What Are Your Favourite Demo Discs
Posted by: DWootton on 15 November 2010
Hi
I was just wondering what are your favourite demo discs - CD or Vinyl
Mine are:
Peter Gabriel - US
Eric Clapton - Sessions For Robert J
Mozart Requiem
Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Pendulum - In Silico
I'm interested as this will give me clues for music that is both good sounding and also good musically
Danny
Posted on: 15 November 2010 by Hot Rats
Which recording of the Mozart Requiem would you recommend as reference Danny?
It is interesting to see that you have listed the Genesis album. I owned a copy on vinyl and bought a remastered CD some years ago. I remember being unimpressed. Perhaps I need a more recent remastering on CD?
One recording that has particularly impressed me is the XRCD2 version of 'Jazz At The Pawnshop'. I know it's old hat but it sounds great in this format.
Posted on: 15 November 2010 by anderson.council
I had to listen to some selections from my favourite bands : Floyd & Zeppelin but one that surprised me was my other half's choice.
Natalie Merchant - Live (circa 1999).
Fantastic live sound and a good album to boot including a great version of Space Oddity which is how we chose which Audiovectors to take home.
Cheers
Scott
Posted on: 16 November 2010 by graham halliwell
Duke Ellington - "Blues In Orbit" is a good one. Played that to many people.
To test bass I used to use a Gary Peacock solo track from "In The Evenings Out There" by Paul Bley, ECM. More for my own set-up procedure though than for dem purposes. You can really understand what Naim speakers are about on something like this, and which speakers lose it.
Posted on: 16 November 2010 by Guido Fawkes
1. Eldorardo - Electric Light Orchestra
2. Folk Roots, New Roots - Shirley Collins
3. The Wimple Winch Story - Wimple Winch
4. 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus - Spirit
5. Sinfonietta - Leos Janáček
6. This Earthly Spell - Karine Polwart
If it is vinyl then I have a test record with tracks on it like Don't Hang Up by 10CC and Peter Skellern Love Is the Sweetest Thing and I also use Secret Voyage by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night.
I have used Half Man Half Biscuit records too, but I just keep singing along which defeats the point of the demo and scares others out of the shop - especially former England spin bowler: Fred Titmus.
A friend of mine used use Teach Yourself Icelandic Volume 2 - if you asked why he'd remark have you heard Volume 1.
Posted on: 17 November 2010 by JamieL_v2
