Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[greg]

Noooo don't make me remember it

That tune drove me insane, Guantanamo noise torture style when I was grinding the arena.

Hehe 
Yeah, I guess if listened to repeatedly, it would eventually have the same effect on me- though I do enjoy it for maybe a few minutes.

[KevinP]

The Best of Blind Blake

Nice.

Paramount produced the absolute worst-sounding recordings ever, but they did get some mean talent from time to time.

[The new erato]

Trout Mask Replica in honour of the great Don van Vllet who passed away yesterday.

[karlhenning]

Trout Mask Replica in honour of the great Don van Vllet who passed away yesterday.

On those lines, and courtesy of DavidRoss:

http://www.youtube.com/v/EaCCKrpCQDM

[Bogey]

Grateful Dead hitting the Quinn the Eskimo.....coolness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN0X5IuU6jA

Note Bruce Hornsby sitting in on the piano.

[Bogey]

Now the original.....dig.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liIQLIx2Onw&feature=related

[Bogey]

One of my favorite albums:

[George]

[Mirror Image]

One of my favorite albums:

Great recording, no doubt about it. Love Dave Brubeck.

[Bogey]

Great recording, no doubt about it. Love Dave Brubeck.

I enjoy this one more than Vol. I.   Probably just based on that I purchased this one first and had listened to it a ton.  There is a new bio film out on Brubeck by Clint Eastwood that was featured on TCM. 

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/528075/?sc=rsla

I missed its initial presentation, but need to track it down.

Also, a couple interviews that are worth while.  Just click the "listen" button:

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/10/131972176/dave-brubeck-on-piano-jazz

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=131731507&m=131731703

[Bogey]

Oh I'd love to watch you squirm to the *sound qualities* of my bootleg collection, even tho some of it contains some of the most AMAZING music & performances you'll ever 'hear'.

I do not believe that this lines up with George's previous post concerning the sound of the Beatles' cd in question.  No, George is not a "sound engineer" as you asked, but he does care about the best sound that one can obtain for particular recordings which include not only the material being played, but also the configuration of one's audio equipment.  His advice for my small system in a "cement block" workroom in my basement has had a huge positive impact on my listening and some of the cds that he has pointed me to when there are different  pressings.  This has been an important issue for me due to some hearing loss I probably obtained in my younger years listening to Ted Nugent at the highest volume on headphones. 

As for your "bootlegs", I believe he would enjoy what you have if they are the only recorded performance.  Sound on the historical cds that he, I, and others enjoy is always an issue, yet that does not stop our enjoyment.  So to say that we squirm at bad sound, well count me in if it is due to having a choice of masterings of a particualr recording and choosing the inferior.  I will grant you that there is subjectivity in which pressing may sound better, but sometimes it is a slam dunk for my ears.  For example, I have two pressings of Kind of Blue on the shelf.  One that is the 75th Anniversary that I picked up for the alternate take to Flamenco Sketches and the other is an early Japanese pressing.  The later blows the other away for my likes.  (Now I just need this in mono vinyl. )

However, what do I know....I own two sets of speakers and enjoy them!

[Bogey]

[Bogey]

[George]

The more I hear this, the more I love it.

[Henk]

 

Great jazz.

[MN Dave]

Currently blasting in the vehicle.


A store employee had me sample it and I dug, so...

[MN Dave]

[karlhenning]

Funny story about this.  Two or three Christmas seasons ago, I had picked up a different Mannheim Steamroller Christmas compilation (Celebration) . . . which (a little whimsically) I have loaded onto my Sansa Fuze.  (It always makes me smile when a Christmas number from this album emerges, any time of year, on a shuffle.)

Well, I had picked that one up because it includes "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen," which we'd heard on the radio and to which Masha took a fancy.

Now, we cannot locate the disc, and Masha wants to listen to it while she works at the shop this week.  And I thought, well, can't be too bad to just buy another disc.  No reason to buy just the same one, though, as there must be 20 different incarnations of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas disc.  This two-fer looked good, though in fact it doesn't include "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" . . . so I'll have to grab another.  It's light, sure, but generally tasteful; at its best, mighty fine.

[MN Dave]

[Mirror Image]

Not one of my favorite Miles recordings but the title track makes up for the rest of the album. Billy Boy was a nice showcase for his trio though. I love Red Garland!