What were your top musical discoveries of 2024?


Looking for music that was new to you and your collection that lit you and your system up last year.

Here’s my list:

Vinyl - 

UHQR version of Steely Dan “Asia”

Original Master Recording of Grateful Dead’s “Workingman’s Dead”

Digital files - 

Mac Miller “Circles”

Iron & Wine “The Shepherds Dog”

Jacob Collier “Djesse Vol.2”

Mokave “Afrique”

Skrillex “Quest for Fire”

Beyonce “Cowboy Carter”

CD -

Sinead O’Conner “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”

 

This is at least what is top of mind.

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If you like classical - Deutche Gramophone - DG - started to release a bunch of stuff recorded from about 1960-70 or so, when companies actually spent big $$ to record classical music. It's pretty impressive technically and the sound is WOW. Even if you don't like classical, you can read what they did to go direct from the 4 and 8- track original tape to the cutting head. they eliminated all the middle steps to maximize the sound  The Original Source is the label name. I think they have released about 20 records so far, with more to come. 

Couple of others to add:

Fontaines DC - Romance

Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat

Christopher Owens - I wanna run barefoot through your hair

Cat Power Sings Dylan - The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert (probably my favorite)

Glen Hansard - All That Was East Is West Of Me Now

 

 

 

NEW discoveries:

GRAHAM NASH: "Live - Songs for Beginners/ Wild Tales"

J.D. SOUTHER - "Natural History"

RE-Discoveries:

ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION - "The Polydor Years" (8 CD retrospective. Found it new for only $40)

JACKSON BROWNE - "For Everyman" (2024 Remaster)

DIXIE DREGS - "Freefall - What If - Night of the Living Dregs" (2024 Remaster)

BOO HEWERDINE & DARDEN SMITH - "Evidence" (1996 Remaster)