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Stereo Listening Thread

Just a little instrumental that I always loved. A lot of people always thought that Alan Parsons Project was synthesizer music but it wasn't. He used full orchestras to create his music, in this case the Berlin Philharmonic.

 
Their music could be all over the place, quality-wise, but this album is so perfect:

A white-skinned girl with a large smile and black hair, surrounded by a purple border. The words Duran Duran and RIO appear.


It's a great recording and the mix is engaging, with all the interplay between the speakers. The fade-in on "Rio" is brilliant, and then those drum fills.
 
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Just a little instrumental that I always loved. A lot of people always thought that Alan Parsons Project was synthesizer music but it wasn't. He used full orchestras to create his music, in this case the Berlin Philharmonic.

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I could be wrong, but I believe he was an engineer on Abbey Road. Not to mention Dark Side of the Moon. I'm always surprised by the Beatles connection. So many of their engineers went on to do different projects (Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, Pulp, Elvis Costello, Pretenders, INXS, Led Zeppelin, The Clash).
 
You could be right there, but can you pick what instrument plays the wailing sounds at the beginning of the track? It's not a synthesizer.

It's a saw. A timber saw, a hand saw. Played with the bow from a cello.
 
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I'm not a huge fan of Siamese Dream, which always felt bloated to me. I prefer Mellon Collie and Adore (yeah, both are long, but feel more structured). But, this recording is so well done. I'm sure the remaster doesn't do it justice, but it's very deep, with the strings, guitar, bells, and timpani (?). I feel like I haven't heard a recording this deep in ages. It has a great soundstage, with the centered string parts and bells/timpani hitting you. When I listened on the stereo, I felt like a I heard a sample at the end, low in the mix, which I never noticed before. A recording of TV or people talking, maybe. I suppose you could hear this as an answer to "Eleanor Rigby": pop pretending to be classical. Very impressive. I would test equipment with this.

I also love "Mayonaise," with that broken guitar which feeds back when Billy stops playing:


The intro is very pretty, with different guitar tones, before the really distorted guitars hit you out of both speakers.
 
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You could be right there, but can you pick what instrument plays the wailing sounds at the beginning of the track? It's not a synthesizer.
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I'll guess theremin, because I've mistaken those for synthesizers before. (Though it sounds like a woodwind, too.)
 
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I'll guess theremin, because I've mistaken those for synthesizers before. (Though it sounds like a woodwind, too.)
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I added a spoiler just as you were replying. It also sounds very much like a human whistling, but I doubt anyone is That good.
 
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I love Danny Elfman's scores for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands. They're all very dynamic and melodic. Edward Scissorhands has a lot of beautiful moments, especially with the different variations on the "Ice Dance" theme. That track in particular is really powerful, with its changes in volume, the choir, and that timpani role at the end. The voices are nicely centered for that ethereal effect, with the echo.

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I often listen to Danny Elfman and Bernard Herrmann
 

This one is very lush (produced by Thomas Dolby). A great buildup of tension, until the snare comes in at 2:38. Then the dam breaks.
 
I love that more stuff like this is out there, online:


This album always sounded really good, but it's fun to hear more of what's going on, without every instrument.
 
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