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Roxy Music: Avalon      (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
  Review by Eric LeRouge August 3, 2003

Unless you hate this Roxy Music classic (some people do), this record is a flagship example of what high-resolution remasters, when done carefully, can bring to a recording. This record has never sounded so good, on any CD edition, and the CD layer itself is already a step above all previous ... more
Roxy Music: The Best of Roxy Music    (7 of 7 found this review helpful)
  Review by Eric LeRouge August 3, 2003

This album had been announced for almost two years, and is finally out. It's one of the recent Roxy Music compilations, originally published on CD in 2000. The Best of Roxy Music contains only Roxy titles (as opposed to Bryan Ferry's solo works), starting with the last studio album (Avalon), and ... more
John Williams: The Magic Box  (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  Review by brew ziggins July 29, 2003

This is a wonderful recording of a wonderful performance. It's most reminiscent of the Kronos Quartet's 'Pieces of Africa', with western string instruments blending with African percussion. Great Sunday brunch music, very live sound. BTW, this is John Williams the classical guuitarist, not the film ... more
  Review by brew ziggins July 29, 2003

Inarguably one of the greatest live rock albums ever, I fear there was only so much they could do with the original master tapes. This SACD represents probably the most incremental sonic improvement over the orignal CD release of any I've heard. If you have the CD already and can pick this up on ... more
  Review by brew ziggins July 29, 2003

This one just arrived from Elusive Disc yesterday. This is a poppin, boppin' Latin jazz disc laden with live-sounding percussion. I wasn't completely convinced by the brass section, but this is still highly recommended!

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