARBER - Smash - HD Tracks 24/96 download

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List the first album you purchased in 2013 that was first released in 2013. Any format (vinyl, CD, download) whether it is a new release, an audiophile remaster, deluxe edition, collection or whatever as long as it first saw the light of day in 2013.

 

Here is mine

 

  • PATRICIA BARBER - Smash - HD Tracks 24/96 download

 

Hello mwheelerk!

Can you please give your feedback on the sound quality (usually Patrícia records are excellent souding)...

 

Thanks!

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Yes Please!

 

I did not know she had a new release out.

 

I have most of her previous albums & agree the sound quality is quite good.

They tend to get a bit of over-play at shops & gatherings were 'philes congragate.

 

It is a case were I feel that despite the audiophile stigmata, there is quite good music within.

Bill

 

Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob

 

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Aaron Neville: My True Story

 

 

Just yesterday, The Wife asked if I had heard his interview on NPR as she was quite taken with him & his music.

 

I had in fact heard it & may persue this for her sake & mine.

Bill

 

Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob

 

....just an "ON" switch, Please!

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Hello mwheelerk!

Can you please give your feedback on the sound quality (usually Patrícia records are excellent souding)...

 

Thanks!

 

Yes Please!

 

I did not know she had a new release out.

 

I have most of her previous albums & agree the sound quality is quite good.

They tend to get a bit of over-play at shops & gatherings were 'philes congragate.

 

It is a case were I feel that despite the audiophile stigmata, there is quite good music within.

 

I am a big Patricia Barber fan since Modern Cool but of course I went back and added Distortion of Love and Cafe Blue and have several titles post-Modern Cool. I have never understood the 'audiophile darling' thing with her that some seem so bothered by. For me I simply have always thought of her as an exceptional artist.

 

With regards to Smash and the HD Tracks 24/96 download I have only given one listen at the end of a very long day and cannot offer a detailed assessment at this point. I plan to give it several listens this weekend. It is Patricia, all originals and if I compare it to anything else of hers initially it would be Verse.

"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open."
Frank Zappa
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I am a big Patricia Barber fan since Modern Cool but of course I went back and added Distortion of Love and Cafe Blue and have several titles post-Modern Cool. I have never understood the 'audiophile darling' thing with her that some seem so bothered by. For me I simply have always thought of her as an exceptional artist.

So have I and Modern Cool was also my first (a first audition full of "Ahhhs" and "ooohhs", when listing to Constantinople, the Doors cover and that misterious "Let It Rain").

 

With regards to Smash and the HD Tracks 24/96 download I have only given one listen at the end of a very long day and cannot offer a detailed assessment at this point. I plan to give it several listens this weekend. It is Patricia, all originals and if I compare it to anything else of hers initially it would be Verse.

This is already a good sign.

Loved Verse and to me, "I Can Eat Your Words" could be a single piece to define Patricia.

 

Thanks a keep us posted!

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List the first album you purchased in 2013 that was first released in 2013. Any format (vinyl, CD, download) whether it is a new release, an audiophile remaster, deluxe edition, collection or whatever as long as it first saw the light of day in 2013.

 

Here is mine

 

  • PATRICIA BARBER - Smash - HD Tracks 24/96 download

 

OK, so far here's what I got for 2013:

 

CD:

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (Mobile Fidelity aluminum CD)

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (Legacy re-master)

The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy (Legacy re-master)

Boston - Boston (Legacy 2006 re-master)

Boston - Don't Look Back (Legacy 2006 re-master)

Grover Washington, Jr. - Winelight (Elektra CD)

Joe Walsh - The Definitive Collection

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Milk and Honey

Kate Rusby - 10

Steely Dan - Aja (Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc)

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (1998 re-master)

Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1998 re-master)

Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1999 re-master)

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1999 re-master)

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1999 re-master)

 

Downloads:

Alan Murphy - SFX Featuring Alan Murphy (Naim)

 

February 2013 - Download

Helge Lien Trio - Natsukashii (Linn)

 

Meredith

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OK, so far here's what I got for 2013:

 

CD:

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (Mobile Fidelity aluminum CD)

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (Legacy re-master)

The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy (Legacy re-master)

Boston - Boston (Legacy 2006 re-master)

Boston - Don't Look Back (Legacy 2006 re-master)

Grover Washington, Jr. - Winelight (Elektra CD)

Joe Walsh - The Definitive Collection

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Milk and Honey

Kate Rusby - 10

Steely Dan - Aja (Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc)

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (1998 re-master)

Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1998 re-master)

Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1999 re-master)

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1999 re-master)

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1999 re-master)

 

Downloads:

Alan Murphy - SFX Featuring Alan Murphy (Naim)

 

February 2013 - Download

Helge Lien Trio - Natsukashii (Linn)

 

Meredith

 

Sorry to be a party pooper but the idea of the thread was your first purchase of a new album first released in 2013 so remasters and other albums previously released would fall outside the topic. Congrats on buying some nice stuff though.

"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open."
Frank Zappa
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Hmmm, well this probably won't count either as they are all pre-orders and have yet to arrive, but they are all 2013 releases.

 

Patrica Barber - Smash (seems popular here)

John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts

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Ron Sexsmith - Forever Endeavour

 

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Probably all available in the US already :(

Of these the John Grant was the first one I ordered.

Tim

 

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