Dire Straits - Love over Gold

[Supreme]

the best prog rock album.............RUSH - Moving Pictures

I consider that the best rock album.

Possibly the best album (IMO)

 

[plastic penguin]

Is Marillion prog rock ?

Just ****.

 

[BigH]

Are Radiohead Prog rock?

 

[tomlinscote]

No

 

[BigH]

No

But Rush are?

 

[stevebrock]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

 

[Anonymous]

Wikis def of Prog Rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock

 

[stevebrock]

Just listened to the CD, to be honest its not that bad, just very very quiet however i prefer the Vinyl now I have heard it

 

[BigH]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

Should be OK : http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=15003

Quiet usually means not so compressed, think it starts off quiet and then gets louder.

 

[stevebrock]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

Should be OK : http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=15003

The dr is ok isnt it, its just quiet so need to push the voliume up

 

[BigH]

Wikis def of Prog Rock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock

Thanks, I largely agree with that, just a bit confussed by suggestions of Rush and Marillion. I see in there Radiohead are mentioned in the 3rd wave. For me it was King Crimson, ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd and Genesis etc.

 

[John Duncan]

Is Marillion prog rock ?

Just ****.

@char_lotte - yes it is
@pp - no it isn't

 

[BigH]

Which cd do you have?

Vertigo - 800 088-2

its really quiet

Should be OK : http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=15003

The dr is ok isnt it, its just quiet so need to push the voliume up

Yes a bit like classical and then it gets loud, if it starts off loud its got no head room. The later cds are louder but have less DR.

 

[stevebrock]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

 

[John Duncan]

the best prog rock album.............RUSH - Moving Pictures

I consider that the best rock album.

Possibly the best album (IMO)

Undoubtedly (IMO as well, obv).

 

[BigH]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

But does that not depend on the cartridge?

 

[Anonymous]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

But does that not depend on the cartridge?

Yes but as a rule of thumb it is usually the other way round

 

[char_lotte]

Grace Under Pressure for me but under no circumstances Presto..

 

[stevebrock]

just done a direct comparison

for the same volume on my Brio

Vinyl 10 o clock

CD 11 o clock

But does that not depend on the cartridge?

yes it does, but the CD is very quiet compared to other CDS of the same period

 

[BigH]

Yes but as a rule of thumb it is usually the other way round

Thats true.

 

[Supreme]

Grace Under Pressure for me but under no circumstances Presto..

Fantastic album!!

 

[John Duncan]

Some interesting points here, but I think we're threadcrapping a bit so have started a post here...

 

[the record spot]

are you saying the CD is better than the VINYL Spockfish?

Quite possibly; the original is meant to be excellent. There are several where the CD trounces the vinyl for me. Pretty comfortably at that too.

 

[toyota man]

Dire Straights and Yes - 'Owner of a lonely heart' were hot favs for the hi-fi dealers in the 80's from what I can remember.

Both truly bloody awful

Now I'm not having that. IMO (obv) 90125 is the best prog rock album (for some value of 'prog') ever.

Really, would not even get into my top 3 Yes albums, Prog rock was over by about 1978.

Have a listen to Big Elf Cheat the gallows prog rock is still alive and kicking also have a listen to Coheed and Cambra

 

[lindsayt]

I have Private Investigations on 12" single. It's a very good recording with some pleasantly startling dynamics. Sounds better than the vinyl album version.

I like their first 3 albums. Very well recorded with a good set of songs. Their 1st album is bass heavy, but still a fine recording. Communique's pretty bass heavy too, but not as much as their 1st album.