Silver Convention's Fly Robin Fly

When I first played this music, I was using a Lenco 75 turntable, Shure V15Type IV cartridge,

Marantz 104 Preamplifier, Quad 33 Power amplifier, and AR16 Loudspeaker.After so many years, I had doubted the audio reproduction of the music is not much better than 30 years ago. I think that may be partly due to my expectation for music is higher, and the other hand, true that the audio industry do not have much music Quality Improvement over these years, but rather some commercial success. Try to listen to this piece of LP, it will have a discotique Hot beat that come with the sweet and angel like voice of Silver Convention.

HK Snob

Love Theme by Barry White

This is the Demonstration model of the so called best Analogue Music made by King's Record.

The First music on Side A is " Barry White' " Love Theme", remember that this music was the AD music of Cathay Pacific Airlines, it sounds like the aircraft is flying up at highest speed during take off up sky. A good piece of music, and a demo for your Audio System.

HK Snob

Leslie Cheung Final LP, Likely the best LP

This is the last LP, rare, recording some of the Final Songs Leslie Sung befoe he left us going into the his next world of heaven of Joy!
The No. 3 song on side A is my favourite!

If you were Leslie's Fan, Can not miss this LP. If I do not tell you, and later if you could not find this LP, you will hate me so much! HK Snob

Ah Paul of Ap Liu Street, Hong Kong's Largest Vinyl LP Collector

Ap Paul of Ap Liu Street, naked name is "Vinyl record’s adoptive Father". It is night falls and the crowds on Ap Liu Street gradually disperse, rich and mellow tone from a Technics turn table drift through the air, particularly moving when their each your ears. Paul of Ap Liu Street says, “Vinyl has mellow, warm, live and sentimental sound, He loves his records as his life. He is likely the largest collector of Vinyl in Hong Kong, he has about 500,000 Lps. To me , I am nothing as I have just a few thousand!!
He is my source of good vinyl purchase and I have never tired of talking to him as he is just 3 weeks older than I. We were from 1957. He has the same name as I.
Well, he is my old brother. We had a wonderful chat about music, LP, Henry Manici, Percy Faith, Barry White…
Today After I escaped frrom the tiger farm, I went to see him, I had a wonderful vinyl that I am looking for: The Los Indios Tabjaras Maria Elena, that was my father favourite LP.
The Barry White Love theme, once was the Theme music of Cathay Pacific airlines for over 15 years. Oh Man, the Lawrence Walk’s Baby Elephant Walk, you will be so surprise how can the music be so live, so vivid so mellow and so elegant… Yes, because they are analogue…
Find out more..go to see him, call him first as he may not be around sometimes…

Ap Liu Street Snob

The Best of James Bond 30th Anniversary Collection CD

British Secret Service Agent James Bond 007 was the creation of novelist Ian Faming. A former British naval intelligence officer, Feming wrote 12 novels and two short stories between 1952-1964 detailing the exploits of his fictional hero. The James Bond movie have been produced since 1962, collectively grossing an estimated $2.5 Billions worldwide. One of the reasons for their tremendous success is a formula that deftly interweaves action, humour, sex, suspense, Actions and the High technology weapons, never has there been a Bond movie that didn’t feature gorgeous woman, humour in the facing of imminent danger, an assortment of exotic weaponry and mechanical gadgetry suggested sexual liaisons, an evil villain and his murderous henchmen (and woman), larger-than-life plots, beautiful foreign locales, futuristic set designs, plenty of action in the hand-to-hand combat, high-calibre firepower, key chase, Aston Martin DB5, Lotus,
BMW chase on the road and cities, even going into water. And of course, a dramatic musical score.
As uttered 50 years ago By Sean Connery In the movie” Dr. No.” those word ushered in what was to become the most remarkable signature theme music in motion picture history.
Oscar-winning British composer John Barry’s exciting Classical Jazz creation: “The James Bond Theme.” Not only helped to propel character of James Bond into one of the most undefeatable international film hero ever, it set the tone for much of cinema and television’s soundtrack music to follow.
You can enjoy with those great Singers, Shirley Basseys’ “ Gold Finger and “Diamonda are forever!” Sheena Easton who made me enchanted, one of my idols for Sex!.Rita Coolidge, I have a series of Rita LP, the Long haired beauty and her beautiful voices treat me mellow and tender comfort at night when I am feeling down, the unforgettable tunes of Matt Monro’s “From Russia With Love”! and Also Lousi Amstrong’s “ We have all the time in the world; another nice song other than his famous “What a Beautiful World”
You should buy this 1992 CD, only listen the First “James bond Theme” and The “007” would be make such a great Xmas night ever been so vibrant1 so charming and grand…
HK Snob

Vinyl is Getting Popular again in Hong Kong

Lesser people knows, understands what Analogue music produced from the MC cartridge comparing with thee Digital music read by the Laser head. Especially the music was produced by the JLB 4343 Loudspeaker.
New people is happy with their MP3 device, which can store 15,000 music played by a tiny ear pieces.
Less then 0.01% of HK people goes to concert for Classic music a year.
Ask them Chopin is Chinese? I bet 3 out of 10 say “Yes”
Even some audiophile never goes to concert and always raise complaint to the Loudspeaker supplier that can not generate the 16 Hz Bass at his room. Why he need that kind of Bass?! Why is there is no 16Hz, that the music will lose it texture!? It is a matter of mis-understanding.

US now has sold 1.5 million LPs in 2010, though is not much comparing withe the total populaiton, but sales of LP is rising in US.
Same case in Hong Kong, note that is Wei Wei Music shop in MongKok, there is a lot of LPdisplayed at the windows. and obviously more and more people find out the fun to play Vinyl rather than the CD or MP3...

Mong Kok Snob

The best of the 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett

My favourite pieces In this Album is: The Good, the bad and the Ugly, and Maria Elena!
I hope that this beautiful music tunes will last forever as I think no one would say no to listening to this music. I believe the Gen-Y may also try to spend time on this kind of music with every musical tune being dug out form the grooves of the analogue Vinyl.
Well, honesty, they won’t as they never search for this key words “Vinyl, LP, Maria” from Google.
What a great loss to the true music that would speak to your heart!
HK Snob

Beyond's LPs

This is some of my Beyond's LP collection.

HK Snob

Van Mc Coy's "African Smyphony"

This African Symphony is a very dynamic, melodic, enchanting, started with an African war drum marches at dawn, Zulu is preparing for defending their lands, food and home preparing for fighting for survival from the invasion of western Civilization.
Echoes of the forest, following by breeze from the seas, warmth of sunshine after the peace has been exchanged with bravery of soldiers. A Magnificent tune for our audio equipment, a piece of music that has been sued by RTHK for 33 years on their Annual HK Chinese Golden Song as main theme, the opening music of High School Base ball tournament for many years in Japan.
Song and Music of this album including the Super Hit “The Hustle”, another master piece arranged and Conducted by Van Mc Coy in 1967, three years before he died of heart attack at age of 39!

This is the Short form of Original Van Mc Coy’s African Symphony at Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm438Fsqp84&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXcKbTISY4_6aw8RRCL0nkrA

African Snob

Hawkins! Alive in the Village Gate New York 1962

One of my favourite Jazz album Hawkins Alive at the Village Gate
Recorded at Art D’lugoff’s Village Gate, New York City, Aug 13 and 15, 1962.
The Coleman Hawkins quartet treats Mack the Knife as the popular jazz pieces it has become, Hawkins’ opening solo is near perfect example of a great musician focusing all his feeling, his musical intelligence, and his affecting conceits on a good song, He plays eight stanzas of the ballad on his first solo, stats a nine and suddenly abandons it to the piano. I particularly fond of the double bass solo at mid of the music, it is so vivid intense and good tone in for the Loudspeaker to response to the peak of the magnitude… If is so much feel like it fill up the room with the greatest piece if the jazz, the Marantz 8B power amplifier matches with the Harbeth HL Compact to push for the maximum jazz atmosphere turning my small living room into the basement of a jazz cabinet in the New York City, and I could stop my legs shakes as according to the music melody… what a great album that you can not miss. I wish I could find the original first release….!!
This is Rolling Stone FIVE STAR record… We should have it…
New York Snob