Happier Than Ever
Billie Eilish
2021

Opening track:

 

 

Alice Sara Ott, Echoes of Life -- largely Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28, interspersed here and there with other short pieces.  

That album cover hurts my eyes, though.  

EDIT:  Oh, wow, she (Ott) wrote a piece on this one, albeit based on fragments of Mozart's Lacrimosa.

^^ that was in the queue..

Esja
Hania Rani
2019

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She really is a great composer. 

XO (Deluxe Edition)
Elliott Smith
1998

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Listened to a wide variety of Chopin's Preludes.  Got a little...uh...feverish...towards the late afternoon.

 

Sings For Only The Lonely (Deluxe)
Frank Sinatra
1958

This edition contained the complete Mono and Stereo versions of the Album. I would not really call the Stereo "stereo", more like a diffuse mono, and his voice is dropped back in the mix. 

Here is a nice Mono track:

 

 

Edited August 2, 20215 yr by mikeymad

Listening to some delicious Fender Rhodes by Marcin Grachowina:

https://jazzijazzful.bandcamp.com/track/sad-frog

^^ Must be the same Seventy Three from his vids - One of the best sounds that can be made. 

Me:

Back to another 1958 (good year)

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Miles Davis
1958

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Edited August 2, 20215 yr by mikeymad

26 minutes ago, mikeymad said:

^^ Must be the same Seventy Three from his vids - One of the best sounds that can be made. 

Agreed on both counts.  He plays nice, too.  Really enjoyed the music.

Martina Topley-Bird, Quixotic

 

Okay bring on the Henley hate. I can take it.

Building The Perfect Beast
Don Henley
1984

But that super fat 80s synth!?! dang! 

 

Sun Bear Concerts by Keith Jarrett. He’s even better than Don Henley.   

Yeah, but who brings the nestalgia more 😛

Divine Tides
Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej
2021

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^^^ Nice, has been on my list to listen at some point....

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 / Debussy: La Mer / Ibert: Escales
Charles Munch
1959

Example:   {and nothing sounds as bad as it does on youtube}

 

The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet 

SHM-SACD

Lately I am rediscovering my CD collection of Massive Attack (and various artists related to them like Tricky, etc...)

 

I just love Massive Attack. Paradise Circus through any headphone is an all time favorite.

Scattered On The Wind
Sophie Hutchings
2020

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What'd I Say
Ray Charles
1959

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Bonny Light Horseman
Bonny Light Horseman
2020

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Omens
Elder
2020

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