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Old CDs and records @cd318 All you need to do is to rip your collection to a hard drive/ USB and then play it back via a PC/laptop, or as in my case, a smartphone. I have done this with all my pop / R&B CDs. I copied just my favorite tracks to USB sticks to... | |
The Good Stuff Kenny Burrell MIDNIGHT BLUE Blue Note 1963 / 1995 Chitlins con carne : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylGjvwXV3HA Midnight Blue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5xhrGqTeos Saturday Night Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_f4UA5... | |
Old CDs and records @ghdprentice Thanks for the post. Sometimes I am tempted to set up my vinyl rig again to do a comparison between LP and CD. In the meantime I will just agree to disagree with those that prefer LP. Although I do miss the album cover art and t... | |
Old CDs and records Now I'm really confused: You hear it said a lot on Audiogon, that LPs are better and more desirable as a musical source than CDs. I disagree, but many audiophiles hold this view. They trash CD at every opportunity. They even 'apologize' if t... | |
Old CDs and records In the early 80s, I bought my first CD player and CD's in Germany also. After seeing and hearing the Sony Rep demonstrate the player, I thanked the Lord. My Thorens TD126MKll and all 700 albums went into the closet / garage. Where they will ... | |
The Good Stuff Marcus Roberts ALONE WITH THREE GIANTS Novus 1990 The three giants are Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Morton Jungle Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgXbNlWVffo New Orleans Blues : https://www.youtube.com/w... | |
Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music Polk from Crutchfield. Cheers | |
The Good Stuff Art Pepper NO LIMIT Contemporary / OJC 1977 / 1989 Art Pepper(alto and tenor sax), George Cables(piano), Tony Dumas(bass), Carl Burnett(drums) Rita San : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47uIZFNTIvQ *Mambo de la Pinta : https://www.youtub... | |
The Good Stuff Milt Jackson / John Coltrane BAGS AND TRANE Atlantic / Warner Jazz 1959 / 1988 Late late Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7US8z8h64w Three little words : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYqKq0_vB4 The night we called it a day :... | |
Politics and Music This topic is worth mentioning only if you live in a country ruled by dictatorships. If there is no personal risk or danger to the artist, then it does not count for much what is said or performed. Now, imagine being a composer in Soviet Russia d... | |
The Good Stuff Rahsaan Roland Kirk BLACKNUSS Atlantic / Warner Jazz 1971 / 2007 Ain't no Sunshine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s49BZYibMiw What's going on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJnAXiRlANI My Girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn483... | |
The Good Stuff Gioachino Rossini COMPLETE OVERTURES VOL. 3 Prague Sinfonia Orchestra -- Christian Benda Naxos 2013 L'Italiana in Algeri : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgTiWmI_yIM La Cenerentola : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXIhLawb9hA Trancredi ... | |
Jazz for aficionados Is there anything or anyone preventing you from moving to canada? How about scotland? If you hate this country so much, you should leave. Cheers | |
The Good Stuff Various Artists JAZZ IN AN R&B GROOVE HighNote Records 2004 SACD Compilation taken from Savant and HighNote label / artists. What a difference a day makes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHXeGduaqQ What's going on : https://www.y... | |
The Good Stuff Oscar Peterson Trio NIGHT TRAIN Verve 1962 / 1997 Oscar Peterson(piano), Ray Brown(bass), Ed Thigpen(drums) Night Train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKHt9b5jJqs The Honeydripper : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K3T5hux6U Band Cal... |