Thanks so much for this. The combination of "blues" and "audiophile" is a fantastic thing for me to find on TH-cam, especially when done with such calm professionalism (no hype!).
Alright, another episode of the tune-up! I can't wait to get some alone time so I can listen in peace. Really happy you're still doing this segment, I really appreciate the suggestions and reasoning behind them.
Thx for the great review! I really like die BB King most! It’s a fantastic album with true feelable heart and soul of the blues! Greetings from Germany
My attempt at a SHORT List... Joe Bonamassa: 2013 - An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (Get the Blu-ray Concert as well!) Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa: 2011 - Don't Explain Lonnie Mack with Stevie Ray Vaughan: 1985 - Strike Like Lightning Stevie Ray Vaughan: 1984 - Couldn't Stand The Weather (2013 24Bit-176.4kHz), "Track 06 - Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town)" Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland: 1985 - Showdown! Blind Faith: 1969 - Blind Faith (24Bit-192kHz) Eric Clapton: 1977 - Slowhand (1996 24bit-96kHz) Eric Clapton: 2021 - The Lady In The Balcony Lockdown Sessions (24Bit-96kHz) Blues Traveler: 2012 - Suzie Cracks the Whip (24Bit-48kHz) Blues Traveler: 2021 - Traveler's Blues (24Bit-44.1kHz) Joe Walsh: 1985 - The Confessor Roy Buchanan: 2009 - When A Telecaster Plays The Blues Dr. John: 1972 - Dr. John's Gumbo (24Bit-192kHz) Dr. John: 2012 - Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit Of Satch (24Bit-96kHz) Dr. John: 2022 - Things Happen That Way (24Bit-44.1kHz) Eric Bibb: 2021 - Dear America (24Bit-96kHz) The Mellow Fellows: 1990 - Street Party Lonnie Mack: 1990 - Live! Attack Of The Killer V Gov't Mule: 2023 - Peace...Like A River (24Bit-96kHz) The Allman Brothers Band: 1972 - Eat A Peach (Deluxe Edition 24Bit-192kHz) Bonnie Raitt: 1988 - Fundamental Bonnie Raitt: 1995 - Road Tested (live) John Fullbright: 2012 - From The Ground Up The Doors: 1971 - L.A. Woman (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 2021 Remaster 24bit-192kHz) All Albums are available on Qobuz... Not Quite Blues, but most defiantly worth adding to your CD Collection to test your Headphones: Amber Rubarth: 2012 - Sessions From The 17th Ward (24Bit-96kHz) Katey Brooks: 2020 - Live at Acapela Studios (24Bit-48kHz) Chris Jones: 2003 - Roadhouses & Automobiles (24Bit-44.1kHz)
Phonetically I understand it's Bill S-kiz-mick. I could be wrong! Some great selections there; I'm just off to check out the "Buddy Guy Blues Singer" I love the introduction at "Cook County Jail" when the inmates boo the jail governor. All the best for the New Year and thanks for an entertaining and enjoyable video
These are all great records! I think my top pick would be a tie between blues singer and folk singer.. My favourite blues album though is “Rolling through this world” by Bob Brozman and Jeff Lang with Angus Diggs. A bit hard to find.. I ended up ordering the CD.. it’s awesome, the album won ARIA 2002 blues album of the year. Another that is a must listen is a tribute to Mississippi John Hurt called “Avalon Blues” ..
Thanks, great one, of these I have the Buddy Guy one on CD, have probably not listened to that over my ZMF's yet so that goes on the playlist tonight, but I sure remember it as good sounding. I am also waiting for shipment of Folk Singer on vinyl, really looking forward to that. Must check out the others on your list. Others worth checking out is Lightnin’ Hopkins - Lightnin’, great recording, but sure it also have the strange placement issue of vocals and guitars too much separated when you know mr Hopkins probably played guitar and sang at the same time. Soul blues by same artist may also be worth checking out. If we venture more into blues rock, there are good sounding stuff from Stevie Ray to be found.... Albert King , Born under a bad Sign , and Willie Dickson and Memphis Slim on Willie's Blues ain't bad either!
Thank you! You seem to enjoy classic blues. There's a series of albums called The Real Folk Blues. Muddy has 1. Howlin Wolf & JLH. Did you consider these for your list? I'd like to hear your thoughts since your system is more revealing than mine
@@PassionforSound there's another series called the London Sessions. Muddy, Howlin Wolf and Bo didley have one. They're recorded with Rock all Stars like Clapton. But the only one I like is Howlin's. Especially the Little Red Roster and intro.
@@PassionforSound sad to hear these videos are not getting as many clicks. Maybe because I’m a huge blues fan. I ended up watching it three times back-and-forth to catch all the name of the albums and your descriptions. Maybe a playlist with sample of each of these albums linked to TIDAL or Qobuz would incentivize the people not as ready to put an effort into it. Hopefully that would not be wasted effort on your part if the audience is mainly gear oriented. I hope there’s a way to have a sort of balance because I find these great. Hopefully it’s not just me. Great content overall!
Thanks for the suggestions. Since getting into higher end headphones I have been sad to realize my Stevie Ray Vaughn albums don't scale, if anything they sound worse. Maybe I just haven't found the right headphone, but those recordings only sound good in a bar situation or big speaker system, I don't know if it was the way he recorded or the mastering but it is what it is.
That's often a sad reality of getting better gear - it starts to reveal the limitations of poor-to-average mixing/mastering. I find that a bassier headphone (like the Meze Empyreans) can help to keep those recordings sounding fantastic and still fun
For "music first audiophiles" (Darko) a list called "top 5 $genre albums for audiophiles" is kind of contradictory. Nevertheless the Muddy Waters and B. B. King albums are a very good choice in my opinion.
Thank you for sharing. Folk Singer is one of my absolute audiophile favourites. But, and this is of enormous importance: it MUST be the MO-FI mastering version!
Glad you liked it! I'll need to go and check out the different Folk Singer versions. Because I listen a lot on headphones, mono mixes don't sound as good as stereo remasters. When I'm on speakers it's a bit different
Robert Cray Band and Rolling Stones (the album I included here) are both in the last 5-10 years IIRC. I did have SRV, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa and Jeff Healey in my long list, but the production quality didn't stand up to the shortlisted options
Correct. That's not to say they were bad, but for the purposes of testing audio gear, I would choose the ones I shortlisted over those others. For general listening/musical enjoyment, things are probably reversed somewhat.
I’m not usually into much Jazz but Kind of Blue has become my go to for enjoying the magic of the hobby. The special shimmer and speed of the LCD-R brought out the cliche “things I’d never heard before” in such an obvious yet pleasant way. Off topic edit: I made a documentary on Rory Gallagher years ago! Met his brother and the man who sold him the famous fender among many others. Was a privilege. Some interesting stories about Rory nearly joining the Stones out there.
Thank you for these recommendations. I always enjoy when reviewers talk about music they like and more importantly why they like it.
So glad you liked it! I've got a whole series of these videos in a playlist called "The Tune-Up"
Thanks so much for this. The combination of "blues" and "audiophile" is a fantastic thing for me to find on TH-cam, especially when done with such calm professionalism (no hype!).
I'm so glad you liked it! I hope to have another viewer suggested version for blues albums soon... 🙂
Thanks for the link to your Tidal list. It makes it a lot easier to listen.
My pleasure. Happy listening!
Alright, another episode of the tune-up! I can't wait to get some alone time so I can listen in peace. Really happy you're still doing this segment, I really appreciate the suggestions and reasoning behind them.
Glad you're enjoying them, SC! Ican't seem to find the formula to get them popular, but I'll keep trying...
Thx for the great review! I really like die BB King most! It’s a fantastic album with true feelable heart and soul of the blues! Greetings from Germany
Glad you liked the video! I agree about the heart and soul from BB King. Check out Live at the Regal for more of the same, but maybe even better.
TH-cam didn't give me the notification for this video. Yes I am subscribed and have all notifications turned on. TH-cam is playing shenanigans again.
Hmmm... I wonder if that is related to the discrepancy of views and subscriptions between my channel and some similar channels from other countries...
My attempt at a SHORT List...
Joe Bonamassa: 2013 - An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (Get the Blu-ray Concert as well!)
Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa: 2011 - Don't Explain
Lonnie Mack with Stevie Ray Vaughan: 1985 - Strike Like Lightning
Stevie Ray Vaughan: 1984 - Couldn't Stand The Weather (2013 24Bit-176.4kHz), "Track 06 - Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town)"
Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland: 1985 - Showdown!
Blind Faith: 1969 - Blind Faith (24Bit-192kHz)
Eric Clapton: 1977 - Slowhand (1996 24bit-96kHz)
Eric Clapton: 2021 - The Lady In The Balcony Lockdown Sessions (24Bit-96kHz)
Blues Traveler: 2012 - Suzie Cracks the Whip (24Bit-48kHz)
Blues Traveler: 2021 - Traveler's Blues (24Bit-44.1kHz)
Joe Walsh: 1985 - The Confessor
Roy Buchanan: 2009 - When A Telecaster Plays The Blues
Dr. John: 1972 - Dr. John's Gumbo (24Bit-192kHz)
Dr. John: 2012 - Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit Of Satch (24Bit-96kHz)
Dr. John: 2022 - Things Happen That Way (24Bit-44.1kHz)
Eric Bibb: 2021 - Dear America (24Bit-96kHz)
The Mellow Fellows: 1990 - Street Party
Lonnie Mack: 1990 - Live! Attack Of The Killer V
Gov't Mule: 2023 - Peace...Like A River (24Bit-96kHz)
The Allman Brothers Band: 1972 - Eat A Peach (Deluxe Edition 24Bit-192kHz)
Bonnie Raitt: 1988 - Fundamental
Bonnie Raitt: 1995 - Road Tested (live)
John Fullbright: 2012 - From The Ground Up
The Doors: 1971 - L.A. Woman (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 2021 Remaster 24bit-192kHz)
All Albums are available on Qobuz...
Not Quite Blues, but most defiantly worth adding to your CD Collection to test your Headphones:
Amber Rubarth: 2012 - Sessions From The 17th Ward (24Bit-96kHz)
Katey Brooks: 2020 - Live at Acapela Studios (24Bit-48kHz)
Chris Jones: 2003 - Roadhouses & Automobiles (24Bit-44.1kHz)
Great list. Thank you!
Great choices - my personal favourite - Riding with the King, B.B. King & Eric Clapton. The 20 year remaster sounds amazing.
That is a great recording. It doesn't grab me as much on the music side of things, but that's all personal taste. 🙂
Phonetically I understand it's Bill S-kiz-mick. I could be wrong! Some great selections there; I'm just off to check out the "Buddy Guy Blues Singer" I love the introduction at "Cook County Jail" when the inmates boo the jail governor. All the best for the New Year and thanks for an entertaining and enjoyable video
Thanks for the tip! Glad you liked the video. Happy new year!
Passion for Sound...ThanksMuch!..
A pleasure!
Harpslinger - Carey Bell. Reissued version, not original release which is flat. Terrific simple recording.
Thanks for the additional suggestion!
Carey bell
These are all great records! I think my top pick would be a tie between blues singer and folk singer..
My favourite blues album though is “Rolling through this world” by Bob Brozman and Jeff Lang with Angus Diggs. A bit hard to find.. I ended up ordering the CD.. it’s awesome, the album won ARIA 2002 blues album of the year.
Another that is a must listen is a tribute to Mississippi John Hurt called “Avalon Blues” ..
Thanks Ross!
"Dejennos el blues a Nosotros" Charles Musselwhite
"BB King in London"
"Pappo's Blues vol.2"
What a great idea
Glad you liked it!
Thanks, great one, of these I have the Buddy Guy one on CD, have probably not listened to that over my ZMF's yet so that goes on the playlist tonight, but I sure remember it as good sounding. I am also waiting for shipment of Folk Singer on vinyl, really looking forward to that. Must check out the others on your list. Others worth checking out is Lightnin’ Hopkins - Lightnin’, great recording, but sure it also have the strange placement issue of vocals and guitars too much separated when you know mr Hopkins probably played guitar and sang at the same time. Soul blues by same artist may also be worth checking out. If we venture more into blues rock, there are good sounding stuff from Stevie Ray to be found.... Albert King , Born under a bad Sign , and Willie Dickson and Memphis Slim on Willie's Blues ain't bad either!
Glad you enjoyed the vid and thanks for the additional suggestions!
"John Dawson Winter 3" Johnny Winter,
"John Mayall Bluesbreakers with E.Clapton" J.Mayall
"Johnny and Edgar Winter Together"
Thanks Guillermo!
Thank you! You seem to enjoy classic blues. There's a series of albums called The Real Folk Blues. Muddy has 1. Howlin Wolf & JLH. Did you consider these for your list? I'd like to hear your thoughts since your system is more revealing than mine
I tend to enjoy all blues and blues-influenced music, I think. I didn't come across the Real Folk Blues series - thanks for letting me know about them
@@PassionforSound there's another series called the London Sessions. Muddy, Howlin Wolf and Bo didley have one. They're recorded with Rock all Stars like Clapton. But the only one I like is Howlin's. Especially the Little Red Roster and intro.
This was awesome thank you!
So glad you liked it! Now I just need to find a way to get people to watch these vids ;)
@@PassionforSound sad to hear these videos are not getting as many clicks. Maybe because I’m a huge blues fan. I ended up watching it three times back-and-forth to catch all the name of the albums and your descriptions. Maybe a playlist with sample of each of these albums linked to TIDAL or Qobuz would incentivize the people not as ready to put an effort into it. Hopefully that would not be wasted effort on your part if the audience is mainly gear oriented. I hope there’s a way to have a sort of balance because I find these great. Hopefully it’s not just me. Great content overall!
Thanks, Rick. I have a playlist on Qobuz - I should share it to Tidal and post links here. I'll go do that...
@@PassionforSound Thank you 👊🏻
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All are good picks.
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Hi would you recommend astell and kern sr25 mk2? And is it overkill to use it with my shure se846? Or will it sound good.
I haven't used the SR25, but I trust all A&K DAPs based on my experiences with a number of them. It will be great with a high-end IEM like the SE846.
Thanks for the reply as always
Thank You! Junior Wells and Buddy Guy are my favs. How anout piano blues, Latin, Flamenco?
Maybe next episode! Glad you liked this one
@@PassionforSound I like your reviewing style.
Thanks Martin!
Thanks for the suggestions. Since getting into higher end headphones I have been sad to realize my Stevie Ray Vaughn albums don't scale, if anything they sound worse. Maybe I just haven't found the right headphone, but those recordings only sound good in a bar situation or big speaker system, I don't know if it was the way he recorded or the mastering but it is what it is.
That's often a sad reality of getting better gear - it starts to reveal the limitations of poor-to-average mixing/mastering. I find that a bassier headphone (like the Meze Empyreans) can help to keep those recordings sounding fantastic and still fun
I’m triggered that you left out Two Steps from the Blues by the great Bobby Bland 😊 anyway keep up the good work
Haha. Sorry about that, but thanks for telling me about it!
Check out Baba Blues
Thanks for the tip
For "music first audiophiles" (Darko) a list called "top 5 $genre albums for audiophiles" is kind of contradictory. Nevertheless the Muddy Waters and B. B. King albums are a very good choice in my opinion.
Glad you liked the album choices
Thank you for sharing. Folk Singer is one of my absolute audiophile favourites. But, and this is of enormous importance: it MUST be the MO-FI mastering version!
Glad you liked it! I'll need to go and check out the different Folk Singer versions. Because I listen a lot on headphones, mono mixes don't sound as good as stereo remasters. When I'm on speakers it's a bit different
The Classic Records pressing mastered by Bernie Grundman was the best.
So nothing from the last 50 years, right? Nothing from R.Gallagher, R.Trower, A.Lee, G.Moore, J.Healey, SRV, J.Bonamassa, W.Trout etc
Robert Cray Band and Rolling Stones (the album I included here) are both in the last 5-10 years IIRC. I did have SRV, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa and Jeff Healey in my long list, but the production quality didn't stand up to the shortlisted options
@@PassionforSound Forgive me for not following what you're saying. The production quality of those, didn't stand up to the ones listed?
Correct. That's not to say they were bad, but for the purposes of testing audio gear, I would choose the ones I shortlisted over those others. For general listening/musical enjoyment, things are probably reversed somewhat.
I’m not usually into much Jazz but Kind of Blue has become my go to for enjoying the magic of the hobby.
The special shimmer and speed of the LCD-R brought out the cliche “things I’d never heard before” in such an obvious yet pleasant way.
Off topic edit: I made a documentary on Rory Gallagher years ago! Met his brother and the man who sold him the famous fender among many others. Was a privilege. Some interesting stories about Rory nearly joining the Stones out there.
Kind of Blue is magic! Can't believe RG nearly joined the Stones!?
@@PassionforSound right?! Apparently Hot Stuff is his riff
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Na jazz's more artistic on timbre thats instrument produced..imperial jazz not those modern emphasis sicks..Blues sure 2nd choice...peace!