What music have you bought for yourself lately?

Wardsweb
Wardsweb Posts: 939
edited April 2007 in Music & Movies
I know we recommend music all the time. I was just wondering what you have actually purchased for yourself lately. Here are some I've picked up over the last month or so.

On Vinyl:
Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
B&W Sampler - Very Audiophile New Recordings
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Kenny Burrell - Blue Midnight
Dave Brubeck w/Carmen McRae - Tonight Only!
Rickie Lee Jones - Pop Pop

On CD:
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
Django Reinhardt - Jazz in Paris
Josh Turner - Your Man
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2006
    Vinyl
    10CC - Live And Let Live (2x LP)
    Boz Scaggs - Other Roads
    Buddy Guy - Left My Blues in San Francisco
    John Tropea - To Touch You Again
    Lonnie Brooks - Turn On the Night

    CD
    I got nothing

    Morph the Cat on Vinyl is on my buy list - thanks!
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited May 2006
    CD:
    John Butler Trio- Sunrise Over Sea (very good, check it out)
    Neil Young- Greatest Hits
    Crosby Stills Nash- Greatest Hits (New one)
    Nazz- Nazz
    Sinead O'Conner- Throw Down Your Arms (Yeah I know, but its actually very good, strong rhythm and reggae sound)
    Joni Mitchell- Song to a Seagull
    Joni Mitchell- Hejira
    (I was getting sentimental for old Joni stuff to add to my collection)

    Vinyl- na da
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited May 2006
    Hello,
    Good thread!
    On vinyl:
    Incredible String Band, "Hangman's Beautiful Daughter"
    Wild Tchoupitoulas, "Wild on Antilles"
    Cream, "Reunion 2005"
    On open reel:
    Toch Symphony No.3, 2 track
    "Music to Listen to Barney Kessel" on Contemporary 2 track

    On CD:
    Traffic, "Welcome to the Canteen"
    On SACD:
    Beethoven Symphony No. 5 and 7, Carlos Kleiber
    I bought a Coldplay CD, but gave it away.
    Ken
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited May 2006
    Kenneth Swauger wrote:
    On CD:
    Traffic, "Welcome to the Canteen"
    Ken


    Wow, way forgot about that one. Got to go home and dust off my vinyl copy!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited May 2006
    SACD

    Toto-Toto IV
    Diana Krall - The Girl in the Other Room
    Al Jarreau - All I Got

    CD

    Clark Terry - Portraits (Chesky)
    Brian Bromberg - Choices
    The Phil Woods Quintet - All Bird's Children (Concord)

    Vinyl

    Gino Vannelli - Brother to Brother (Nautilus)

    DVD

    Chuck Mangione - The Feeling's Back (Chesky)
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited May 2006
    CD -
    Josua Bell - Romance of the Violin
    Cecilia Bartoli - Opera Prohibita
    Pride and Prejudice Soundtrack
    Hayley Westerna - Pure
    Jack Johnson - Curious George Soundtrack

    DVD
    Hayley Westerna - Live in New Zealand
    Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR502-S
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    Subwoofer: 10'' Dayton 100 Watt
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited May 2006
    CD -

    Appleseed Cast - Peregrine
    Isis - Oceanic
    Mogwai - Mr. Beast
    Tool - 10,000 Days
    Bell Orchestre - Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light
    Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
    Starlight Mints - Drowaton
    Maritime - We The Vehicles

    Vinyl -

    Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl Volume 1 & 2
    Mogwai - Rock Action

    DVD -

    Townes Van Zandt - Be Here To Love Me
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited May 2006
    Hey Capecodder,
    Yep, good old record. I've been listening to it in my car, to and from work. Now I've got those tunes running around in my head. Humming the lyrics all day long.
    Enjoy, Ken
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  • Zen Dragon
    Zen Dragon Posts: 501
    edited May 2006
    SACD
    Elton John: Captain fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys

    CD's
    Supertramp: Even in the Quietest Moments
    Frank Zappa: Them or Us
    Days of the New: Green Album
    Days of the New: Red Album
    Little Feat: Dixie Chicken
    Green Day: American Idiot
    The Family
    Polk SDA-1C's
    Polk SDA-2
    Polk Monitor 10B's
    Polk LSI-9's
    Polk Monitor 5's
    Polk 5 jr's
    Polk PSW-450 Sub
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited May 2006
    Vinyl
    About 60 different thift store LP's... almost all classical.... almost all mint.
    Included a sealed, RCA Gold Seal copy of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto by Heifitz-Reiner-CSO. Never heard of RCA Gold Seal before...

    Recent CD's (as seen in my Listening to Posts)
    SANTANA, McLAUGHLIN - LOVE DEVOTION SURRENDER
    WEST, LIZZIE - HOLY ROAD - FREEDOM SONGS
    RONSTADT, LINDA - VERY BEST OF...
    CHAMBERS BROTHERS - TIME HAS COME
    VAN ZANDT, TOWNES - HIGH, LOW, AND IN BETWEEN
    OUTLAWS - BEST OF - GREEN GRASS
    BECK, JEFF - BEST OF BECK
    SPRINGFIELD, DUSTY - DUSTY IN MEMPHIS

    CD's "in-the-mail"
    FORD, ROBBEN - TIGER WALK
    VARIOUS ARTISTS - 3 TENORS (part deaux)
    SINATRA, FRANK - VOICE OF FRANK SINATRA
    SINATRA, FRANK - SINGS GERSHWIN
    CLASH - ESSENTIAL CLASH
    BENNETT, TONY - PLAYIN' WITH MY FRIENDS
    STEELY DAN - EVERYTHING MUST GO
    NEVILLE, IVAN - SCRAPE
    LED ZEPPELIN - HOW THE WEST WAS WON
    DYLAN, BOB - LOVE AND THEFT
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited May 2006
    expanded Legacy release of Santana III
    Soft Machine - Floating World Live
    IEM - 1996-1999
    Agitation Free - At The Cliffs Of River Rhine
    Can - Future Days (SACD)
    Genesis - Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
    Porcupine Tree - Up the Down Staircase (remaster)
    Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (remaster)
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited May 2006
    Tom Waits -- Nighthawks at the Diner
    The Dandy Warhols -- 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

    Thom Yorke of Radiohead

    SOPA. Bow down before me, ****. Want a cookie?


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    Sony Playstation 3
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    Rotel 985 MK II
    Rotel 1072 CDP
    Soundstage Vacuum II tube pre
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited May 2006
    Diana Krall- The Girl in the Other Room

    I just bought it today and totally love it.
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  • Zen Dragon
    Zen Dragon Posts: 501
    edited May 2006
    Ern Dog wrote:
    Diana Krall- The Girl in the Other Room

    I just bought it today and totally love it.
    That is a very nice Album. I really like the title track, Temptation, and Narrow Daylight.
    She was playing in Seattle last year at a small jazz club and I wanted to see her but tickets started at $250 and the money was not there.
    The Family
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited May 2006
    Ern Dog wrote:
    Diana Krall- The Girl in the Other Room

    I just bought it today and totally love it.

    I think she really smoked Joni Mitchell on "Black Crow". I have always
    been a fan of J.M. especially on her own songs, but D.K. brought this one
    to another level.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited May 2006
    cds:
    Tool 10,000 days.
    David gilmour on an island.
    Frank sinatra reprise collection box set.
    Billy joel fantasies and delusions.
    Ladysmith black mambaso the warner bros. collection.

    sacd:
    michel camilo rapsody in blue.
    sound and vision sampler.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited May 2006
    Jewel-Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
    UFO-Strangers In The Night (remaster)
    Sublime-Sublime
    Fiona Apple-Extraordinary Machine
    Elton John-Honky Chateau

    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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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited May 2006
    heiney9 wrote:
    Fiona Apple-Extraordinary Machine
    How's Fiona doing these days?
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • RoosterD
    RoosterD Posts: 36
    edited May 2006
    DVD-A:
    Brother in Arms *
    Seal's Best 1991-2004
    Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales


    SACD:
    Sting: Sacred Love *
    Pink Floyd DSoTM

    CD:
    Peter Gabriel: Shaking the tree
    Jackie Green: American Myth

    I didn't realize I wasn't done spending once I got my 3910 LOL. Sacred Love is a great album; I like most of the songs which never happens. The sound on Brother's in Arms is ridiculous! I love demoing "I want my MTV". I am definitely looking for new albums on SACD and DVDA

    * = Favorites right now
    Denon 3805S
    Denon 3910S
    Polk LSi 15's
    Polk LSi F/X's
    Polk LSi C
    Boston Pro 10" DIY Sub
    Samsung 5678W DLP 1080P
    PS3
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited May 2006
    "John Hancock....it's Herbie Hancock" :)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited May 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    How's Fiona doing these days?

    The cd is pretty enjoyable. A bit abstract like her very early work, but it flows pretty well. I dl'd the bootleg version of this cd, the one Sony originally decided against releasing because it was just to esoteric and disjointed. I gotta say the original is not very cohesive. The final (released oficially) mixes with a new producer (for the same songs) is much better. The first and last song on the official release are the original untouched versions and when you listen to the rest of the songs the contrast is very evident.

    I'd say pick it up.....it takes more than a couple listens and it finally starts to really work musically. Her 2nd best work so far. She's a perfectionist and a recluse so I doubt we'll see anything new again for quite awhile

    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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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited May 2006
    Tool, DSOTM, Dilated Peoples, Ben Harper, Steely Dan, Dem Franchize Boyz
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    edited May 2006
    Springsteen - We Shall Overcome - Seeger Sessions
    Nwang Gombu - Sounds of Peace - (trad tibetan flute music)
    VA HT HK AVR20II, Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD, Polk Audio RC80i / Polk Audio CSi3, 60" Panasonic Plasma, Nordost / Signal Cable A2 / Wireworld / Pangea / Magic Power
    VA 2 Channel Focal Electra 926 speakers, Pass Labs X150.5 Amp, Eastern Electric MiniMax Preamp (Tutay mods), Eastern Electric Minimax CDP (Scott Nixon mods), Music Hall mmf 5.1 Turntable, Parks Audio Budgie Phono Pre , Audioengine B1 streamer, MIT S3 IC's / MIT Shotgun S3 Speaker Cables / PS Audio power cables
    Noggin Schiit Valhalla, Pangea, Phillips Fidelio X1, Polk UF8000

    Polk SDA1c modded
    Polk CRS+ 4.1TL modded (need veneer)
    Polk SDA2BTL (fully modded)
    A/L 1000VA Dreadnought Canare 4s11 SDA cable
    SACD Marantz DV8300
    Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD
    Yamaha YP-D6
    Soundcraftsmen PCR800
    Audible Illusions L1 Preamp
    Vincent MFA based Cocci Tube Preamp
    Pho-700 Phono Pre
    Signal Cable Silver Resolution IC's






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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2007
    Beck - Sea Change and the new one. The one that looks like graph paper.
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited April 2007
    Paul Simon's Greatest Hits

    Pete Yorn The Day I Forgot & The Scream 2 ST (I bought it for a hard to find Foo Fighters Track) were ordered yesterday
    God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8
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  • John K.
    John K. Posts: 822
    edited April 2007
    Good to see this old thread revived, since the topic is always relevant. A terrific bargain CD recently bought is this Stravinsky Rite and Petrouchka . Anyone interested in ordering might add these excellent choices to get over $20 for free shipping: The Planets ; Swan Lake ; Roman Festivals .
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited April 2007
    Anti Audio HiFi Insurgent sighting
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited April 2007
    Kenneth Swauger wrote: »
    Hello,
    Good thread!
    On vinyl:
    Incredible String Band, "Hangman's Beautiful Daughter"
    Wild Tchoupitoulas, "Wild on Antilles"
    Cream, "Reunion 2005"
    On open reel:
    Toch Symphony No.3, 2 track
    "Music to Listen to Barney Kessel" on Contemporary 2 track

    On CD:
    Traffic, "Welcome to the Canteen"
    On SACD:
    Beethoven Symphony No. 5 and 7, Carlos Kleiber
    I bought a Coldplay CD, but gave it away.
    Ken

    Hey Ken, I've been looking for Big Band music on vinyl and am having a rough go of it. Any suggestions on where to get some?
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited April 2007
    Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances [Live]
    ~Anne-Sophie Mutter, Kurt Masur, NY Philharmonic
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith Original Soundtrack
    Finding Forrester Original Soundtrack
    Chance & Circumstance
    ~Peter Malick Group
    The Essential Dave Brubeck
    ~Dave Brubeck
    She Hangs Brightly
    ~Mazzy Star
    The Best of James
    ~James
    Spanish Guitar Music
    ~John Williams
    The Guitarist
    ~John Williams
    Barcelona Nights: The Best of Ottmar Liebert, Vol 1
    ~Ottmar Liebert
    Disraeli Gears
    ~Cream
    What's Going On
    ~Marvin Gaye

    I spend way too much time on Amazon and rummaging through discount bins (Half Price Books, Best Buy, etc.).
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2007
    Olivia Newton-John - Physical (original Japanese black-triangle CD)
    Olivia Newton-John - The Definitive Collection (Hong Kong DSD-remastered CD)
    Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger (original Japanese black-triangle CD)
    Spandau Ballet - Parade (CD - West German pressing)
    Flim & the BB's - Tricycle (CD - 1983 Japanese pressing)
    a-ha - Hunting High and Low (CD - West German pressing)
    Seiko Matsuda - Pineapple (original Japanese pressing - 1 of 50 CD titles available for sale to consumers)
    George Winston - December (CD - West German pressing)
    Various Artists - Windham Hill Records Sampler '82 (CD - original 1982 Denon pressing)
    The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Digital Mood (CD - original Japan Sanyo pressing)
    Level 42 - self-titled (CD - original West German pressing)
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