Here is a good place to start for live recordings : The Bruce Springsteen mp3 Bootleg Index :: Index

The Live at Hammersmith, London '75 is a good starting point. It covers early material up to and including Born to Run, and the sound quality is terrific. After that, I would recommend a 1978 bootleg. Passaic Night is very good (sound quality and performance), so is the performance at the...

Live at the Winterland (Bootleg)

Just came back from seeing Springsteen & the E Street Band at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The sound was horrible - otherwise it was a good concert.

Quote: Originally Posted by Zanth Mmmm, that is one lovely looking CDP. Lovely sounding too.

Nagra CDP

Any more info on the availability of the headcode ?

Quote: Originally Posted by wavoman Rob -- Don't fail to audition the Nagra CDC (which you mentioned earlier in the thread), the all-in-one unit (transport, pre-amp, and headphone amp). I did, and was blown away. The headphone amp is not an afterthought like on some (even high-end)...

Here is another list : Larry's List of the Best Jazz Albums form The Past 50 Years Oscar Peterson is missing on the NY Times list....

Quote: Originally Posted by tru blu Well, there's always some disclaimer about the last 30 years of the jazz idiom, which is getting kind of old, especially when someone like Henry Threadgill was making definitive records in the late '70s/early '80s that were accessible and inventive...

Nice list. Concerning Ellington, the inclusion of the "Golden Greats" compilation is odd especially since there is overlap with the "Okeh Ellington" and "Never no lament". While "Money Jungle" is a popular record it is definitely not among his best. There are so many other great Ellington...

A lot of the music that we would define today as "cerebral" originated as essentially dance music : classical music, jazz (Duke Ellington comes to mind as a good example evolving from dance clubs to concert halls).... Then again, it is also hard to describe what "dance music" is, because you can...

Quote: Originally Posted by DavidMahler i have a problem truly liking any song thats not really made for listening "Free your mind and your ass will follow" !

Quote: Originally Posted by Solan Black Box - Ride on Time More a house sound than disco, but this brings back good memories. Dreamland was a solid album. I also love Inner City's "Big Fun" which came out around the same time on their "Paradise" album (another great house album -...

Earth Wind & Fire, like Kool and the Gang were first a good jazz/funk band and later became more mainstream. In fact, the specificity of disco is that it was able to blend many influences, and was really a "crossover" music.

Quote: Originally Posted by tru blu Those Donna Summer singles are evergreen ("Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," toot-toot, beep-beep), but I'm gonna have to go with my man Nile Rodgers of Chic. "Good Times" "Le Freak" "We Are Family" "Upside Down" "I'm Comin' Out" . I'm with...

Quote: Originally Posted by zumaro Flashlight - Parliament and not at all an oxymoron.... Not sure I would qualify it as disco either, but a classic, great bass line (played on a synth I believe) - that album also contains other great songs : "Funkentelechy", "Sir Nose", "Bop...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike_TNT "Vamos a la Playa" by Righeira YouTube - Righeira vamos a la playa I am not sure this qualifies as disco, not sure what it qualifies for...

Quote: Originally Posted by ronin74 Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby. The guy in the white suit is such a bad dancer its funny !

I vote for "It should have been you" by Gwen Guthrie. What about you ?

Quote: Originally Posted by Edwood It's a huge room, and not only that, there were several other rooms as well. You don't attend many trade shows, do you? I've attended quite a few with lines out the room for auditioning and demos. I really don't want to see that happen at Head-Fi...

Quote: Originally Posted by tyrion How about we discuss who didn't attend. I guess we can start with you. How about we chill.... What's wrong with asking how many people attended ? I was just curious. As much as I would have love to come, living in Europe makes it expensive...

From the pics, it does not look like it was very crowded. How many attended ?

Reading this thread has made me realize that I drink too much and need to stop. I was a heavy smoker (stopped smoking ten years ago), so to me the parallel with smoking is interesting. You develop a smoking habit very fast, because it is so addictive. Drinking is insiduous. You slowly develop a...

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