VA Audiophile - Love Songs (2009): Rediscover the Classics with Jazz Versions of Love Songs

This is the 1997 debut by acclaimed roots rockers Last Train Home that put them on the alt-country map."Last Train Home's eponymous debut album resonates with love songs, more often than not the sad, haunting and unresolved kind. It's the stuff of great country music, of course, but [the band is] careful not to let unruly honky-tonk romps get in the way of tortured or torchy heartache." - Mike Joyce, The Washington Post

My disc-less MacBook Air was the only computer I brought to CES this year. Thus I couldn't even listen to Kent's album until I arrived home after the show. Granted another laptop with a disc drive wouldn't have allowed me to listen under audiophile conditions, but I would've at least been able to evaluate the musical content. By the time I arrived back in Minneapolis to -20 degree Fahrenheit temperatures I was a little less excited to listen to the album. I thought this was probably going to be another well recorded, well mastered, and well packaged "audiophile" album with substandard musical content. I leisurely imported all three versions of the album into iTunes as AIFF files. In total I have about 8GB less free space on my NAS drive after the lengthy import process. To my pleasant surprise I thoroughly enjoyed the music on the album after the first listening session. In the days since I arrived home from CES I've listened to this album countless times in high resolution from my music server and in standard resolution from my iPod and in my car. This is an awesome acoustic jazz album that every audiophile and jazz aficionado must own. One of my favorite instruments is the double bass. I really enjoy hearing the strings pluck on a great recording. Peter Scherr's double bass Audiophile Jazz Prologue III is absolutely wonderful. The rest of the band, including vocals by Marcia Seebaran, are equally impressive. Every track offers something a little different but the sound quality remains unchanged. From start to finish there is never a sense of that "audiophile sterility" present on so many great sounding recordings. Every time I listen to Audiophile Jazz Prologue III I want to listen to the whole album. So often we prefer to skip around from album to album listening to that one terrific track or even part of a track like the drum solo in Patricia Barber's song Company. I don't know how many times I've heard just that solo demo'd at shows or in showrooms. I'd love to recommend a couple tracks as the "best" but I would be doing everyone a disservice. This whole album must be heard in its cohesive entirety.

VA Audiophile - Love Songs (2009)

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That's why I wanted to produce this song in audiophile setting. (especially the sax solo after the 1st chorus). Maybe I should consider putting that song for the next free sample, as we planned to have 3 free samples in Hi-Res from all 13 songs.

The 4-LP Box Set includes the complete sound recordings from CONCERT FOR GEORGE, pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl, featuring a special, mandala-design etched on side-8. This is the first physical audio configuration to offer all songs from the performance.

Lots of people like ambient music for lots of reasons. Some love to fall asleep to it. Some are fascinated with the granular detail of slow songs. Some enjoy the way that it can dilate time, shifting perception for vast stretches of just being there.

Beautiful songs about adventure and summer love always give me the carefree feeling that you crave on vacation. It feels like you are a teenager again, listening to Bruce Springsteen croon on my tape deck while drawing hearts around a certain picture in my yearbook. You may laugh, but you know everyone has done it! Let the memories wash over you with this well-crafted ballad.

This is a slower song, but definitely a sweet one about traveling with the person you love. Making memories together is a wonderful part of any relationship and this song captures that essence beautifully. More intimate than most songs on this list, it nevertheless earned its place with ease. 2ff7e9595c