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Adios California from: John Hiatt
I always put both in my playlist
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Wait for me Vangelis
Here’s an interesting one - mostly because I’m surprised I actually LIKE this recording. I bought it on vinyl at Wuxtry Records in Decatur, GA. For anyone in driving distance to Atlanta, Wuxtry is a must-visit. Their staff is also pretty knowledgable about good recordings. Anyhow, for many years I have been a big fan of singer Dinah Washington. In her earlier years she was jazz and blues, but in the late 50s, turned toward more popular styles. The liner notes for her 1959 (year of my birth) album What a Diff’rence a Day Makes! (Qobuz / Apple Music) begin with “Here’s the new Dinah Washington.” So I knew to expect a more pop approach, and it is. But all the things she’s really good at - phrasing, intonation, timing, voice color - are all there. And the selection of songs is good I think. She’s accompanied by strings, rhythm section, and background singers. So it’s enjoyable from a musical perspective, with a bit of nose-holding for a few of the kitschy musical things done around the time I was born.
But here are the surprises. The technical quality of the recording is remarkably good. This is one of the few recordings where they decided to put the vocalist not directly in the center, but panned to the left, presumably to stage her opposite the background singers. It took a little getting used to, but I ended up OK with it - I could hear the details in her sound. The rest of the soundstage is great, as many from that early stereo period already were. The sounds are nicely balanced and authentic, and perform well on a higher-end system. Something else that tipped me off that this would be a better-than-typical popish recording of the time is the “Hi-FInformation” on the back cover:
I’ve always felt her remarkable vocal qualities.
If you get a chance, her version of “Blue Gardenia” has always been a favorite of mine. Before the stereo era, but still a great recording. A girlfriend of mine in college informed me that there is no such thing as a blue gardenia. When she told me that, I called her a square. Now there’s a term from the past.
I’ve been listening to this recording for some time. It is not only beautiful with that seductive slow tempo but the recording is sublime.Thanks for reminding me of how superb this recording is.
Btw a very young Quincy Jones is credited for the musical arrangements on this fine session.
That’s right, I almost forgot that. The same Quincy Jones who produced MJ’s Thriller! I also really like her version of “I Could Write a Book” from those sessions.
I checked out the Vangelis cut - definitely a great recording - true for the whole Blade Runner soundtrack. I’m not so sure what is flipping your switch on the John Hiatt recording - I saw him in concert many years ago, and never thought much of him from an audiophile angle. Enlighten me!
Oh well, consider, adios California song a personal taste then!
Now, new suggestion, I like the Jazz Sabbath thing, make me understand why I end up so much in Jazz
idem for the Crimson Jazz trio vol.01 and vol. 02!
I wish they do in a near future some Rush Jazz Album and Yes Album, but they end up in classical, some are with success, but when they need to ad a drum kit, I consider the transfer to classical a fail! only Jethro Tull did a good job transferring there music to classical. Those are experiment, most of them, not a easy listening!
Except Jazz Sabbath and Crimson Jazz trio (with the blessing of Crimson, to bad, is Dead now, so only 2 essay for them!)
If you like to experiment, some Talk Talk on verve Laughing stock and Spirit of Eden and the Mark Hollis only solo album (also dead, so only one album for the lead singer of Talk Talk). Mark Hollis after international success with colour of spring prefer to withdraw and continue exploring music with Talk Talk and sign on verve! His music was more important to him than stardom!
anyway gave them a ear? if you have a chance!
Color of spring the remaster is to avoid, if you could find a 1980 CD or original album (pricey), huge difference in the before and after remaster!
Enjoy, Write to you soon! [wTyS]
ps Blues section: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny songs! fun
and if you like dynamite live record: Buddy Guy with the Saturday night live band. And JJ Cale Live the one with is face on a truck [beware, you will never see Clapton the same after listening JJ!]
I prefer good live show recording by the way:
WAIT! So I ask what impressed you with the John Hiatt track, you shrug and say it’s “personal taste,” then come back and overload me with about 50 other things? Now if that’s not “asking what time it is and you telling me how to build a watch!” Seriously, I’m just giving you a hard time - you’re doing EXACTLY what I love most about this Music forum.
But back to John Hiatt, it’s not really a “taste” thing - I like him fine - just wondering what SURPRISED you most about that track from an audio standpoint. This has happened to me many times - part of the reason for this topic to begin with - where I’m listening to someone who probably never thought he or she’d ever be included in an “audiophile” discussion comes out with a recording that blows audiophiles away.
But even if you don’t care to elaborate on Mr. Hiatt, thanks much for the other suggestions where I [sigh] will have to add them to my never-ending list of things to listen to.
oh since you insist, it is a musical worm, I listen a lot of him, and that one stand out, compare to others! I love everything about this song, the timing, the arrangement, the presence it brings!
From a HiFi point a vue, in my system, your sure be different, but I could feel his presence in the room when this songs play, for me this is HiFi is all about Feel the artist!
Melanie Di Basio, her first songs stand out of the rest of the album!
those songs are like a woke call! Wow what was that! it’s whole thing, that make it Work
Here another one, that put on pause and listen!
Riders in the storm version from: the Doors spririt in Jazz : Marcin Wasilewski!
yeah, sometimes when you ask someone’s, did you see those tree? Nope Forrest block my vue!
Enjoy!
I am sure, there is plenty of songs, still there waiting to sparkle and hit you in the stomach, since everything is right when playing!
others will supply you indefinitely here, that why this forum is so addictive! it is a quest for music Quest!
Hey, over the weekend, I listened to Tony Bennet’s album If I Ruled the World. You’re right that “Fly Me to the Moon” is the standout track - very unique (I LOVE it when they sing the verse), but I found the whole album to be a good recording. And definitely - YES, I never would have thought this to be anything much more than standard pop. I found each song to have a unique personality, not only musically (arrangement, etc.), but also how it was recorded. I read that “Sweet Lorraine” was dedicated to Nat King Cole, who had died a few months earlier. Many of NKC’s albums are definitely in the audiophile realm. Joe Marsala’s clarinet work in that song is quite good. One thing I really noticed on this album is great attention to soundstage. I am a very active listener to recordings from around that time (see the High Definition Tape Transfers topic in the forum); some recordings from that period might have been a little guilty of overdoing the stereo effect, but sometimes in overdoing it a little, got it right. The final track “Two By Two” really nailed it in my opinion. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hey, I do get around to things, but sometimes it’s a long time. I checked out Melanie De Biasio. She represents a kind of creativity I dearly love, that’s part alternative jazz, part alternative everything else She’s clearly a deep thinker and poet. You said “her first songs stand out of the rest of the album,” but you didn’t mention which album - maybe you meant her earlier work is better? The album I listened to is 2014 No Deal (Qobuz / Apple Music). It’s categorized as Jazz, but it sure pulls from many places. I guess she falls well into this topic because I was truly surprised at how creative the soundscape is. Do you have a favorite album or track of hers?
Boy, that was quick!
Which Pink Floyd are you listening to? Dark Side of the Moon is probably one of the greatest audio achievements ever.
And I discovered Stacey Kent only a few months ago - her album Breakfast on the Morning Tram is very good. I just previewed a little of Dreamsville - I dearly love the Gershwins song “Isn’t it a Pity” and she seems to do it well. To be honest, I’m not so sure why you’d pair that album with No Deal as I find them very different in so many ways. But I’ll give Dreamsville a try in the next few days. I was telling someone else in another topic that I find Stacey Kent to sound a lot like Kat Edmonson. She writes a lot of her own material - check out her album Way Down Low (Qobuz / Apple Music). The song I find really brilliant is “Nobody Knows That.”
boy next door from Stacey Kent is also a good one, There’s two version one international that contained to French song and the other one for USA
There’s also a eva Cassidy the international album that is very good to listen
pink Floyd animals is one of my favorite
Wish you were here I just Listen it too many times
And dark side of the moon I was lucky to find At the pawn shop in 1972 copy! So yes all original very good
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btw it was mastering by Alan Parsons, and Turn of the friendly card from him, Is also a good sonically album the original of course
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original Recording, is Not the same sound as more recent one or the one available on streaming
I always think that Streaming is the same as original recording but From what I read lately most streaming services have a tuneup device for a standard musical experience!
I won’t start here but two problem with streamers and streaming service services
1-The tuneup of the music,
2- the poor Money sent to artist! They make more money playing in the bar than putting an album on Spotify or other one!
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