Saturday, August 4, 2012

Eagles Long Road Out of Eden




After 1976's Hotel California, the Greatest hit of Eagles, this is the latest one you should keep if we are fans of these four gentlemen.
This is a new production from Eagles, "Long Road Out of Eden"
A gift from a good friend.

HK Snob

Byrd at the Village Gate


A Riverside Jazz LP produced in Limited volume, Charlie Byrd Trio and Guests, recorded live at the Village Gate, NYC in 9 and 10 May 1963.
The LP was produced by the remastering team of Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray using Studer A-80 PV MK II, Neumann SX74 Cuterhead with a fresh lacquer.

“They are the best-sounding versions available probably as close to the master tape as any medium can get.” – Fred Kaplan, The Absolute Sound.

Like the 2nd "More (theme from Mondo Cane" on Side 1, it is awesome, beautiful, warm, not that kind of superwide response music, probbably the recording engineer put a lot of hi cut filter, but the tone is mellow, soft and bass is full of punches, right tuned up to the mood of a mini music festival in a night tarvern, like I was celebrating the concluded big purchase order from one customer, opening my bottle of Dom Perignon 1996. watching the big golden bubbles effervescing out the surface and burst into my nose, each bubble brings me the old good day of my joyous episodes. What a great recording!!
This was a piece of gift from a very special Friend!  Thanks from my heart!! It is a WOW LP!!
I rate this Five Star Record!

Highly recommended to buy one!!
HK Snob

Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Platters 20 Greatest Hits

When you hear these Song, Only You, The Great Pretender, I'm sorry, Unchanged melody, I am sure you would have the same sentimemtal love feeling about the good old days of the 60's. Only if you are over 50 years old.
This LP was printed in Holland, 20 songs are usually too many on a disk, but these record has a superb recording and printing quality. Quiet and lively. Worth your effort to find one.
HK Snob

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Huang Hong Ying Visiting HK


This was her last time I enjoyed one whole night with one of my importamt persons in my life there are Tsuen Wan City Hall, Huang brought the Moscow Triangle Guitars Orchastra to be there to share with us a mixed touches of of Russian music and Chinese Song. So the third Song on this CD is my favourite, "One night in the Moscow Forest" .
This is an Signature Disk and Together I asked her to sign on three of the Lps...That was almost the last night that I had with someone before we broke up. This is another Miletone in my life. but I do think that she would also memorize all these songs listening with me on that night.
HK Snob

Adagio d' Albinoni played by Gary Karr and Harmon Lewis


An Adagio d' Albinoni music, doublebass by Gary Karr and Pipe-organ by Harmon Lewis. Live Recording at 22 Sept 1982 at the Vega Hall of Takarazua-Shi, Japan and this CD was printed by King Record Japan in 1983. The very Early CD....
It bears the signature of both Gary and Harmon.
HK Snob

Beliebte Klavierstucke by Rudolf Buchbinder

An Early Recording CD played by Rudolf Buchbinder for those most easy listening Classic piano pieces...
For Elise, Traeumerei, Hungarian Dance No. 7, Song without words, Liebestraum No.3 in A Minor...etc
There is a touch up on the cover, Signed by the Pianoist!
1988 Printed in Germany by EMI.
HK Snob

Faye Wong's promotional Disk "Separate Ways" printed by EMI Japan 2001



In Hong Kong, no one knows these are the say best Singers; Terea Tang, Tsrai Chin Anita Mui, Faye Wong, who can really has talent to sing. Faye Wong was once crticized "new wave" Singer from China in 1989, and I met her once i n Street of Tsim Sha Tsui, "Wow!" is what I could feel as she worn like a real Internal pop star and it was so much different with other HK singer. at That time she still called herself "Wong Ching Man" later on she changed her name to  Faye Wong, and all in suddent her name would be a name of the best Female Vocal singer in HK, Taiwan and China.
This is a promotional disk with her Singature!
HK Snob

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Some of my LPs

These are some of my 2,000 LPs I rated as high value in terms of audition value.
HK Snob

Monday, June 25, 2012

LP as a gift from Friend for my Birthday

This is a Fun Disk sent from Man to me Today as the Gift for my Birthday, I can not make a translation into English... Only Chinese Can read...
I hope that I can be as the Record sings to be...But I am still hesitate if I should play it with my
HKD$20,000 Cartridge!?
HK Snob

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Francis Lai, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini and Michael Legrand Song Book

Francis Lai, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini and Michael Legrand Song Book

This double LP album contains some of the best light music in 20th century…created by these 4 master music composers.

Mancini Song book

Moon River
Days of wine and roses
Charade
Them from “ Peter Gunn”
Two for the Road
Dear Heart

Bacharach Song Book
Living together
The April Fool
Raindrops keep falling on my head
The Look fo Love
This guy’s in love with you
Do you know the way to San Jose

Francis Lai
Theme from “love Story”
13 jours in France
Du soleil plein les yeux
Un home et une femme
Vivre pour vivre
La lecon particuliere

Michael Legrand
Happy
Theme du film “Ete 42”
The windmill of your mind
Le Messager du film “the Go between”
Amour Amour
I will wait for you.



Raindrops keep falling on my head

B.J. Thomas sung the Billboard No. 1 theme music in movie Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid,
這次要介紹的是1969年由比傑湯瑪斯(B. J. Thomas)演唱的Billboard冠軍金曲兼電影「虎豹小霸王」()主題曲"Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"
Raindrops keep falling on my head雨點不斷打在我頭上
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
就像腳太長而床太短的男人
Nothing seems to fit
什麼都不對勁
Those raindrops are falling on my head
雨點不斷打在我頭上
They keep falling
不斷下著

So I just did me some talking to the sun於是,我開始對太陽說話
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
我說,我不喜歡它所安排的事
Sleeping on the job
在工作時間睡覺
Those raindrops are falling on my head
雨點不斷打在我頭上
They keep falling
不斷下著

But there's one thing I know但我知道一件事
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
它們捎來的憂鬱並未將我打敗
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me
很快的,快樂前來向我問候

Raindrops keep falling on my head雨點不斷打在我頭上
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
但那不代表說我的雙眼很快就會變紅
Crying's not for me
哭泣與我無關
Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining
我不會以抱怨來讓雨停止
Because I'm free
因為我自由自在
Nothing's worrying me
沒有什麼事困擾著我

CBS Sony record printed in 1974.

My favourite music is Moon River, Live of Life, Charade, Windmill of your mind...

HK Snob