New Listening Room / New Series Poll (Episode 369)
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- In this special episode Allan takes viewers behind the scenes at Ten-Minute Record Reviews headquarters, shows the development of the new listening room, and looks for viewer opinions on one or more new series for the channel.
00:00 - Channel Growth and Future Directions
01:30 - Jazz Focus and Channel Evolution
04:01 - Poll for Future Content
09:01 - Exploring the New Listening Space
14:18 - Record Collection and Organization
15:33 - Audio Equipment Setup
18:27 - Conclusion
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A VERY Special Episode! One of the things that sets you apart from UA-camrs in other spaces is your respect for your audience's time and our shared interest in the music. As you undoubtedly know, there are people in some dark corners of the TubeSphere who post videos lasting an hour or more without doing any preparatory research or deciding what they actually want to say -- only to discover at the end of the day that they haven't said anything at all. You don't do that, and I, for one, am most grateful.
Jazz (old or new) is where it's at when it comes to discussions of interesting, unusual, challenging music (originally intended for physical media) in the sadly diminished age of streaming. I will happily contribute to your poll, but I first want to say that: 1) I have picked up a few LP gems on your recommendation that I have found quite rewarding (Bobby Timmons' "Little Barefoot Soul," Bobby Hutcherson's "Knucklebean" and Ron Carter's "All Blues" immediately come to mind). So thanks. (I picked up Carter's 1977 "Peg Leg" on Milestone, which I like a lot, too.) And 2) you're the only other person I know of who has a Harman Kardon receiver from that late '70s series. Mine's an HK 670, which I was thrilled to find a few years ago because it's got a shiny look unlike anything else from the period. I have a collection of equipment from the so-called "Golden Age of Hi-Fi Stereo" (maybe 1962-1979), which is what I love, and that is one of my favorite pieces (along with other striking looking/sounding HK's like the "twin-powered" 430 and solid state and tube integrated amps, separates, and receivers from Sansui, McIntosh, Marantz, Pioneer, The Fisher, Sony, Kenwood, Sherwood...). I also wanted to express my appreciation for the Elvin Jones image (until this post all I could make out was the drums and his face peeking through) and the groovy vintage lamp (I also have several '50s/'60s thrift shop finds, with custom "retro-atomic" shades I ordered from a shop in SF). All music sounds better with the appropriate lighting. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad to have inspired some good pick-ups. Little Barefoot Soul is a funny little record; we were just listening to it the other evening and everything about it is a tad haphazard. Some great moments and groove though.
Love my HK. The first "real" amplifier I bought as a young fella was an HK PM645 circa 1982, like this one: images.app.goo.gl/yecr9aQrHQHxubqg8. Nice amp and can't remember what ever happened to it.
The current receiver has an amusing origin story. Quite a few years ago when I was regretting my decision to de-vinyl my life and go digital, my wife and I were at an auction house and despite having no plans to do so, I ended up bidding on a box of records for which the auctioneer had dropped the asking price to $2.00! Got them for $20, and the next few boxes as well. My wife was laughing: "you don't even have a stereo you can play these on!" Well, guess what came up for bidding in the very next lot? Came home with 400 LPs, this receiver, plus a good JVC turntable, for $120 all-in.
Firstly, your channel is criminally underrated and under subscribed. Your videos are super informative and you dash in a nice amount of humour as well. Your new room looks great. Love the decor. I’m just about to renovate my listening room and I like a few of your ideas. Keep up the great videos. 😊
Glad you're feeling inspired. We've really enjoyed the change. And thanks for the kind words - will keep on plugging away.
"I Voted" ;-)
'Love the humorous cut-away shots, by the way.
I (and democracy) thank you.
I really appreciate your videos and get more enjoyment and information in 10 minutes than I get in an hour on any other channel! In the style of online shopping recommendations,“people who bought product X were also interested in product Y “ , how about taking a prominent jazz record and suggesting several lesser known records by more obscure artists which might also appeal. I appreciate that you do already make references to other artists in some of your reviews. Sorry that I was too late to participate in the poll. Thanks for your great work!
Thanks Simon. That’s a good idea, and as I think of it would be fairly easy to incorporate briefly into these videos - or, more efficiently, as space is at a premium in the 10 minute episodes, as extra information in the video description. Thanks for the idea.
You do such a great job w/ your "Label History" vids, either or both #2 & #4 for sure.
Thank you very much.
Great vid, I like your room and system! I recently bought the kalax shelving and discovered that if you lay a 2x4 on the wide side behind your records they line up perfectly at the edge of the shelf. Keep making the vids!
An excellent idea. Recognized that something like that would be required almost from minute one, but have been procrastinating (and cursing as I do so).
Very nice listening space, Allan! Your videos are always informative and fun - I took the poll.
Thank you Tony - always good to hear from long-time subscribers. I appreciate your support.
Very cool setup! Loved hearing how much of a team effort it was between you and your wife. I can only hope one day my own wife will be as invested in our sound system, but I think there are plenty of other steps that we need to take in life before getting there. I did vote as well, cast mine for international jazz histories, but I would also be a bit intrigued with videos about obscure instruments. However I'm also realizing artist retrospectives would mean potentially getting more info on albums I love that haven't gotten a spotlight yet (for example, Donald Byrd's Fancy Free or One Flight Up by Dexter Gordon). Whatever wins though, I'm sure to watch!
Thank you Doctor! I appreciate the feedback, especially from folks who have been engaged with the channel for a while. Very helpful.
Congratulations on the new space. It looks great.
I’m not much of a jazz guy, but I still tune in frequently because I appreciate your story telling so much.
I hope you still find time to do the occasional reggae and Latin videos. Much more to my current interests.
I love the idea of the music clubs. As someone who knows very little about jazz, I’m sure I would still appreciate the storied musical history represented by these clubs. I’ll swing by the poll and cast my vote as such.
Cheers
Thanks very much, and noted. I've been letting Latin etc take a back seat as the channel identity has been firming up. But maybe I'll sneak a few in mid-week!
Hi, voted for the specific country/city option, mainly because I'd like to hear your take on the London scene of the sixties, which I'm not sure you have covered previously, but really I could have voted for any of the options, and hope you cover all of them anyway, at some point.
Groovy painting above the fireplace btw.
Thanks very much. The painting is by a dear recently departed friend and artist, Irma Soltonovich. Would enjoy doing the London scene and it's been a while since my last visit, pre-Covid. I did go to Ronnie Scott's in the 80s... but memories are a little fuzzy.
Thanks for giving us a glimpse into your musical life! As a fellow hearing aid wearer, I was worried about how it would impact my enjoyment of music. I find that it makes me an even more attentive listener and I'm still able to hear minor details and complexities that other, less obsessive music lovers might not notice. I voted and I look forward to your next videos. I'm still hoping you find a copy of Gigolo by Lee Morgan or A Fickle Sonance by Jackie McLean to review.
Thanks! On the hearing aid front, I delayed it for years for that very worry, but while no hearing aid is as good as a young ear I have a new custom insert coming which -- the fellow tells me -- should increase my detection and enjoyment of bass frequencies. At no charge! Long live science.
I actually have a copy of A Fickle Sonance which I acquired last spring. It's one of those DMM French Blue Notes which the BN crowd disdains, but the sound is fine for most non-bats/bloodhounds. It's been a while since I discussed Jackie so, maybe!
Voted too
And please do not stop your jazz label series, it's the greatest jazz video series on UA-cam.
Maybe you can add a personal top 5 for each label you are reviewing or already reviewed ?
Anyway thanks for all your great work !
Well that's an accolade I doubt I deserve, but thank you all the same. I'm glad you enjoy the channel. That top five isn't a bad idea. Thanks for voting.
We probably all have a similar interest, curiosity & (for me) a passion for venues from early 1920s on to ~ 70s, particularly jazz but 70s/80s LA rock scene(s). There's some great books on jazz venues, including some picture books.
Love the channel.
@@DanielHog13 speaking of, we went to the Whisky the last time we were in LA. And the Lighthouse! A two-fer. And thanks.
@@TenMinuteRecordReviews 👍 Never have though I've trained at the original LucasFilm/THX school training in CA decades ago.
Have been in Memphis (Beale St.) a ton, New Orleans (everywhere) a ton & up/down the Mississippi Delta for blues as well.
@@TenMinuteRecordReviews And we recently watched a great 30-60 minute documentary on the Whiskey A GoGo + one on Sunset Strip.
Thanks Allan, lovely video. Great to see your set up. I love Kallax and bought my third unit last Saturday (wife was surprisingly ok!) More space = more records. Your channel is brilliant, I wouldn't change a thing. Maybe do a live stream with a couple of others in the VC focusing on an artist or period of time? Thanks again
Thanks! Better that than army-surplus weaponry or model trains, she's probably thinking. Good idea re the live streams.
"Jazz clubs" sounds really cool!
I know - what's not to like!
Your new listening space looks very comfortable. I’ve used a subwoofer in my system for years, and love the way it renders jazz acoustic string bass and the lower registers of piano, baritone sax, trombone, and drums. The key is to adjust it so that you’re not aware of bass coming directly from the sub, but you hear it clearly in the main loudspeakers. As for organizing records, I too arrange by genre, then alphabetically/chronologically by artist. Mostly CDs, and mostly jazz, my collection lives in three separate rooms. My LPs have their own secret location. All easily accessible, and I know where everything is (usually).
Thanks, and yes it is; my wife hasn't been able to get me out of here for weeks.
I'm sure you're right about the sub. My issue is I really am not sure what I'm doing with the settings and location, and as mentioned my hearing has been playing tricks on me in recent times. Probably need to get some serious audiophile friend to drop by at some point.
Your Hanoi report was great. If you happen to go to Jazz Festival here in Montreal in summer or somewhere else, that would be nice to see some live impressions of the Jazz scene in different locations.
Thanks. Love Montreal - lived there from '90 to '94. And was just saying to my wife we should go during jazz fest. Maybe, just maybe, a plan comes together...
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Good story! Have to see this year's programming, but last year seeing Herbie Hancock, George Benson and many other smaller free concerts was incredible.
Love your channel. In particular the label reviews are great.
1. Mix in other genres - 80% Jazz, 20% other
2. Continue with Sublimedia
3. Liked the instrument angle: French horn, baritone sax, organ, valve trombone (can’t suggest flute, oboe or harp as not my cup of tea)
4. Other labels: Argo/Cadet, Muse, Pablo, addendum to Pacific Jazz (more late records that swing, Kenny Dorham, Les McCann, etc)
5. Liked under $20
6. career retrospectives is a great idea
7. Mono records and system set up
Keep it up! Love your channel.
By the way your room looks great! Mrs Reviewer did a fantastic job.
Also if you are ever targeting Chicago let me know - would love to share Jazz venues and record stores good for Jazz
Thanks for these ideas. Yes Jonas and I haven't done much for about a year, overdue but maybe a new approach. If the stars align!
I wish I were the guy to speak authoritatively about mono, but I don't switch out my cart or anything. I just press the "mono" button which sums the signal I have to assume.
#5 great subject
Love the listening room! Can’t wait to have a nice set up like that one day soon!
I mean, as much as young adults are great people -- and they are -- there are some silver linings to their departure.
Great video & great channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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So I voted for Obscure instruments in the poll with a preference for the cello. Fred Katz, was that a picture of him on the beach in your vid?, as part of the Chico Hamilton quartet, Doug Watkins has a great outing on New Jazz plus of course Ron Carter. Maybe also the harp with a leaning towards Dorothy Ashby. Some great outings with Frank Wess who also plays the flute so maybe a double header on that one! Anyway great channel and especially enjoyed the Verve episode. Norman Granz really did bring a host of artists to the fore from a period of jazz that pre-dated the LP and mass,,,ish market exposure for these greats. The hawkins websters and holidays of this world may well have never been given the praise they so richly deserved..
Thank you. It was indeed Fred Katz, in his PJs. Yup, dig the cello stuff, and Alice Coltrane turned me on to the harp. We actually had the pleasure of hearing Brandee Younger here last year, in a small club.
Thank you very interesting, just one thought, remember cartridges wear out, either get a stylus timer or replace on a regular basis sounds better and preserves your records
Indeed! it's getting to be that time for this one. Thanks for the nudge.
Love the channel. Can you talk about the pile of jazz books you have.
What type of book on jazz do you like, for example? I own maybe a hundred and prob. can direct you, if you're asking about books?
@curtlizzi3167 thanks. I only have about 30 odd music books, mostly reference and some key biographies. I’m not much of a book collector. Someone I know who does focus on jazz books on his channel is my friend and occasional collaborator Jonas Samuelsson (his channel is called “Sublimmedia”.
Hello, thanks for your videos. I learn so much from them. I live in France and I regularly purchase records from a Parisian label called "Sam Records" : usually reissues of American jazz artists who used to travel to France and made records in Paris. Could it be a topic for you to work on ? There is even the film by Bertrand Tavernier on Dexter Gordon in Paris "Around Midnight - Autour de Minuit". So, I voted in your poll for jazz in different countries... But there is also the topic of jazz in Japan (artists and pressings... two different topics...). Thank you so much. Bye. Bruno
Thank you Bruno. A great idea. I will check out Sam Records for sure.
Voted too!
Thanks!
Thanks - interesting and amusing. I really dig your sense of humor and had to laugh out loud several times ("First I had to make sure that my hearing aid was not malfunctioning...", " I don't know how I managed to get COVID - Flying... going to busy crowded venues..." 🤣
But also thanks for sharing the ups and downs on the way.
I have installed strips (app 2 x 2 cm) at the back of the shelves in my Kallex bookcase, so that the LPs protrude approx. 1 cm. They are easier to get hold of that way.
Keep up the good work. I've voted.
Thanks! Did you make those strips yourself or did you buy them retail? Asking for a friend :-)
I just made them myself - wooden strips bought at the local hardware store, cut to the right length ( = the length of the shelf) and then glued directly onto the shelf. I wish your friend good luck 😊
@@Claus-CaptainPhoenixCorner good idea, that’s been bugging me!
I really don't like change when things are working out really good but in this case I have to agree that a career spanning retrospective would be probably the best thing to change your latest videos are superb don't think you can tweak them any more than they are like a famous Sage said one time it's all about the music
Thank you, and noted!
Mrs. Reviewr? Have her curate episodes - different viewpoints.
If only! Sadly she is by choice a behind-the-scenes kind of girl.
Six degrees of . . . Trace people from one group to another. Discuss how and why they did, the evolution of their sound.
You know, I've thought of this one before. The thing with jazz is, everyone played with everyone, so where would you stop?! But it is a good idea. A definite maybe. Thanks.
@@TenMinuteRecordReviews combine this thread with the international idea. Who played with whom, went to another country, then a player in that band went to a second country...
@@jimmccloskey4254 OK, I like it. Maybe I'll do a one-off and see if it lands.
@@TenMinuteRecordReviews how about groups with long standing members: Modern Jazz Quintet. Art Blaky Jazz Messengers, Return to Forever. Keith Jarrett Trio Standards. Weather Report. Oscar Peterson's group. ...
"dipper-into"