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I can't believe I missed Mingus Ah Um. I've never heard Black Monk Time, so it goes on my list.

One constant among all discussions I read on audiophile fora is the back-and-forth between older enthusiasts who have spent $800 on Pet Sounds and younger enthusiasts who have spent $0 pirating video game soundtracks. I think the best way to bridge that gap is to put everyone on a level playing field. If you would, please share some examples of albums you love that were first released before you were born. For my part, here are five to get us started. 1) Ahmad Jamal: Chamber Music of the New Jazz This is a phenomenal recording, showing really thoughtful playing by Jamal. I'm particularly fond of the rhythmic tapping and string plucking he employs throughout, making use of parts of the piano you're not supposed to play. This is from an era of jazz I don't prefer, but it sounds to me far ahead of its time. Roon says I've listened to it 78 times, and I don't doubt it. While writing my masters thesis I would listen to this album every day. That was pre-Roon, so those plays aren't even counted. I never tire of it. 2) Talking Heads: Remain in Light This is for my boy TMoney. Being a millennial, I was first exposed to David Byrne via his solo career. "Sure sounds like the guy on Psycho Killer", I think I said. Working my way back through the catalog I was absolutely floored by this album. Some of my favorites off Stop Making Sense were on here, and to me it represents a turning point for the musical landscape that would lead to a lot of things I enjoy. 3) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle be Unbroken? I inherited my Dad's turntable and his record collection when I turned ten. He didn't die or anything, he just didn't listen to records. I sure as shit did, but didn't want to listen to all the stuff I'd heard on repeat the last ten years of my life, so I went to record shops and thrift stores and picked up things with interesting covers that I could afford on a very finite allowance. This album was the heaviest thing I could get for $0.25, which represented a real value. It was also the first bluegrass/old time album I ever heard, and it was an absolute revelation to me. 4) Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel III (Melt) I'm cheating a little here, as my favorite Peter Gabriel album is "So", but that came out in 1986 and as such is disqualified. Obviously there are some phenomenal songs on here, notably "Games Without Frontiers" and "Biko", but this was also the first album to use gated reverb on drums, ushering in a sound no one would get sick of for ten years. I constantly tell my wife and daughter "this is a Peter Gabriel household", and we wear it on our sleeve like it will get us martyred by the IRA. I don't know if the Collins/Gabriel divide of opinion exists in real life, but if it does we are ready. 5) Frank Zappa: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch This was another gem from my father's record collection, but one I actively avoided for years. It was the weirdest thing I ever heard, and I thought it might be irreparably damaged. The only song I could even remotely latch on to was "Valley Girl", but I played it dozens of times until I got the courage to ask my Dad what that even meant. The explanation went similarly over my head.

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn I don't know how this escaped my notice in February, but I'm a sucker for Chinese stringed instruments in old time bands.

RIP Matilda. That’s terrible to hear, Fitz.

Man, this game had better be great. I can already hear the Metacritic rating dropping out of spite.

^^ looks on brand for you, Dusty.

Gorgeous, Marc. That is one monster of a phono preamp.

Happy birthday, Peter!

Sorry to hear the negative impressions of Arturia. I have a Keystep (the cheap little one) and love it. It’s a different niche than a 61-key, but to suss out a chord progression or add a bass line it’s lots of fun. I also have and adore Arturia’s “Pigments” soft synth.

I’m not a doctor, but from the x-ray I’m not certain that ninth one counts as a whole egg.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-ukraine-investigate-death-us-embassy-employee-73358211 Wife of a colleague in neighboring Ukraine passed away, today. Authorities are simultaneously investigating murder and accidental death due to a collision with a train. Either is heartbreaking. State is a big organization, and anytime someone connected to the embassy dies it makes the news. I did not know the woman who passed or her family, but she had four children. Terrible news.

Sirs! Congratulations!

I've been told I snap it well.

It hardly counts as "building", but I am snapping together a Pootie Pie.

Mark Giuliana - BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! BEAT MUSIC! I feel like I was lied to about jazz most of my life. I played it daily for eight years and never enjoyed it in the slightest. Now, fifteen years of atrophy later, I learn modern jazz is fantastic and inventive and I'd love to play it.

My six-year-old daughter just asked me today if I ever played Minecraft. There is a direct line between that question and me being her favorite parent.

That time is now. The Soncoz LA-QXD1 I purchased is pure garbage, and I can't believe I ever thought it would be a good idea. It gibbers and pops constantly, loses sync whenever my AC condenser cycles on, and defaults to minimum volume every time it does so. The interface is inscrutable, and I had to find direct links to the driver downloads through the Wayback Machine (!!) because the manufacturer's site is currently down. I ended up just buying the thing I wanted in the first place, the RME dac.

What a touching picture, Jose. Clearly a powerful man, brought down when he had a lot of living yet to do. It’s a humbling thought to all of us.

I've never heard any LS50, but I've never loved any of the KEF's I've owned. Ric, sounds like you're in my camp if they're still sitting in a box.

Terrible news, Jeff. Sorry to hear it.

Stretch! What wonderful news! Happiest of birthdays! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Disappointing and surprising. Doesn’t the built-in streamer run Linux? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Obviously we do, how else would we wear out phono cartridges? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All these dumb vinyl resurgence articles always neglect to mention what percentage of people buying LPs actually listen to them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m not the last word in pros here, but I would put 57s on each amp so you can set your own mix. Vocals into an amp is not ideal, it would be better to have vocals into a mixer and then wedges on stage to monitor, but talent wants what talent wants. If the vocals share an amp with a guitar your levels there are out of your control, but I’d still close mic that then put an omni out for crowd noise and possibly some ambience on vocals.