How do you "flex" or show nuance of your music system for visitors?

[Dre_J]

hi Dre, great to see you here......love that track too.....play it often for visitors and it always get's the flow going.

I can't remember if it was you or some of my other acquaintances that were in one of the rooms at AXPONA few years ago when I was playing the LP.

In any event, Voodoo is a wonderful LP.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

I can't remember if it was you or some of my other acquaintances that were in one of the rooms at AXPONA few years ago when I was playing the LP.

In any event, Voodoo is a wonderful LP.

i would bring it and play it at shows, particularly for Luke Manley in the VTL room.....who came to expect me to bring it. then one year someone gifted him a copy. i assume he still uses it.

 

[Dre_J]

i would bring it and play it at shows, particularly for Luke Manley in the VTL room.....who came to expect me to bring it. then one year someone gifted him a copy. i assume he still uses it.

Ahh, Luke is or "Six Degrees of Separation" Voodoo connection!

 

[JohnP]

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I’m sure all of us have demo quality LPs or music that we want to play for new visitors to show different aspects of our systems.

What do you play for your new visitors when you want to “Flex” your system and or show how nuanced it can be?

How about listing maybe 5 or more different ones you try to get in the rotation?

Added my first list here

Added some CD/SACD here

Added a few more in-session records here

La Fille Mal Gardee LP Decca
Arnold’s Overtures Tape, Tape Project
Blues a Plenty (Classic Records) CD
Gentle Ben Tqpe Analog Productions
Shostakovich Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Naxos CD

 

[213Cobra]

"Flex." I despise that term for its current colloquial meaning. A true four-letter characterization of our times. No, I don't "flex" and certainly not with my hifi. I usually just play Muddy Waters' "Folksinger" to give the new listener a reference for analog vocal and instruments in a minimally-mic'd, simple acoustic space (not to mention everyone should hear a young Buddy Guy on guitar!). Then I just ask them what they like to listen to and play for them anything I have that interests them, regardless of the source quality.

Phil

 

[Dre_J]

La Fille Mal Gardee LP Decca
Arnold’s Overtures Tape, Tape Project
Blues a Plenty (Classic Records) CD
Gentle Ben Tqpe Analog Productions
Shostakovich Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Naxos CD

Thanks for sharing!

La Fille Mal Gardee LP (Decca and also a London Blueback), Arnold’s Overtures Tape (Tape Project), and Gentle Ben Tape (Analog Productions Ultra tape) are in my library in the same formats and are good choices.

I'll need to look for the specific Shostakovich Jazz Suites No. 1 and 2 but will listen to an available version via. Qobuz soon. I will also listen to Hodges' Blues-A-Plenty via. the same stream service.

Dre

 

[Dre_J]

...I usually just play Muddy Waters' "Folksinger" to give the new listener a reference for analog vocal and instruments in a minimally-mic'd, simple acoustic space (not to mention everyone should hear a young Buddy Guy on guitar!). Then I just ask them what they like to listen to and play for them anything I have that interests them, regardless of the source quality.

Phil

A nice mid-60s all analog acoustic album that is a classic staple for many. I have a few LP versions around, along with an excellent sounding 15IPS Tape.

Dre

 

[213Cobra]

A nice mid-60s all analog acoustic album that is a classic staple for many. I have a few LP versions around, along with an excellent sounding 15IPS Tape. The great Mr. Guy was in his late teens (18, 19?) at that time if I remember correctly.

Dre

Buddy was 26 when that album was recorded; 27 when it was released. But still.... -Phil

 

[Dre_J]

Buddy was 26 when that album was recorded; 27 when it was released. But still.... -Phil

Thanks. I didn't remember correctly. Age error removed.

 

[Tangram]

"Flex." I despise that term for its current colloquial meaning. A true four-letter characterization of our times. No, I don't "flex" and certainly not with my hifi. I usually just play Muddy Waters' "Folksinger" to give the new listener a reference for analog vocal and instruments in a minimally-mic'd, simple acoustic space (not to mention everyone should hear a young Buddy Guy on guitar!). Then I just ask them what they like to listen to and play for them anything I have that interests them, regardless of the source quality.

Phil

Except that the thread is 12 years old.

 

[Dre_J]

La Fille Mal Gardee LP Decca
Arnold’s Overtures Tape, Tape Project
Blues a Plenty (Classic Records) CD
Gentle Ben Tqpe Analog Productions
Shostakovich Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Naxos CD

Thanks for sharing!

La Fille Mal Gardee LP (Decca and also a London Blueback), Arnold’s Overtures Tape (Tape Project), and Gentle Ben Tape (Analog Productions Ultra tape) are in my library in the same formats and are good choices.

I'll need to look for the specific Shostakovich Jazz Suites No. 1 and 2 but will listen to an available version via. Qobuz soon. I will also listen to Hodges' Blues-A-Plenty via. the same stream service.

Dre

John,

I wanted to follow up and let you know I listened to the Shostakovich Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Naxos CD-rip I have on my local files. A lovely piece of music with short segments of Waltzes, Polkas, Foxtrots, Marches, and Dances. Those digital bits on the local drive may not have been accessed for a long time if you hadn't mentioned the performance.

I found the Hodges' Blues-A-Plenty album on Qobuz and enjoyed listening to it. Given the style and late 50s to early 60s similarities, I'd like to recommend giving Charlie Rouse's Unsung Hero album a listen if you have access to streaming.

Thanks again for sharing your list.
Dre

 

[JohnP]

John,

I wanted to follow up and let you know I listened to the Shostakovich Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Naxos CD-rip I have on my local files. A lovely piece of music with short segments of Waltzes, Polkas, Foxtrots, Marches, and Dances. Those digital bits on the local drive may not have been accessed for a long time if you hadn't mentioned the performance.

I found the Hodges' Blues-A-Plenty album on Qobuz and enjoyed listening to it. Given the style and late 50s to early 60s similarities, I'd like to recommend giving Charlie Rouse's Unsung Hero album a listen if you have access to streaming.

Thanks again for sharing your list.
Dre

I don’t have a streamer but next time I visit a friend who has one, I’ll give Unsung Hero a listen.

 

[213Cobra]

Except that the thread is 12 years old.

Yeah, the term and usage have been plaguing us that long.

 

[Dre_J]

Yeah, the term and usage have been plaguing us that long.

Can we please move off this one term and perhaps focus on the content and substance of the thread like everyone else along with how our discussions were conducted back then to share these specific types of music as I laid out in post #159 that was more than a decade after the thread was started?

 

[213Cobra]

Can we please move off this one term and perhaps focus on the content and substance of the thread like everyone else along with how our discussions were conducted back then to share these specific types of music as I laid out in post #159 that was more than a decade after the thread was started?

I think I did that in my first reply. You brought it up again by inference. Nothing else to say about it. -Phil

 

[hifiguy42]

Mahler's 5th - 1st movement (Trauermarsch) DG OSS 33 RPM
Bruch - Scottish Fantasy - Finale (Heifetz) AP's reissue of the Living Stereo 200 gram 33 RPM
Springsteen - Wild Billy's Circus Story from The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle Columbia 180 gram 33 RPM
Van Morrison - I'll Be Your Lover Too from His Band and the Street Choir RHF 180 gram 33 RPM
Gillian Welch - Look at Miss Ohio from Soul Journey Acony 180 gram 33 RPM
Pat Metheny - It's For You from As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls ECM Original (1980) 33 RPM
Natalie Merchant - Eye of the Storm from Keep Your Courage 180 gram 33 RPM
Greg Brown - The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home from Iowa Waltz Red House Records 33 RPM

 

[Dre_J]

I think I did that in my first reply. You brought it up again by inference. Nothing else to say about it. -Phil

Oh dear

 

[Dre_J]

Mahler's 5th - 1st movement (Trauermarsch) DG OSS 33 RPM
Bruch - Scottish Fantasy - Finale (Heifetz) AP's reissue of the Living Stereo 200 gram 33 RPM
Springsteen - Wild Billy's Circus Story from The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle Columbia 180 gram 33 RPM
Van Morrison - I'll Be Your Lover Too from His Band and the Street Choir RHF 180 gram 33 RPM
Gillian Welch - Look at Miss Ohio from Soul Journey Acony 180 gram 33 RPM
Pat Metheny - It's For You from As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls ECM Original (1980) 33 RPM
Natalie Merchant - Eye of the Storm from Keep Your Courage 180 gram 33 RPM
Greg Brown - The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home from Iowa Waltz Red House Records 33 RPM

Thanks for contributing. There a a couple songs on your list i haven't listened to.

Dre

 

[MylesBAstor]

OK I’ll play again 11 years later.

Tough choices having a sizeable LP and tape collection and constantly shopping for and (re) discovering new LPs on the shelves.

But here goes my top five dressed to impress.

Fink: Low Swing Sessions, Horch House/Low Swing Records, 15 ips tape; (alternatively, Low Swing Records, 45 rpm LP)

Charlie Byrd: Self titled, D2D Crystal Clear Records, 45 rpm LP

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, RCA Living Stereo, LSC 1992, Munch/BSO and Heifetz (violin), either the Classic Records 45 rpm reissue or original SD LP (very early, experimental stereo, 2-track recording done in 1957 (?)) at Boston Symphony Hall

Amemiya: Summer Prayer, RCA RVC 2154, 45 (very rare) or 33 rpm LP

Now where’s things get interesting and I can’t make a decision on numero cinco.

So here’s my choices:

#1 Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby, Tape Project/Riverside 15 ips tape or Analogue Productions 45 rpm LP; word of warning: don’t get the new Craft LP. It’s a pale facsimile of the original LP sounding washed out, stereo and lacking the airiness the original.

#2 George Duke: Feelings, (Frank Zappa appears on two tracks), Horch House/MPs 15 ips tape or recent MPS LP reissue

Or #3 Dimeola, McLaughlin, de Lucia: Saturday Night in SF, Horch House, 15 ips tape (it’s all analog unlike the Impex reissue)

 

[PeterA]

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I’m sure all of us have demo quality LPs or music that we want to play for new visitors to show different aspects of our systems.

What do you play for your new visitors when you want to “Flex” your system and or show how nuanced it can be?

How about listing maybe 5 or more different ones you try to get in the rotation?

Added my first list here

Added some CD/SACD here

Added a few more in-session records here

I actually do not play anything specific. I usually simply ask my visitors what they want to hear. I let them decide.