First song to "Blow You Away"...

A P.S. to my previous post: This is Judy Collins' original release of "Both Sides Now." There is at least one other YouTube video which shows the cover art from her "Wildflowers" album, but includes a later (and IMO much inferior) re-recording.

Regards,
-- Al

In the mid seventies Al, Judy Collins Send in the Clowns was played frequently by the audiophiles for a b different types of equipment. You could easily hear her breathing on that song and it was easy to detect which source brought out the best detail. Getting back to the subject it was Nat King Cole Unforgettable that blew me away and made me appreciate music.

Bonnie & Delaney's "Never Ending Love Song"

Cool Jerk was the first song that penetrated my skin and awoke my soul. But the one which melted my brain was The Pusher, performed live by Steppenwolf at mt first concert. That was a game changer for me.

1967, ten years old, and having immigrated to this great country (USA) a mere two weeks earlier, I heard "Hey Jude" by The Beatles on my uncle's tube radio (Fisher). Couldn't understand a single word of the lyrics, but my God, I had never heard anything like it! Had never heard r&r. I will never forget that moment. In a way it encapsulated everything that was new about leaving a communist country for a free one.

Then there was Navrath singing Canteloube's "Songs of the Auvergne" thiry years later, and .....