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| Sad songs- We love them- We need them Two from Fairport Convention: Crazy Man Michael and Meet on the Ledge | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? One of my recent $1 finds at the local thrift store. It sounds almost new after a cleaning Tomita: Snowflakes are Dancing (RCA) - a real nostalgia trip Next up is Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, March Slave and Romeo and Juliet, Andre Previn/LSO, a ... | |
| Who is your Favorite Historical Conductor? Aren't we forgetting the Russian school? Evgeny Mravinsky, Kirill Kondrashin, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, to name a few. Andre Previn's golden years at EMI/Angel are also worth a mention. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear My 2 cents: 'That's the Way I Feel Now', a Thelonius Monk tribute double album from the 70's. Most of the artists covering Monk tunes, or should I say re-imagining them, are well known (eg Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren, Peter Frampton, Dr John, NRBQ)... | |
| Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to. The Who (but my hearing thanks me. For a while they were loudest band in the world) Pink Floyd Talking Heads mentioned a lot here, but I did see them during their 'Stop Making Sense' tour, and David Byrne has to be the most entertaining front ma... | |
| Who are the Stand Up Guy's and Gals in this Audio Industry? +1 on Donna at SOTA | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London. So damn catchy too.More seriously, anything by Laurie Anderson is 'out there'. | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music I recommend the BBC Music Magazine, a monthly with a bonus Christmas issue, $163 annually in print, $63 digital. It is educational, and not too Anglo-centric. The print edition comes with a CD each month, which will give you a good introduction to... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? Here's an update to my earlier post. My Denon DP-51 started to have problems last year and I gave up on it. The arm appeared to lose it's tracking force and started skipping over the record. Anyone have any experience with repairing them? I hear i... | |
| How old are you? 68. After I left home to work at 18, some new friends dragged me to a few concerts in late '70 and early '71 before I went to college. The first two were King Crimson (I had never heard of them) and Jethro Tull, who I had seen on TV. Both were mag... | |
| I love sad music Another couple of Fairport Convention songs - 'Meet on the Ledge' and 'Crazy Man Michael' | |
| The survival of the fittest. @Mahgister: Tannoy made its name (and fortune) in PA equipment all the way back to the 1930s and really got going with military sales in WW2. The domestic audio line is successful, but I think PA equipment still pays the bills. Even so they are on... | |
| Does your pet listen to your system? My cat Pepper will stay with me in the room until it gets really loud, especially in Mahler and Shostakovich. She and all of our past cats bolt the room when the bells on DSOM start. | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store OP, perhaps the dealer will throw in a foot massage and a bottle of single malt while you listen. | |
| Where do you buy your CDs these days? Besides Amazon and eBay, I would try Berkshire Record Outlet, broinc.comHeavily classical, mostly remaindered or discontinued titles at good prices. CDs and some SACDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays. They also have some jazz and world music. I usually find en... |