Yes! OLD.
You better plan a trip to Graceland before your time runs out. I thought I would hate it, but I really enjoyed touring Sun Studios and Graceland. And the Duck Walk at the Peabody. Inadvertently met Sam Phillips on the plane ride home. Fascinating person in a then emerging era.
I think our tastes expand (rather than change) as we get more opportunity, more assets, and more time, and our systems become more revealing.
I truly appreciate what a wonderful voice Elvis had, and Sinatra, and Joan Sutherland, and own a decent amount of recordings of them, including reel to reel, but listen to them very infrequently. An appreciation, magnified by our high quality systems and our acquired ability to listen critically. That can be a joy and a curse as we hear everything wrong as well.
btw, that link is the worst quality Elvis I ever heard.
I just bought two used LP's, Michelle Shocked (has two of my favorite songs, and many new to me), and Melanie, Double LP at Carnegie Hall. I try to decide before buying, will I listen to this more than once? Melanie, certainly, I highly recommend it! It is full of great songs I never heard, performed when at her peak, and a defining moment, 1973. she calls a lull, after flower power, give peace a chance, my generation's idealism faded.
I digress.
When I flip thru my music collection, I am also influenced by whether it is a superior recording, superior musicians playing with the primary artist, i.e. quality, revealed by my system influences my choices beyond favoritism.
You better plan a trip to Graceland before your time runs out. I thought I would hate it, but I really enjoyed touring Sun Studios and Graceland. And the Duck Walk at the Peabody. Inadvertently met Sam Phillips on the plane ride home. Fascinating person in a then emerging era.
I think our tastes expand (rather than change) as we get more opportunity, more assets, and more time, and our systems become more revealing.
I truly appreciate what a wonderful voice Elvis had, and Sinatra, and Joan Sutherland, and own a decent amount of recordings of them, including reel to reel, but listen to them very infrequently. An appreciation, magnified by our high quality systems and our acquired ability to listen critically. That can be a joy and a curse as we hear everything wrong as well.
btw, that link is the worst quality Elvis I ever heard.
I just bought two used LP's, Michelle Shocked (has two of my favorite songs, and many new to me), and Melanie, Double LP at Carnegie Hall. I try to decide before buying, will I listen to this more than once? Melanie, certainly, I highly recommend it! It is full of great songs I never heard, performed when at her peak, and a defining moment, 1973. she calls a lull, after flower power, give peace a chance, my generation's idealism faded.
I digress.
When I flip thru my music collection, I am also influenced by whether it is a superior recording, superior musicians playing with the primary artist, i.e. quality, revealed by my system influences my choices beyond favoritism.