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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    Dwight Yoakam - There Was a Way
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    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited February 2006
    Victory at Sea - RCA Living Stereo LSC-2335

    Robert Russell Bennet leading the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

    This is the score of the NBC show.....GREAT stuff here. Fantastic.

    Another props to George for suggesting this..

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees

    Just as good as the first listen nearly 30 years ago.

    Followed by - Middle Man

    High fidelity!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow

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    Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw

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    Alison Krauss and Union Station - Lonely Runs Both Ways

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,499
    edited February 2006
    Guitar Shorty - My Way Or The Highway SACD Cat#JSP5107
    His sister was married to Jimi Hendrix and he taught Jimi the blues. Good stuff.

    Bryan Ferry - Frantic SACD Cat#VIR167
    A mix of covers and Ferry originals. Kinda strange hearing familar songs in Ferry's unique style.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2006
    Shack, what do you think of Afterglow? Pretty damn good live recording. Live Sarah is one of my demo's.

    This a great cd as well. I've never been a big Paul Simon fan, but this 2cd live release has all his great songs on it. All songs have been rearranged and the world muscians really add a lot of layering and it sounds excellent. Very enjoyable.

    Paul Simon-Concert in the Park

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    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs 1971-1986
    George Grand wrote: »
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    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • Drumingman
    Drumingman Posts: 348
    edited February 2006
    One of my Favorites.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2006
    Drumingman wrote:
    One of my Favorites.

    You've piqued my interest....what does Music for Native American's sound like? I'm familiar with Robbie Robertson, but not this release.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Drumingman
    Drumingman Posts: 348
    edited February 2006
    It's story telling in music, which Robertson is good at,
    as proven with his songwriting. It features
    Native American Musicans such as Rita & Priscilla Coolidge,
    Alex Acuna, The Red Road Ensemble and more.

    You'll hear songs performed in English, Cherokee
    and other American Indian Dialects. It will be be Indian
    Instruments and modern Instruments, Some a blend of rock
    and Indian and some not.

    The album come with a book containing words, photos
    and explainations.

    I hope you have a Good Low end system because
    the drums in this CD are pretty big and produce pretty low
    frequencies.

    In all people from 6 Indian Nations contributed to this
    fine and interesting work.

    Songs,

    Coyote Dance
    Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)
    Ghost Dance
    The Vanishing Breed
    It Is A Good Day To Die
    Golden Feather
    Akua Tuta
    Words Of Fire, Deeds Of Blood
    Cherokee Morning Song
    Skinwalker
    Ancestor Song
    Twisted Hair
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited February 2006
    unreal that this thread is still running.
    and from a banned member nonetheless.. :confused:

    oh yeah- Brokeback Mountain soundtrack
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    ROFL Well, you're just trying to get this thread closed, eh? LOL
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited February 2006
    :cool: actually no, that's what i'm listening to.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    The Buddy Rich Big Band - Big Swing Face
    Pacific Jazz LP ST-20117, 1967

    I found this in my record vault, unopened! I'm sure I bought it near the release date. Why I never opened and played it will remain a mystery.

    Excellent live gig at The Chez, Hollywood, CA. Sound quality to die for.

    For those of you who aren't familiar with Buddy, he was the last survivor of the swing era drummers (including Chick Webb, Big Sid Catlett, Dave Tough, Jo Jones, etc) and arguably the best at fusing jazz, swing and rock. I grew up in the 60's listening to Buddy. He was a frequent performer on TV shows of the era with a personality as expansive and unique as his musical talent and he toured with Sinatra for decades. When I play guitar unaccompanied, it's always Buddy's sound I keep mental time with.

    I'm in heaven. I found buried treasure today. :)
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2006
    Martin Zellar & the Gear Daddies - Can't Have Nothin' Nice
    1997 - Steve's Pizza Music GDA0001

    Nothing really special. Just good tunes from Martin and his long-time buddies that make up the band. Martin sings from the heart and writes songs about real life you can relate to. Over the years I have travelled to see his shows, with his bands the Gear Daddies and The Hardaways, and one-man acoustic, across the midwest. One of those guys that appreciates his fans, waves when he sees our group show up, comes with his family to chat with his fans, and remembers his fans names. If you go to a hockey game and they play "I want to drive the Zamboni", he wrote that. When he launches into a Neil Diamond song, just shut your eyes and Neil is singing in front of you. He has been officially recognized by Neil Diamond as one of the best tribute artists and does officially sanctioned tribute shows. Real music for real people, like I said nothing special, however I like it :)

    He records in Austin MN and Minneapolis, and he puts a lot of effort into the sound quality of his CD's. He may not have a big budget and contract, however the personal touch results in pretty good sound quality and mix. If you want some fun music to brighten up your day, give it a try.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited February 2006
    Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue

    SACD
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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited February 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    The Buddy Rich Big Band - Big Swing Face
    Pacific Jazz LP ST-20117, 1967

    I found this in my record vault, unopened! I'm sure I bought it near the release date. Why I never opened and played it will remain a mystery.

    Excellent live gig at The Chez, Hollywood, CA. Sound quality to die for.

    For those of you who aren't familiar with Buddy, he was the last survivor of the swing era drummers (including Chick Webb, Big Sid Catlett, Dave Tough, Jo Jones, etc) and arguably the best at fusing jazz, swing and rock. I grew up in the 60's listening to Buddy. He was a frequent performer on TV shows of the era with a personality as expansive and unique as his musical talent and he toured with Sinatra for decades. When I play guitar unaccompanied, it's always Buddy's sound I keep mental time with.

    I'm in heaven. I found buried treasure today. :)

    I feel like I knew Buddy as my friend in high school Paul Riddle talked about him alot. Paul was the drummer for the Tucker Band back then. Every day was my lesson on how Buddy played, it was good back then.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    Still working my way through the old collection of vinyl....

    Huey Lewis and the News - Sports

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    Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel

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    Bryan Adams - Reckless

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    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited February 2006
    Some Solo Stuff - Getting ready for his upcoming release, as well as the concert in LA....
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited February 2006
    rush, pink floyd, the who, van halen, guns and roses, various techno, emf(unbelivable sin city remix),bach, beethoven, glen miller, aerosmith, beatles, bush, dixie chicks, Madona-rain(fog horn remix),meatloaf, queen, toadies-possum kingdom, phill colins, primus, run dmc, Siouxsie and the Banshees, smashing pumpkins, system of a down, techo by dudeinaroom, yes, I guess as long as it's not opera, r&b, or blue grass, i'm listening
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    Rolling easy and early with:

    Little Feat - The Last Record Album
    Freddie King - Burglar
    Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
    Jackson Browne - Saturate Before Using
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited February 2006
    All over the map this morning...
    Vinyl:
    "Sinatra at the Sands"
    The Edgar Winter Group- "They only come out at night"
    CD:
    Green Day - "American Idiot"
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    The Buddy Rich Big Band - Big Swing Face
    Pacific Jazz LP ST-20117, 1967

    I found this in my record vault, unopened! I'm sure I bought it near the release date. Why I never opened and played it will remain a mystery.

    Excellent live gig at The Chez, Hollywood, CA. Sound quality to die for.

    For those of you who aren't familiar with Buddy, he was the last survivor of the swing era drummers (including Chick Webb, Big Sid Catlett, Dave Tough, Jo Jones, etc) and arguably the best at fusing jazz, swing and rock. I grew up in the 60's listening to Buddy. He was a frequent performer on TV shows of the era with a personality as expansive and unique as his musical talent and he toured with Sinatra for decades. When I play guitar unaccompanied, it's always Buddy's sound I keep mental time with.

    I'm in heaven. I found buried treasure today. :)


    Excellent, Excellent stuff. I love Buddy Rich and Max Roach and I'm not even a big band music lover. These two drummers and their respective bands made timeless music. What a treat to find BlueMD. If you ever run across a copy of Buddy Rich & Max Roach-Rich vs. Roach. I highly recommend you pick it up (maybe you already have it) but it's basically these two drummers going head to head in each song, absolutely jaw dropping drumming. You can see where many modern drummers, especially John Bonham got their influence. In fact becasue of this post I'm listening to Rich vs. Roach right now while drinking my morning java. I have goose bumps :p

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • DAGLJAM6
    DAGLJAM6 Posts: 635
    edited February 2006
    On now- "Midnight Special"-the incredible Jimmy Smith Turrentine/Smith/Burrell/Bailey synergy smynergy these guys were connected by umbilicals.......smooooooth.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    heiney9 wrote:
    If you ever run across a copy of Buddy Rich & Max Roach-Rich vs. Roach. I highly recommend you pick it up (maybe you already have it)...

    I'll try to find a copy of it, thanks for the tip. The favorite Max Roach in my collection is "Bitter Sweet". Max is the essence of a modern jazz drummer to me. Impeccable timing and taste.

    Buddy's style, to me, was "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got the swing." Krupa once said Buddy was the best drummer to ever draw breath. I'd have to agree. He played like he lived -- smiling, scowling, in your face, always with a rare sparkle in the eye and razor sharp wit and wisdom.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    David Sanborn - Close-Up
    Reprise 25715-1, LP 1988

    Solid, intelligent, and engaging. Paulinho de Costa's percussion on this album is phenomenal.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    Steely Dan - Everything Must Go
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2006
    Rocky
    Score by Bill Conti

    good stuff...
    Never Forget
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is

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    I had forgotten how good this album really is. It got a bad rap as "Light Adult Contemporary" or "Pop music". That's too bad....this is a really good band, Hornsby is a fine piano player and this is an album worth listening to.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2006
    AC/DC - Back In Black
    Epic DualDisc EN90828

    UH-HUH! Makes you wanna' put on your knickers and blow an amp. :p

    My first purchase in this format. No issues. Quality remaster on the Redbook side, good SQ and some fun video footage and interviews on the DVD side. $9.99 at Target.
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