I have been looking for "Mirror ball" by Sarah Mclachlan, on vinyl. I don't even know if it exists. Any help on locating this would be greatly appreciated! |
Carl, your a man after my own taste! That goes for Sarah, Jennifer Warnes, and Meg Ryan all three. I could hear two great voices and just looking at Meg Ryan is music enough! If you find a source of Mirrorball it would be wonderful. And, yes, I do have "Surfacing" on Classic Records, in fact I ordered a second copy today. |
Here is my list (emphasis on most varied of style), of some of the LP's that I enjoy for musical or emotional reasons. I won't attempt explaining which I think have sonic merit. Bill Evans "Final Village Vanguard Sessions" (Mosiac), Dead Can Dance "The Serpents Egg" (4AD), Kate Bush "The Hounds of Love" (EMI), Barney Kessell "Some Like it Hot" (Fantasy), Jay Mc Shann "What a Wonderful World" (Grove Note), Charlie Haden/Hampton Hawes "As Long as There is Music" (Artist House), Roger Waters "Amused to Death" (Columbia), Lou Reed/John Cale "Songs for Drella" (Sire), Peter Gabriel "The Last Temptation of Christ" (Geffin), Sarah McLachlan "Surfacing" (Arista), Ricky Lee Jones "Traffic from Paradise"(Geffen), John Lee Hooker "Boom Boom" (Point Blank), Miles Davis (almost all), The Royal Ballet, Ansermit, Orch of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. (RCA), Espana, LSO/Argenta (Decca), Lee Morgan "The Sidewinder" ( Blue Note), Frederica Von Stade, "Rossini, Haydn, Mozart (Phillips), Copland "Appalachian Spring" (Reference Records), Gregorio Paniagua "La Folia" (Master Disk ATR), Andre Previn "Like Previn" (Contemporary), Howard McGee/Shelly Manne/Phineas Newborn Jr/Leroy Vinnegar "Maggies Back in Town" (Contemporary), James Brown "Live at the Apollo" (King), Ben Webster/Oscar Peterson "Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson" (Verve), Steve Tibbitts "YR" Frammis (original) or ECM (repress), For Duke, (M&K Realtime), Dave Brubeck "A La Mode" (Fantasy), Tom Waits "Nighthawks at the Diner" (Asylum), Fleetwood Mac, "The Original Fleetwood Mac" (Sire), Ella Fitzgerald, "Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie" (Verve). Jimmy Guiffre, "The Jimmy Guiffre 3" (Atlantic). |
Mikhail, when you have a "live" source, its hard to compete with electronics. Kind of like my photography trying to compete with looking out ANY window (at reality). Good point, and hope other Audiogon posters will list music that we can consider for our own library. By the way, I agree with Eldragon, the Robert Lucas albums are some of the most fun blues/rock around. It's impossible to sit still when he plays! A great example is "Good Bye Baby" (last cut on side 2) of Luke and the Locomotives, it makes me laugh with joy. |
Passionate LP's! Female vocals that force me to sit for long hours in front of the system. Jenny Warnes, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks (only on Buckingham Nicks album). Female Jazz Vocals that are important to me are Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington Billie Holiday and Carmen McRae. On a totally crazy note, try "My Life in Bush of Ghosts," particularly "Jezebel Spirit." Please don't take this last suggestion too seriously, the recording is made by dubbing a radio broadcast of a evangelist casting out the devil, and David Byrne and Brian Eno helping with some off beat music. Even if you cannot relate to the strange "southern salvation radio message," the beat is excessively fun. |
One more passionate LP, (female vocal). Elizabeth Fraser, the seductive and mystical voice of "This Mortal Coil" and "Cocteau Twins" on 4AD records. |
Carl, I have heard the LO4, it is an excellent cartridge. The last cartridge I used before my Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum was the Benz Ruby, from the same family of designs as your LO4. My choice in audio cable is Purist Dominus RLS. My Aesthetix IO is the version with no volume controls, and I run it into a Viva single ended preamp. I have two outboard power supplies on my IO (custom built by Jim White at Aesthetix) and I have a Callisto ordered from Aesthetix with two outboard power supplies as well. I plan to couple the two together in balanced, with the IO at full out, and run single ended out of the Callisto to the amps. We will see how it works out. No Jacintha yet, but I plan to buy it. I have been spending too much money lately on E-Bay for LP's and with Mosiac Records. |
To David99, I'm a Ram is most probably the version done by Roy Buchanan. He is a Blues/Rock artist, and has done this song on at least two releases. One is from 1975, On Polydor #2391152, and the other is a newer (1992) anthology. The song is originally an Al Green song, but his version is more "funk" or "soul" than pure Blues. The only other artist that I know of that did this in a Blues/Rock fashion is Five Hundred Pounds, titled "Big Daddy." My vote, based on your description is the Roy Buchanan version. The 1975 would be available on LP, the 1992 version could be possibly either. |
Snook2. Good call on the ECM's in my opinion. I have a entire shelf of ECM artists. In my earlier posing I mentioned Steve Tibbitts (I am a big fan), and most of his work is on ECM. Should also mention the following artists or groups: Oregon, Don Cherry, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, and Pat Metheney and Keith Jarrett. All of these have excellent work on ECM, most of it can still be found on LP. There is also a web site for ECM Germany, and they will ship to the USA. |
The easy web address for ECM is: ecmrecords.com. If you want, I will try to uncover the others, but I know this link works, as I just tried it. |
Gerrym5. On EBAY, go to "Books, Movies, Music." Then before hitting search, click "Records" under "Music." When the search page comes up, click the box that says "search only in Music: Records." By starting this way, you don't get photo's or memorabilia or other formats. By putting the artist name in the search I described above, you get a page or two of only what you are searching for. An added benefit is to have All Music Guide in your bookmark, then you can search all the work by any artist and see the relative quality and performance rating, it can help by providing the cuts on the particular LP you are studying, and when the recording was made and even who played on that recording with the main artist. Then, click back to EBAY, and decide what you are willing to pay, now that you are informed. |
Since this particular posting is about music, and not about format, it would be nice if Eldragon expanded on his comments. It appeared to me that the Mozart "Requiem" Berliner Philharmoniker with Claudio Abbado on DG label was the winner, and on CD. But, perhaps the judgement was one of musical performance and or content, and did not involve a judgement about LP versus CD. It would be interesting to know. |
I just purchased two factory sealed Bob Dylan LP's, "Freewheelin" (Columbia PC 8786), and "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (Columbia PC 8905). They were only $10.00 each at a record show last weekend, here at a nearby Hotel. These are obviously much more recent releases, as they have the new Columbia Logo and Label and have a barcode on the album jacket. I don't know what else there is out there like this, but these two pressings are DEAD quiet, and the sound is wonderful. I suspect there is more of this material out there, please share with me any classic rock like this that I am not aware of. |
I will search Tower records tonight, before I go to sleep. I couldn't sleep anyway, with the prospect of finding great music at a bargain! Thanks for the tip. |
Last night I watched the movie, "The Insider" on DVD (with Al Pacino), and was blown away with the sound track. At the end of the movie, I read the music credits and found the name Elizabeth Fraser, the same person I commented about on 3-16-00, at this same posting. It is amazing to me that Audiophiles discover mysterious and wonderful artists so many years ahead of mainstream. "This Mortal Coil" with this near identical sound from Elizabeth Fraser was produced on 4AD Records in 1984, as I am sure many of you music fans are aware of. |
Tommy, Liked Tower very much. I did not find anything this visit, but will return again soon. I have been going strong on EBAY, they seem to always have multiple titles that I want. I just missed a T Bone Walker, outbid by .50 cents! Anyway, I just ordered 24 new titles from Classic Records, 8 of which are the 45 RPM pressings. Can hardly wait to hear all of them. |
Timwat, Man! What a music lover! I will have to re read this a few times to take it all in. I have Pat Metheny, Genesis, Gentle giant, King Crimson, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall, and some of Keith Jerrett (If only Jerrett wouldn't HUM along with his playing!) As for Bill Evans, I MUST be among his biggest fans. As for the remainder, I will have to look into some of this material and discover what I have been missing. But as stated in King Crimson's "Discipline," "The more I look at it, the more I like it!" |
As my posting says, "why you love them. Sonic excellence, musical and emotional content, or maybe just fun and memories." And, you answered, that lately, is was more often on CD. I guess that is the sonic excellence that I ask to be reported on. I only wish I had your luck, it simply does not work out that way on my system, and believe me I have tried everything. Anyway, this posting is about music, we already have over 100 postings on the format discussion, and I for one am pleased to be reading about all this interesting music! |
Timwat, If you pursue high end audio like you do music, you should assemble a truly world class system. I have some of your choices, including Robert Fripp's work, "Lone Rino", "League of Gentlemen," and his help with The Roches. I will look for "Pie Jesu" & "A Blessing of Tears." No Joe Jackson, but will certainly reconsider. I do have Keri Te Kanawa, but also treasure Frederica Von Stade and the French Coloratura, Mady Mesple'. I enjoy Christopher Parkening, but only have two of his albums. I love Indigo Girls, and a suggestion for less "serious" musical enjoyment, "Two Nice Girls," a three girl band from Austin that does a great job with "Spent my last ten dollars on birth control and beer." (Following line is: "I was better off when I was sober and Queer") I do not have Metheny's "Imaginary Day" and suspect it is not available on LP. Our music group tonight also listened to Tony Bennett at Carnage Hall (1962), Ray Charles and Betty Carter, Bill Evans, (from the new Mosiac Box set), Neil Young, "On the Beach," then on to Yello, Shriekback, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robbie Robinson, Joni Mitchell, Sarah Mclachlan, Alanis Morrisette, The Doors, Frank Sinatra, Hampton Hawes and Charlie Haden, and Carla Bley. I was trying to get to the Blue Note Jazz end of the bookshelf, but was outnumbered. We had a large group for music tonight and everyone got to hear something they liked. It is great to share music with friends, and I appreciate hearing your choices. |
I just received this today, the Classic Records Numbered Limited Edition of Jimi Hendrix Singles. They are 45 RPM, 7" singles with "printed to look like spindle adaptors" in place. They come boxed in what looks like a 11 inch tall Marshall guitar amp stack. All vinyl lovers that are Hendrix fans should go for this before it is sold out. I'll bet that within one year of this issue becoming unavailable, offers to sell at big mark ups will appear on EBAY. |
Tommy, your right, sometime you get the music, the sonic excellence and a chance to experience unique music all at the same time. It's nice when that happens. I love reading about all this material, I have begun to search for some of it, simply based on comments from Audiogon postings. |
