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What music have you been buying lately?

I went through another one of those LP buying spurts recently. Yeah, I even bought a few CDs. As I look at the pile it's a pretty ecclectic collection.
I bought a couple of Van Morrison CDs, "Back on Top," and "Best of." I also got the Nora Jones CD, and The Traveling Wilbury's.
I bought a new copy of Muddy Water's 'Folk Singer.' and a Byrd's Lp, A Jethro Tull Lp I already had and some new Dylan.
On the classical side I bought Mozart's 'Requiem,' and a copy of Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana.'
I also picked up a copy of John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme."
So what have you been buying as I was going through this session of unrestrained abandon???
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jwrobinson
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Without comment I've bought the following (among others) mostly from Acoustic Sounds.

Gene Ammons 'Boss Tenor' 45rpm LP
Pee Wee Russell 'Portrait of Pee Wee'
Everly Bros 'Best of' Gold CD
CCR 'Willy and the Poorboys'
Zoot Sims & Al Cohn 'Either Way'
Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan 'Mulligan Meets Monk'
Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery 'Bags Meets Wes'
Bill Evans 'Sunday at the Village Vanguard'
Paul Desmond 'Summertime'
CCR 'CCR'
Robert Lucas "Usin' Man Blues"
Bennie Wallace 'OldSongs'
Bruce Katz 'Transformation'
Sonny Rollins 'Saxophone Colussus'
Johnny Griffin 'Introducing..'
George Harrison 'Brainwashed'
Willie Nelson 'Stardust' 45 rpm LP
Mulligan & Desmond 'Blues in Time'
Neil Young 'Harvest' DVD-Audio
All the above are 180g LPs unless otherwise noted.

Also picked up some Booker T, Bob Dylan, MC5 and The Rascals (among others) from Sundazed. These are all 180g LPs and are very reasonably priced.
rlwainwright
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Man, I went *crazy* at Christmas-time:

"Willie and the Poor Boys" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master
"Green River" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master
"Bayou Country" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master
"Cosmo's Factory" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master
"Spartacus" - Triumvirat - Imported re-master
"Illusions..." - Triumvirat - Imported re-master
"And Furthurmore" - Hot Tuna (live) - HDCD - AWESOME!!
"Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits - HDCD - ditto
"Utopia" - Todd Rundgren - Re-master
"El Corazon" - Steve Earle - HDCD
"Jazz at the Pawnshop" - 5 Swedish guys - Super HDCD!
"Emotion" - Martina McBride - HDCD - super sound
"Evolution" - Martina McBride - HDCD - ditto
"Spk. of the Devil" - Chris Isaak - HDCD - Excellent!
"Guitar Slinger" - Brian Setzer
"Country Life" - Roxy Music - HDCD
"Avalon" - Roxy Music - HDCD - Fabulous sound!
"Snow Goose" - Camel - Imported re-master - Superb!

The really cool part? Except for "Jazz at the Pawnshop" and "Avalon" I didn't pay more than $8.00 for any of them, most of them were half that. Great music doesn't have to cost a small fortune if you shop hard enough...

HDCD RULES!
blkadr
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Jwrobinson, do the CCR vinyl remasters live up to the hype? Rlwainwright, how about the sound on the 20 bit K2 super masters? Always looking for older music that does not suffer from flat sounding later generation pressing or poor transfer to CD. Thanks.
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jwrobinson
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Blkadr, I'm not sure the CCR reissues live up to the hype (what does), but the sound is excellent. Of course, the music speaks for itself. But I must admit I've heard few, if any, 180g/200g reissues that I didn't like.

However, for another level of quality, go for the heavy vinyl 45 rpm recordings. The few I've heard are virtually unmatched. The only drawback is their price.

Jim
sek
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I bought 3 enjoyable CDs within the last month:

Jemeel Moondoc- "Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys"
Khan Jamal- "Balafon Dance"
William Parker- "O'Neal's Porch"
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