Music: Your flavor of the month?

Country Joe McDonald - And It's One, Two, Three What Are We Fighting For? (youtube, Woodstock)

 

Joe Cocker was the anti-Milli Vanilli, much better live than in the studio. His voice just conveyed so much raw emotion. Not bad for a pipe fitter from Sheffield.

BNM

 

MY NEW JAM

 

Dire Straights - Money for Nothing

 

Hello there my old friend. not so long ago it was till the end
We played outside the pouring rain, on our way up the road
we started over again....

You're livin' out dreams of you on top
My mind is achin' oh lord it won't stop
that's how it happened livin' life by the drop

 

A little Seether meets Evanescence

 

Not really a jazz guy, but saw a bunch of old jazz and blues albums at Goodwill yesterday, recognized many of the names and figured, "what the heck?".I already have a newer pressing of this album from the 1970s that I bought new back then, but remember reading that the Columbia 6-eye pressings are considered desirable. So, I picked this one up. In spite of looking a bit beat up, it plays well with surprisingly little surface noise.

I passed on a Charles Mingus Ah Um 6-eye in considerably worse shape. I almost bought it anyway for the S. Neil Fujita cover art (one of my favorite artists). Given how well this one plays, I may go back later today and see if it's still there. I'd love to display the two iconic S. Neil Fujita covers on my wall, but unfortunately the original owner glued address labels on them.

I also picked up two more Brubeck Columbia 6-eyes, as well has half a dozen other assorted artists on other labels. Basically, if I recognized the artist and the condition was good, I bought it.

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT:





DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - JAZZ GOES TO JUNIOR COLLEGE:





Another Columbia 6-eye Brubeck. This one has a little more surface noise than the Time Out, but still very listenable.

DAVE BRUBECK AT STORYVILLE: 1954





THE MOST
THE COOLEST
THE GONEST

THELONIOUS MONK - CRISS-CROSS:



Listened to all of these yesterday. Very relaxing afternoon, and man could these guys jam, absolute masters of their instruments.

BNM

 

I have all of those recordings...good selection

 

Speaking of jamming, these guys were pretty good, too.

MIKE BLOOMFIELD - AL KOOPER - STEVE STILLS - SUPER SESSION:



BNM

 

I also picked up some Cannonball Adderley, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. Passed on several more due to poor condition.

BNM

 

I've recently been given an old tube amp Pioneer...early 70's model..going to take it in and have it gone through ..searching for some speakers that match an old tube amp. Then I'd like to get an analog 8 track reel to reel

 

Tube amps require efficient speakers. What's your budget? Are you looking new, or used. Vintage Klipsch are popular with the tube crowd, and availability is good. People seem to either love them or hate them. The best sounding speakers I ever owned were a pair of Electro Voice Interfaces Ds. I drove them with solid state, but the guy I sold them to was a tube guy and loved them. Very efficient, but also very big, heavy and pretty rare. In new speakers, you may consider a pair of Zu Audio Omen Dirty Weekends ($999 delivered in the hickory finish when available, other finishes available for an additional cost). As with vintage Klipsch, people seem to either love or hate the Zus. Best to audition a pair if you can, before buying.

BNM

 

Great choice as I was a big fan of that album when it first came out.

 

I was kicking myself for passing on one at Goodwill about a year ago, but the one I found Saturday is in better condition (near mint). So, all's well that ends well.

BNM

 

I would also put on that list of speakers some vintage JBL speakers as they are very efficient speakers as well. The JBL 100's would be a good choice but with much of the vintage stuff some of the JBL speakers can be pretty spendy. Another quality speaker are the older Snells and can actually be picked up pretty reasonable. I'm running Snell K/II's in my home theater set up. Very compact with a good sound quality.

 

Take Five is one of my all time favorites. I've even featured it in here.

 

I had the poor man's Klipsch, AR15.

 

I had a Pioneer I bought in about 1971. Had a discreet FET at the front end for greater sensitivity.