Just a quick note. Today, I noticed that I made 92 posts in the month of January, 2026. That was the most prolific month since I've started this blog, by a fair margin. (A few were announcements, but still.) Let's hope there are more months like that. Who knows, someday I may even post 100 albums in a month, knock on wood.
Wonderful, Paul! Your material is consistently high quality, and your choices of artists and eras are broad, which makes this site valuable, indeed! Many thanks!
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Yeah, not just a high number of posts, but a LOT of really good stuff in them, too!
ReplyDeleteSo much really great stuff. Thanks for everything!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the work you put in!
ReplyDeleteAnd a bunch of beauty's I might add
ReplyDeletethnx 4 all 92. keep it up
ReplyDeleteProlific, just prolific...thanks!
ReplyDeletethank u very much! i enjoy your efforts and your enthusiasm about the music. please, keep on going and stay safe. cheers.
ReplyDeleteI only recently discovered your site and frankly I am amazed !! Incredible work! Have you ever considered offering downloads in flac ? I would love to have some of this on a lossless format as I still like to burn CDs occasionally! Let me know if you would like some more Chris Rea who was criminally under appreciated in the US . Thank you again for your amazing posts !
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the site. Regarding Flac I’ve always done everything in MP3’s, sorry. With my music, if I had it in flac I would need like 10 hard drives. Regarding Chris, if you have any BBC material, I’ve missed, please let me know
ReplyDelete@Tim, and anyone clamoring for FLAC:
ReplyDeleteFYI, 320 kbps mp3 has a range to 16,000 hz, while the range of CD quality flac has a range to 22,000 hz. The difference between 16,000 hz and 22,000 hz is only five pitches. The highest fundamental pitch from a musical instrument is about 8,000 hz. Everything from 8,000 hz to 16,000 hz is just one octave of overtones (which help us understand speech's consonants and help us define instrumental tone colors).
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Children and young teens might hear to 20,000, but most adults over 20 without hearing damage can only hear to 17,000 hz at best. Over age 40, most people drop to 15,000. Above age 50, many people drop further to 12,000. Older adults often have hearing cut off at 8,000 hz.
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If you mow and run a weedeater without ear protection, you have already lost more high frequency response than that. Likewise, loud woodworking power tools will cause similar damage. An average push mower creates a 105 db noise (more or less equal at all frequencies, damaging the hearing to some degree every time you use it. The weedeater, being closer to one's ears, is considerably louder. If you spend two or more hours weekly doing your lawn without ear protection, you are slowly damaging your hearing over your lifetime.
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Very loud music in headphones, or from live performances, damages hearing very quickly! THE WHO used to do shows at 120 db in the late 1960's, until OSHA came to a show, measured db levels throughout the hall, and shut down the show until the band agreed to do turn it down. 120 db is very possible in headphones with a good amplifier, or with open ears in the closed area of an automobile with a strong amplifier. If only takes a few seconds at 120 db to have permanent hearing damage (frequency loss), and less than 15 minutes at 105 db to have the same amount of damage. To enjoy your music, TURN IT DOWN, now, to continue enjoying it for a lifetime. At the very least, take frequent breaks if you must listen to music very loudly.
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What good is frequency response to 22,000 kz in a recording if your ears are no longer able to hear it?
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Source: Personal research for the college music courses I teach.
Regards,
Sax and Guitar
Thanks for the info, SnG. I would add to that that I have looked into this issue, and only a small number of people can hear the difference between Flac and mp3, And that’s an absolutely ideal conditions, with headphones on, which is not typical at all for most people anyway. The one advantage I would say Flac has is that you can Save files multiple times without any loss, inequality, and there is a very little loss of quality when you save MP3’s. But again, that is so minimal I would be surprised if anyone heard it, at least at 320 kbps, and I’m careful to save and close the files a minimal number of times.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest "awesome month".
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