Male vocals

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[pavuol]

just released

Luke Sital-Singh - Believe Again

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[EERecordist]

Searched but did not find Lou Rawls. He started in the gospel world and was connected with many famous musicians throughout his career. His charity work included the United Negro College Fund musical telethons.

In addition to his great voice, he would often express an emotion of joy and satisfaction, almost a laugh at the end of phrases. That pairs well with a short delay and echo in the mix.

Here is his 1977 performance on Soul Train

In this 1989 studio release on Blue Note

Mt Fuji Jazz festival live 1989

This would be late in his life, he passed from lung cancer age 72.

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Titurel]

Agree.

I think if the Moreschi recording ‘had everything’, the difference would be even more striking.

I've listened to the Moreschi recordings many times and a large number of other early recordings and now believe I can mentally reconstruct a fair amount of what is missing from the recording (if not from Moreschi, himself ). I believe a more easily understood sense of the castrato voice can be derived from recordings of Radu Marian who, unlike the various "falsettos" and "sopranists," never went through puberty.

 

[Rednaxela]

Amazing, thank you!

Out of curiosity - how did he get his moustache?

 

[Plan9]

Jim Morrison (The Doors) singing "The Crystal Ship"

 

[Iving]

Frank Sinatra - Title track on Album 'Cycles'
12th Nov. 1968 release on REPRISE RSLP 1027 [UK]

 

[Titurel]

Amazing, thank you!

Out of curiosity - how did he get his moustache?

From my understanding, (some) secondary sexual traits assert themselves even absent the hormonal cocktail responsible for primary sexual maturity. In any event, visible facial hair is not exclusively a male trait.

 

[Titurel]

About as far as you could get from Radu Marian was Ettore Bastianini, tragically dead of cancer in 1967, aged 44.

From a live recital performance:

 

[escape2]

 

[pavuol]

Olly Alexander (Years & Years) - Here

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Mr Swing King]

With most ‘audiophiles’ Lisa Gerrard is the main attraction to Dead Can Dance. While I absolutely adore her mix of Celtic and Arabic vibes, it’s Brendan Perry’s crooner vocals in the vein of Frank Sinatra and Jim Morrison that have always pulled me in. Feels like coming home in some strange way.

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[pderousse]

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but there is something about a male voice that goes very, very high, as high (as ancient Greek poets like Pindar, Callimachus and Anacrean analogized) as a cicada. By that, I think they may have meant falsetto. There are many greats, but a consistent favorite of mine is Thom Yorke, who even in the Smile still commands max. range: