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Free Sampler courtesy of MA Recordings & Steve Guttenberg.
Sorry for the tiny Image.
Here’s the link :
MD Recordings/The Audiophilliac
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Qobuz. CD. This turned out to be principally vocal music. The very first track was the melody to a bawdy song we used to enjoy when at school, so I had fun belting out the scabrous lyrics to accompany it. Hopes of further entertainment ebbed away with subsequent arias, but then the music became more religious, and was quietly enjoyable. Sound and performance OK.
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Yodelling Americana (I have a feeling it’s Canadian, so humble apologies to Canadians:) ), which should send me running a mile, but it’s a really cool album to listen to once in a while 
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I had an extended borrow of a friend’s “Burnt Weeny Sandwich” LP in around 1990.
On the end of “Little House…” when the security guy’#s voice can be heard telling the “kids” to get back in their seats, and an audience member is shouting general abuse about wearing uniforms etc.
this was perfectly audible on the LP, and also on the chrome cassette I made of said LP.
The first CD I bought of it (had the badly edited out drop out at teh start of Little House…) the overall sound was muddy, and the audience member shouting is unintelligable, even with headphones, compression, you name it.
The recent re-issue from a better original master tape is a lot better, but still the audience member is very unclear.
I wonder if the 180 Gram LP they released recently of it has the same issue?
I’m not buying it find out (even if still available).
The best pressing I still own are ones bought in the 70s - the few 80s pressing I have left are mostly pretty awful.
Meanwhile, time for some of this:
(the wonderful Cate Ferris again, this time a single released (and recorded) from lockdown at her home).
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You’ve got me worried. Have you come off your meds.? 
I’ve had this since 73 along with Machine Head in 72. While going to Electronics school I worked part time for a printing press company and one of the magazines they printed was Guitar magazine. During the printing I would pull a copy and read the articles, so in early 72 was the article of Machine Head, so as soon as it was available I bought Machine Head and Who Do We Think We Are.
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Did you not work for Snap-on tools.? Or did I just dream that…
Yes, I retired from Snap On after 26 years, 4 months and 10 days of service. Worked as an Electronics Maints Tech in the manufacturing plant here in Elizabethton Tn
What did that entail… Snap On electronic test equipment, etc ?
Ha I obviously need more, er, medication!
War of the world’s is tiresome. It will have finished (side 1 & 2 anyway) soon.
I recall enjoying the second disc more anyway, but I’ll save that for another day…
I’m thinking something a bit less hectic and a bit less “cheesy late 70s” next…
Edit, or I could go full on 70s cheese
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At out plant we made mostly wrenches and ratchets along with some other small volume products. I worked mostly in forge and the CNC die room along with other CNC mills through out the plant. Programmable controllers were my specialty that controlled the forge presses and related equipment. I would reprogram the units for different changes manufacturing would want. I also took care of the high powered induction units to heat the billets to around 2000F , just a big power re generator like the PSA power plants.
I was a good trouble shooter of any equipment we had, over 600 pieces of machinery through out the plant. I just had the knack of of figuring out stuff.
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