Karl Wallinger
Which artists' music do you buy without audition
We all have our favorite artists and often have large collections of music by them. Name some who when a new cd or vinyl comes out you will buy without hesitation, audition or others' opinions.
Emmylou Harris is one of those for me.
Emmylou Harris is one of those for me.
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Not many. I used to do it frequently when at record stores by just reading the back of the lp for vital info, like names of the performers, and the instruments they played. If I didn't know anyone, the instruments used sometimes made the sale. Some were duds, others were fun. Can't do that any longer...as tears come to my eyes...yearning...good old days... Now there are plenty of sites to explore online, but I need the physical disc in my hands to get me started. I don't just explore to see what comes up. Tried that and it got too involving. I like to just come across a disc and go from there. |
- Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash - Moody Blues, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After/Alvin Lee, Porcupine Tree, Motorhead, AC/DC - Cusco, Patrick O'Hearn - Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Guitar Shorty - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Sophie Milman, Lou Donaldson - Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, Shostokovitch, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Villa Lobos - John Barry, Ennio Morricone, Arthur Fiedler Also I will buy many a compilation album without audition to help fill in my music library with good stuff from various one off acts. |
Matthew Sweet, Bowie, Devo, Gabriel, Byrne, Eno, TMBG, Fountains of Wayne, Weezer, Bad Religion, Cracker, Dandy Warhols, Fastball, Black Francis, Hold Steady, Bob Mould, POTUS, Rundgren, XTC... I lightly audition stuff that's new to me. But I trust my masters, and challenge myself to follow where they lead. If I was such a genius, my CD's would be on the shelves. |
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Pink Floyd, Mars volta, david bowie and frank zappa. Though most cds I dont buy unless I see it for 8 or 9 bucks. my pink floyd collection spans about 40 lps, mars volta about 20, david bowie about 20, and zappa about 35. I also have a lot of beatles, but I only buy certian beatles lps. I just want a complete red japanese set(I have 3/12 now and one of the original 60s red wax jpn) |
I think there's something to be said for Jaybo's shopping method. On a recent trip to Brazil I was in a used record store looking at rock LP's from the 70's through the early 90's. Not able to read or speak Portuguese I found myself attracted to certain album art. There were two things I found quite amazing. 1) What an incredibly good job the VPI 16.5 record cleaner can do on what looks like an LP suitable only for the grave. 2) I hit above 80% liking vs. not liking the music based solely on the look of the album art. |
Probably not many Bjork fans at Audiogon but for those that are, the new 45 RPM vinyl DMM masters from GB are reported to be her best sound ever. I searched the usual music vendors, most selling at retail $45.00 each and already sold out of many of the titles. Then I noticed a link to One Little Indian USA who have the entire Bjork British DMM library at a 25% discount, no tax and a good ship rate. OLI USA website |
I find it funny that Steely Dan is listed so many times here. Like they release albums so often that you would need to listen to 'em first to make sure they didn't release a dirt-rock album ala Nickelback or something. Jaybo...you've never EVER just listened to a cd in the store or previewed an album online before you bought it? How in the hell do you discover new music? Do you walk around the record store and just blindly buy albums with the shiniest covers? |
I probably have all of those listed by Audiofeil, and I refer to his list solely because it includes Bob Dylan ... I grew up with Dylan and still, to this day, enjoy hearing his music .... maybe everyone does ... I don't know In the '60s I bought my first Coltrane albums ... today I still have Coltrane and a lot of others ... |
Autechre (Proghead is right, Autechre is something very special- just paid $229 for their limited edition new CD @ ebay) Aphex Twin, Kiln, The future sound of london, Bibio, Bola, The chemical brothers, Goldfrapp, Trentmoller, Felix Laband, Underworld, Pole, Massive attack, Biosphere, Amon Tobin, Colleen, Venetian snares, Mum, Efdemin, Deepchord and many more. The reconteurs, White stripes, Radiohead, The Kills, The Black keys, Ryan Adams, Sufjan Stevens, Bright eyes, Norah Jones, Vashti Banyan, Nick Cave and Bad seeds, Cat power, Bill Frisell, Coldplay, Aimee mann, Tori Amos and many more |
