It's been a 60s & 70s morning...
CSN&Y - So Far
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear (great LP!)
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Cheers, Spencer |
Mingus - Ah um (reissue)
Monk - Mysterioso (riverside)
Sibilius/Walton - Violin Concertos - Francescatti NY/Bernstein, Philly/Ormandy (Cbs Masterworks)
Ravel - Daphne & Chloe - Munch/BSO (Camden)
Mussorsky - Pictures@An Exhibition - Shura Cherassky
(Nimbus Super Analogue 45rpm) Sweet!
Cheers, Spencer |
Just call me Mr. Recycle... ;-) |
Tindersticks - Waiting for the Moon
Everything But The Girl - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
David Gilmour - Self-titled
Holst - Planets Mehta/LA Phil. (Speakers Corner/Decca)
Respighi - Pines of Rome Reiner/CSO RCA orginal nice!
Rach3 Janis Dorati/LSO Orig. Merc Living Presence
Brahms Concerto #1 Munch/BSO RCA Red Seal dog
All your Pink Floyd picks made me dig out David Gilmour. Forgot what a nice album that first solo LP is...Cheers,
Spencer |
Guys, From now until 5pm tomorrow, set aside the vinyl and tune in to 88.5FM or www.xpn.org(live stream) to hear the last day of their "Top 885 Songs of All Time Countdown. No where else can you hear segues like Yes-Close to the Edge into Judy Garland-Somewhere Over the Rainbow!
Even if you choose not to listen, take a look at the list online, it is truly mind-boggling. Cheers,
Spencer |
Over the last few days:
Mingus Workshop - Stormy Weather
Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music (again!)
The Band - Rock of Ages
Prokofiev/Kabelevsky Piono Concerto#3 Gilels, State Radio Orch/Kabelevsky
The Christopher Parkening Album - (Angel)
OscarP trio w/MiltJ - Very Tall (verve)
Bill Evans - Live @ Shelly's Manhole (Riverside)
Horace Silver & Jazz Messengers (BlueNote) So good I played it in the morning & again that night!
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Shelly Manne & His Men - Swinging Sounds #5 (Contemporary)
Chopin - Piano Music vol.3 (London/ffrr)
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (Mono 1A,2A pressing)great late at night.
Too much to listen to, not enough time to post. Now have a wireless laptop, so A-gon goes to the listening chair! Cheers,
Spencer |
Joe,
You've got more fancy lights than a Home Depot! ;-)
Spencer |
Recent excursions into the good(live music) & the bad(CDs) have taken my attention away from this, my favorite thread.
Small venue shows by both Shivaree and Rickie Lee Jones remind why we're in this hobby in the first place. Amazing artistry on both counts. Shivaree is a definite band to keep your ears & eyes on.
Recent CD hunt reminds me that there's still far too much good stuff not yet on vinyl...a shame.
Regardless, Tindersticks - Can Our Love is serving as the perfect accompaniment for a rainy day. Spooky sounds reminiscent of The Blue Nile, with disturbed vocals lamenting over strings, staccato horns & brooding keyboards. Wanna segue into some dark Joy Division LP, but I don't own any. Will probably keep the mood w/Velvet Underground or turn back the clock to Billie Holliday.
Keep this thread humming, musical diversity rules! Cheers,
Spencer |
Bach - Casals Conducts Brandenburg Concertos - Marlboro Festival Orch. Columbia 2 eye Not the greatest recording, but music good enough to hold my attention through all 6 sides.
Peterson/Brown/Thigpen - Sound of the Trio - Verve A really underrated jazz LP w/nice version of On Green Dolphin St.
The Kenny Drew Trio Riverside/OJC
Chopin - Sonatas 2&3 Wilhelm Kempff - London ffrr
Al DiMeola - Land of the Midnight Sun
Modern Jazz Qrt - Concorde - Prestige/OJC - One of the best albums featuring vibes that I've heard. Plenty versions better than the OJC I have.
Mozart - Sym 40&41 - Reiner/CSO Shaded Dog
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards - Sire; A classic in it's genre, a beautiful blend of art rock & folk, with a nod to the baroque. Annie Haslam's fine voice has never sounded better. Cheers,
Spencer |
Tvad,
I agree w/you that Neck & Neck is great CD! Haven't seen it on vinyl either.
Listening right now to freshly purchased Al Dimeola/John McLaughlin/Paco DeLucia - Friday Night in San Francisco. Probably the most accomplished acoustic guitar record I've heard. I've always liked DiMeola solo, but the interplay on this record is just palpable...amazing stuff.
Recently spun:
Eric Clapton - At His Best
Joni Mitchell - Blue
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
10cc - Greatest Hits
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
REM - Eponymous
Jeff Beck - Wired
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (stereo reissue)
Ben Folds - Live (Great album of solo piano/vocals - funny, too!)
Blondie - Autoamerican (proving to my daughters that rap is 20+ years old!
Villa-Lobos/Prokofiev - Uirapuru & Cinderella - Stowkowki/Everest
Kate Bush - The Dreaming (starting to sound a little dated)
Charlie Mingus - Best of
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space (MFSL)
I've been busy! Cheers, Spencer |
Ray, Rushton,
As Billie Holiday fans, you might want to check out a sort-of-new artist named Madeleine Peyroux. She has 2 CDs out, one from this year, the other about 7-8 years ago. She has a voice and style that answer the question, "If Billie was born in the modern age, what would she sound like?" Her new album has received many raves...Cheers,
Spencer |
Rush,
Your depth of Classical knowledge & the records to accompany it, never ceases to amaze me. If I ever build my Classical collection to 1% of yours, with your continuing excellent recommendations, it will be a proud collection. Schubert "Trout" is next in the "buy" queue.
Recent spinners:
Ryan Adams - Gold - maybe it's too produced, perhaps it's too obviuosly searching for airplay, but this record just wears well on me. Great simple songs, interesting lyrics,
stuff to get stuck in your head all day long. Besides the vinyl sounding better, you get extra songs not on the CD.
Television - Marquee Moon - A punky masterpiece that never received the audience it deserved, except from the critics. Plenty of new bands have learned from this LP.
Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus -
(Import 180g)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Brahms - Szell/Cleveland - Sym No.1 - Epic
Van Morrison - Moondance - 180g German pressing
Squeeze - Argybargy
Copeland - Bernstein/NYP - The Copland Album - Columbia
A recently found mono Everly Brothers is on deck...Cheers,
Spencer |
Right now: Marianne Faithful - Strange Weather. She kinda scares me a bit.
Preceeded by:
Tarentule - Atrium Musicae de Madrid(thanks Rushton!)
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Velvet Underground - Loaded - Under-rated late lp from them after John Cale's departure. More pop, hummable tunes; not the stuff of legends, but a solid album
Jefferson Airplane - Flight Log - One of my fav "best of compliations" that proves the diversity of the band
Copland - Bernstein - 3rd Sym
Connells - Boylan Heights - Quintessential late 80s&90s bar band that will appeal to fans of REM, Jayhawks, and Fountains of Wayne. Lots of jangly guitars, sarcasm & harmonies( a lot like life)
Cheers,
Spencer |
Zaikes, Otis Spann! You've inspired my next LP...
Rushton, think I'd like to hear the "Age of Gold" sometime. It sure is advertised a bunch lately.
Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles - super live album; what a songbook. Easy to take for granted how many great tunes she wrote.
Byrds Greatest Hits, the most-played $1 garage saler of the year for me
Renaissance - Novella - weaker effort of theirs, but still pretty good
Jacqueline DuPre & Stephen Bishop - Bethoven Cello Sonatas
Angel sound ruins nice performance
Mulligan Meets Monk - original pressing - SWEET!
This Mortal Coil - Intriguing 80s record w/guest spots by members of Dead Can Dance & Cocteau Twins. Not too many ~rock bands featuring viola and cello as main instruments. Dark, trancy, intoxicating
Ravel - La Valse/Bolero/rapsodie Espangnole - Osawa/BSO
Peter Gabriel - (Melt) - a classic, belongs in every rock collection
Ryan Adams - Rock 'n Roll - This guy has so many good songs that even his weak albums(i.e this one!)beat many bests of other contemporaries. Gets stuck in your head all day long...
Happy everything,
Spencer
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Brian Wilson - Smile - First full listen. So much hype to live up to, it will be a challenge. This was a xmas gift from my wife. She's great at picking up on pathetic hints.
Laurindo Almeida - Virtuoso Guitar - 45rpm white vinyl direct-to-disc WOW, OH MY GOD! This is on first couple of listens, one of my top 5 all time best sounding records.
Garr Karr - Adagio d'Albinoni - King/Cisco Super Analogue Disc; Just received vinyl to replace what had been a reference quality CD. Vinyl even better. Never before have I purchased two amazing sounding records at the same time. If you don't know this version, it is simply a ~1600 Amati double bass accompanied by an organ. The bass sounds like a giant cello, but deeper. It will silence a roomful of snooty audiofools in 10 seconds.
Borodin - Sym 2 & 3, Ansermet; London ffrr
Hot Tuna - First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
Oscar Peterson Trio w/Milt Jackson - Very Tall
Preceeded by with Slipknot1:
Charles Mingus Band - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Impulse 180g import)
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy/Freedom Sessions (180g Classic Rec.)
Bill Evans w/Jeremy Steig - What's New(verve)
Happy NewYear,
Spencer |
Guys, thanks for the brief Mahler primer. I'm ready to improve upon my pathetic album entitled, "Mahler's Greatest Hits". Shouldn't that be illegal?
Rushton, Fremer certainly isn't the only Smile-lover out there, and I generally like Mikey's taste in music. His little "In Heavy Rotation" box is my favorite part of S'phile these days. However, after two listens, I'll still "take the fifth" on a final judgement of this LP. Initially, I hear some nice vocal arrangements, bad sound effects, and sporadic catchy melodies, intertwined w/filler.
Well, back to reading every thread about every cartridge ever written...Cheers, Spencer |
That would go fine with the Brittany Spaniel in my listening chair... |
Bach - Starker's Unaccompanied Cello box on Speakers Corner
Wow, what great sound! Just picked this up at CES, from our friends at Acoustic Sounds, who had a great booth setup, with nice sale prices and plenty to choose from. Two bad my poker winnings were one day AFTER the show, or I might have come home with a whole trunkload of vinyl...
Next up, my other purchases from Norah Jones(2nd) and Miles Davis(Bags Groove on 45rpm)...Cheers,
Spencer |
Zaikes, If you can find the Mingus, Mingus,... on imported vinyl, it's a winner!
For me, now it's Yes - The Yes Album (rhino reissue)
Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
Grateful Dead - Skeletons From the Closet
Peter Gabriel - So
Keith Jarrett - Survivors' Suite
Starker - Bach Unaccompanied Cello; I keep putting it on! Wow. Cheers,
Spencer |
Zaikes,
No, I haven't compared the two reissues. I ran into one used for $14, at Red Trumpet. It says Limited Edition, remastered by Michael Cuscuna on the label. Impulse IMP-170, 180g. It's no Fantasy 45rpm, but pretty nice.
Rick was been kind enough to "open the warehouse" for a little Sunday afternoon party for our local audio group. The used rack is always my favorite.
Nothing like a convoy of audiophools driving through rural PA at 80mph to confuse the state troopers! Cheers,
Spencer |
Zaikes,
You are probably right. The reissue was pressed in 1995 and produced by Cuscuna, and doesn't have the bonus track. Nonetheless, it sounds pretty good, and I'd not have pegged it as digital source from the sound of it. Cheers,
Spencer |
Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts (Bremen Lausanne)
Paul Simon - Graceland
The Band - Rock of Ages
Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine
Cannonball Adderley w/Bill Evans - Know What I Mean?
La Tarentule - Atrium Musicae de Madrid
Holly Cole - Don't Smoke in Bed
Cheers, Spencer |
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Ormandy/Philly Orch - "Virtuosi" An ole 6-eye LP that gives a few soloists a chance to showoff. Fun record. Milhaud's Concerto for Percusion & Small Orch" is really cool.
Glenn Gould, Bernstein / Columbia Sym Orch Concerto No.2 in B Flat, Bach:Concerto No.1 in Dminor
David Bowie - Pinups (Simply Vinyl)
Bach - Klemperer/Pro Musica Chamber Orch Brandenburg Concertos Complete
Daniel Lanois - Shine
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac (yikes, a digital LP!)
Bill Evans - Quintessance
Bill Evans - Sunday@Village Vanguard (RTI remaster)
Handel - Concertos Pour Orgue et Orch Vol.2
No Undertones Lps here, but the Feargal Sharkey CD is heading to the car next...Cheers,
Spencer |
I've been on a tear with lots of newly acquired, both new & used. The theme is Ray Brown is worth big $$$.
Ray Brown - Soular Energy(blue extra over-priced version)
Ray Brown/Shelley Manne/Bud Shank - Shades of Dring
Ray Brown & Laurindo Almeida - Audiophile Legends
Bright Eyes Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Dvorak, Antonin Istvan Kertesz / London Sym Sym no.5 in E minor Op.95 "From the New World"(SpeakersCorner)
Coltrane, Alice Transfiguration (Live)
Genesis Seconds Out
Rollins, Sonny Way Out West OJC
Prokofiev, Ravel, deFalla -Love For 3 Oranges Suite, La Valse; Dance from La Vide Breve Susskind conducts LSO;
Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper
Schubert, Franz Quintet in A Major Op. 114 "Trout"
Music-wise, I'm all over the map these days...Cheers,
Spencer |
Alex,
"The Inflated Tear" is another excellent title by Roland Kirk. Unfortunately, my cheapo reissue is pretty noisy. I keep hoping that somebody does a nice quality reissue of this. The 45rpm treatment would be great on this album.
Cheers,
Spencer |
Zaikes,
Roland Kirk's The Inflated Tear came out in 1967, selling 10k copies in the first year(pretty big for a jazz LP then). It was his first LP for Atlantic.
Check this link for a nice synopsis on his discography:
http://www.mp3.com/albums/55944/summary.html
Their summary of The inflated Tear - "This is Roland Kirk at his most poised and visionary; his reading of azz harmony and fickle sonances are nearly without peer. And only Mingus understood Ellington in the way Kirk did. That evidence is here also. If you are looking for a place to start with Kirk, this is it."
I also own "Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata", but wouldn't recommend it nearly as much.
The Domino re-issue is near the top of my shopping list.
If you haven't already, I strongly suggest digging into Charles Mingus, an obvious influence on Kirk, and a genius in his own right.
Regards,
Spencer |
Joe,
Birth of the Cool is a good title similar in many ways to the ones you've mentioned.
However because it's not at all like them, you've also got to check out Bitches Brew. It's the jazz equivalent of Dylan going electric in '66. A chaotic, mesmerizing tornado of sound with many of the later era electric jazz icons: Corea, McLaughlin, Shorter, Lenny White, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette.
It ain't no easy listen, but it's something to behold. With the volume way up! Cheers,
Spencer |
