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| Do you have any concern for the environment when keeping your equipment 24/7 ? If you’re worried about it, buy a Victrola and some 78s and get some exercise winding it up at the same time. | |
| Favorite band or artist of all time? Tower of Power | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Touché three_easy_payments. Nice comeback. One thing though - my statements about not recognizing Monty Python was in two parts. The first was my own lamenting that as we (I) get older, it’s a bit sad to keep experiencing more and more people ... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? @n80: it is simply amazing to me that the moderator would delete that clear reference to a John Cleese/Monty Python quote yet leave both of mine. Don’t even get me started on what the social media cupcakes think is offensive these days - the sam... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? PS. For female vocals check out:1, Judith Owen2. Jackie AllenFor male vocals:1. David Wilcox 2. Marc Cohn3. Keller Williams ff you like jazz trumpeters, check out:Till Bronner (Love this guy - he cando it all, straight ahead jazz or bebop, b... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? n80,THANK YOU!! I was beginning to feel like the Lone Ranger. If I had posted that 10 to 15 years ago I would’ve had 12 responses with hysterical MP quotes. Today, you’re my only saving grace. “Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time. Y... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Love these kind of threads and thanks, Mitch, as I always enjoy discovering new music.i am a long time fan of horn bands - especially in the style of 70s funk or jazz rock bands. Anyone who knows me knows I am a HUGE Tower of Power fan (not sure... | |
| If you could only keep 5 record albums, what would they be? 1. Tower of Power - Back to Oakland2. Lighthouse -- One Fine Morning3. Blood Sweat & Tears — Blood Sweat & Tears4. Funk Filharmonik — Everybody Get Down5. Sante Fe & The Fat City Horns. - When the Curtain Goes UpHonorable mention... | |
| Your Forever Pieces? What and Why? Absolutely love this post! Thanks for starting it Uberwaltz!i am totally ashamed that I have a bunch of 70s gear in a closet I never use but nostalgia and sentiment will not let me depart with them. My original Dual 1019 Turntable I had in 1970... | |
| The current best band in the world? For me it is Tower of Power - celebrated their 50th Anniversary this year with a No. 1 album - Soul Side of Town. Their horn section has a discography of over 500 albums. The horn driven soul band by which all others are judged. | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck Thank Al. Will do. And Al? Thanks again for this thread.Isn’t this hobby, the end, all about the MUSIC? Chazro, great stuff. Gotta get me soma dat Honeydrippin new (old) music!Gotta run, it’s off to the Fox Theater to hear the most outrageous... | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck Thanks for reminding me about the Headhunters LP Frogman. I have not dusted that LP off and played it in quite a while so it was great hearing it again.I bought that LP in 1973 and the funk band I was in back in the day played the opening track i... | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck AlI am so glad to be able to share some music with you and others here and glad your boys may like Five Alarm Funk. I see others have echoed a few from my list and that makes me so happy others are listening to these great groups.i was fortunate t... | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck Shadorne, I couldn’t agree more. Not only is Back to Oakland my favorite album of all time but I also I totally agree on Chester Thompson. His timing, ability to keep intensifying a groove, his foot pedal work and his ability to play off Rocco ... | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck PSS. - first, I apologize to everyone on this thread if it looks like I am highjacking it as I am not wanting to. I am just such a huge TOP fan and so enamored with them even 50 years after first hearing them as a young teenager, and just found t... |