Whats on your turntable tonight?

@big_greg heavy man.  Fun.  And +1 on Sugarloaf.  Green Eyed Lady was my very 1st 45.  
 

Chick Corea - Three Quartets

@reubent Tom, I have the 2nd Stone Roses album on cassette.   One of the relatively few new bands of that era that I had time to enjoy.  I agree with you in that it’s my favorite of theirs.  Thanks for the reminders about them recently.  

“Does anybody remember memory?”

@sbank 

You might enjoy this Money Chica - Artist of the Month Oct21

This is fascinating.  Thanks for posting.  

@big_greg Greg, glad you’re in touch with Kevin.  Please give him my regards too.
 

- James 

Elton John

Tumbleweed Connection 

@noromance no doubt.  

@mammothguy54 👍 

@bkeske 

Sir Colin Davis conducts Sibelius - The 7 Symphonies (with Finlandia Op. 26/Der Schwan Von Tuonela Op. 22,2/Tapiola Op. 112). Boston Symphony Orchestra. Philips reissue 5LP box set. unknown release, originally 1977.

Going to start at No. 1 and see where I end up.

The Pink Box?   I have Sir Colin and the BSO Sibelius No. 4. in a different collection.   Will play it later tonight & maybe we can compare.  

Triggerhippy fans might enjoy the album “Snapshot “ by Roger Glover (deep purple’s bassman) with Randall Bramblett, et. al.  I certainly do.  

@noromance 

12” vs. 9” too…?

Hudson

Jazz Man!

I was thinking seriously about trying to find that same spot where he took the cover photo(s).  Magical place, Joshua Tree.   Play tumbleweed connection on the way down.  Mahler’s 7th upon midnight arrival.  

@mammothguy54 @boxer12  Yeah, my hair was like the guy’s in the reddish brown jacket standing next to him.  + 1 on hair.  

Bull Angus:
 

@slaw 

Steve, We will sure miss you. Check in when you can to make sure we’re not going digital or anything.  Hang in there and have a Merry Christmas.  
 

James

Now here’s one we would have just loved to even know about back in Junior High days. Double lead guitars, Grand Funk intensity, Blood Sweat and Tears talent:

Bull Angus
Eponymous

Mercury 1971

Inside the gatefold, below the credits read:

“Producer’s Note: Riff-rock should be played loud.

(Stereo Note: Larry’s the guitar on the left. Dino’s on the right.)

A PRODUCT OF INFINITY”

And you really should see the hair…

@bkeske, @puffball08

we had our annual Christmastime dinner with my now 85 y/o Mom, her 89 y/o Brother and my 92 y/o Father. The last couple of years haven’t been easy on these loved ones. Their steady decline with intermittent crises of falls, surgeries, and hospitalizations has been really hard but yet we still count our blessings (they all three still have their wits about them) and store up the good time remaining.

@big_greg Rock on Brother.  👍

@reubent Re: Patto - Eponymous

a second and close listen (requires significant restraining of the involuntary head banging…) confirm no background hiss. Just significant clipping and distortion of vocals and guitar notes. Major distorted sibilance on the vocals, low fidelity on vocal and guitar track’s especially in the second and third sections, but no generalized noise or hiss. Contrast that with the drums and vibes which sound spectacular. Cymbals especially. Maybe the guitar and vocal mikes they used on that track were broken ( tubes?). Rest of side one is fine.

@big_greg were you playing your OP from high school?  My brother has my copy. Along with a big stack of my other high school era treasures.  ….need to retrieve those.   

@big_greg I always liked Stormbringer. I mean, it wasn’t Machine Head - by a long shot. Ritchie wasn’t as great on it for sure. I remember as a spotty high school freshman the year it came out that we liked and admired Coverdale and Hughes. For a time anyway. Hughes maybe had more lasting appeal to us (his stuff with Tommy Bolin being most excellent). Mostly we just didn’t know about much other heavy rock in 1974 in our provincial isolation. Turns out there was a lot of other great heavy music out there that we just had no clue about.

@reubent re-reading your question I realize you may be referring to something else.  “Background” is different from what I hear, which is clipped/distorted vocal and guitar notes on the impacts.   Will give that track another spin later and (re)report. 

The Alan Parsons Project

I Robot

Completely at the other end of the progressive rock spectrum from Patto. 

@reubent I think it’s in the recording.   The vocals clip on that cut.  The guitar a little less so but it’s there.   Mine is the 2002 reissue, NM, no wear or noise from the vinyl.  I actually don’t mind it.  True to the period.  

Patto 

Eponymous 

Thanks again Tom @reubent for turning us on to Patto.  Great changes.  Rocks.  

The Andy Williams Christmas Album

@bslon +1 on All American Boy.   that’s a good one.  

@reubent +1 on Andy Pratt

@bkeske no, been out of town mostly and leaving again for a week.  I’m also this week making some other changes/additions to the basement setup (runs off the same vinyl front end) and want to establish a benchmark with my Hana SL before changing it out for The Voice.   Exciting prospects for me all around.   

Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Travelled

@slaw sounds great Steve, enjoy it.

@mammothguy54 Right on Joel.  

Thanks Brian.  @bkeske 

@slaw Thanks!  Guess I’d missed that.  Found your posts from a few days back. Very helpful.  Thanks Steve.  

Need to revise my posted thoughts about the RSD Cat Stevens Harold & Maude. SQ is sort of uneven and not that great on a couple of cuts. Apparently this was remastered for this issue but…. Still a fun record to have though.

@slaw hey Steve.   Can you tell us about the CBS HSM Leftoverture?

@bkeske 

I’m interested in that Muir String Quartet Chausson.  What do you think?

Cat Stevens - The Songs From The Original Movie: Harold And Maude 2021 Island RSD  

Didn't know there was a remake….

Not up to AP noiselessness, clarity, or tone but it’s fun and sounds pretty good.  

@bslon Hey Brother.  Been missing your posts too.  I think you and I here in the West are often the ones turning the lights out on the thread.  I have that same system!   Nice DAC….  We should meet up for RSD at MM.  

@reubent Hey thanks for the recommendation on David Grey. I just know his radio favorites but will check out that second? Album.

re: Teriko, I think we’ve mentioned it here before.  I really like that record too.  

@noromance ​​@tomic601 I added a singe medium-sized REL to my Quads in the basement. Put it in a strong front corner. I set it to about 68Hz and 9:30 volume. It does add nice bass to recordings that have low bass but more important to me is a fleshing out of the midrange. Gives the quads more body. It’s not low passed - just connected to the speaker terminals on the EA-230. Several people have recommended that I use 2 REL subs with the quads. I’m sure it would be even better but I get no imbalance from having just one in the corner. In fact I hear bass everywhere, including behind me when it’s there on the recording. On Ray Brown’s Soular Energy it’s right there center and slightly back in the sound stage.

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
2011 Analogue Productions

@nicks25 @tomic601 Way to go Nick!  Nice Jim.  Looking forward to report.  

@bkeske +1 on that Brahms.  I have that issue too.  

Beethoven • String Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 127 & String Quartet in F major, Op. 155 • Amadeus Quartet • DGG (Germany) 1981 Box Set No. 4

Beethoven • String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59 Nos. 1 & 2 • Amadeus Quartet DGG (Germany) 1981 Box Set No. 4

Bill Evans - You must believe in spring 

Frank Sinatra- Watertown

Maridalen