Yes; that's a great version of S. Mag. Europe '72 was the first live Dead album I heard and it spoiled me forever, due to the consistently excellent playing and (relatively in-tune) overdubbed vocals.
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
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I don’t think I can categorize the music I like. Similar to @Daledeee1, I have had a music system pretty much all my life. My first record player being given to me at around 10. I, too, now have Qobuz on a decent streamer that sounds better than a CD player because of the higher sampling resolution. I could only listen to new music, but some music has become the background of my life and I have to go back to it. It’s not songs, though. It’s albums. I could not make a list like @simonmoon of the musical attributes that appeal to me. Although I go to the L.A. Phil at Disney Hall and often hear new music. Sometimes I have purchased CDs of some new music I have heard and it becomes part of my collection, numbering about a thousand albums and a thousand CDs. Too much, I think. What are my comfort albums? I must hear Beethoven at least once a week. Usually several times a week. And Van Morrison is a regular on my turntable. I listened to a CD I haven’t played in many years. Szymanowski’s Symphonie Concertante. It sounded "experimental" enough (although probably a hundred years old) to be on @simonmoon’s list. Do you know this composer? I often play Sibelius, although he doesn’t have the complexity of Beethoven, but few composers do. I have been listening to a lot of jazz lately because I belong to the Jazz Aficianado forum. I’m listening to Coltrane’s "Crescent" now. Although I have the vinyl album, I was lazy and played it from Qobuz. Vinyl sounds better, but it’s kind of background music now. I was painting up until maybe three, four years ago. Larger canvases. Abstract colorfield. I used to play rock and dance as I painted. My back is not what it used to be and after a half hour, I had to quit painting. So, not worth it. But one of my top go-to groups was the Stones. Good dancing music. Also Robyn "Body Talk." Great dancing music. I write everyday (or at least aspire to) and mostly listen to jazz or classical music during the mornings. I know most pieces so well, they don’t distract me. Today I listened to Beethoven’s 6th Symphony. I have many versions of it. Years ago I picked up Bruno Walter’s version made around 1960 when he was 80. It might be the most popular version because he approaches the piece with such slow lyricism. Also at the top of the list for Beethoven’s 6th is Karl Bohm. I had to think hard about buying his album because he was an unapologetic Nazi, playing for Hitler. But then, so were a number of conductors whose albums I own. I can hardly listen to von Karajan anymore. His music seems to me like his photographs look: a poseur. Mitsuko Uchida has become my favorite classical pianist and I am posting the 2nd movement of the Schubert Impromptu 899. On this piece, I think she is most brilliant and her touch and nuance are absolutely alive. This is a stunning piece of music if you haven’t heard it. |
thanks to DSP audio restoration tools, there is a whole world of 78 RPM recordings waiting for the treatment and expectant ears to hear for the first time without all the noise. my most recent project is the June 1931 recording of George Gershwin at the piano leading a pickup orchestra of ace players performing the recorded debut of his Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, no. 2. this original version differs radically from just about all other versions available on the marketplace today. |
I heard the Dead play several times in places like the Fillmore Auditorium. If I remember correctly, Jefferson Airplane played with them a number of times. Also a group called Mother Earth, which I liked the best. They played country and R&B. Great band. One of my musical regrets is that I did not know that Janis Joplin was part of Big Brother. I didn't even know who she was until a few days before I left on my lengthy world trip. I wish I had seen her live. I'm posting an early Van Morrison song called "TB Sheets." Anybody who has a chance to listen to it, I'd be interested in how you would categorize it: rock, blues, R&B, jazz-rock? |
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