Wednesday, June 5, 2019

VA - Rock on Headphones + VA - Headphones, A Lighter Side (A Butterboy Compilation)


HEADPHONES

 VA - Rock on Headphones + VA - Headphones, A Lighter Side (A Butterboy Compilation)

Headphones can prevent other people from hearing the sound, either for privacy or to prevent disturbing others, as in listening in a public library. They can also provide a level of sound fidelity greater than loudspeakers of similar cost.

Using headphones for listening to music offers the listener a deeply immersive experience. Through a pair of headphones, you can enjoy connecting with a beloved song (or discovering a new one) in a very intimate way, enjoying every nuance of the sound while feeling cut off from the rest of the world. This indeed can be a special experience. Music and emotion are intimately connected, and this is heightened when I use headphones.

When no one else can hear, it’s just you and your music. It feels a bit like having a soundtrack to your life. As you ride the train, or go jogging, or walk-through town, you’ve got your own music setting the mood and determining the rhythm.

I don't want to debate if music sound best, through headphones or speakers (or in fact the experience seeing and listening to a live performance and the sensation of the bass thumping in your chest while the walls rattle around you), because that is not my objective here. Here I am simply sharing with you sounds that please me when listing to my music through headphones. When I listen to music using my headphones, I hear it completely differently to when I listen to music through speakers. The distance of sound from my ears is so small that I feel the music is IN my head. I close my eyes and there are no distractions. It could be psychological phenomenon, but I truly feel better every time.


Enjoy this selection of tunes I feel are better when listening with headphones.

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Track lists

CD1
01 Santana - Eternal Caravan Of Reincarnation 04:31 [1972]
02 Santana - Waves Within 03:54 [1972]
03 Pink Floyd - Us And Them 07:51 [1973]
04 Little River Band - It's A Long Way There 04:13 [2000]
05 AIR - All I Need 04:28 [1998]
06 Hollies - Long Cool Woman 03:19 [1971]
07 Larry Coryell - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 03:31 [1993]
08 Leonard Cohen - In My Secret Life 04:56 [2001]
09 Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl 03:00 [1987]
10 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 03:58 [1968]
11 Jane Birkin - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus 04:23 [1967]
12 Traffic - Dream Gerrad 11:05 [1974]
13 Cure - Pictures of You 04:49 [1989]
14 Jesse Cook feat. Holly Cole - Fragile 03:57 [1999]
15 Roger Daltrey - Say It Ain't So Joe 04:18 [1977]
16 Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains 06:32 [1989]
17 John Farnham - You're The Voice 05:07 [1986]
18 Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia 02:58 [1970]
19 Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill 04:26 [1977]
20 Donald Fagen - I.G.Y 06:04 [1982]
21 Seal - Kiss From A Rose 04:49 [1994]
22 Church - Under The Milky Way 04:59 [1988]
23 Cruel Sea - Black Stick 04:58 [1993]
24 Willie Nelson - Midnight Rider 03:04 [1979]
25 Santana - Song Of The Wind 06:08 [1972]


CD2
26 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You 03:43 [1974]
27 Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 02:52 [1968]
28 Roxy Music - True To Life 04:26 [1982]
29 Dire Straits - Private Investigations 06:46 [1982]
30 Toto - Africa 04:59 [1982]
31 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 04:14 [1985]
32 Dr. John - Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya 05:37 [1968]
33 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Take A Pebble 12:33 [1970]
34 Beatles    - Something 03:02 [1969]
35 Van Morrison - Into The Mystic 03:28 [1970]
36 k.d. lang - Constant Craving 04:38 [1992]
37 Little River Band - Lonesome Loser 04:03 [1979]
38 World Party - Is It Too Late 04:26 [1990]
39 Roachford - Lay Your Love On Me 04:09 [1994]
40 Radiohead - Kid A 04:45 [2000]
41 Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (Unplugged) 05:37 [1996]
42 Eric Clapton - Layla (Live Acoustic) 04:49 [2013]
43 Talk Talk - Happiness Is Easy 06:32 [1986]
44 Ride - Leave Them All Behind 08:18 [1992]
45 Fleet Foxes - Fool's Errand 04:49 [2017]
46 Eagles - Journey Of The Sorcerer 06:30 [1975]
47 Billy Paul - War Of The Gods 10:04 [1973]
48 Alan Parsons Project - Freudiana 06:19 [1990]
49 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - The Long Honeymoon 04:16 [1982]
50 Larry Coryell - Sentenza Del Core - Allegro 05:15 [2000]


CD3   VA - Headphones, A Lighter Side (A Butterboy Compilation)
01 Roy Buchanan - Wayfaring Pilgrim 05:08 [1974]
02 Stanley Clarke - Justice's Groove 04:06 [1993]
03 Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats 02:40 [2003]
04 Duo Balance - Morning Of My Life 04:23 [2003]
05 Lobo - I'd Love You to Want Me 04:10 [1972]
06 David Munyon - Poet Wind     05:08 [1998]
07 America - Movin Train 03:45 [1998]
08 Laid Back - Bakerman 04:44     [1990]
09 Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire 03:07 [1968]
10 James Newton Howard & Friends - Slippin Away II 02:54 [1994]
11 Holly Cole - Brighter Lonely Day 04:55 [1997]
12 Allan Taylor - Colour To The Moon 04:31 [2000]
13 Klaus Weiland - Monkey River Magic 03:58 [1999]
14 Friends Of Carlotta - Ain't No Sunshine 04:10 [1999]
15 Eric Bibb - Hope In A Hopeless World 05:09 [2002]
16 Midge Ure - Breathe 04:30 [1996]
17 Cassandra Wilson - Tupelo Honey 05:38 [1993]
18 Platters - Only You 02:43 [1955]
19 Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 02:43 [1973]
20 Crystal Gayle - Don't Make My Brown Eyes Blue 02:44 [1977]
21 Diana Krall - And I Love Her 07:07 [1998]
22 Tom Jones - Help Yourself 02:54 [1966]
23 Tori Amos - Jackie's Strength 04:34 [1998]
24 Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning 04:16 [1981]
25 Annie Lennox - Why 05:04 [1992]
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10 comments:

  1. Nice share Butterboy hope ye are well

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    1. Hi Monty,
      Same to you friend. It certainly quietens down when TZ is on leave. Probably a good thing.
      Thanks to you always for your support and wonderful shares.
      Cheers

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  2. A keen and gentle concept... and once again, a fine array of selections - thanks again, Butter! I might have quibbled about the extended version of The Little River Band's "Long Way There", rather than the single version, but picky-picky-picky on my part. This is another great compilation, period. Cheers!

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    1. Hi friend,
      Hope all is well. This was put up along time ago and I was surprised when it was requested. LBR's "Long Way There" is a terrific track and the longer version seems more apt to the title of the song, but I felt this version was a better fit. Some good stuff coming up soon...
      Thanks for your appreciation and kind words.
      Cheers.

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    2. No complaints from me, Butter - this is your compilation, and I like it... and I appreciate your gentle nudge to give the single version of "Long Way There" a fairer shake. Thanks as always for everything; cheers!

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    3. Cheers. Always good to hear from you.

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  3. Another collection of a great interest !
    I still remember what an experience it was listening King Crimson with my professional AKG headphones in the dark !
    After all those years, they have been replaced lately by a Sennheiser new model , that I really do not remember the latest time that I ever used them !!
    Maybe I would give them a chance if you might update the links !!

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    1. Hi Chris,
      Get the Sennheiser's out and listen to these beauties.
      New links established.
      Cheers

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  4. Hi B... Links need to be reincarnated. Thanks again.

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    1. Get your headphones out, mrRadio.
      Listen to these glorious sounds...again.
      Cheers.

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