03-05-2015, 05:42
Jerome Wrote:Today I am going to listen to the 'Buena Vista Social Club' album with Ry Cooder & Co. One of the finest examples of high quality recording I have ever heard. This really is way beyond most albums in terms of sonic detail. It also helps that the parts were carefully arranged so as not to allow one instrument to mask/obscure another. Each player has their own space in the mix. And some damn good music to boot as well. In terms of music, I give it an 8. In terms of recording - a 10.
And when you have absorbed all that wonderfullness (I agree in every detail), consider a follow-on album, some of which were unreleased songs from the first, others being subsequently recorded--please all keep in mind these were the originators in the '40's and '50's and thus have expired by now. Never see their like again--guys who built a music. From the Amazin's: http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Buena-V...ocial+club
Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnwC94A-ITU << + a chance to brush up your Italian...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5K4aaoa3ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6CJg1LIQ4k << What they looked like live.
BONUS: Full album--2-CD set--"At Carnegie Hall": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Qp98OcqYM
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR