Comments on: I Can Hear Music, Sweet Sweet Music http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/ Living In Auz Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:23:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Music In Rotation, January 2009 « The Ausbury Blog http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-936 Music In Rotation, January 2009 « The Ausbury Blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:57:52 +0000 http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-936 [...] bands, Yes, I like the old Chicago and the new Chicago. I’ve written a few times before (here and here) about how the 5-star brilliance of Chicago II impacted me and set me on my musical way. I [...] [...] bands, Yes, I like the old Chicago and the new Chicago. I’ve written a few times before (here and here) about how the 5-star brilliance of Chicago II impacted me and set me on my musical way. I [...]

]]> By: Fuzz http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-911 Fuzz Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:06:36 +0000 http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-911 One of the first CDs I ever purchased (in the 80s) was "CHICAGO II", Columbia CKG24. I was originally disappointed that the sound quality was not magnitudes above the OOPS copy I had from the dorm on R2R. I ripped it to my server sound system yesterday and noticed the cover art claimed 5.1. I'll be dipped in sheep dip. It is! Kudos to Joe Gastwirt for the mix. I don't have to go to the garage, just listen on my $99 Sony STR-K790. Sorry to say Sony dropped the DVD http://www.amazon.com/Chicago-II/dp/B00009P1OD/ref=mb_oe_d I can't imagine it being any better. One of the first CDs I ever purchased (in the 80s) was “CHICAGO II”, Columbia CKG24. I was originally disappointed that the sound quality was not magnitudes above the OOPS copy I had from the dorm on R2R.

I ripped it to my server sound system yesterday and noticed the cover art claimed 5.1. I’ll be dipped in sheep dip. It is! Kudos to Joe Gastwirt for the mix.

I don’t have to go to the garage, just listen on my $99 Sony STR-K790.
Sorry to say Sony dropped the DVD
http://www.amazon.com/Chicago-II/dp/B00009P1OD/ref=mb_oe_d
I can’t imagine it being any better.

]]> By: dorsey http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-62 dorsey Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:47:41 +0000 http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-62 I had the Archies record from Super Sugar Crisps, too. When I was 11, I won a free single of my choice by being the first caller to my local radio station. But my dad declared that all the available selections (including "Kung Fu Fighting"???) were "hard rock," and therefore, unsuitable for a fine christian boy like myself. I'm glad my parents were there to protect me from that evil stuff. I had the Archies record from Super Sugar Crisps, too. When I was 11, I won a free single of my choice by being the first caller to my local radio station. But my dad declared that all the available selections (including “Kung Fu Fighting”???) were “hard rock,” and therefore, unsuitable for a fine christian boy like myself.

I’m glad my parents were there to protect me from that evil stuff.

]]> By: Nino http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-60 Nino Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:08:36 +0000 http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-60 Now you are getting me thinking. Cereal box records? WOW!! I had totally forgot about those. The one that got things started, for me anyway, was the album (yes I said album) I received from Carl Collins - "The best of the Association". I will never forget his comment when he gave it to me, "I hope your parents will let you listen to this.". Others would come, including some that you have mentioned here. The straw that broke the camels back was Jesus Christ Superstar. Dad and Mom reluctantly listened to it in the background on that Panasonic stereo that Mom won in the QW sales contest. Another unforgettable comment was Dad's, "I don't want that blasphemy in my house.". And that was the end of that. It definitely was NOT the Couriers. I just wish I had your power of musical recall. It must have been the headphones that you wore. I remember coming into your room on Ravine Dr. There you were, sitting behind your bed, oblivious to the world around you, singing along with the likes of David Clayton Thomas. I would think "Where is your sense of pitch little brother, UGH!". Then I tried those head phones. Hearing yourself makes all the difference in the world. Great piece! Now you are getting me thinking. Cereal box records? WOW!! I had totally forgot about those. The one that got things started, for me anyway, was the album (yes I said album) I received from Carl Collins – “The best of the Association”. I will never forget his comment when he gave it to me, “I hope your parents will let you listen to this.”.

Others would come, including some that you have mentioned here. The straw that broke the camels back was Jesus Christ Superstar. Dad and Mom reluctantly listened to it in the background on that Panasonic stereo that Mom won in the QW sales contest. Another unforgettable comment was Dad’s, “I don’t want that blasphemy in my house.”. And that was the end of that. It definitely was NOT the Couriers.

I just wish I had your power of musical recall. It must have been the headphones that you wore. I remember coming into your room on Ravine Dr. There you were, sitting behind your bed, oblivious to the world around you, singing along with the likes of David Clayton Thomas. I would think “Where is your sense of pitch little brother, UGH!”. Then I tried those head phones. Hearing yourself makes all the difference in the world.

Great piece!

]]> By: Jeffrey Welch http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-58 Jeffrey Welch Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:39:02 +0000 http://ausbury.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/i-can-hear-music-sweet-sweet-music/#comment-58 wow...I am actually very excited to read this! I am looking foward to how this will all work out. Silly, huh? I actually shutter to think of how you will paint the "Jeff" years, musically. Two of my fondest memories are: A) 49 cent cut-out records from national record mart ("Rollercoaster Baby" anyone?) I still have the album by a band called "1994" that to this day is one of my favorite recordings. the second, B) is when we drove back from Texas and it seemed like....and I swear its true...every 30 miles, the song "Rosanna" by Toto would come on the radio. it was like clockwork! But, I still love the song. There was just something about the measure of comfort I had. Driving a long journey with my best friend an a beat up car that we... honestly... werent all that convinced would make the trip. That song however remains very close to my heart because of that trip. I have TONS of other, shall we say, musical memories, that I would share, but I am sure you would be bored expressionless. wow…I am actually very excited to read this! I am looking foward to how this will all work out. Silly, huh? I actually shutter to think of how you will paint the “Jeff” years, musically. Two of my fondest memories are: A) 49 cent cut-out records from national record mart (“Rollercoaster Baby” anyone?) I still have the album by a band called “1994″ that to this day is one of my favorite recordings. the second, B) is when we drove back from Texas and it seemed like….and I swear its true…every 30 miles, the song “Rosanna” by Toto would come on the radio. it was like clockwork! But, I still love the song. There was just something about the measure of comfort I had. Driving a long journey with my best friend an a beat up car that we… honestly… werent all that convinced would make the trip. That song however remains very close to my heart because of that trip. I have TONS of other, shall we say, musical memories, that I would share, but I am sure you would be bored expressionless.

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