Another Music Direct Catalog observation

For sure Winnardt but the industry fought back with the Indies. Now everyone has their own label and the industry??????
Music changed and became more... progressive which one either likes or not so much. Just look at the evolution of Radiohead or Wilco.

Wolf, yup quite a band. They were supposed to be the American Beatles but they self destructed. Omaha. I think only Michael Bloomfield flipped me out as much in the Paul Butterfield  Band and Electric Flag. Another self destruct story. 

oregonpappa, it is not dead either. Check out Cecile Mclorin Salvant and Esperanza Spaulding. 
robertjerman you can find a great documentary on Kate on youtube. She is most definitely an original. Most singer/songwriters sing about their experiences (Joni Mitchell). Kate sings about what she imagines so she becomes a singing fetus in the womb or a Russian babushka or lost at sea. Most don't know this but Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) discovered her.
He played a solo version of The Man With the Child in his Eyes for EMI and they put her under contract at the age of 16. 

Oregonpappa, what is wrong with Ella or Sarah? Winnardt, just pick up any Beach Boys disc. Mahler123, definitely but Brahms and Shostakovitch do it for me and Paulburnett what is wrong with the Cribs, Arctic Monkey or Modest Mouse. 
As for Joni Mitchell her music stands as her only testament. I melted over Blue when I was a kid. However her life was a total train wreck and I would never hold her out as an example to my girls. I wish her the best in her final days.
Anybody besides me like Kate Bush?
Audiophilia and music are two separate enterprises that to some extent influence each other. An Audiophile won't listen to anything that does not sound good and a lot of the good sounding stuff is trivial at best. Music lovers will listen to anything they consider to be good music. Of course in many of us these overlap. 
Where am I in this...Last night I listened to an original pressing of Moby Grape's first album (yes, with the finger) at 95 dB through 800 watt/ch towering ESLs and four 200 lb sub woofers each powered by 2000 watts.
Rock and Roll:)