^^^ Ya had to know the guy. :-)
It happened again tonight
Playing Pink Floyd The Wall Side 4, nice and loud. Kind of loud live would be if they would keep it just short of harmful. Kind of loud you feel it. Run Like Hell comes and the lead guitar riffs are just exhilarating and have me going and then the beat picks up and I catch myself hyperventilating again. Its just so crazy clear and present and you are there, all I can say is Thank you, Krissy. From the bottom of my heart. Thank you so very much.
Chuck
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Frank,
Yes, but it's a "time machine" also in a different way. Spinning the Rush vinyl re-issues (stunning) on my high end systems transforms the experience beyond what it was even in my teens. It brings the moment "alive" in a way it never quite was listening in my teens. The scale, soundstaging, clarity, the sense of peering in to the real space, the dynamics and clarity of the musicians playing, it's closer to being transported to the live event itself, vs to my teenage memories of listening to the record. |
rodman99999 ... I finally got around to opening and watching that video link you posted. I'm still laughing., I'm sending it to my roommate who has been giving me the silent treatment for the past few days. *lol* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- prof ... Agreed. Even though I attended a ton of live jazz clubs back in the '50s, the memory has faded. With the way the system is now, I can put on those old, well-recorded mono recordings of those events and be transported back to those clubs and relive it all over again. Here is a group from one of my favorite haunts in high school. The address was One Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, California, about twenty minutes from where I lived at the time... Take a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmMYadmrMJw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFRDj0z784 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su5oljCO30k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrjNr6fFZw West Coast jazz at it's finest. Frank |
^^^ Thanks, guys. I started going to the Lighthouse and listening to these musicians in 1955 when I was a Junior in High School. I had a Buddy who also liked jazz and the two of us would close the place up maybe twice a week, then try to stay awake in school the next day. And then back again on weekends. The club owner recognized us as real enthusiasts so he allowed us to sit in a rear booth and drink coffee all evening ... at twenty-five cents a cup. That was expensive. Twenty-five cents would buy you a gallon of gas at the time. All of the musicians were terrific, but I was especially enamored with the drummer, Stan Levey. If it was a slow night, I would sit right by the stage, looking up at Stan play the drums. In my opinion, Stan Levey was THE best jazz drummer of all time, even better than Shelly Manne. Some think they were close, but for me, Stan takes the cake. https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=stan+levey+drummer&fr=chr-yo_gc&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moderndrummer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2FStan_Levy_No_Credit-720x925.png#id=1&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moderndrummer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2FStan_Levy_No_Credit-720x925.png&action=click I have all of their albums, and they are real treasures in my collection. They are still available on eBay for not a lot of money. They are on the Contemporary label, which was consistently a producer of good sound and great performances. Here's some cool pictures of what it was like: https://www.thelighthousecafe.net/history Ah, the memories. It was a great time to be a kid. Frank |
I was 'into jazz' back in the mid to later '60's.....junior high into high school, while others were all about the 'bubble-gum' pop music... Coltrane, Mann, Gillespie.....names since faded from memory, but re-aligned my ears until the shock waves of the 'Summer of Love' and all that jazz....;) Had a 'music appreciation' class in jr. hi....mentioned jazz to the instructor and she looked at me like I'd turned into a gnome.... Classical fans were like that.... |
My first real jazz haunt was The Cafe Exchange, a tiny bar above a musician store, The Musicians Exchange in Fort Lauderdale. Their back lot had multiple garages for rent for bands to use for practice. When Buddy Rich came to South Florida to play at Miami Beach's Fountainbleu, he soloed at The Exchange. I sat at the bar, ten feet from him,and learned what real drum technique was. The regular jazz club shows here, and the demos like this really made me glad I spent my $25 per year membership fee for free admission. |
OP glad you are having a great audio experience. I used to do that and about 15 years ago I started wondering what was wrong with my system. The treble I remembered just wasn't there any longer. I finally got tired of trying to fix my system and wound up with hearing aids (only have high frequency hearing loss) now I am rediscovering what I have lost. Enjoy the music but be careful as you go down your path, |
prof: Yes, the time machine of recorded music is great, and sounds better. I am the first to admit that my Twin Audire dual mono amps powering my B&W 803's and Bryston powered subs sounds much better than my old Fisher quad receiver (Later, Phase Linear400) powered 4 Advents, not to mention the Fisher Studio Standard 12" three way speakers that preceded the Advents. |