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The station I had on coming home from work this afternoon played this one. I haven't heard it in eons. Bad song to listen to while driving, it sort of puts you in a trance.:confused:
 

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Going to date myself here. I remember listening to this one on the radio in my Barracuda while in high school waaaaaaay back in 1980.


.......and then this song might come on after Nazarath:
 
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I remember listening to this in my Barracuda way back in the early '80's. Both of these must be played loud (JMO)


............and this one, also while cruising the Barracuda with the factory AM/FM 5 speaker stereo cranked. I thought it sounded pretty good,,,,,,,,,at the time.



Speaking of Barracuda's:
 
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Couldn't find it in 8-track, You-Tube will have to do

 

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And now for something completely different. This is Natalie Trayling, she is an 84 year old street musician living in Australia. Even with obvious scoliosis, rheumatoid arthritis in her hands and using a walker, listen to the beautiful music that she composes on the spot. I can only hope to be as alive at that age! Stunning.

 

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This is one of my absolute favorite "classical" music pieces. It is Brahms Rhapsody opus 79 no.2. The first time I heard it was back in the mid '70's when some freak friends and I were hanging out in a refurbished barn that had been turned into a music studio by the music teacher of one of my friends. This friend, Craig, had free access to the barn and a piano (which was also a Steinway grand piano) which sat in the main section of the barn that had floor to ceiling windows where the barn doors used to be, and great lighting from the beams overhead. This particular evening, we were hanging out with Craig playing piano, and smoking joints (it was the '70's remember, so there was still an aura of sheer "cool" to what was happening). After messing around playing stuff like Joni Mitchell and the Doors, Craig said "Hey, listen to this!" and to our stunned amazement he played this piece flawlessly! We were all completely blown away!! I never forgot that night, and still have vivid memories of it when I hear this piece. In this YT video, the pianist is playing a Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano. It is a beast! New, this sells for about $150,000 and is about 9 feet long. The lows are so incredibly rich and the highs so crystal clear that it just doesn't get any better than this! Enjoy!!!:);)

 

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Here is another YT video of the same piece played quite differently - more slowly and with different emotion. This video and the previous one above are the two very best versions of this Brahms piece I have ever found. In this one, you can hear each note distinctively. The piano, while still a Steinway, is not as large as the Concert Model D, but still beautiful. Just amazing IMO! :) Man, would I love a house as open, clean and streamlined as this one! Check out those windows and floors! ;)
 
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Duke --
Thank you for introducing Ewan.

Chet Atkins guitar playing has always been a favorite.
But if I could learn to the play the guitar, I'd definitely want to have Ewan teach me that song.

Amazing.

Old yellow --
I've walked by many a grand piano when I was in college and never heard them played because I wasn't in the music department and not a music major..only the special folks got to do that.

I missed some amazing experiences it seems.

JW
 

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I USED to know how to play the piano, along with the clarinet, tenor sax and guitar. I say USED to. I honestly don't even really remember how to read music and if I picked up a sax or guitar, I'd be lost. Use it or lose it, right? Musical instruments are not like riding a bicycle.:D Got to say, I really miss my mother playing her guitar and singing. She was fantastic!

Just as I left work this afternoon, I turned on one of the local classic rock stations and this song started as I pulled out of the lot. The DJ must have had to take a crap because they played the long version, and it lasted 3/4 of the way home. I love the massive stereo separation and I was driving the Mustang which has a darn good factory stereo system.



What was awesome is, after Iron Butterfly, they played Arthur Brown "Fire". Two songs I hadn't heard in a long time on the radio.
 
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Lol. You're like the kids these days preferring ultra compressed MP3s because it sounds louder in their ear buds.



The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine


... Also inb4 someone posts that old Johnny Horton recording my dad tortured me with throughout my entire childhood.
 
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Personally, I'll take the sound of vinyl over MP3 or CD's any day of the week. One of our stations here has what they call "Vinyl Sides" on Sunday mornings where they play one side of 3 different albums, uninterrupted, on a real turn table with real vinyl. There maybe snaps and pops but the sound is way better than digital IMO. No, I'm not an audiophile, lol.
 

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I like a little character in old recordings but the wide stereo split is a bit jarring and it stands out when you understand why they did it...

1.) The limitations of recording on 3 or 4 tracks: The most common method was to put the entire rhythm section on one track (in mono), and use the remaining tracks for instrumental, percussion and vocal overdubs. It's pretty much impossible to get a coherent stereo mix in this manner. Contrast that to the usual method of stereo recording in the '50s, where most often the entire performance was recorded live to 2-track or 3-track, allowing a natural stereo spread.

2.) The average stereo phonograph in the '60s was either a console or a portable with fold-out speakers, so the distance between the speakers was not very far. The final mixes intentionally were made with unnaturally wide stereo separation to compensate for the lack of distance between the speakers used at home.
 
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