I recently rediscovered a 1991 CD by Finley Quaye called Maverick A Strike - I love the tracks:
It’s Great When We’re Together and Even After All.
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Continuing my non-classical list:
Don Fagen - Sunken Condos
The Fairfield Four - Standing in the Safety Zone
Bill Frisell - The Willies
Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart
Mary Gauthier - “Mercy Now” from Mercy Now
Rhiannon Giddens - There Is No Other
Gov’t Mule - “I’m a Ram” from Mighty High
Dave Grusin - “Prologue” from West Side Story
Tord Gustavsen Trio - Changing Places
Charlie Haden Family & Friends - Rambling Boy
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen - At Edwards Barn
Dave Holland - Hands
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet - Way Out East
Janis Ian - “The Crocodile Song” from Folk Is the New Black
Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Country Heart
more later…
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More from my list:
Lori Lieberman - Home of Whispers
Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon
Lyle Lovett - “I’ve been to Memphis” from Joshua Judges Ruth
Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
John McEuen - Made in Brooklyn
Cecile McLorin Salvant - “WIld Women Don’t Have the Blues” from Dreams and Daggers
Kris McKay - “Wish You Were Here” from Echoes of Pink
Don McLean - Solo
Larry McNeely - Confederation
Katie Melua - The House
Middle Brother - “Portland” from Middle Brother
The Milk Carton Kids - The Ash & the Clay
Milton Mapes - “Monahans” from Westernaire
Joni Mitchell - “Carey” from Blue
Paul Motian Trio - The Paradox of Continuity
more later…
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Heard Billy Holiday’s cover of Strange Fruit today. It was on Amazon Music. Great song for our times. From the flavor of your list, I think you’d really like Grace Potter’s new album, Daylight. She sounds like a refined Janis Joplin.
Cheers,
Mongo
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Just want to thank everyone for the great list. Be checking them off this weekend.
May I respectfully suggest a great Brian Bromberg album called Downright Upright?
Terrific sound on CD. For some reason it does not show up on Qobuz!
Oh, well there’s plenty of Brombergs in the sea.
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G Yes you may. I wonder if Paul has even seen our list(s), yet. Lot of great music and ideas being listed on here.
Ultrasonicley,
Mongo
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I have seen it and it’s very helpful to us all. I haven’t had the time to try any of these new and exciting tracks. My days are pretty full with trying to finish my upcoming new book, The Audiophile’s Guide, The Stereo.
Here’s more of my list:
- Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
- Dark Angel - Blue Rodeo - Five Days in July
- Angel Vengador - Harry Gregson-Williams - Man on Fire
- A case of you - Diana Krall - Live in Paris
- Everything Is Free (feat. Flock of Dimes) - Sylvan Esso - Don’t Dream It’s Over / Everything Is Free
- Come Away with Me - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
- Gaia - James Taylor - Hourglass
- On a Black Horse / Linearity - Avishai Cohen (b) - Almah
- Get Lucky - Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Random Access Memories (Hi-Res Version)
- Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd - The Wall
- Landslide - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)
- How Insensitive - Diana Krall - From This Moment On
- Liquid Spirit - Gregory Porter - The Best of Blue Note
- Gnomus - Jean Victor Arthur Guillou - Mussorgsky: M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition - Stravinski: 3 Movements from Petrushka
- Quarter Chicken Dark - Yo-Yo Ma - Yo-Yo Ma - The Classic Albums Collection
- Raven - GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
- California Dreamin’ - Diana Krall - Wallflower (Deluxe Edition)
- San Jacinto - Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 4: Security (Remastered)
- Scarlet Town - Brad Mehldau - Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
- Seven Years - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
- Sleeping by Myself - Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge - Mount Royal
- Stimela (The Coal Train) - Hugh Masekela - Hope
- Finale: Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Debut
- Take This Hammer (feat. The Fairfield Four) - Willie Watson - Folksinger, Vol. 2
- Tennis Court - Lorde - Pure Heroine
- The Ragpicker’s Dream - Mark Knopfler - The Ragpicker’s Dream
- The Song Is You - Joe Pass - Virtuoso
- The Tennessee Waltz - Allan Taylor - Behind the Mix
- The Time Machine - Jean Michel Jarre - Electronica 1: The Time Machine
- Train Song - Holly Cole - Temptation
- Turn Me On - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
- Variations on One String on a Theme By Rossini: Moses Fantasie - Janos Starker - Janos Starker: Virtuoso Music for Cello
- Warm Ways - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)
- Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Within - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (Hi-Res Version)
- Youth - Daughter - A Long Way Down - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Mozart: Sonate in D-Dur Für Zwei Klaviere Kv 448: Allegro Con Spirito - Dena Piano Duo - The Nordic Sound
- Nordheim: Colorazione - Cikada Duo - Nordheim
- Islandsmoen: Requiem - Lacrymosa - Kristiansand Symfoniorkester - The Nordic Sound
- Gjeilo: North Country II - Tom Barber - The Nordic Sound
- Stairway to Heaven - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela (Reedition Digitale)
- Diving Duck Blues - Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ - TajMo
- Hip-Notica - Tony Hymas - Who Else!
- Keep the Wolves Away - Uncle Lucius - And You Are Me
- 1br/1ba - Vienna Teng - Dreaming Through the Noise
- Musical Genocide - Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit
- Arms of A Woman - Amos Lee - Amos Lee
- Gomni (with Ry Cooder) - Ali Farka TourÈ - Talking Timbuktu (with Ry Cooder)
- Trouble’s What You’re In - Fink - Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet
- Line ‘em Up - James Taylor - Hourglass
- Run Away - Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down
- Alison - Holly Cole - The Best of Holly Cole
- Gaslighting Abbie - Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (Edition Studio Masters)
- Where Will I Be - Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
- Sex in a Pan - Bela Fleck - UFO Tofu
- Requiem: Pie Jesu - Mass Text - Rutter: Requiem - Five Anthems
- Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland - Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man - Appalachian Spring - Symphony No. 3
- Raleigh and Spencer - Tony Furtado - Tony Furtado Band
- Harlem Nocturne - Illinois Jacquet - Swing’s the Thing
- Celestial Echo - Malia - Convergence
- Samurai Cowboy - Various Interprets - The Gate
- Swallow Your Pride - Rhys - Swallow Your Pride
- Mose Allison Played Here - Greg Brown - Slant 6 Mind
- Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen - The Essential Leonard Cohen
- Cowgirl in The Sand - Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971
- My Romance - Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor
- Fever - Petra Magoni - Musica Nuda - Live FIP
- Lost and Lookin’ - Sam Cooke - The Man Who Invented Soul
- Yesterday - Boyz II Men - II
- Be Brave - My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind
- Life on Mars? - Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Hey Now - London Grammar - If You Wait (Deluxe)
- Asheville Skies - The Milk Carton Kids - Monterey
- Love Is A Verb - John Mayer - Born and Raised
- Once You - Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol.1
- Don’t Mess with Mister T - Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - The Capitol Studios Sessions
- Don’t Even Sing About It - The Books - The Lemon of Pink (Remastered)
- Like I Was Sayin’ - Chick Corea - Chinese Butterfly
- Thanks to You - Boz Scaggs - Dig
- Whiskey and You - Chris Stapleton - Traveler
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime - George Michael - Songs from the Last Century
- Take Five - Dave Brubeck - Time Out
- Skin - Jamie Woon - Making Time
- Friend of the Devil - Bob Weir - Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia
- Dance with Waves - Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes of Rita
- Pärt: Credo for Piano Solo, Mixed Choir and Orchestra - Arvo Pärt - Corigliano / Beethoven / Pärt “Credo”
- So What - Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
- Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
- Opus One - Emmet Cohen - Masters Legacy Series Volume 2: Ron Carter
- House Carpenter - Nickel Creek - This Side
- Variations on One String on a Theme By Rossini: Moses Fantasie - Janos Starker - Janos Starker: Virtuoso Music for Cello
- (Improvvisazione) Adagio - Georg Friedrich Handel - Handel: Organ Concertos, Op.4
- Sleeper - Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
- Voyeur - James Blake - Overgrown
- Double Edge - Emika - Emika
- Poco adagio - Olivier Latry - Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G minor - Camille Saint-SaÎns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ” - Samuel Barber: Toccata festiva
- When the Party’s Over - Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- Bad Guy - Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- You Don’t Get Me High Anymore - Phantogram - Three
- Deeper - Pete Belasco - Deeper
- Fit Song - Cornelius - Sensuous
- You Can’t Fail Me Now - Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream
- Infernal Dance of King Kaschei - Myung-Whun Chung - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Stravinsky: Firebird
- Riverside - Agnes Obel - Philharmonics (Deluxe Edition)
- No Tears Left to Cry - Ariana Grande - Sweetener (Explicit)
- Kyrie - Jose Carreras - Ramirez: Missa Criolla; Navidad Nuestra; Navidad en Verano
- Limehouse Blues - Bengt Hallberg - Jazz at the Pawnshop: 30th Anniversary
- Someday House - Greg Brown - Freak Flag
- Walking on Sacred Ground - Many Nations/ Thayne & Taiowa Hake - One Voice
- With Every Breath I Take - Frank Sinatra - Close to You
- The Maze - Herbie Hancock - Jazz ‘Til the End of the Night (All Tracks Remastered)
- Jazz Variants - O-Zone Percussion Group - O-Zone Percussion Group: Bamba (La)
Probably time for me to post this new list in a Paul’s Post as well, I’ll reference this thread too.
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My question wondering if you had seen our little thread was in no way a criticism of you or yours. This thread has been a lot of fun, and I was just wondering if you had been able to get in on the fun yet. Little tip to help you in your writing I found out over the years: keep your crayon sharp. Makes it easier to read. 
Stay healthy.
Anticlimatically,
Mongo
Can you post the link to your Qobuz playlist please?
Here’s the playlist I follow on Qobuz
http://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2198171
You can also find in the HiFi partners section.
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I’m glad that Paul listed them within a post. When a link to Qobuz is provided, non Qobuz users, like myself, will only see the first 50 entries.
Oh, no…not more &*%#@ from Mongo…
Rumer - Thankful. Sounds a bit like Karen Carpenter. This is a very…autumn song. Wistful.
James Taylor - Belfast To Boston. Might choke you up a bit, if you were in the service, or had a relative that was. Wonderful piccolo riffs.
George Benson - This Masquerade. Best cover of this song I’ve ever heard. George’s guitar style relaxes me.
Supertramp - School and Rudy. Great story songs with lots of transitions.
More later.
Halfwittingly,
Mongo
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I think the best recorded George Benson track is Rainy Night In Georgia - superb.
[there are several exceptionally well recorded tracks on George Benson’s Songs And Stories album]
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More from my list…
Nickel Creek - Nickle Creek
Michael Occipinti - Creation Dream: The Songs of Bruce Cockburn
Penny & Sparrow - “Finery” from Let a Lover Drown You
Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
Glen Phillips - “Darkest Hour” from Live at Largo
The Poozies - “Neptune” from Infinite Blue
Andre Previn, Joe Pass & Ray Brown - After Hours
The Redwine Trio - Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Lee Ritenour - Six String Theory
Josh Ritter - “Girl ni the War” from The Animal Years
Marcus Roberts - Gershwin for Lovers
Linda Ronstadt - “The Waiting” from Feels Like Home
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice - Quartet
Kate Rusby - Hourglass
Shoes - “Head vs Heart” from Ignition
more later…
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I’ll have to look that up. Love the original of Rainy Night In Georgia by Brook Benton.
Thanksyafully,
Mongo
More cerebral flatulence from Mongo…
Ever spend an afternoon playing music that fits the weather, or the mood you’re in? I did a couple days ago. It had rained off and on for two days, and I was in a somber mood. Here’s what I came up with:
Phil Collins - The Roof Is Leaking, and I Wish It Would Rain Down
Carley Simon - That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Just A Song Before I Go
Then I turned off the stereo and went outside to smell the rain-scrubbed air. Sounds goofy, but it all lifted my spirits a bit. Ah, the power of music…
Wistfully,
Mongo
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Still more from me, and still non-classical:
Paul Simon - “Everything Put Together Falls Apart” from Paul Simon
Eric Skye - Slow Moving DOg
Kenny and Amanda Smith Band - “I’ve Traveled Down This Lonesome Road Before” from The House Down the Block
Esperanza Spalding - “The Peacocks” from Junjo
Cat Stevens - “Miles from Nowhere” from Tea for the Tillerman
Stevens, Siegel and Ferguson Trio - Six
Sting - “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” from Ten Summoner’s Tales
Sonny Stitt - “Waltz for Diane” from I Remember Bird
Bryan Sutton - “Cricket on the Hearth” from Into My Own
Tierney Sutton - “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” from Something Cool
Billy Taylor - Urban Griot
James Taylor - Before This World
Train - “Save Me, San Francisco” from Save Me, San Francisco
Trampled By Turtles - “Ain’t No Use in Tryin’” from Songs from a Ghost Town
K.T. Tunstall - “Ashes” from Acoustic Extravaganza
Dan Tyminski - Wheels
Various Artists - The Best of the Columbia Records Radio Hour, Volume 1
Various Artists - KCRW Rare on Air, Volume 2
Vertical Horizon - Running on Ice
Suzanne Vega - “I’m Not Your Maggie Mae” from Close-Up Volume 1
Rhonda Vincent - Back Home Again
Joe Williams - “Please Send Me Someone to Love” from Nothin’ but the Blues
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams, and the Harvest remaster
Zozo Sisters - “Walk Away Renee” from Adieu False Heart
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Got a copy of Songs And Stories. You are right about his cover of Rainy Night In Georgia. Very tasty.
Enlightenedly,
Mongo
Wanted to thank everyone that contributed to our little subject. It was/is a blast. You folks cost me a bundle in buying new music, but I have no complaints. The thing that impressed me the most, is how polite and helpful all the posters were. Thanx for that. When we get this Covid situation straightened out, find some young people to turn on to Hi-end audio. It is up to us old fogies to keep this hobby alive.
Gratefully,
Mongo
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@Paul, please, please try listening to “st epreo” by Autechre!
This track isn’t resolvable with small speakers, and every time I have improved my bass response/clarity, something new was always noticeable in the microdynamical bass passages of “st epreo”
Now, this is definitely an unorthodox track by all means, I’m suggesting a concentrated listen just for that unique ride in micro and macrodynamics. It’s creepy, gripping and overloading.
I don’t have a clue if your experiences with a certain lysergamide are still ongoing, but I’d say “st epreo” is very lysergic.