I’m not a metal head, but always enjoyed non-guttural well recorded albums such as ones of Maynard James Keenan’s bands - Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, … - and such as Deftones’ ones!
I totally overlooked this one when it was released, but it’s actually pretty outstanding and quite good!
Qobuz Hi-Res (24-96). Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book arranged by Nelson Riddle. A genuine classic of which the Hi-Res remastering sounds great.
Grateful Dead: Blues For Allah (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Country-Rock, Jam Bands
Grateful Dead Productions (1975) - 12th September 2025 (Remaster)
24/96
DR: 8
The Zombies: Odessey and Oracle (Mono Remastered)
British Psychedelia, Baroque Pop
Beechwood Park (1968) - 26th September 2025 Remaster
24/96
DR: 7
Gerry Rafferty: City to City
Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock
EMI (1978) - 5th September 2011 Remaster
16/44.1
DR: 6
Nostalgic music from my teenage years…
Osmo Vänskä • Minnesota Orchestra “Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6, ‘Pastoral’” 2007, Qobuz 24/44.1
I first came across Osmo Vänskä when somebody recommended his Sibelius Symphony cycle a couple of years ago (I always find myself preferring Finnish conductors for Sibelius, apart from Karajan of course). Then I discovered him again by chance when preparing my 100 Greatest Classic Works thread, where his Beethoven 5th and 9th sailed up as worthy challengers to my benchmark interpretations. I am now working my way through the rest of this cycle and finding lots to like. Maybe one for the head more than the heart, but I’m finding it’s growing on me with every playing. The BIS engineers have captured the Minnesotans very nicely indeed.
Eric Clapton
The Lady In The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions
Pop-Rock/Live
Mercury - 2021
24/96 - DR: 5dB
New release
Lucinda Williams: World’s Gone Wrong
Country
Highway 20 Records - 23rd January 2026
24/96
DR: 4
Qobuz album of the week.
the more I listen to this….some sort of Alice Coltrane, maybe more relaxed? mor jazzy? I like it!
Skies by Legacy, Phil Cohran
Released this week.
Too similar if not the same as Van Morrison recent albums.
Still enjoyable though…
Long time my turntable hasn’t run, and I have to retune all my phono preamp settings since my last week preamp firmware issue and subsequent factory reset.
What a great record!!!
Cowboy Junkies debut auto-produced album has been only edited in vinyl more than 20 years later.
On the phono preamp side, after many trials and re-tuning of the turntable itself (the counter weight of the tonearn had moved 
) I’m back to my usual settings for the MC Cadenza Black:
Back to the Bartók and digital file formats:
