oldbuckster Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Dark Side of the Moon; Pink Floyd Rock of Ages; the Band A Long Time Coming; the Electric Flag Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys; Traffic ElectricLady Land; the Jimi Hendrix Experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBK Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 I wanted to BUMP this as I'm running out of quality CD's. I can't listen to 85% of my stuff anymore and need fresh blood. Thinking about placing an Amazon order. Need some killer quality Floyd for starters (suggestions?). DeeDee Bridgewater - J'ai Deux Amours - current release - outstanding recording and performance (She's in town this week too at the Jazz Showcase) Remastered version: Natty Dread - Bob Marley & the Wailers - some distortion on title song, but otherwise nice remastered Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine - well recorded - 3 Cool Cats is a killer cut just as one example Weather Report - SACD - Mysterious Traveller Oscar Peterson - SACD resissues - of the "Exclusively For My Friends" - several volumes out now - The Way I Really Play - Travelin' On, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench722 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 SRV [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Eagles*****When Hell Freezes Over, Pink Floyd*****Wish You Were Here, Sheryl Crow*****C'Mon C'Mon, Diana Krall *****Girl In The Other Room*****Live From Paris*****The Look of Love, John Mayer Trio*****TRY!, John Mayer*****Heavier Things*****Room For Squares, Cowboy Junkies*****The Trinity Session*****Early 21st Century Blues...I need to get some new stuff but this all sounds great...many of my older CDs now sound like blecccchhhh...meagain...could this possibly be the cause of your dissatisfaction with your new stuff...I know I am disappointed with much of the older CDs...YMMV...Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I have to add one more to my list that I forgot to add earlier... The Innocence Mission - Glow This one came out back in '95 I think, but it is one heck of an excellent recording, and the music is excellent as well. It has everything from great vocals, to sparkling highs (which I can now hear thanks to BEC's CT125s), to very tight, chest thumping bass. Everything in between is perfect as well! If you like progressive, yet laid back type music, this one is a must have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplummer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Great suggestions, I'll be placing an order tomorrow. But I can't believe no one has mentioned "Flim and the BB's"- Big Notes, track 4 "Fun House". Best recording I've ever heard for dynamics and immaculate recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVPhile135722 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Metallica: S&M - Live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (great-sounding live album, the full orchestra really adds a lot of depth to the recording) Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Luther College (two acoustic guitars and Dave Matthews' vocals) Playboy Jazz: Jazz After Dark, Volumes I and II (great jazz compilations) Godsmack: The Other Side SACD (acoustic renditions of their popular songs) Frank Sinatra: Sinatra at the Sands (live concert also available in DVD Audio) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 The orginal Sinatra at the Sands had some real sonic shortcomings. Great record, but boxy sounding to me. I wonder what the DVD-A sounds like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Pulled a couple from my rotation: Bobby Scott: "Slowly" on Music Masters. If you can find this one BUY IT! Piano & bluesy vocals - imagine a white Lou Rawls. Bobby knew he was dying when he recorded this - his last. The Ray Brown Trio Live at the Loa: "Summer Wind" With Gene Harris on piano and Jeff Hamilton on drums. Superb. Robbie Robertson: "Robbie Robertson" Masterpiece from "The Band" lead vocalist/guitarist. Kurt Elling: "Man in the Air" Tour d'force by Chicago vocalist Kurt Elling - with Laurance Hobgood on piano & Stefon Harris on vibes. Elling's version of the Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays "Minuano" is killer. Patricia Barber: "Verse" My favorite PB recording so far... Delbert McClinton: "Never Been Rocked Enough" If you haven't discovered Delbert McClinton you don't know what you're missing. Nuf said. Rene Marie: "Live at the Jazz Standard" Worth the price of admission for her medley of Ravel's Bolero and Leonard Cohen's Suzanne. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplummer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I'll second the motion on Delbert McClinton, But I'll bet everyone has heard his music, just not done by him. He has been a long time writer and has sold his music to mainstream artists for 20+ years. Kudoos to you Jheis, I forgot about old Delbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Throw on some Nickelback, it'll give your system a workout, and impress the kids in the neighborhood. love em, the longer i live, the younger i get..[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Ceremonial Music for Trumpet and Symphonic Organ Rolf Smedvig and Michael Murray Telarc CD-80341 If Alan Hovaness' "The Prayer of Saint Gregory" doesn't the hair stand up on top of your head, you are either soulless, or you need better speakers. Ollabelle Ollabelle DMZ CK90572 Blues, jazz, soul, gospel, world. Passengers Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber ECM 1092 Vibes and guitar and drums. Like Minds Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland Concord 4803 Care-charming Sleep The Dowland Project/John Potter ECM New 1803 Renaissance and Baroque Songs and Madrigals for voice, chitarrone, baroque guitar, saxophone, bass clarinet, baroque violin, and double-bass. Drunkard's Prayer Over the Rhine Back Porch/Virgin EMI 72438-66233-2-4 Alt-Pop, acoustic, female voice, some electric. BONUS SELECTION After Bathing at Baxter's Jefferson Airplane RCA Muddy multi-track recording. Soaring vocals, guitars, snappy drumming, and an odd recorder thrown in to pair with one of the true virtuosos of the electric bass guitar. It's been my "reference" recording since 1968. I'm over the limit, I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 This forum software is driving me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillmbil Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 There has been some good music suggested. I would like to second a few that most of you have probably not heard. First: "Jazz at the Pawn Shop" brought to me by Phil Clements, owner and engineer of Solus speakers. Sold off his Clements line of speakers years ago, and was a personel friend of Paul Klipsch. Great recording for Jazz. Second: "John Mayers Trio", the whole album is well recorded and really tests a system. Queen - "Another Bites the Dust", and the rest of there songs. Freddy Mercury can really pound out some vocals, and the above mentioned song has some great opening bass.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I would be doing many of you a disservice by not mentioning... Carlos V: Mille Regretz Jordi Savall: Hesperion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya Alia Vox 9814 Music of the Renaissance from ballad to chacone, Mass to battle. Drinking songs and dying songs. Superbly recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyMo Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 The CD that I used to evaluate and purchase my Fortes so many years ago, and also the first CD I ever heard on a pair of Khorns and started my love affair with Klipsch. Flim and the BBs Tricycle. The title track has some awsome bass notes that just hit me in the chest with the fortes and with the Khorns, I was just floored by the realism. I can still remember the experience 20 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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