Recordings with BASS

"Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"

I can imagine the bass just from the name......

I had a serious bass moment yesterday. Zwischentone (Nuances) by Windwerk (24/192 !!). Major pipe organ action, track 2, "Improvisation".

+1 "Bela Flec- Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"

i was listening to porcupine tree`s 'lightbulb sun' yesterday.awesome bass and drumming.
Al

Old rock record/CD from Pink Floyd called Dark Side of the Moon. Cut with the deep bass is called "Time".

Here is my "Low end" reference list.

Opera:
Rigoletto, Act 1 scene 2, duet with Rigoletto and Sparafucile (the Baritone) "vecchio maledivami"

Pagliacci, End of act 1, the instrumental conclusion after the aria "Vesti la giubba". It ends on a low note, setting the tone for things to come in act II.

Jazz:
Kind of Blue, blue in green, Paul Chambers concludes the track by playing the bass with a bow. This is only really evident on a system with tight bass.

Electronic:
Shuttle, Tunnel, on Ninja Tune records. This is a slowed down drum and bass style (UK grime without the rapping) track.

Pop/Rock:
Sarah Mclachlan, on the Album surfacing, the track "I love you". The baseline is very low and has tendency to come accross very muddled (if at all) on poorly set-up systems.

Blue Rodeo, 5 days in May. Featuring Sarah McLachlan on back-up vocals (not that this is relevant).

Hip-hop:
Digable Planets, their second Album, the track "Cool Like That". There is a second baseline (accent) that only comes in at certain points, again it is low frequency and is not apparent on most systems. It plays over the main baseline, so it has tendancy to get lost if the system cannot provided sufficent low end definition (more of a room thing really).

Well those are my picks.

I can't wait to check out Learsfools Wagner suggestion.

most of Ray Browns recordings

If you get the Wasserman make sure it is the 24 bit remaster. I got it in a 3 CD set ; solos, duets and trios. The last two are really excellent for bass and sound in general.

Here are some I use.

Pendulum Immersion

This entire album has a lot of bass through and through.

The Sheffield Lab Drum and Track Disc (XRCD24) by Jim Keltner and Ron Tutt

The Great Fantasy Adventure Album from Telarc

You gotta love it when there is a warning label on the CD stating that you may damage your equipment.

Lots of great suggestions. I will need to look up some of these.
If I remember correctly Sumiko recommends a Bob Wasserman CD/LP with Jennifer Warnes called Duets for setting up speakers but I think the Donald Fagen SCAD of " Morph the cat" may be my favorite.

Jennifer Warnes' "The Hunter" features a really well recorded rhythm section.

Sunn 0)))

*not for the faint of heart*

Every single one of Anouar Brahem's 8 albums is a gem in its own right. If you like the Arab drum I also suggest you check our the album Nafas by Rabih Abou-Khalil.

Paula Cole, 1st song on This Fire album "Tiger".
Soundtrack from the first Pirates of the Carribean movie.
Better tack down mammas antiques when these two play. They both also hit both ends of the sonic spectrum and will put your system to the test.
Have fun, John

This is incredible for bass-testing or simply listening:

Artist: Anouar Brahen.
Recording: The Astounding Eyes of Rita.

Anouar plays the oud; Klaus Gesing,bass clarinet; Björn Meyer, bass; Khaled Yassine, drums of various tpes. I stumbled across this via YouTube. Track #5 was playing in the background of a Rega turntable "ad". Thought it was just beautiful, sent a note to the audio shop. Best music/musician discovery in a long time for me.

For setting up subs REL recommends the sound track from "Sneakers". I have it and it is quite good for both bass and musical content.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tin Pan Alley on the Texas Flood Album

Much of "Monkey Business" by the Black Eyed Peas for bass you should feel.

"On the Threshold of a Dream" by the Moody Blues for bass articulation, detail and control.

If both of these sound good, most everything else should also and you are in very good shape bass-wise.

Donald Fagen, " Morph the Cat" on vinyl.

Look for CDs or SACDs of the group Kodo - Japanese taiko drumming.

Try any Medeski,Martin and Wood recording. Drums,organ and bass. A low end lovers workout for sure.

get some Reggae songs

If you like Electronic music try "Yello", OHHHHHH YEEeeeaaAaaAaaH lol

"Night fight" from Crouching Tiger hidden Dragon. Wonderful test of dynamic range. The very deepest, tight, high impact bass from a tympany drum vs the hi pitch click of sticks that wiil make you jump and savor it at same time.

Bela Flec- Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

If you are looking for good bass tone "Pat Metheny / Charlie Haden | Beyond the Missouri Sky"

If your looking for deep bass...."Archetribe / Earthtones"

Amazon has both of these great cd's and I've used them for years as subwoofer setup tools.

Dave

This depends on what you want to test about the bass. If you are looking for how well your system reproduces the sound of live, acoustic bass-register instruments, then a great thing to use is the opening of Wagner's opera, Das Rheingold.

Go to the Search Archives and type in "Bass" and Music for the category and that should direct you to a few threads that should get you headed in the right direction