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Enough Technical Mumble Jumble-What music did you play, today?

I enjoyed this hallmark CD this morning. It's music like this that makes me thankful I have quality audio/video gear.

Permalink Reply by Chris Heinonen on July 18, 2009 at 8:37am: Nothing so far today, but I spent yesterday listening to different Beatles tracks in mono and stereo mixes to try to decide which box set I'm going to order soon. Unfortunately for my wallet, the answer might be both.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by T. Rodney Tatum on July 18, 2009 at 8:45am: The Oscar Peterson: Exclusively for My Friends [BOX SET] will certainly be my next purchase. At the moment, only two of the four disc are available in the SACD format. Puzzling?????; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John E. Johnson, Jr. on July 19, 2009 at 11:33am: Our local jazz FM station plays mostly classic jazz from the 1950's and 1960's, when musicians only had their instruments to work with, and not synthesizers. And music was really music in those days.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Thebesthereis on August 9, 2009 at 3:02pm: Just some of my favs that stay on heavy rotation.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gary Walker on August 10, 2009 at 7:28am: At the moment I'm listening to a pretty old CBS Masterworks recording of 3 Haydn concertos featuring Yo-Yo Ma , Wynton Marsalis, and Cho-Liang Lin. I'd recommend it.
I guess this is a Jazz guys doing classics day as I plan to listen to ECM's recordings of Kieth Jarrett playing Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fuges next. I'd recommend that set as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John E. Johnson, Jr. on August 10, 2009 at 11:23am: Yes, I am into jazz as well. In the Bay Area, we have KCSM as the jazz station, with no commercials, as it is funded by subscribers and also the college that it belongs to. It was the main reason I started re-examining LPs, as much of what this station plays is the classic albums of the 1950's and 1960's, with musicians like John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Gene Ammons, Art Pepper, Red Garland, etc. I then wrote the series on Vinyl vs. CDs. Jazz is perfect for LPs, because there are not too many instruments to overpower the vinyl track. At least that is what I have found. I listen to jazz almost exclusively on LP, while with more complex audio, like classical orchestra, I prefer SACD.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill Goodwin on October 3, 2009 at 4:54am: I have a couple of suggestions for showing off, or enjoying your audio setup:
Moody Blues- Days of Future Past
Steely Dan- Asia
Leonard Bernstein- Mahler, Symphony #9

In the Mahler piece, you will be amazed.
In the Moody Blues, you will hear clarity like never before.
In Asia, you will be absorbed.

Bill; ▶ Reply to This