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agutierrezb said:
The agutierrezb 2019 record collection challenge

So I've decided to embark on my own personal challenge, which consists of listening every record in my collection before the end of the year. My record collection is not that big -only ~250-, but I still feel like there are a bunch of records I don't give enough attention to, while still adding more titles to my shelves.

For this reason I've set a couple of rules in order to play every record at least once before December 31st: I'll play at least one record a day, going from front to back in the way I have them sorted in my shelf. I can play a different record (i.e. Not the next one in alphabetical order) if I feel like listening to something else in any given moment, but at least one of the records I spin in the day has to be the LP in turn.

I didn't take pictures for the first two days, but I'll try to document the process from here on, so I'll be posting daily on this thread. Wish me luck!
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#193: Niño Josele - Paz
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#194: Niño Josele - Española

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According to Niño Josele, after adapting his playing to the jazz tunes on his previous record, he couldn't go back to his own previous way of playing flamenco. He inebitably drew from jazz whenever he played flamenco, so he figured he would record this album: While the previous one (Paz) was an effort to play jazz coming from flamenco, Española is a flamenco album played by jazz musicians. The result is just as beautiful, but even more unique than Paz. Like I said, both records where issued together on vinyl (picture bellow)

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Here's my favorite track of the album. It is a beautiful, dramatic and complex arrangement for the classic "Bulería" style of flamenco. According to the liner notes on this album, Paco De Lucía was blown away by the track, and asked to listen to it 3 times in a row.

 
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#194: Niño Josele - Española

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According to Niño Josele, after adapting his playing to the jazz tunes on his previous record, he couldn't go back to his own previous way of playing flamenco. He inebitably drew from jazz whenever he played flamenco, so he figured he would record this album: While the previous one (Paz) was an effort to play jazz coming from flamenco, Española is a flamenco album played by jazz musicians. The result is just as beautiful, but even more unique than Paz. Like I said, both records where issued together on vinyl (picture bellow)

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Here's my favorite track of the album. It is a beautiful, dramatic and complex arrangement for the classic "Bulería" style of flamenco. According to the liner notes on this album, Paco De Lucía was blown away by the track, and asked to listen to it 3 times in a row.

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Absolutely loved this track.
 
So I'm using @Lee Newman's idea from this thread to set the program for the evening. A stack of "similar albums" as determined by AllMusic.com.

The “Similar Album” Stack

I have no idea if this will get any traction. I’ve really been digging the Futurebirds album that was the discovery pick for Magnolia Record Club this month. I decided to see what Allmusic would say was a similar album. Next thing I know I had spin the following by spinning a record that was...
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Spin #1

Marshall Crenshaw "Marshall Crenshaw" (1982), MOFI remaster

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