That was the band Frank used for Overnight Sensation. Yes Ralph Humphreys on drums. I've got to say, though, I probably listen to Hot Rats the most.
Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer
I went and purchased two more John Coltrane CD’s, "Blue Train" and "Traneing In", in spite of, relative to other artists, having way too many of his albums already. I do love his music and just now counted having forty-eight of his albums, not even including the ones he recorded with Miles Davis.
Is there anyone else out there at least equally nutty, or has more recordings by any single artist, band or composer? If so, who do you like, and how many of their albums have you collected and play? Miles Davis at thirty-three records and CD’s, comes in a not too distant second in my collection.
Hopefully this topic hasn’t been broached before here.
Mike
Is there anyone else out there at least equally nutty, or has more recordings by any single artist, band or composer? If so, who do you like, and how many of their albums have you collected and play? Miles Davis at thirty-three records and CD’s, comes in a not too distant second in my collection.
Hopefully this topic hasn’t been broached before here.
Mike
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@skyscraper, if you're looking for some Richard Thompson releases that feature good guitar playing, I recommend that you seek out some of his "officially sanctioned bootlegs," such as: "Duck Napped;" "More Guitar" or "Semi - Detached Mock Tudor." These came out 15+ years ago, so you'll have to find used copies somewhere; but, they are well worth the effort! |
Doni, thank you. I will get those. Danvignau, How many of those Tull albums did your friend count up? I do like Jethro Tull and saw them on their US Aqualung Tour in the early ’70’s. A great show. Orthomead, I can’t imagine what Beatles material you must have in that impressive collection. I’m only aware of the seventeen USA issue studio albums which I’ve all of, plus the Star Club, Hollywood Bowl and BBC albums, which I don’t. I guess if you include their solo albums that would bring the total up some more, but not nearly to 162 albums. You too Lenmc2964. Mike |
What a great thread. I cannot believe the variety of music that some of you own. the range is inspiring. I too thank all of you for selling your cd collections. I am totally cd oriented except for using Sonos/Spotify at work. At home it is totally mindful listening, lights out, and the Thiel 3.7's and entire PS Audio gear going full blast. To answer the original question, it is Beethoven, Mahler, Richard Thompson, and Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits and Emmy Lou |
The Allman Brothers Band Most of the commercially available recordings on CD and Vinyl as well as instant live recordings of the shows I attended purchased at the Beacon. Crazy thing is that even though I own all of these recordings, I now listen almost exclusively in all of my systems by streaming these same albums via Tidal into Bluesound Node 2i players. |
Jafant, I’m jealous. There can be no happy listening now, knowing you have all the Coltrane and Davis albums and I don’t. I’ll not rest until I’ve achieved that same goal. I do have all the Beatles, and all but the last couple of Rolling Stones releases though, so I’m keeping pace with you there at least. yyman, that’s an impressive Dylan collection you’ve got going. When I was going to school at SUNY at New Paltz, we didn’t live that far from Woodstock, where he was with the Band at Big Pink. There was one record store in town that carried lots of his bootlegs in white jackets in a box below the legitimate records being sold. I wish now I’d the foresight to have gotten a few of those. Probably some rare material. Doni could you recommend a couple of Richard Thomas solo outings you prefer, that showcase his guitar playing? I do have some of the Fairport Convention and Shoot Out the Lights, but no much more and none of his solo work. lwal, good luck with trying to get the entire Dead catalog including all the bootlegs. That’s a true bottomless pit. Van Morrison is a deep pit too, and he's still digging it deeper. Which two Van Morrison albums are you missing? Jssmith, never heard of Buckethead and don’t know how I could have missed someone with 270 albums to his name. I’m listening to him on youtube right this moment since you brought him up, Mike |
Interesting subject since I just recently finished archiving proper releases in my collection to Discogs. Guided by Voices / Robert Pollard is by far the most densely populated. The collection, including all of Pollard's side projects accounts for a total of more than 300 pieces. There are 150 lp's (several double & triple) 1 - 5 lp box set, 38 - cd's, 5 - 4 cd box sets, 5 cassette tapes. Not yet archived are +100 bootlegs / live recordings, 10 test pressings & +10 - 7" single/ep It's safe to say I have the GeebeeVeebees! A distant second is Led Zeppelin at 83 pieces - mostly bootleg lp's. |
Between CDs, SACDs and albums - I have over 200 Bob Dylan pieces. Every single official release (sans maybe a few recent compilations) including studio, live and all the bootleg series sets. My favorite album is "Blood on the tracks." I've seen him in concert 14 times as well. In second place is Queen (my favorite band of all time) with 130+ pieces combined. My favorite albums are "The Works" (that's when I fell in love with Queen at age 8), "The Miracle" (the first Queen CD I owned) and of course "A Night At The Opera. |
R.E.M., Led Zep, U2, Replacements-w/ Paul Westerberg solo and spinoffs, The Who, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker- all David Lowery, Tom Petty with and without the Heartbreakers, Crowded House- w/ Neil Finn solo and with brother, Beatles, Soundgarden/Audioslave-Chris Cornell solo, Paul Simon Whats interesting to me is that the only artist I have a complete album collection of is R.E.M. ---even the clunkers, cause lets face it, all artists release some crap that collects dust. And the other surprise as I went through my collection is that the Stones didn't make the cut. |
- Stravinsky (too many Rite of Springs. 28 at last count, most on vinyl. BUT I DON’T CARE!!!) - Bartok (and still don’t have a minty shaded dog Concerto for Orchestra) - Kinks (if you don’t know their work from the Banned in America phase - 1965 to1969 - and their RCA catalog in the early 70s, YOU ARE A LUCKY DOG. Go buy them all on vinyl RIGHT NOW!) |
I too an am "nutty"! My top two nuttiest (all CDs at this point): Miles Davis - 65 discs John Coltrane - 53 discs Each of them would be even more had I kept their vinyl and inferior CD recordings I discarded in favor of better remastered discs. These two are by far where I've gone the deepest into Nuttyville. |
I can’t help wondering what FZ’s comments would have been about the current state of the world and US leadership in particular. ’Dickie’s Such An Asshole’ wouldn’t even begin to cover it....Some of you a**hats just can't contain yourself, can you? Even a simple benign thread such as this has to be politicized by radicals. Sheesh........ |
I accidentally stumbled onto the chalet way up on Red Mountain in Aspen CO where Dave Brubeck and his group occasionally practiced and hung out. They were not there at the time, only the caretaker who let us listen to the stereo system. Six or seven racing Ducati’s in the garage. The stereo system was all tube Macintosh electronics, a tall rack of it, not the usual stuff, either. Ablaze with blue. At least 4 huge Macintosh speakers the size of refrigerators and some kind of monster mid range horn, maybe JBL. Brubeck’s concert grand piano was hooked up to a digital time delay system that my brother, demonstrated. There was a bunch of Joshua Light show stuff too that we activated with some Hendrix and Get Yer Ya Yas Out, almost too long ago to remember, back in 1970. |
Original 6-eye Columbia for "Time Out" and "Time Further Out" is obtainable because Columbia is a big label that released a lot of copies of their major stars (unlike hunting down original Blue Note). I think they both sound really good and are better than the reissues (probably an issue of the master tapes degrading a bit over time). Columbia did fantastic sounding recordings back then. When I want to show someone how little has been done in sixty years to improve the state of the art in recording, I take out an original 6-eye Ellington "Blues in Orbit" (stereo), to make my case. |
thecarpathian ...
Yes, and thanks for asking. My favorite was never released in stereo, so ... mono only. BUT ... the sound and performance are really good. It is the type of mono record that will have you asking ... "who needs stereo?" It’s "Jazz Impressions of The U.S.A." This looks like a good one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Jazz-LP-DAVE-BRUBECK-Jazz-Impressions-of-the-USA-Orig-6-eyes-CL-984-NM/362975912949?hash=item54830ce3f5:g:IzgAAOSwtYxeSKmq Next in line would be "Further Time Out." Here’s a promo "six-eye" stereo copy. If you look at your CD collection, you’ll find "Further Time Out" in there. :-) https://www.ebay.com/itm/DAVE-BRUBECK-QUARTET-TIME-FURTHER-OUT-COLUMBIA-6-EYE-STEREO-LP-PROMO-VG/164156367728?hash=item26387b6370:g:GvAAAOSwxzhekGtp The "Jazz at Oberlin" album is mono only and has somewhat of a compromised sound compared to the two above, however, Paul Desmond is especially inspired on the album. There are Brubeck fans out there who think it was his best effort. https://www.ebay.com/itm/VG-Dave-Brubeck-Jazz-At-Oberlin-Paul-Desmond-Fantasy-3-11-1953-Vinyl-LP-10-DG/183982407790?hash=item2ad634c06e:g:GLoAAOSwP~Fdl1PO You should look for original pressings on the Columbia label. Heavy vinyl and very good sound-wise too The Brubeck albums on the Fantasy label, in my opinion, aren’t up there with the Columbia’s sound-wise, so I would opt for the Columbia’s. Also, as a side note, it isn't Brubeck, but if you can find a stereo version of this on red vinyl, snap it up: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Conte-Candoli-All-Stars-LITTLE-BAND-BIG-JAZZ/253955509774?epid=44375329&hash=item3b20ed8e0e:g:6mwAAOSwnHZYUPxb Take care ... Frank |
skyscraper, If you are the Rolling Stones fan and you have never heard "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star", you have not missed that much. It is as far from Let It Bleed as, I do not know what really. Maybe Giorgio Moroder? Still, if you have nothing to do, it may be a worthwhile novelty. Talk about being a completist, it gets you up there for a few dollars. Of course, you have to get 12" version, which is a dance one, I guess. But, they are from around $3. Also, his Willie and the Poor Boys was an interesting endeavour. (Charlie Watts, Chris Rea, Jimmy Page, etc.) He even published a book about the blues, Mississippi and that area, which was quite informative and nice. I would recommend it as a quick read and look. https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Wymans-Blues-Odyssey-Journey/dp/0789480468 https://www.discogs.com/Bill-Wyman-Si-Si-Je-Suis-Un-Rock-Star/release/692641 https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6376461?ev=rb |
Glupson, I've Bill Wyman's first solo album, Monkey Grip on vinyl from when it came out in 1974. Don't think I've played it since, so I'll give it a spin tonight. It's got Lowell George, Leon Russell and Dr..John on it. Never heard that (Si Si) one you have. He was fairly prolific though. Zamfir and Slim Whitman, odd bedfellows. Jnovak, 200 hours of recordings of a not so prolific artist like Mason Williams is some impressive collecting. I've a bunch of obscure recordings by Mike Bloomfield from his banner years, before he get drugged out, that took some effort to collect, so I appreciate your effort in finding what you have. Mike |
