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Message started by Lonely Raven on 10/10/16 at 22:47:40

Title: Decfest Demo Tunes Thread (2016)
Post by Lonely Raven on 10/10/16 at 22:47:40

Palomino and I regularly talk about great albums we find and like to show off great tracks that highlight something in a system. We kind of take pride in being able to come up with demo tunes that aren't the same tired songs that everyone is using at the big audio shows (though I admit those are used for a reason), and we're quick to whip out Shazam when we find something interesting. (great App by the way)

Randy had some great tracks that didn't come up on Shazam because they were from indy record producers, and Pal and I get asked "who is that?" when we play something odd and cool, so we figured we'd start this thread to share Artist/Albums/Tracks we used this weekend, and hopefully get others to chime in with some suggestions to add to our repertoire.

I'll start - I'm going to put in as much information as I can to make it as easy for people to find these albums as possible.

My Demo Tunes are all digital - I gave up spinning media a couple years ago when I realized my digital files typically sounded better than the spinning media (all things being equal).

I have to look a bunch of these up to be accurate, so I'll edit and add more info later

So in no particular order:

Artist - Track - Album - Format/Bitrate

Aleixa - Rain in the Air - Honeylake - FLAC-16/44 CD Rip

Cyndee Peters – “House of the Rising Sun” - Opus3 Showcase no3 - DSD64

The Wailin' Jennys - "Summertime" - Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House - FLAC-16/44 CD Rip

Project Trio - "Dup Dup" - Project Trio - FLAC 16/44 CD Rip

ALT-J - "Intro" "Interlude 1" "Tessellate" An Awesome Wave FLAC24/96 HDTracks

(need to look up the artist) - "Money (That's What I Want) - FLAC 16/44 CD-RIP

NILS LOFGREN - "Keith Don't Go" - Acoustic Live - FLAC 16/44 CD Rip

Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" - Thriller FLAC 24/88 HDTracks

Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Tin Pan Alley" Texas Flood - FLAC 16/44 CD RIP

Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Little Wing" - The Sky is Crying - FLAC 16/44 CD rip

Sara Bareilles - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Brave Enough: Live at the Variety Playhouse FLAC 16/44 CD Rip

The Beatles - "Here Comes The Sun" - Abby Road (2014 Universal Music) - FLAC 16/44 CD Rip

Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Lucky Man" Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2012 Sony Legacy DVD) FLAC 24/96 DVD Rip

OK, I need to get back to work - I'll finish up the list later tonight if I have time, that's almost half of my typical playlist I've been using for two years now.

Title: Re: Decfest Demo Tunes Thread (2016)
Post by Tripwr1964 on 10/11/16 at 02:26:49

few of my favs:

Exodus Quartet - Grove Gumbo - Way Out There 44.1/16 flac
Supertramp - Sooner or Later - Somethings Never Change 44.1/16 flac
Lee Ritenour - Why I Sing The Blues - 6 String Theory 44.1/16 flac
The Latin Jazz Trio - Luisongo - Latin Jazz Trioo 96/24 hd flac

great idea, and good seeing you at the fest!

Title: Re: Decfest Demo Tunes Thread (2016)
Post by Matchstikman on 10/11/16 at 03:05:03

Hey, there was a selection played on the first night with some very progressive violins. I tried to Shazam it but it ended before I could do it. I wish I knew what it was. It was interesting.

Title: Re: Decfest Demo Tunes Thread (2016)
Post by Randy in Caintuck on 10/11/16 at 22:54:56

Good thread .....
I'm headed out the door in a few minutes but will post some of the goodies I played at the Fest later tonight or tomorrow .....

Randy

Title: Re: Decfest Demo Tunes Thread (2016)
Post by Palomino on 10/12/16 at 15:11:11

Good thread. I will try to contribute when I have some time. Most of my list is inbred with el president's but I think I have a few that he doesn't have.

Title: Re: Decfest Demo Tunes Thread (2016)
Post by Randy in Caintuck on 10/13/16 at 21:41:32

OK ..... I finally got settled in after the trip home from Peoria .....

So ..... here are some of the CDs I shared at the Zen Fest that several of the attendees asked to add to their short list :

Almira Fawn - Chillax
Song - Appalachia
This has to be downloaded from the CD Baby site

Chris Isaak - Baja Sessions

Jacintha - Jacintha Is Her Name

Richard Buckner - Devotion + Doubt

The rest are on the German Stockfisch label and can be ordered through Elusive Disc .....

Kerstin Blodig - Out of the Woods

Ewen Carruthers - When Time Turns Around

Sara K - Hell or High Water

Steve Strauss - Just Like Love

Allan Taylor - Hotels and Dreamers

Enjoy,

Randy

Title: Re: Decfest Demo Tunes Thread (2016)
Post by Lonely Raven on 10/14/16 at 13:57:14

Thanks so much for that list, Randy!

Randy also mentioned that several of the albums are from this label.

http://www.stockfisch-records.de/sf12_start_e.html

I have a couple I've not had a chance to listen to, mostly classical. But I plan on checking them out soon.

I also found out there is a way to archive DSD straight from the SACDs I own using my OPPO Blu-Ray player - so I'm going to see if (yet again) the digital files sound better than the spinning media (all things being equal - or as equal as possible). So I might have some more demo tunes to add to my list.

Speaking of which, I need to finish up my demo tunes list above - that's only about half.