WESTMAN'S PICKS - Great sounding "AUDIOPHILE & ORIGINAL" albums spinning on my turntable this week!
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Please join me as I spin some of the best sounding records in my collection, handpicked for their exceptional sound quality and unique musicality. From classic rock to jazz to indie, I'll be featuring a variety of genres and artists that will satisfy any music lover's cravings. So sit back, relax, and let the music take you on a journey. Don't forget to hit that like button and subscribe for more great picks from WESTMAN'S PICKS. Let's get spinning! #WESTMANSPICKS #AUDIOPHILE #ORIGINAL #GreatSoundingAlbums #VinylRecords #MusicLovers #RecordCollection #ClassicRock #Jazz #IndieMusic
Great concept vid Steve …one of the best I’ve seen . I hope this concept catches on in the vc …..we can call it …”I’m doing a Westman”
You are hilarious. Love it. Thanks for watching Anthony.
Thanks Steve, you had me digging into my collection! Isn’t that what it’s all about? Good stuff sir
Right on!
Dynaflex predated the 'oil crisis' of ~'74. The real issue was not with 'thin' vinyl but with records pressed using recycled vinyl (at tmes containing remnants of paper labels). I credit the wretched domestic pressings that started to appear with annoying regularity at that time (excessive surface noise, ticks and pops, warpage) with getting me into UK, German and Japanese pressings in the mid-70s. I never looked back.
Great picks Steve yes I think it is Mick Ronson who is marks daddy love the Lou Reed I have OG Rock n Roll and is fire also have both Waits albums on vinyl Shelly Manne on drums excellent fav cut Invitation to the Blues
Yes Mick. Mark was Amy Whinehouse's producer.
Great video Steve!! For Tom Waits; I argue the best entry point is “Nighthawks at the Diner”. Love the raconteur story telling? Go backwards. Love the weird time signatures and darker themes? Move forward.
Thanks JD. Tom is def a "go slowly" into his work type of artist.
The last record i bought before the "vinyl revival" was Lou Reed - Transformer, i bought it from a record store on the Gold Coast, Qld, Australia and its still got the $1 price tag on it.
Its one of the best sounding records in my collection.
Wow. $1 bin. Love it.
Love Tom Waits and you’re right, start with his early catalog. His first album is flawless, and then he starts to evolve. It took me awhile to start getting into his 80’s and afterwards work. If you’ve never seen it, look up his performance of “The piano has been drinking” and interview on Martin Mull’s Fernwood 2 night, you will not be disappointed.
Will check that out. Thanks. Thanks for watching.
Always enjoy your posts. Great picks all around. Especially love your Tom Waits choices. I remember buying that album after listening to Springsteen’s The Wild the Innocent and the East Street Shuffle.” 50 years later, they’re still amongst my favorite albums of all time. Keep ‘m coming! Thank you.
Thank you so much. Love Tom Waits.
You said "Mark Ronson" hahaha.
Lou Reed was a machine.
I know. lol. I was thinking Amy Winehouse's producer for Back to Black. Wrong Ronson lol.
Thanks man✌️ cool to see what you've been listening to
My pleasure. 🙏
Great picks ! People seem to think that Dynaflex is bad because it isn’t 180gram or at least 140. I’ve owned dozens of them and they are some of my best sounding records. 180 gram just means they cost more to me and a selling point to the companies.
Thank you. I have been very impressed with all of my Dynaflex cuts.
I think Steve Hoffman was involved in mastering that Guess Who album
It was Kevin Gray and Robert Pincus. They also mastered the Cisco Aja pressing together as well.
Jeff Buckley Grace 2014 ORG 45RPM is amazing 👌🏻
I'm sure it's stunning.
My Transformer is a Can pressing OG and it's survived in great shape and is pretty quiet. It's a dynaflex, sooo light weight compared to the 180gm reissues we get these days. Transformer sounds great and WOTWS sounds really good I use it as a demo track.
See the Michael Fremer YT video where he plays it on the $375k TT.
I’m actually on the hunt for a Transformer OG - I have the Speakers Corner but want to compare after seeing Fremer’s video.
Find me one to please. 🙏🙏
Hey Steve, I guess you heard that Rhino Hi Fidelity released 5,000 more Black Sabbath debut albums Friday. They aren't unnumbered of course. I really haven't seen anybody talking about it yet. I'm glad they did because I missed out on the first Chance To get one. Looks like everything's the same including the $40 price, at least here in the US, but they just aren't numbered copies.
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
Yes. It's my understanding that because of the demand for Sabbath Rhino pressed unnumbered copies. I'm very happy for the folks that missed out. What a great album.
@@stevewestman7774 Yeah I'm very happy for those same people haha. I'm one of them. l was out of town and and closing our family house and moving while the record got released. I couldn't believe I missed this one but I'm really glad I'll be able to hear it real soon! I ordered my copy as soon as I saw it was available Friday morning. Thanks for the reply and I'll talk with you later...
In what is probably my last 'thrift' find about two years ago, I picked up a Near Mint copy of Ian Gomm - Gomm With The Wind. As per WIKI, the "single from the album, "Hold On", reached No. 18 in the United States, and No. 44 in Canada in 1979. I was familiar with the song from radio, but upon spinning the record I recall paying attention to the bass playing on that track...thinking: "who is this?" because the playing was amazing. It turns out it was Herbie Flowers who (again according to WIKI), "by the end of the 1970s, Flowers had played bass on an estimated 500 hit recordings"; including Walk on the Wild Side, David Bowie (Space Oddity, Diamond Dogs), Elton John (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water), and so many other known albums.
Great stuff. Thanks for this. 🙏
I love dynaflex. My Transformer on Dynaflex sounds amazing!!!!
I think I need to get the OG Dynaflex cut to compare now.
Speakers corner transformer has far too much bass. I have an original E1 on its way can’t wait to get it
I need to get an OG now.
Dynaflex rocks. I will look for them.
Yes. I have never come across a bad one yet.
Why don’t you do a shootout between your previous turntable vs your latest one? I’m sure there are lots of viewers out there who are curious about the sound quality as compared your rega.
Something to think about. 🤔
steve why does mofi still release new reissue vinyl mastered dsd 64? why don't they do everything dsd 264??
Maybe they already have the file at DSD64 and they have no reason to travel to New York and run the tape again to record to DSD256? That's my guess.
Because mofi are lying scumbags
hi i hope you all are doing well all the best to you all you all might enjoy nanci griffith singer emily linge lucy thomas sings all by myself sinead oconner aquaintance live she wears t shirt and blue jeans doonie brothers taken it to the streetsd buffalo springfield for what its worth bill shirley sings beautiful dreamer movie and song in the heat of the night reeccaa 1940 hope you like some rock on
Mark Ronson??? He was born in 1975…how could he have co-produced Transformer in 1972?
lol.
OMG; thank god you caught this, you’ve preserved the integrity of Western Civilization!! You corrected a mistake that tripped up exactly ZERO of the viewers. But look at you!! Sprinkling that Ronson knowledge!!
@@JeffersonDD And I didn’t even mention the “Dyn-o-flex” that Steve said a few times. You’re welcome…
@@MODACyou’re truly the protector of the realm:). You should do your own CZcams show so we can see your perfect delivery and knowledge!
@@JeffersonDD I do have my own popular CZcams channel: My Own Devices Audio Channel. So there!
or maybe its dsd 256 i forget
Mick Ronson.....not Mark
Yes. I was thinking Amy Winehouse's producer in that moment. 😂
Honest mistake on Steve's part. Mick was also in Mott The Hoople, right?
@michaeltrochalakis6526 I know he arranged some string work for the "All the Young Dudes" album (Sea Diver) and played with the Ian Hunter Band but I don't think he was ever in MTH.
Weight of Vinyl has nothing to do with Sound Quality. All my Dynaflex Records sounds awesome. 180 gr. or more are only Marketing vehicles.
So agree with you too. Dynaflex cuts sounds awesome.
Great concept vid Steve …one of the best I’ve seen . I hope this concept catches on in the vc …..we can call it …”I’m doing a Westman”
That is so funny. Thanks Anthony.