Wow, how things have changed....

[Chris]

Yes, you are absolutely correct... Stuff like King Crimson, early Genesis (basically music from '68 to'76) I am very much ready to get into now, that would have never happened for me back then.. Not mature enough to get it... Funny thing, I just watched a documentary on Pink Floyd, and boy did I like the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd... I, of course, love the post Syd PF, but I am definitely ready now to explore the early Floyd and dig the hell out of it.. Emily will definitely be playing in my house for sure...

 

[earwaxxer]

Good example Chris! - early Floyd with Syd. What a Prophet! Too bad. Amazing talent! So the best talent form that area goes...

 

[Chris]

Original vinyl may be hard to get.. But, even with cd, I will just let all that great stuff roll as if it were the black discs.....

 

[Aural Robert]

From the era of Crimson and Genesis, you have to check out Gentle Giant, Manfred Mann, there was a band from England called Flash that was insanely good, Jade Warrior, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jeff Beck, AIIIIIEEEE there are just sooooo many.

Aural Robert.
... Neuro-surgeons scream for more ...

 

[Chris]

Ok, thank you for the suggestions. I will check them all out.. ELP will still be a tough digest for me I think. I always thought Keith took a good thing and would go WAY too far with it and ultimately ruin it for me ie. the end of lucky man, wasnt even remotely close to the melody, tempo and vibe of the song and then here comes this "somebody help me, I can't seem to stop" garbage... But that is just me...

 

[azrockitman]

ok hold on one doggone minute:  You're telling me Flash was a music group?  With a real LP inside this jacket?  After having this stuck to my bedroom ceiling all those years I had no idea!  But you're right;  there's an LP in here!!! 

 

[Aural Robert]

I thought their second album was better. ;D I wonder if it's the same model.

To those who may not know, the original album is a gatefold and the back half is the right mammary, similarly posed. Very nice.

Aural Robert.
... Frankie says relax ...

 

[Paul Joppa]

Speaking of old farts ... I remember attending the Engineering Fair (or whatever it was called) at the local university and being - for the first time - exposed to the notion of "Stereo-phonic" sound. Shortly after that the local classical music station (still in business, KING-FM, now also on the web) had a special program broadcasting STEREO music, for one hour per day. Very exotic. Much later I managed two (quite dissimilar) speakers and a stereo amp. Something like 6 years before I actually built an pair of identical speakers to hear the real thing.

 

[earwaxxer]

Paul.. You ARE the old fart! Thats crazy old. I remember when quadrophonic hit. Now, thats back far enough for most!

 

[azrockitman]

I had a kenwood kr-7340 quad receiver that I bought new probably in 1974.  Used it until a couple of years after I moved to az in 1992.  Something died on it a few years later....guessing the power supply...I was very proud of that unit for quite sometime.  I spent some hard earned income on that.  Still have a few quad LPs that I don't even know if it would be safe to play them today w a current cartridge. 

 

[Grainger49]

    .  .  .    I remember when quadrophonic hit. Now, that's back far enough for most!

I was talking to an engineer at work late last week. I mentioned the Quadraphonic fad in the mid 70, as, "you remember the short fad of Quadraphonic in the mid 70s, don't you?"  He said, "I was born in 1979."  I felt old.

 

[RayP]

I remember my father and I going to hear stereo for the first time in the mid 50's. I was probably less than 10 years old so I enjoyed the record of trains going past. I seem to remember there was a bit of music as well. We were impressed.

Getting back to how our listening habits have changed. I mostly listen to classical and the biggest change that using a music server (JRiver) has brought to my listening habits has been the investigation of the minor composers. Many CDs in my collection have tracks on them that are not by well known composers and once I got the collection digitized and appropriately tagged, it has been a pleasure to explore the byways.

ray