Autechre for sure. Lately 'Deepchord' and Pole' stuff I have been playing loud is simply gorgeous. Also, anything from Luciano- He knows how best to use mid-bass..
I have this Audiofon CD of Valentina Lisista's Virtuoso Valentina Vol 2 solo piano just begs to be played life-like loud. The recording is one of the cleanest. My whole house is filled with life-like Piano sound- every nuances, tones and undertones in-tact.
1812 Overture with Cannons in anyone's performance. Blew the woofers out of my speakerlab speakers with this one and had to upgrade.................darn
Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers, "Sinner Street". Starts off rockin' with "Grab the Rafters". Track 5 is "Chained to the Blues Line", which is one of my all time favorite blues tunes. Great mix of guitar and sax. Last, but not least, the end track, "Blues 'Fore Dawn" is played with so much feeling it brings tears to my eyes.
I can only take "Styx" in limited doses, but cranking the volume helps a lot with this group in particular. "The Grand Illusion" album is an excellent crank from start to finish.
I'd toss some of the better tunes from "Sweet" in this same category as well. Cranking "Love is Like Oxygen" and several other of their better known tunes is highly recommended.
Ditto for "Inside Looking Out" by Grand Funk. Crank this on your favorite high end system and enjoy!!!!
Love and Rockets Haunted Fishtank DVD--great all the way through. Great drinking DVD, too. before you know it, it's over!! I like hearing the end of Motorcycle: makes my ears bleed.
Bacchus March from Sylvia (Delibes) Grand March from Aida (Verdi) Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saens) Act 1 Waltz from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) In Autumn (Greig) Finlandia (Sibelius) Procession of the Sardar and Georgian March (Ippolitov-Ivanov) Sambre et Meuse (Planquette) 3rd Movement of Symphony #2 (Randall Thompson)
Who says Classical doesn't ROCK! Thats several Classical pieces that Kick 'you-know-what' IMHO.
Not any Zep- Since Ive Been lovin You or Dazed.. Maybe something from Muddy Waters- for Newer stuff-Dave Mathews Wharehouse- Ant Marching or 2 Step but must be live with DMB
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