Velvet Underground w/Nico. Original pressing. White Light/White Heat is just as good but sadly mine has gone missing after all these years.
Wow moments while listening to vinyl records
Howdy A'goners ....
I got back into listening to vinyl records a couple of years ago. Although I have more CDs or FLAC files than my vinyl records collection at the moment, these days I listen to vinyl albums a lot more than I listen to the CDs or music files.
I am creating a database of songs or even whole albums that give me goosebumps.... that make me say wow this sounds amazing! And I keep repeating to listen to that song again and again. You know what I am talking about. Let me share a couple of songs to start the thread -
1) Cris Williamson - waterfall
2) Mickey Newbury - an american trilogy
I want to hear from you about your experience. Please share what songs / albums give you the same feeling. It would be great if you describe what particular aspect of the sound or music makes you feel that way. I am not a musician or even a trained listener. I am not an audiophile. So this is going to be my learning experience about various terms like transient, sound stage, cohesive/organic sound etc. only if you share your experience with me. It will also help me to get some of those albums to add to my collection.
Currently I have two tables - a Denon DP-65F with an Ortofon 2M Black cart, and a Project RPM 9.1 table. I am in the process of choosing a cart for the Project table. I requested feedback on specific carts in another thread.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/audio-technica-art-7
Please share your experience of songs / albums that create audio nirvana for you :)
Thanks
Subho
I got back into listening to vinyl records a couple of years ago. Although I have more CDs or FLAC files than my vinyl records collection at the moment, these days I listen to vinyl albums a lot more than I listen to the CDs or music files.
I am creating a database of songs or even whole albums that give me goosebumps.... that make me say wow this sounds amazing! And I keep repeating to listen to that song again and again. You know what I am talking about. Let me share a couple of songs to start the thread -
1) Cris Williamson - waterfall
2) Mickey Newbury - an american trilogy
I want to hear from you about your experience. Please share what songs / albums give you the same feeling. It would be great if you describe what particular aspect of the sound or music makes you feel that way. I am not a musician or even a trained listener. I am not an audiophile. So this is going to be my learning experience about various terms like transient, sound stage, cohesive/organic sound etc. only if you share your experience with me. It will also help me to get some of those albums to add to my collection.
Currently I have two tables - a Denon DP-65F with an Ortofon 2M Black cart, and a Project RPM 9.1 table. I am in the process of choosing a cart for the Project table. I requested feedback on specific carts in another thread.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/audio-technica-art-7
Please share your experience of songs / albums that create audio nirvana for you :)
Thanks
Subho
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15 years ago when I was auditioning speakers I burned a CD from digital and vinyl sources with songs that had various important speaker-choosing attributes. Some of the songs: Boats To Build, Guy Clark, from Boats To Build CD Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Eva Cassidy from Live At Blues Alley CD Rock My Soul, Elvin Bishop Group, from Rock My Soul LP The Song Remembers When, Trisha Yearwood, from The Song Remembers When CD Song Of The Wind, Santana, from Caravanserai LP Corner Pocket, Harry James Big Band, from King James, Sheffield Labs direct-to-disc LP Paz, Tom Harrell, from Wise Children CD Besame Mucho, Frank and Joe Show with Jane Monheit, from 33 1/3 CD Hayden's Quartet in G Major, 1st Movement, Emerson Quartet, from String Quartets CD Mozart's Symphony 40 in G Minor, 4th movement, Chicago Symphony Orchestra James Levine conducting, CD Some other of my favorite Wow moments on vinyl: First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes, from Famous Blue Raincoat The Nightingale, Jennifer Warnes, from The Well Sunday At The Village Vangard, Bill Evans When I Grow Too Old To Dream, Nat King Cole, from After Midnight Extraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple, from Extraordinary Machine A Hangin On, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, from Our Year |
If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke. This is an exceptional recording on vinyl. |
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