HOWaiian
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Posted 25 May 2002 12:08 pm |
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If anyone doesn't have this yet, for God's sake, get it already!!! I've had it for about a month, and I'm only @ track 96 of 188!
it's completely unmastered, straight transfers from 78s: no SonicSolutions NoNoise or Cedar, so some of the cuts sound pretty rough. I could do without the needle drops as well [luckily, they're not loud enough to be speaker killers], but all in all....!!!!
I've been a big fan of Sol Hoopii for a few years now, and this thing has tons of his music, but the real find for me on this comp are the Andy Iona tracks. I can't believe I've never heard his stuff before--his playing, and ESPECIALLY his tone, are mindblowing. between his hands & that tricone, he gets the volume & sustain of an electric. if I didn't believe it before, I sure believe it now: I will suffer an eternity in purgatory if I die without a National Tricone squareneck.
the real standout track for me [so far!] is #61, truett & george's "ghost dance." how wonderfully goofy & beautiful at the same time! and my 6-year old son loves all of this stuff, thank goodness!
to play the CD-ROM on something other than my computer, I picked up a RioVolt SP90 walkman, which plays CD audio, MP3, WMA & ASF formats. a pretty nifty device, and only $100.
again, if anyone out there doesn't have this CD-ROM, get on the horn immediately! I owe Dave Stewart a great debt for this comp. do yerself a favor...BUY IT! it's only $19.95, fer cryinoutloud! the deal of the millennium! a bargain at thrice the price! you get what I'm saying.....
Dave Stewart's website is http://www.geocities.com/dstew5/ |
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