Is Your HiFi Up To It?

[Freddy58]

Take a look at this . Buy it, try it. If you're not amazed, then your HiFi ain't what you thought it was

 

[Pistol Pete1]

Are you on commission :rofl: ?

 

[Freddy58]

Are you on commission :rofl: ?

Absolutely not. I've heard it, and not heard anything like it, trust me The dynamic range is incredible...

 

[Al ears]

I've got this one,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Tracks-Erich-Kunzel/dp/B000003CT8/ref=pd_sim_m_h__2/278-4301456-6161130?ie=UTF8&refRID=1S7D52SJTSZ46DGJTG58

and I'm not on commission either.

 

[MajorFubar]

Take a look at this . Buy it, try it. If you're not amazed, then your HiFi ain't what you thought it was

I've owned that album since 1987. If you like it, you might want to hunt down it's 'sister albums' Star Tracks, Star Tracks 2 and Fantastic Journey, also by the Cincinnati Pops Orchstra and produced in the same way

EDIT: Ah, Alears has already mentioned the first one.

 

[Al ears]

Take a look at this . Buy it, try it. If you're not amazed, then your HiFi ain't what you thought it was

I've owned that album since 1987. If you like it, you might want to hunt down it's 'sister albums' Star Tracks, Star Tracks 2 and Fantastic Journey, also by the Cincinnati Pops Orchstra and produced in the same way

EDIT: Ah, Alears has already mentioned the first one.

Indeed I did.

Perhaps investing in a spare pair of woofers should also be advised as a precaution.

 

[chebby]

Good to see that Telarc's Torture Tracks are stil alive and selling to hi-fi nuts.

'Back in the day' it was Telarc's attempted murder of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture that all the macho dudes were buying to show off their system's ability to play test records / implode.

Another one was the 'Sheffield Drum Record' from Sheffield Lab.

I swear some hi-fi shops only owned these two disks (until Dire Straits came along with 'Telegraph Road' and Phil ######g Collins made 'In The Air Tonight' for them!)

 

[davedotco]

Of course none of these could come close to the greatest test record of its time, "The Wharfedale Sound".

Opening track was the theme tune to "Hawaii 50", magic.

 

[chebby]

Of course none of these could come close to the greatest test record of its time, "The Wharfedale Sound".

Opening track was the theme tune to "Hawaii 50", magic.

Looks like some decent stuff on that one ...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Wharfedale-Sound/release/3432257

 

[davedotco]

Of course none of these could come close to the greatest test record of its time, "The Wharfedale Sound".

Opening track was the theme tune to "Hawaii 50", magic.

Looks like some decent stuff on that one ...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Wharfedale-Sound/release/3432257

And some right tosh too.

There was a time when that album was everywhere, they were given away free and the Brendel was often the only piece of piano music many hi-fi shops had.

 

[chebby]

Of course none of these could come close to the greatest test record of its time, "The Wharfedale Sound".

Opening track was the theme tune to "Hawaii 50", magic.

Looks like some decent stuff on that one ...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Wharfedale-Sound/release/3432257

And some right tosh too.

I was thinking of the Benny Goodman and Oscar Peterson tracks.

 

[davedotco]

Of course none of these could come close to the greatest test record of its time, "The Wharfedale Sound".

Opening track was the theme tune to "Hawaii 50", magic.

Looks like some decent stuff on that one ...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Wharfedale-Sound/release/3432257

And some right tosh too.

I was thinking of the Benny Goodman and Oscar Peterson tracks.

It has been a very, very long time but iirc the Peterson track was awful, can't really remember why, might have been the idiocy of youth.

All I can really remember is '50' and the Brendel, it filled the gaps when DSOTM was not playing.

 

[Electro]

Well I just bought a copy , I will let you know how it sounds when it arrives

 

[Al ears]

Ah, that takes me back.

Hi-Fi shops. I remember those.

 

[chebby]

It has been a very, very long time but iirc the Peterson track was awful, can't really remember why, might have been the idiocy of youth.

When I was 15 a few of us from school went to see him and his trio (with drummer Louie Bellson) perform at the local Mecca (in Portsmouth). It was incredible. None of us were into jazz (it was the late 1970s and our group even included a couple of punks) but everyone came away suprised at how much we all enjoyed it.

I've been a bit of a jazz fan ever since. (And I have the CD of the recording taken from the same tour a couple of nights earlier in London.)

 

[davedotco]

It has been a very, very long time but iirc the Peterson track was awful, can't really remember why, might have been the idiocy of youth.

When I was 15 a few of us from school went to see him and his trio (with drummer Louie Bellson) perform at the local Mecca (in Portsmouth). It was incredible. None of us were into jazz (it was the late 1970s and our group even included a couple of punks) but everyone came away suprised at how much we all enjoyed it.

I've been a bit of a jazz fan ever since. (And I have the CD of the recording taken from the same tour a couple of nights earlier in London.)

As I said, the idiocy of youth...... :doh:

A few years back I saw an interview with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, they were talking about their time in Cream and how they effectively play jazz rhythms and allowed Eric to 'solo' over the top, "he could play whatever he liked", they said, "just like Ornette Coleman". We were playing jazz, we just disn't tell Eric!

This of course got me into the great sax players and be-bop, which I love. Been playing some John Coltrane of late, I find the endless noodling around 'Blue train' and 'Favourite things' not to my taste, but some of the later stuff, 'Sun Ship' for example is something else.

Listening to that album now, not the sort of thing I usually listen to and not doing that much for me know but sometimes it requires something special, like a live show, to really give you an idea what it is all about.

 

[davedotco]

It has been a very, very long time but iirc the Peterson track was awful, can't really remember why, might have been the idiocy of youth.

When I was 15 a few of us from school went to see him and his trio (with drummer Louie Bellson) perform at the local Mecca (in Portsmouth). It was incredible. None of us were into jazz (it was the late 1970s and our group even included a couple of punks) but everyone came away suprised at how much we all enjoyed it.

I've been a bit of a jazz fan ever since. (And I have the CD of the recording taken from the same tour a couple of nights earlier in London.)

As I said, the idiocy of youth...... :doh:

A few years back I saw an interview with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, they were talking about their time in Cream and how they effectively play jazz rhythms and allowed Eric to 'solo' over the top, "he could play whatever he liked", they said, "just like Ornette Coleman". We were playing jazz, we just disn't tell Eric!

This of course got me into the great sax players and be-bop, which I love. Been playing some John Coltrane of late, I find the endless noodling around 'Blue train' and 'Favourite things' not to my taste, but some of the later stuff, 'Sun Ship' for example is something else.

Listening to that album now (the Oscar Peterson), not the sort of thing I usually listen to and not doing that much for me know but sometimes it requires something special, like a live show, to really give you an idea what it is all about.

Edit for clarity.

PS> Enjoying the bass playing on 'Jitterbug Waltz'.

 

[matthewpiano]

Of course none of these could come close to the greatest test record of its time, "The Wharfedale Sound".

Opening track was the theme tune to "Hawaii 50", magic.

Looks like some decent stuff on that one ...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Wharfedale-Sound/release/3432257

And some right tosh too.

There was a time when that album was everywhere, they were given away free and the Brendel was often the only piece of piano music many hi-fi shops had.

Well, if you are only going to have one piano recording it might as well be Brendel. Seeing him give a recital remains one of the highlights of my life so far.

 

[chebby]

PS> Enjoying the bass playing on 'Jitterbug Waltz'.

Right now I am indulging in a back-to-back Count Basie / Frank Sinatra session with these two gems ...

Both are live recordings from the Copa Room at the old Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in 1966.

The first one is the Count Basie Orchestra doing a set to warm up the audience before they accompany Frank Sinatra (on the secord disk).

Superb recordings both.

 

[Al ears]

I have heard of these, but unfortunately not yet actually heard either of them.

Guess Jazz could be an age thing as I find myself buying more of it these days.

Only last week another Illinois Jaquet (Swing's the Thing) found its way into my collection.

On the other hand it could be down to all the reviews mentioning the amazing quality of the recordings compared to some more modern music pressings, which quite often appear to be dire!

 

[Womaz]

PS> Enjoying the bass playing on 'Jitterbug Waltz'.

Right now I am indulging in a back-to-back Count Basie / Frank Sinatra session with these two gems ...

Both are live recordings from the Copa Room at the old Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in 1966.

The first one is the Count Basie Orchestra doing a set to warm up the audience before they accompany Frank Sinatra (on the secord disk).

Superb recordings both.

thank you just listend to the Sinatra album.......wow!

 

[nima]

I was never a fan of Telarc "special effects" discs. The only Telarc CD I have is

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Capriccio Espagnol

http://www.amazon.com/Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade-Capriccio-Espagnol-Mackerras/dp/B000003CVU

It combines "special effects" (extreme dynamics) house sound with some actual music. Good music and also great performance.

And since nobody is on commission here, I shall recomend

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3; Byron Janis/Antal Dorati (Mercury Living Presence)

http://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninov-Piano-Concertos-Nos-Serge/dp/B0000057LA

And the most obvious one:

1812 Overture / Capriccio Italien / Wellington's Victory, Antal Dorati (Mercury Living Presence)

http://www.amazon.com/1812-Overture-Capriccio-Italien-Wellingtons/dp/B000PMFTE0

Both available in bargain Mercury Living Presence Boxed Set - which is back again after being sold out for some time:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mercury-Living-Presence-Boxed-Set/dp/B005XBA9Y8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393425923&sr=8-1&keywords=mercury+living+presence+boxed+set

 

[chebby]

Guess Jazz could be an age thing as I find myself buying more of it these days.

Maybe an age thing if you you are talking about 'Trad Jazz'. (All that 'Saints Come Marching Home' stuff and stripey blazrers and straw boaters etc.) Defintely not my thing.

I would recommend the big four releases of 1959 as a good 'starter kit' ...

... along with some Charle Parker and John Coltrane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dou3aSZmEg0

(With narration by Kerry Shale in full 'gravel gargling' mode!)

 

[Al ears]

Many thanks chebby, I already have all except the Ornette Coleman.

Along with Ben Webster / 'Sweets' Edison / Arne Domnerus etc.

Excellent recordings all and all on vinyl.

 

[plasterman]

May add Charlie mingus Black saint and the sinner lady superb album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFA0FYQo0Gg