<p>I am too lazy to go inside and get the official names of some of my CD’s… but, I also do love the Allman Bros Live at Filmore East also…along with pretty much anything from Eric Clapton…just saw him live in Boston in November… the craziest live album I love is John Denver…I think it is his Greatest Hits one…there is some wonderful music on that album… definitely fun to listen to Rocky Mountain High or The Eagle and the Hawk before skiing. </p>
<p>My favorite DVD’s of music include Sting’s All This Time, recorded over 2 wks at his home in Tuscany…a live dress rehearsal held the nite before…with a small audience…only to awaken the next day on 9/11/2001…it is an incredible DVD…there is a scene where they are practicing in his favorite foyer…and the sound is magical…
Another favorite DVD is Eric Clapton’s production of Concert for George…a memorial tribute concert…there is a lot of Indian music at the beginning… but, the George Harrison music NEVER sounded better…and the visuals of all the different stars that joined them on stage…and the drummers… it is amazing…
Contrast that with the DVD of the Beatles first tour of the US…and you will be stunned by the difference in the magnitude of the stages, the instruments and the lack of roadies…at one concert in Wash DC…Ringo gets down to rotate his drum set to face a different faction of the audience… the portable radio that Paul is carrying around is the size of a brick…he was listening to their own music on American radio and LOVING it…
The recent DVD of the Cream reunion has some great things on it…</p>
<p>Garland, what is your turntable that plays to the CD for recording? I would love to be able to get the original Woodstock, in the original order that was on the LP, onto my iPod…I have the 4 disk CD set…but it is very different from the original live album…</p>
<p>I also like many of the songs from the live Concert for New York… where the Irish fireman tells Osama bin Laden that he can kiss his royal Irish a@#… the final song on that 2 disk set is Paul McCartney’s original Freedom, which is a nice tune to have on the ole iPod also…</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, Dolby Digital contains the most brilliant solution to the age old issue of scaling dynamic range to suit varied playback systems. It’s really a breakthrough approach.</p>
<p>Dolby Digital recordings are supposed to be (and often are) recorded with massive dynamic range up to 105 db. Of course, anyone who has played a modern Dolby Digital soundtrack at reference levels knows that this kind of dynamic range is extremely demanding of even a very good audio system. So to address this issue, Dolby Digital recordings contain a set of “instructions” for compressing the dynamic range – basically metadata signposts to the decoder. </p>
<p>On playback, there are compression settings appropriate to a normal hifi system (roughly the dynamic range of a VHS Hi-Fi recording) and to a meager audio system (roughly comparable to broadcast TV). Thus, the same recording can be scaled to suit any audio system simply by playing the recording with no compression or activating different levels of compression, with sophisticated encoded instructions accompanying the recording. Brilliant.</p>
<p>Maineparent–I’ve already been PM’d the same question. Unfortunately, I’m not the technowizard around here, and the one who is “means” to explain it all to me to send on, but hasn’t actually yet. but I can tell you the turntable is the AT-PL120 “Direct Drive Professional Turntable” from Audio-Technica. I’m not sure what software he used, but I think some comes with it. He found a good online deal which a nearby store honored, so he says don’t pay list price.</p>
<p>Will pass on more info if i get it, or maybe the audio-techno-experts around here can add more.</p>
<p>InterestedDad,
I don’t believe the Woodstock CD’s have all the same clips that the album had… I did have the same thought and just haven’t bothered to try to recreate the album list via a playlist…I did go to the basement to see if I still have the album…unable to find it… but, thanks for the thought…</p>
<p>Audio, I think, though I can’t be sure, that whatever H is doing is bypassing our main sound system, which is a very old receiver. I’m pretty sure, in fact I’m positive, that the hook-up goes straight from turntable to computer.</p>
<p>More than that I can’t say. I just get the benefit of the newly made CDs! :)</p>
<p>Most live albums are usually pretty poor quality. Of the best that come to mind gotta go with:</p>
<p>Allman Bros. Band Live at the Fillmore
Jimi Hendrix Band of gypsies (if for no other reason than Jimi congratulating USC for beating Michigan in the Rose Bowl)
Nirvana unplugged</p>
<p>Thanks Aphile for the link. I’m falling back to listening to the individual tracks on our different CDs, and writing the best ones to the Ipod, I am no Audiophile or technology wizard either, I just know which ones sound best to me. My 15 year old put it best, “If you’re going to listen in the car, aren’t you going to crank up the volume anyway?”. He’s more concerned that I don’t play any of that “classical junk” while he’s in the car.</p>
<p>Ah, a PG era Genesis fan! The Archives vol. 1 set has the entire Lamb Lies Down played live in its entirety. Essential, even though some of it may have been re-recorded.</p>
<p>Someone reminded me to include Lou Reed “Rock N Roll Animal” (didn’t catch it if it was already mentioned) which needs to be at the top of this list. Also remembered the BB King classic “Live at the Regal”, arguably the best live blues on record.</p>
<p>OH WOW yes a PG/PG-era Genesis fan!!! Not too many people even know about PG-era Genesis. Oh yes, I have everything. The archive is AWESOME! I especially like the version of ‘Fly on a Windshield’ - his voice is stunning! Well his voice is always stunning, but you know what I mean… I also collect live shows, both the early Genesis and the later solos stuff. I consider him the absolute MASTER musician of all time…</p>
<p>Not a “lunatic” downloader, but I have every official PG era Genesis and solo release. Did you know the Genesis catalog is supposed to be reissued in expanded surround sound versions this year?</p>
reminded me to include Lou Reed “Rock N Roll Animal” (didn’t catch it if it was already mentioned) which needs to be at the top of this list. Also remembered the BB King classic “Live at the Regal”, arguably the best live blues on record.</p>