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| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Pehare ..They are all great. The guitar is one of my favorite instruments. Oh, on the last post I made, I made a mistake. It should have been ... for flamenco guitar, its Manita de Plata. Here's a link to a three LP set that I own. Found one that ... | |
| Linda Ronstadt can't sing anymore. Bifwynne ...Here's her Mexican music for sale on Ebay:http://www.ebay.com/itm/LINDA-RONSTADT-CANCIONES-DE-MI-PADRE-CD-/221714451701?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339f360cf5On the delivery date on the REF-75 ... It takes four days from time of... | |
| Diana Krall, Wallflower Tubegroover ...I keep telling them that, but they keep saying that Bill Evans music is lounge music. I keep telling them top expand their musical taste. Go figure. | |
| Best Miles Davis Mono LPs to Start a Collection A must have is Mile's "Round Midnight" album. Only available in mono ... and when you hear it on a good system, you'll be asking yourself ... "who needs stereo??" | |
| Greatest Children musicians of all times Have any of you heard Jackie Evancho sing? See her on youtube. Amazing. | |
| Buy Mono vs. Stereo LPs for Stereo Rig As a life time collector of LPs who started collecting in High School back in the 50's, I have tons of great mono records ... mostly jazz. I've found that Audio Technica's OC9-MKIII, even though its a stereo cartridge, plays mono records superbly.... | |
| What tracks really make your system shine? Don't laugh, okay? Dean Martin's album "Dream with Dean." Its like looking down Dean Martin's throat. | |
| Linda Ronstadt can't sing anymore. I have a three-box set of French pressings of the work she did with Nelson Riddle. I just recorded it to CD the other day to play in the car. I went to see her concert where she sang all of her Mexican music. I think half of the Hispanic populatio... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Well, on second thought its Barney Kessel for jazz, John Williams for classical and Manita de Playa for flamenco. Glen Campbell isn't too shabby for country either. | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Easy question. Barney Kessel. | |
| Diana Krall, Wallflower Krall's best album (CD) is her "Live in Paris" album. I have audiophile friends who absolutely hate Diana krall. They don't understand what I see (hear) in her. Her voice is sultry, sexy and her phrasing is excellent. Yes, she is no Sarah Vaughn .... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Lighthouse Allstars.Back in 1955 & 1956 when I was in high school, a buddy of mine and I used to go to the Lighthouse jazz club in Hermosa Beach (California) a couple of nights a week to hear Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse Allstars. Rumsey on bass... | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? Blue Gardenia by Diana Washington. Or ... I've got a crush on you by Sarah Vaughn. | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Here's three of my favorites ...1. Dave Bruebeck's "Jazz in the USA"Paul Desmond's playing on this mono record is among the best of Desmond. I bought my first copy back in the 50's when it first came out. That was when the Bruebeck Quartet was con... | |
| Audio Research REF 75 vs VAC Phi 200 Bifwynne ...According to my source, the CD-6 is a fantastic CD-Player. I'm tempted, but I really love the sound of my upgraded CD-7. It really jumped by a large margin when I installed the REF-75 into the system. It was like an entirely new CD col... |