Kronsteen
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What records did you acquire (from your parents or siblings) as a kid, that had an impact on your musical tastes?
I remember being 11 or 12 when I found my dad's collection of records gathering dust. My dad had just given me his old stereo system (which consisted of a pair of Acoustic Research AR-5 speakers, a Lafayette receiver, a Dual turntable, and a pair of Koss headphones - big metal green ones - very heavy - you could kill someone with these if necessary) and I was looking for new stuff to listen to. What I found was:
Some random thoughts associated with this collection:
I remember being 11 or 12 when I found my dad's collection of records gathering dust. My dad had just given me his old stereo system (which consisted of a pair of Acoustic Research AR-5 speakers, a Lafayette receiver, a Dual turntable, and a pair of Koss headphones - big metal green ones - very heavy - you could kill someone with these if necessary) and I was looking for new stuff to listen to. What I found was:
- Stan Getz - Sweet Rain
- Oscar Peterson - Blues Etude
- Shelly Manne / Bill Evans with Monty Budwig - Empathy
- John Coltrane - The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Chim Chim Cheree, Song of Praise, Nature Boy, Brazilia
- John Coltrane - Expression
- John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- John Coltrane - Coltrane Live At Birdland
- John Coltrane - Coltrane
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out
- Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
Some random thoughts associated with this collection:
- My dad must have taken great care of the albums - they were in mint condition
- I remember playing Sweet Rain to death. I absolutely loved that album!
- There is this awesome picture of Shelly Manne at his drum-kit. The bass drum has this huge logo for the National Rifle Association - We Do Our Part on it
- Although Coltrane's music was a bit far out for a 11 year old (Expression was really, really far out) , I really got into it. I remember playing Chim Chim Cheree over and over for hours on end.
- My favorite track from Time Further Out was Blue Shadows In the Street - it had this great moody, film noir-ish kind of sound to it.
- None of the other kids I grew up with appreciated listening to this stuff. It use to drive me nuts when they wanted to listen to ELO and Jethro Tull instead.
- I didn't realize until I got to college just how great (although small) this collection was.
- Once my dad gave me his stereo system he ran right out and bought himself a replacement system consisting of a pair of Acoustic Research AR-LST speakers, and a top of the line Lafayette Receiver.
- I still own those AR-LST's but I haven't quite figured out what to do with them.
- That Lafayette Receiver had the most powerful reception I've ever seen. Once, with just an indoor antenna from the top bedroom of my house in the Boston metro west area, I picked up my old College radio station located out on Long Island.