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PackRat

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

^ I'm in the minority, I think the Dead's studio albums are better than all the bootlegs. The shows are awesome but you had to be there.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5 … =1&index=1

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Btw, Wake of the Flood, great studio album. Eyes of the World is particularly good.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Studio Dead cuts that I think are better than any live version...

Shakedown Street

Terrapin Station

Dark Star

Franklin's Tower

Yeah, all of them, except maybe Fire and Rain at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center) in 86 when it actually started drizzling.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Man, how good is Help On the Way, the first track on Blues for Allah?

*hyeeah*

Jerry!

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Stick with the studio output, otherwise you get shit like this...

https://youtu.be/_Zj5GShx6IE?si=BxgWR6zsFzecjOrL

Pretty meh if you're a Deadhead, bleeding awful if you're not.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Compare that with the 7 inch of Shakedown Street...

https://youtu.be/QgEAVch57sc

^ Disco, by the way.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Terrapin, anthem rock?

https://youtu.be/e01zTf2tLV0

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

I'll give it to the Dead, this is what The Who was doing in concert that year (not particularly good)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCvb … da7G6xcB76

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

The Who didn't release an album in 77, they released Who By Numbers in 75 and Who Are You in 78.

Who Are You

https://youtu.be/JcR1W9zCjCM?si=svk3uAlS8nKOSET4

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

One list of other good albums from 1977

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ … 77-albums/

And 1978

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ … 78-albums/

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

So, to be fair, Kieth Moon was on his last legs and the title track is the only track he played well on, and the Dead are... soft?

Much better from 77, Bootsy Collins

https://youtu.be/8abYLA5zEkM

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

1977... Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, The Clash by The Clash, Aja by Steely Dan.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

The Clash - The Clash

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_9g … MJo7lJW6aE

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Don't let The Clash fool you, they are barely punk. They're about as punk as the first two The Police albums, very artsy fartsy. Listen to that mix, it's pristine. They are some world music hybrid thing, unique.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

The Clash only had 5 other studio albums.

Give Me Enough Rope (78)

https://youtu.be/a3NLOW8RGYU?si=NtcvfuLZcfDMaauR

London Calling (79)

https://youtu.be/XN7iEFVLf5c?si=YYk0jZYdQAJHgfGW

Sandanista! (80, a double album, and there best in my opinion)

https://youtu.be/-Aj92HNB8Tc?si=zhTnNmD_jRbFG2ch

Combat Rock (82)

https://youtu.be/M1Zz7QWbS-w?si=pNI8LvFhteDfPH1c

Cut the Crap (85, nobody knows this album anymore)

https://youtu.be/SC61BdLbQMg?si=TwbpcOT-PsPBaruk

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Artsy Fartsy Punk Band Album Score

The Police: Five studio albums.

The Clash: Six studio albums, but the last is ignored for some reason (it went backwards, towards their earlier work?)

A tie.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Then Mick Jones released 9 albums as Big Audio Dynamite, starting with This Is Big Audio Dynamite in 1985

https://youtu.be/F4sNWl4VZmM?si=JDMw5xAv_hObrQOc

It's aged well.

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

Buy some headphones. I use HD280 Pros by Sennheise, very entry level at $100 in the US, and they take a bit of playing to break them in...

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail … gL6gvD_BwE

If you want something for classical music at the save price, I'd go with Grado 60s...

https://www.crutchfield.com/S-Pa8uDJktt … gIDCvD_BwE

Then you have the better Sennheisers, Beyerdynamics and whatnot.

https://www.americanmusical.com/s/c/bra … gJPz_D_BwE

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: What are you listening to right now?

I'd love a pair of 480 Pros, but $400 seeems excessive...

https://www.sennheiser.com/en-us/catalo … pro-700499

Until you realize you can plug these into a phone (maybe not, my phone has a headphone jack) and not have to worry about a $600 integrated amp, $700 bookshelf speakers and a $300 subwoofer that only plays a few notes but is essential.

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I am very superficial, I hate everything official.