Summary: Definitive Albums of note<br><br>*AJ*<br>*Listening background*: Listened to a lot of oldies/country growing up. Later got into jazz/classical/folk in HS because of my own guitar playing and needing to find something to study to that wasn’t the Red Hot Chili Peppers <br><br>* Mason William 1968 Classical Gas<br><br>* Classic Sinatra (Hits and great performances 1953-1960) (<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/classic-sinatra-his-great-performances-1953-1960/730297130)" rel="noopener">https://music.apple.com/us/album/classic-sinatra-his-great-performances-1953-1960/730297130)</a><br><br>* Classical Guitar Masters: Variations in Measure (<a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/classical-guitar-masters-variations-in-measure-mw0001352040)" rel="noopener">https://www.allmusic.com/album/classical-guitar-masters-variations-in-measure-mw0001352040)</a>; <br><br>* The Postal Service: Give Up (<a href="https://thepostalservice.bandcamp.com/album/give-up)" rel="noopener">https://thepostalservice.bandcamp.com/album/give-up)</a><br><br>* John Gorka: The Company you Keep (<a href="https://www.johngorka.com/product/the-company-you-keep/)" rel="noopener">https://www.johngorka.com/product/the-company-you-keep/)</a><br><br>* Chillhop (pretty much any album) but would point to Sleepy Fish: Everything Fades to Blue (<a href="https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/everything-fades-to-blue)" rel="noopener">https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/everything-fades-to-blue)</a> (and the other two albums in the three part series) to start anyone out in Low-Fi<br><br><br>*Chris*<br>*Listening background*: 1950s Jazz thanks to my Dad, classical thanks to middle school band, then rock thanks to MTV’s Headbangers Ball<br><br>* Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - first cassette ever purchased.<br>* Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls - first 45 single ever purchased, because MTV<br>* George Thorogood - Live - first compact disc ever purchased.<br>* Ted Nugent - S/T - first LP album ever purchased, at a garage sale<br>* Dave Brubeck - Bravo Brubeck - live in mexico<br>* Wynton Marsalis - Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1<br>* Vivaldi’s Four Seasons<br>* Nowadays - that would be a year’s worth of podcasts to discuss what I listen to at work, at home, in the car, in the gym, walking the dog, etc.<br><br>Quality Assurance<br><br> 9128.Live - 24/7 streaming Ambient station <a href="https://9128.live/" rel="noopener">https://9128.live/</a><br><br><br>Bellingham’s record shop: EM (Everyday Music) <a href="http://www.everydaymusic.com/" rel="noopener">http://www.everydaymusic.com/</a> <br><br>Global search for your local record store: <a href="https://recordstores.love/" rel="noopener">https://recordstores.love/</a>
