Outstanding Demo CD's etc...

adydula · « **Reply #1140 on:** 8 Dec 2011, 01:06 am »

Boy the activity on this thread has reallly slowed down?

Anybody got any new stuff, old stuff or different stuff??

I was listening to Bill Withers and Ben Harper last night and was once again enthralled in the quality of these discs and artists...simply wonderful talent.

The Bill Wither cd was released and remastered:

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Bill-Withers-Lean-Me/dp/B00004THKR/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323306211&sr=1-1

This great cd can be had for $3.86!!! A real no-brainer.

There is another Bill Withers disc I just ordered that is a live recording that has several reviews that simply state that this cd is the best live cd ever:

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Carnegie-Hall-Bill-Withers/dp/B0012GMV1M/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323306211&sr=1-2

Anybody listen to this one and can comment?

I will when it arrives in a few days!

Merry Christmas!!

Alex

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #1141 on:** 8 Dec 2011, 03:38 am »

Hello Alex...

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Boy the activity on this thread has reallly slowed down?

Maybe their all X'mas shopping....

OK....new(er)....and old....

Good stuff from Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa....it rocks....and sounds good...

Samples...

I used track 3 "Your Heart Is As Black As Night" as my demo for RMAF 2011...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2egMG4uFd8A

Some excellent Jazz....from Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White..."Forever"

Samples......released in June '11.

And old fav.. live from Brooklyn...at St. Anne's Church....released in 1990....
Marianne Faithfull......"Blazing Away".

Samples...

On YouTube...."Guilt"...track 3... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rLSF9BZM8s

Check them out....

And the Bill Withers Live....good stuff.

scp2 · « **Reply #1142 on:** 8 Dec 2011, 03:41 am »

Gotta love Bill Withers..

Here is a Techno female vocal some may like..nice recording

Morcheeba

http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000003MWY/ref=pd_krex_dp_a

adydula · « **Reply #1143 on:** 8 Dec 2011, 10:26 pm »

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the Beth Hart recommendation I do have one of her cds.
I will get it on order for sure!!

Marianne Faithful....wow dont have any of her in my collection.

scp2...thanks for your recommendation as well!!!

Ok guys keep them coming need to stuff the stocking for Christmas!!

Great Listening to All!

Alex

charmerci · « **Reply #1144 on:** 9 Jan 2012, 07:02 pm »

Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture?

Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
There are a few very strange songs on there but most are nice if you're not too much into avant-garde songs. With Jaco Pastorius on bass and John Guerin on drums how can you go wrong?

adydula · « **Reply #1145 on:** 9 Jan 2012, 07:15 pm »

charmerci....

Many thanks for the recommendations.....I was wondering if we were finally running out of outstanding cds!!

I am a Joni Mitchell fan from the 'old' days for sure.....

I really like the Miles of Aisles CD:
http://www.amazon.com/Miles-Aisles-Joni-Mitchell/dp/B000002GWN/ref=sr_1_sc_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1326136263&sr=8-11-spell

I have all of the dvd's etc that I can find out there....brings back fond memories of a time gone by...

Just ordered the Don Juan's Reckless Daughter cd...!

All the best
Alex!

charmerci · « **Reply #1146 on:** 10 Jan 2012, 05:06 am »

You can thank my local library for having them.

adydula · « **Reply #1147 on:** 10 Jan 2012, 06:10 pm »

I sure wish our library here would have cd's...went there and they dont do this...

Alex

charmerci · « **Reply #1148 on:** 13 Jan 2012, 01:16 am »

I completely forgot about Shirley Horn - You Won't Forget Me

Very mellow, mainstream jazz. She was one of the very under-rated jazz pianist of all time.

timind · « **Reply #1149 on:** 13 Jan 2012, 02:09 am »

I haven't viewed every page but I doubt it's on the list. If not, get a copy of this. Great music with sonics to match.

These Times We're Living In - A Red House Anthology

charmerci · « **Reply #1150 on:** 13 Jan 2012, 04:21 am »

timind,

On pg. 57, there are two posts with two alphabetical lists of everything.

adydula · « **Reply #1151 on:** 24 Jan 2012, 04:23 pm »

Finally got :

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter , Joni Mitchell, very well recorded...sounds great.
Its amazing how Joni Mitchell plays a guitar...like nobody else.....

Thanks for the recommendation!

All the best
Alex

murf · « **Reply #1152 on:** 27 Jan 2012, 05:23 pm »

Hello Audio Experts!
These are a couple of CDs that I think have great SQ, and the music is awful nice too:

HOT TUNA "Hot Tuna" This is a live album recorded at the New Orleans House in Berkley. Jorma & Jack Cassidy are in sync & smokin' (no pun intended), and the harmonica playing by Will Scarlett just floats.
BJORK "Debut" This album spans from Euro-techno to unaccompanied harp. They seem to be having lots of fun with the sound production.

Murf

adydula · « **Reply #1153 on:** 27 Jan 2012, 06:35 pm »

Hi Murf!!

Thanks for the recommendations!!

I will take a look for sure!!

All the best
Alex

Saturn94 · « **Reply #1154 on:** 7 Feb 2012, 01:20 am »

I pulled out an old Telarc CD that I hadn't heard for some time and was quite impressed. It's the Rite of Spring, performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel conducting.

Looks like it's still available:

http://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Rite-Spring-Igor/dp/B0000251LY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1328576447&sr=8-5

I also noticed it's been transfered to SACD as well:

http://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Rite-Spring-Tchaikovsky-Symphony/dp/B00005QZLB/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328576447&sr=8-3

adydula · « **Reply #1155 on:** 20 Feb 2012, 10:50 pm »

We are less than 7,000 hits away from the 100,000 read mark...I wonder who will be the 100,000 viewer?? Hmmmm

Alex

taoggniklat · « **Reply #1156 on:** 25 Feb 2012, 06:01 am »

Quote from: adydula on 20 Feb 2012, 10:50 pm

We are less than 7,000 hits away from the 100,000 read mark...I wonder who will be the 100,000 viewer?? Hmmmm

Alex

A free pair of ST's perhaps! *dreaming*

mathgeek97 · « **Reply #1157 on:** 27 Feb 2012, 03:36 pm »

I searched this thread and didn't find this one, so please forgive if it's a repeat, and please forgive me for adding yet another Diana Krall album to the list!

Diana Krall - When I Look in Your Eyes (1999, Verve Records)

Vocals and instrumentation show off the nicely detailed mid-range my pair of Salk's can produce.
And, heck, it did win two Grammys (Best Jazz Vocal, Best Engineering) and was also nominated for Album of the Year (Santana - Supernatural won the Grammy).

adydula · « **Reply #1158 on:** 27 Feb 2012, 03:58 pm »

Great choice, I have the SACD version of this one as well.
Thanks for the selection....

I have front row seats to see Krall perform in March!!

All the best
Alex

schubert · « **Reply #1159 on:** 27 Feb 2012, 04:27 pm »

The classical genre seems underrepresented here, so I'll try to remedy that. My first recommendation: piano is very difficult to reproduce well, and this recording has two of them- along with some percussion to test the subwoofer. Repertoire is unusual, sonics are state of the 16-bit art and the performances are wonderful......so it's Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Duo d'Accord and the Eardrum Percussion Duo on Genuin.