[mattg3]

Any of steely dans releases in last 5 years or donald fagens will shatter your perceptions of good bass.

 

[MegaMusicNut]

If you want to show off the SQ of your cans, pick up some recordings from Mapleshade. They produce mostly jazz music, but they're expanding their horizons quite nicely. The guy in charge (Pierre Sprey I think) seems to be obsessed with signal purity and the results are often stunning. The reproduction of horns is just amazing.

Very juicy indeed.

 

[Samgotit]

Everything that guy said.


Also:

Badly Drawn Boy - The Shinning (a truly beautiful song)
Chris Isaak - Two Hearts
Gomez - Tijuana Lady (Wow)
Paul Simon - Homeless
Radiohead - There There
Stereolab - Olv 26

 

[mattg3]

Could you recommend a general title from Mapleshade that shows off what the label does.I found the label on amazon but am not familiar with any of the artists.

 

[Samgotit]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattg3 Could you recommend a general title from Mapleshade that shows off what the label does.I found the label on amazon but am not familiar with any of the artists.

Best of Mapleshade VOL. 2

Go here:
http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/cds/10032.php
Download #7 - Hen's Cackle (only 128kbps, but it's still very impressive)

Then check out the rest of the album and the site.

Sam

 

[MegaMusicNut]

I'll second that recommendation. I have around 10 to 15 Mapleshade CD's and without exception, they are spectacular recordings of very talented musicians.

 

[GreatDane]

Hey, thanks guys for that Mapleshade tip.

 

[Roddey]

Invitation to the Blues

 

[bizkid]

Not my genre but am i the only one who thinks Green Days American Idiot is a pretty good production for a punk-rock album?

 

[russedelic]

David Holland Quartet: Conference of the Birds (song AND album)

 

[The_Duke_Of_Eli]

Animals and Insects by the Stills. The bassiest intro I've ever heard.

 

[F107plus5]

I like the idea of getting the person to be impressed to bring along their own favorite, most well understood sellection, so they can hear it as it is meant to be heard.

Or an album by Creedence Clearwater Revival where everybody "knows" all the songs but nobody "knows" all the words!!

Nothing like finding out "What He Said" for the first time to seal the deal!!

 

[feh1325]

i've been enjoying holst's "first suite in Eb" lately

the third movement is amazing

 

[franzdom]

Dire Straits - On Every Street - You and Your Friend

 

[Mr Iriver]

I would say Iron Maiden's Alexander the great, and to show instrument separation Iron Maiden's Ghost of the Navigator

If he wants to hear acoustical beauty try Alice in chains/nirvana/kiss mtv unplugged albums.