Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um / 1998 Columbia / Austria CD / CK65512
I noticed @Clive had posted this recently, so decided to give it a spin.
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- This thread is the best thing on the internet.
- You miss a few days, you miss a LOT … almost 600 posts behind!
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JS Bach
The English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6
Murray Perahia, piano
I think Naim electronics are really well suited to Bach. He is so linear. And Perahia is a linear performer, so unsurprisingly Naim’s strong front edge works well on this recording. Perahia leans into lyric structure while allowing reserved coloration from the instrument. It’s a great and compelling listen.
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So lots of folk are enjoying it and share as per the forum’s spirit. What is the problem with that, unlike fairly dodgy jokes in another thread…
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Late night jazz and civil rights with the last of the claret from We Insist! Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Coleman Hawkins, Julian Priester and Booker Little. Fiery, rhythmic and uplifting. Currently on Tears For Jo’Burg. Fine sounding mid 80s Italian Base Records of Bologna Candid reissue.
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How about:
familiarity breeds contempt
Or
Too much of a good thing
Or
A dedicated thread called Pompeii with endless images of the same cover and black plastic discs
I don’t know - this forum is a bit weird at times with the air of a retirement home for fairly well off old men (I’m the old part) with threads on old motors, train sets, and pictures of seaside views & cats. Oh, then there’s pics of record player needles.
Bizarre 
Well I have no problem with any of that stuff but then I am probably well in the zone of the retired gent that you refer to 
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Truthfully, I don’t really care about much anymore after my wife of 55 years died. My main concern is to quell feelings of despair & the senselessness of a world seemingly bent on self-destruction.
There, I said it.
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That is sad. 55 years is a great innings and I can understand how bereft you will be without her. I have been with my wife 33 years and would be lost without her. And yes the world seems pretty f****d up at the moment but I hope humanity will win out…
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Well, thanks. With a daily global birthrate of almost 400000 I’m not too sure how sustainable the growth is 
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I am so sorry to hear that. Having been married 37 years, I can only imagine. Music music music! World history is like the stock market. Ups and downs, but the trend is always upwards. We are in a trough right now, especially if you are in the USA like I am, but we will come out of it for the better.
That’s understandable and I’m sorry for your loss but life goes on, I’m sure it’s difficult but you owe it to your loved ones and especially you.
You are right about the demographics but it’s always been the same and it shouldn’t be a surprise as we’re people communicating to people with at least one hobby- music in common. Older folk generally have the income and time to spend on hi fi.
While there are certain things that bind us here it’s our differences that makes it more interesting. Last place I want to be is in a room full of me’s 
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Thanks. It’s a bit of a task to motivate myself these days.
In my lifetime the world population has quadrupled (2 - 8 billion) - 10 billion estimate by 2050. That’s a heck of a lot of us sweating it out under global warming! But then, my wife always said I was too pessimistic 
I do have some wonderful memories, but music can sometimes be a bitter friend… I’ve had to readjust some of the old tunes.
Cheers
I understand where you’re coming from after losing your wife, I haven’t lost my partner yet, but know it’s on the horizon, she has terminal cancer, I can’t do anything about it, she can’t do anything about it, unfortunately, its life, we decided that rather than just wallow in self pity, we would carry on with our interests for as long as we can, while we can, so we listen to music, plus my hobbies in railways and Lego, she likes to read and do puzzles, i’m still working, but not for much longer, again my partner is fully behind this and my employer has been very supportive.
We could just switch off, and say sod it, but again we both wanted things to carry on as normal for as long as possible, I know when the inevitable comes, its going to flatten me, the thought of a retirement home scares the C**p out of me, thats me being very honest, my father spent the last few months of his life in one, it wasn’t good, so I’m sorry for being part of the train set brigade, but my view is that life is for living, you’re a long time dead.
I’m more than happy to chat with you privately or any other forum member, just let me know.
Gary
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Gary I’m so sorry. I understand wanting to keep things as normal as possible but it doesn’t make it any easier. We live with uncertainty (as do we all) and no matter how much you prepare it always hits you hard.
You’ve been a kind supporter of my battles and if I can do anything to help I would and will. Take care of you both.
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