Max - do agree with you about PF. I played the heck out FCA way back when...as well as the eponymous studio LP released round about that same time. I may have to track down FCA35...was not aware of it. Thanks.
Last night I enjoyed the guilty pleasure of FCA35 by Peter Frampton. This is a 3 disc live recording celebrating the 35th anniversary of "Frampton Comes Alive" released in 2012. The recording quality is excellent and I think that Peter Frampton is a gifted guitar player who has suffered from over exposure back in the day. This particular collection has a really tasty electric version of All I Wanna Be (is by your side) that sounded great with a little volume.
Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet." Not as loud, though, as when I once heard it being performed live, from a seat in the very first row at Tanglewood (summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra). I would estimate that peaks reached at least 115 db.
Many choices but Jethro Tull is my pop/rock favorite. With the mix of acoustic and electric instruments, wide dynamics, tempo changes and esoteric lyrics make it tough to surpass. On the formal(HP)side Beethoven's 9th symphony is simultaneously brilliant and exhausting. When played loudly you feel your part of the chorus(lol).
These are the songs I crank at break-neck volumes most often, and why I need more amplification:
1. 'Pushit' by Tool off 'Saliva' 2. 'Delirium Trigger' by Coheed and Cambria off 'The Second Stage Turbine Blade' 3. 'Hang you from the Heavens' by The Dead Weather off 'Horehound' 4. 'Assassin' by Muse off 'Black Holes and Revelations' 5. 'Icky Thump' by The White Stripes
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