What’s the very first CD you bought / got?

[T1 Terry]

Now we're talking, Deep Purple. Possibly my favouritist band, but I have very eclectic taste. One day listening to Purple, next the Carpenters or Gilbert O'Sullivan, than back to Floyd or Zepplin. then to Simon and Garfunkel, which was actually my first real new LP purchase, Bridge Over.... cost £2.14.

If it was electric rather than eclectic, you could throw ACDC in there as well

I do prefer the Disturbed version of Sound of Silence though, Simon & Garfunkel never had the power the song deserved

T1 Terry

 

[Rolfe]

You should hear me play that on the qena.

 

[T1 Terry]

You should hear me play that on the qena.

How long are we going to have to wait for the You Tube video to see this? Or is this another tease like the bikini photos

T1 Terry

 

[Rolfe]

You don't even know what a qena is.

 

[Steyr177FT]

I looked it up and the spelling is Quena and it’s a traditional Andean vertical end-blown flute, originating over a thousand years ago. Known for its breathy, haunting tone, it features a V-shaped notch, six finger holes, and one thumbhole, typically crafted from bamboo or wood. Commonly tuned to G Major, it is used in folk, world, and jazz-fusion music.

Well that’s what a google search reveals! I was more interested in the word starting with a q not followed by a u. I play a lot of scrabble, just saying.

 

[Giller]

You should hear me play that on the qena.

OK. You got me. What's a qena?

OK. You got me. What's a qena?

Ignore that, just read the other post.

 

[Giller]

I looked it up and the spelling is Quena and it’s a traditional Andean vertical end-blown flute, originating over a thousand years ago. Known for its breathy, haunting tone, it features a V-shaped notch, six finger holes, and one thumbhole, typically crafted from bamboo or wood. Commonly tuned to G Major, it is used in folk, world, and jazz-fusion music.

Well that’s what a google search reveals! I was more interested in the word starting with a q not followed by a u. I play a lot of scrabble, just saying.

So does the wife and she's ultra competitive. I will share my findings with her later.

 

[decrep]

You should hear me play that on the qena.

How long did it take you to learn that, doesn't look easy.

We went to an inti illimani concert, So I've heard the professionals play it. as well as the pan pipes of course, It's a great sound.

 

[Rolfe]

You don't even know what a qena is.

How long did it take you to learn that, doesn't look easy.

We went to an inti illimani concert, So I've heard the professionals play it. as well as the pan pipes of course, It's a great sound.

The spelling is very variable. It's spelled kena in the massive textbook of world musical instruments our musical director has. (He's an expert in the acoustics of musical instruments, but he at first didn't believe me when I said the instrument was pre-Columban.) I think the u is a concession to English speakers.

In fact the instrument I have is technically a qenilla, equivalent to a descant recorder if you regard the full-fat qena as equivalent to a treble recorder. Mine is tuned to D, like a baroque flute but an octave higher. But in fact all the bloody things seem to be tuned to A=415, what we refer to as baroque pitch, rather than concert pitch of A=440.

I bought it at a tourist stall at Aguas Calientes when I was on a cruise round South America. When I took it back to the ship and first tried it I couldn't get a note out of it. My room-mate asked me if I was sure the guy had given me the same instrument he demonstrated to me. (Of course the stall-keeper could play it.) I said yes I was sure, but it takes time to catch the embouchure on a new instrument. I persevered, and before we landed in England I could play it. It has a lovely tone, and actually it's not breathy when played well. The shakuhachi, the Japanese version, is breathy though.

 

[Sparky2]

Love Over Gold by Dire Straits, released in 1982 to coincide with the introduction of the CD. I was a founder member of Analogue Addicts, a small group of music enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation of the sonically and musically superior vinyl LP. We bought a copy of the CD to compare it with the LP. We played the LP on a £250 Rega Planar 3 turntable and it sounded really good (if you like Dire Straits that is). We played the CD on a £2500 Linn CD player and it sounded terrible in comparison to the LP. Compact discs were crap in 1982 and they are still crap today when compared to most analogue LPs in good condition. CDs are convenient and that's about it really

In my experience, the world is analogue and most things analogue work till they break and they can often be repaired. All things digital (or "smart" anything) may work OK for a while but they rarely talk to each other consistently or work properly for long and they usually fall over due to their inherent instability. I have a CD player which I use for background music and a turntable for serious music listening on vinyl LP. I feel sorry for those poor souls who just 'stream' music on digital devices

 

[Giller]

Love Over Gold by Dire Straits, released in 1982 to coincide with the introduction of the CD. I was a founder member of Analogue Addicts, a small group of music enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation of the sonically and musically superior vinyl LP. We bought a copy of the CD to compare it with the LP. We played the LP on a £250 Rega Planar 3 turntable and it sounded really good (if you like Dire Straits that is). We played the CD on a £2500 Linn CD player and it sounded terrible in comparison to the LP. Compact discs were crap in 1982 and they are still crap today when compared to most analogue LPs in good condition. CDs are convenient and that's about it really

In my experience, the world is analogue and most things analogue work till they break and they can often be repaired. All things digital (or "smart" anything) may work OK for a while but they rarely talk to each other consistently or work properly for long and they usually fall over due to their inherent instability. I have a CD player which I use for background music and a turntable for serious music listening on vinyl LP. I feel sorry for those poor souls who just 'stream' music on digital devices

I kept my favourite vinyl

 

[Rolfe]

I kept my favourite vinyl

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Wise decision.

 

[Micropop]

This is the first I bought myself. The first CD I can remember, was when my brother bought Genisis - Genisis in late -83

 

[Steyr177FT]

I kept my favourite vinyl

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Don’t think much of your stereo speaker separation, but it’s commonplace in modern homes. I have two large Celestion speakers in the loft as my wife does not want them in the main living areas of our house so I to have to compromise with smaller KEF bookshelf speakers.