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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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#45: Mark de Clive-Lowe - Heritage II

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Day is followed by night, and Heritage is followed by Heritage II. Both albums are great, but I think I like this one a little bit more
 
Mr Moore said:
Well, I thought that was magical but three of my colleagues uttered the words, “what the fuck are we listening to?” and made me turn it off after 17 minutes. Philistines.
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I actually tried playing it for my wife as sort of an intro to free/spiritual jazz, since it at least has a clear structure and melody. But yeah, still a no go.

As someone who's first real exposure to "jazz" was the Stooges' Fun House, this stuff will always make the most sense to me. It's actually the Blue Note-type stuff (variations of bop, I guess) that's always been more challenging to me.
 
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Herbie Hancock - Crossings

This is the Speaker's Corner reissue and my god, it sounds amazing. I know sound quality isn't necessary for music to still be fun and enjoyable but there's something special about just the sheer visceral intensity you get when drums actually sound like drums. I know it's probably a stupid and overused analogy but it's like going from watching movies and TV in standard then making the leap to HD. Or better yet, watching sports: still fun but the action is kind of blurry... until you get to HD and things are just that much sharper. To me, it's totally worth the time and expense hunting down those fantastic-sounding copies of albums I love. This one is particularly intense and exciting... thanks to whoever mentioned it on here, I forget who you are!
 
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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#46: Leonard Cohen - Songs of love and hate

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There's a little link between Leonard Cohen and our ROTM: According to Cohen, his interest in poetry was sparked by his discovery of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, who wrote most of the lyrics on "La leyenda del tiempo." Cohen even named his daughter "Lorca", and adapted one of his poems on the song "Take this waltz"
 
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