Ten cds and you stranded in an island

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SDhawan
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#51 erstellt: 22. Nov 2006, 19:52

Hi !

For last few days I was trying hard to figure out which ten CDs to take along and which to leave behind ... to "travel light" to this "island" ....

I can't decide...no not which ones to take...but which ones to leave behind...

So I have decided to pack the following:

-Worldspace radio with 5 years subscription to "Gold Pack"
-A pack of long-life solar batteries

Guys please forgive me for breaking the rules. But please understand my plight... I will surely take along Beethoven, but I'm not willing to leave behind "Bunty and Bubbly". 30 days a month I like to hear "serious good music" but on the 31st day I have to hear something outlandish - because I feel so - and man there are 7 months in a year which have 31 days.

My dad got me hooked to the voice of Talat Mehmood & Begum Akhtar and my kids really made me enjoy "Dhoom", "Main Hoon Na", "Bunty & Bubbly", "Hanuman", etc. My mother tuned me into bhajans by Hari Om Sharan and my friends took me on the path of Hard Rock. I may have liked Western Classical of my own accord but wife really blackmailed me into liking "Romantic Songs". Not to forget that my nation beckons me to march to the tunes of patriotic songs and my Punjabi roots to its folk. And being "experimenting" that I am, there is a lot of "miscellaneous" stuff that I possess.

You see there are emotions attached with all genres of music. How can I pick one in favor of the other ? There IS so much to hear.....

BTW what equipment will you hear your Ten CDs on ?

Don't you worry, Kamal & myself are planning an audiophile meeting on this "island". Come over for a party

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reignofchaos
Stammgast

#52 erstellt: 22. Nov 2006, 20:16

Here's my list

Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Rush - The Spirit of Radio
PF - Division Bell
Opeth - Damnation
Pearl Jam - Ten
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Shakti (John Maclaughlin, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussein) - A Handful of Beauty
Django Reinhardt - Djangology

soulforged
Stammgast

#53 erstellt: 23. Nov 2006, 02:37

reignofchaos schrieb:

Rockin' list reign! right up my alley...hope we land up in the same island...

BTW...have u heard Porcupine Tree? If u like Damnation, u'd sure like them...in fact damnation is more a PT sounding album than an Opeth sounding one thanx to Steven Wilson the producer...

Savyasaachi
Inventar

#54 erstellt: 23. Nov 2006, 02:48

reignofchaos schrieb:

neat list..though i did expect some more rock albums form you

liked Django Reinhardt...I think u played that one at Abhi's..
Tchaikovsky's great too..
The PF album would be on my list of ten too.
Oh and did i mention, I Love Stevie Nicks!!
Rumors is a very fine best album.

Amp_Nut
Inventar

#55 erstellt: 23. Nov 2006, 03:53

i dont have it on cd only on a tape that i dont listen to anymore. any pointers on where to get that album ?
i think those were the times i was heavily on to Alabama, George Strait,glen campbel, don henley etc etc..

For Kim Carnes and other memorable stuff, I have loaded my ipod with mp-3s using lime wire.

reignofchaos
Stammgast

#56 erstellt: 23. Nov 2006, 04:09

soulforged schrieb:

reignofchaos schrieb:

Yup... I'm a big fan of porcupine tree too. I like some of the other heavier opeth stuff(Orchid, Still Life, Blackwater Park) too but somehow I've always felt that their softer songs are better than the heavier ones :).

ani
Stammgast

#57 erstellt: 23. Nov 2006, 04:42

Django Reinhardt --------

Good god you have to hear him play to belive that it is possible to play acoustic guitar like that. It is sad that most of the recordings are poor

reignofchaos
Stammgast

#58 erstellt: 23. Nov 2006, 04:55

ani schrieb:

Django Reinhardt --------

Good god you have to hear him play to belive that it is possible to play acoustic guitar like that. It is sad that most of the recordings are poor :(

Well you can't expect recordings between 1910-1955 to be audiophile grade can you

. I'm happy that atlease we have recordings of this musical genius :).

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SUB_BOSS
Gesperrt

#59 erstellt: 04. Dez 2006, 08:15

Well you can't expect recordings between 1910-1955 to be audiophile grade can you. I'm happy that atlease we have recordings of this musical genius .

hi WTF is audiophile grade, I know only good and bad recordings at the extremes, like the tasty food you eat and the following day business. Choose accordingly. Better technology has resulted in better mastering and get you closer to reality. It's our right to get good recording and why term it as audiophilic and give credit to some as*h*les who coined this term. Let all recordings be this good, makes more sense to me.

Arj
Inventar

#60 erstellt: 04. Dez 2006, 10:43

SDhawan schrieb:

-Worldspace radio with 5 years subscription to "Gold Pack"
-A pack of long-life solar batteries

I think I like this idea the most...kudos to you for out of the "jewel case" thinking !

problem of choosing 10 cds is which 10 especially when mood dictates music !

reignofchaos
Stammgast

#61 erstellt: 05. Dez 2006, 02:49

SUB_BOSS schrieb:

Well you can't expect recordings between 1910-1955 to be audiophile grade can you. I'm happy that atlease we have recordings of this musical genius .

I agree with you completely :hail. Forgive this n00b's choice of words

square_wave
Inventar

#62 erstellt: 05. Dez 2006, 07:04

SUB_BOSS schrieb:

Well you can't expect recordings between 1910-1955 to be audiophile grade can you. I'm happy that atlease we have recordings of this musical genius .

What you say is true in an ideal world. Sadly this is not an ideal world. Recording quality is driven by the demand – supply equation and it is only audiophiles who want good quality recordings. Liking of the word “audiophile” is a personal choice and I don’t want to comment on it. You can coin some other word for it but they will all mean the same. I like the existing word so I shall use it. All music lovers are not audiophiles. Music lovers who are not audiophiles do not give a damn about the quality of the recording. So why should all recordings be “good” if the market does not demand it ? They will just use the so called “better technology” to tailor the sound to make it sound good on “ low fi” systems. That is where the money is…………so it does not need much thinking to figure out why there are very few good recordings out there.

SUB_BOSS
Gesperrt

#63 erstellt: 05. Dez 2006, 07:40

Hi Vinny, Hmm this discusion this taking an intersting turn into economics of demand and supply... The more they make the more we "audiophiles" will buy.

..I'm not bothered about rest of world or music lovers who are happy with Ipod's, tiny FM receievers or airport display boom boxes.. just better recording in atleast all rock albums, country and ofcourse jazz...This is my grouse as I have against Indian manufacturers except some hardcore genuine guys like Viren ... I don't mind paying extra but get more albums in good recording and we will come forward to buy..My personal experience got a gold series of amy all time fave scorpions to find it sounds horrible...Now it sings in my car , where originally it was supposed to in my home audio and i enjoy music at leisure..Again IMHO ofcourse

Hmm and talking of coining a diffrent term lets seek help from deaf.

I agree with you completely . Forgive this n00b's choice of words

No Sir if you want audiophile let it be and I will be an audioenthusiast. In the end it's all supposed to be music.

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sacd77
Neuling

#64 erstellt: 05. Dez 2006, 08:06

To bhagwan's list would add Ceremonial Music for Trumpet, Telarc, Mahler No. 2, Israel Philharmonic, Mehta conducting, Teldec & Handel Water Music, Archiv Records cond. Helmut Rilling ( i think). Also Saint-Saens symphony no. 3, Charles Munch cond.

bhagwan69
Inventar

#65 erstellt: 05. Dez 2006, 08:11

bhagwan69 schrieb:

· ECM Records – Making Music / Zakir Hussain ECM – 1349
· Moment Records – Ustad Sultan Khan MRCD – 1006
· Reference Recordings – TUTTI ! RR-906CD
· Chesky Records – The Raven / Rebecca Pidgeon JD 115
· Mercury – Essential / Yello 512 390 – 2
' Mary Black - Looking Back - Graprewine
' Sheffield Labs - Drum Test Disc - FIM Records
' Kari Brehms
' Dire Straits - Dire Straits
' G. Mahler - # 2 - Teldec Records - Zubin Mehta
' Dvorak - Symphony # 9 - New World - C Kriber - DG
' Burmester Test Disc # 3
' Manger Test Disc

I have mentioned 13.

Will do the final selection later :?

To this I will add

Ceremonial Music for Trumpet, Telarc
Saint-Saens symphony no. 3, Charles Munch conducting

SACD77's selection.

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deaf
Stammgast

#66 erstellt: 06. Dez 2006, 07:46

He forgot the main disc
1)I want to feel your bumpy.
Deaf.

bhagwan69
Inventar

#67 erstellt: 06. Dez 2006, 08:02

deaf schrieb:

He forgot the main disc
1)I want to feel your bumpy.
Deaf.

Ha Ha Ha !

Sorry Sir, I will give the CD to you, it is just that it is in my car & when ever we meet, that particular car is not with me. Promise, I will give it to you. Sorry again !!

vjc
Ist häufiger hier

#68 erstellt: 07. Dez 2006, 14:11

Not in any order:
1) Jean Luc ponty (Fusion in violin)
2) Jesus Christ Superstar ( Rock opera)
3) Smokie -greatest hits
4) Eagles - greatest hits
5) Dire Straits
6) Weather report (Fusion)
7) Deep Purple

Pink Floyd
9) Chick Corea (Fusion)
10) Simon And Garfunkle.

All those great artists heard long ago during college days, in Casette Tapes inspired by my great friend. I would like to hear them again (nostalgic)

VJC

Arj
Inventar

#69 erstellt: 07. Dez 2006, 14:51

vjc schrieb:

Not in any order:
1) Jean Luc ponty (Fusion in violin)

VJC

My salute to you sir !

a musical genius whom i missed out on and have had the privilege of hearing live.

amazing guy who can play anything from classical to rock.

will never forget his "smoke on the water" that i heard live....

its a memory jogged and i will be in the music store today :))

vjc
Ist häufiger hier

#70 erstellt: 08. Dez 2006, 13:23

I was lucky to see two live programs at Mumbai: one by Deep Purple ( Brought by BPL) in 1995 and the other by Jean Luc Ponty (Brought by Johnny Walker) in 2004 if my memory is correct. The Deep Purple program was accused to be Lip-concert where as other was Magnificent (Naturally with free Johny walker flowing at Bandra Auditorium !)

vjc

Arj
Inventar

#71 erstellt: 08. Dez 2006, 13:41

vjc schrieb:

I was lucky to see two live programs at Mumbai: one by Deep Purple ( Brought by BPL) in 1995
vjc

me was there too .. think it was in the andheri sports complex ?

was there right in the front with my hard earned money from first job.. :))

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Neutral
Stammgast

#72 erstellt: 17. Dez 2006, 22:11

Even LPs are mentioned, but no DVDs? Whatever happened to the visual component

I usually listen to songs, not CDs (all songs on an album are rarely equal), but the following should be a good list of great music.

DVDs:
1. Andre Rieu: Christmas in Vienna [for life, energy, and spirit of the conductor]
2. Melbourne Musical Extravaganza [great guitar playing by relatively unknown musicians]
3. Norah Jones (live in Nashville, Texas) [great singer & pianist backed by a good band]

CDs:
1. Diana Krall: Live in Paris [what a voice, and backed by a great band]
2. Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms [superlative guitar playing]
3. Dido: Life for Rent [love her voice, to hell with the background]
4. Bruce Springsteen: The Rising [love his vocals pregnant with emotion]
5. Mark Knopfler: Sailing to Philadelphia [great vocals and guitar]
6. Roland Deveze: Listen with your Heart [fantastic piano play]
7. Selection of Connie Francis CD2 [love her voice]