Another Music Direct Catalog observation


I didn't want to hijack an existing thread about the current catalog's Joni cover so I started this one.

You know, I was thinking about this after I received my catalog and how burned out I was on "boomer music". I know as a Gen Xer, I've been saturated by Boomer culture since I came of age in the 80's, and my appreciation for these artists has waned in part because of their saturation in audiophile circles.

Yes, the MD catalog does pay lip service to contemporary artists, but its adherence to a musical paradigm that peaked 45 years ago or so is symptomatic of the undeniable waning of "hi-fi" as a hobby.
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Oregonpappa, what is wrong with Ella or Sarah? Winnardt, just pick up any Beach Boys disc. Mahler123, definitely but Brahms and Shostakovitch do it for me and Paulburnett what is wrong with the Cribs, Arctic Monkey or Modest Mouse. 
As for Joni Mitchell her music stands as her only testament. I melted over Blue when I was a kid. However her life was a total train wreck and I would never hold her out as an example to my girls. I wish her the best in her final days.
Anybody besides me like Kate Bush?
Audiophilia and music are two separate enterprises that to some extent influence each other. An Audiophile won't listen to anything that does not sound good and a lot of the good sounding stuff is trivial at best. Music lovers will listen to anything they consider to be good music. Of course in many of us these overlap. 
Where am I in this...Last night I listened to an original pressing of Moby Grape's first album (yes, with the finger) at 95 dB through 800 watt/ch towering ESLs and four 200 lb sub woofers each powered by 2000 watts.
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mijostyn ...

 
  • Oregonpappa, what is wrong with Ella or Sarah?

Nothing at all. They are two of my favorites. I just wanted to post some artists that perhaps some folks haven't heard of before. Maybe pick up a couple of converts or two. :-)

Frank


I saw Moby Grape headlining a show in 1967...supported by Tim Buckley and Jimi Hendrix. Grape (along with the supporting acts....I mean seriously...) were astonishingly powerful.
First off, I love the Music Direct Catalogue.  Eye candy...and potential ear candy...galore.  And now that I live in a town and on an island where the best audio store is the Office Max, I can't exactly head down to the cornucopia of high-end stores that surrounded me when I lived in L.A and have toadying salespeople ply me with Class A delights.  Heck, Upscale Audio and Christopher Hanson were just a skip-and-a-jump away from me.

As for the supposed dearth of quality artists nowadays, I'll read a music review about a newcomer and then head to YouTube or Qobuz to check the artist out.  I may be as picky as I ever was but I still hear my share of quality new artists. 
@wolf_garcia, though I've seen a lot artists and bands that others here might more wish to have been able to see live (The Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, The Who w/Moon), it is Moby Grape I most regret having missed. A couple of old friends/bandmates saw Dylan w/ The Hawks in '65 (damn it!), and Billy Swan told me saw Elvis, Scotty, & Bill on the back of a flatbed truck in Tennessee in '55. Wouldn't thatta been somethin'?!