A name from my early Naim days cropped up this morning: Dave Grusin. I came across his music at the Sound Organisation in the early 1980’s; one piece in particular was played repeatedly: Mountain Dance. I tried to get copy back then but it was not available. Now I can listen to other versions of it via streaming. But I’m disappointed… is my memory playing tricks?
Here’s one of the versions available that is not so much of a cringe.
It’s not that it sounds wrong but that it’s not as engaging or memorable as I remember it being (6x135, 32 or 42 with isobariks). I suppose it’s a change in music tastes.
I have occasionally seen it derided as ‘smooth jazz’ or ‘lift music’, which I don’t personally agree with but that’s musical taste for you. I can imagine it’s the sort of thing one might ‘go off’ over time.
As I understand it, Isobariks are quite different to your current speakers, which might explain it.
Indeed, I try to avoid such labels but I liked it at the time and was disappointed that the album was not available … at the time I had Linn Kans and did not go active for another 10 years or so.