Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
and,
Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
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Greg
I would have to guess that was the USA equivalent.
Totp was once a week, the next evening after the weekly singles charts were announced so was up to date on showcasing the top hits.
Prior to Hawkwind think terrible corny pop acts like The Sweet, Slade, Gary Glitter, Barry Blue etc.
God, 70,s Brit pop was awful now I think about it😂😂
Greg.
Two blistering classic heavy rock cuts in a row.
Nice stuff.
I remember when Hawkwind first hit it big in the UK with Silver Machine and they were on TV on a show called top of the pops.
Nobody knew what to make of Dave Brock , Rob Calvert and Lemmy and crew! Never been anything quite like them on the show.
You are on a roll tonight Noromance.
Quark is possibly my favorite Hawkwind album of all time.
I know I did not need to do this to know this but still a valid conclusion.
Have been playing cd and sacd all afternoon and evening.
Good but lacking the dynamics and life and soul that my garrard gives me in spades.
Even my mofi sacd of heartbeat city pales besides my original vinyl copy.
Time to spin some records.....
Slaw
I remember Ralph, Atmasphere, saying somewhere that the cutter heads go to 50khz.
Or something along those lines.
You could be right, just because we cannot consciously hear that upper range does not mean it is not contributing positively.
Now who is the king of the cheap album finds!😇😇.
I applaud anybody when they acquire a decent album album on the cheap, especially when it’s me....lol.
Well it looks like Greg started something......

Chronicle of the Black Sword .... Hawkwind.
Slaw
Jeff was pretty amazing considering he was blind.
You know I have never seen Roadhouse, Probably should at some stage.

So Workingman's Dead gets a big thumbs up for sq.
Good to know.

This Hawkwind album is excellent, 2015 2x 45rpm reissue.
If I was not travelling by plane it would have been a LOT more.
I visited an antique mall, The Heart of Ohio on way to the hotel.
One of the stalls in there had a box of 62 rock albums for just $99.
And there was some really good albums in the box including Led Zep, Deep Purple etc and all looked to be in good shape.
Maybe I need go back and then fedex them home.....
Drrsutliff.
now I have regained some composure you are likely correct.
I believe it is the cable that came with the 401 as once that was on the Rega is when the hum was very noticeable.
Even back on the 401 it is louder than I would really like.
The slightly to short cable that came with the Rega is very quiet back on the Rega.
Solution?
Open up the 5 pin din end of the offending tonearm cable?
You are making me seriously consider buying one of the two used Hydra 8 I see for sale right now Slaw.....
Wth, it's only money.
😁😁
Slaw
I sold the Equicore a while back to another member here, Lowrider if I remember right.
And no it really did not gel with the Gate installed.
Much better dynamics once I removed the Equicore from my system.
Slaw
Pretty neat stuff these tweaks.
As well as The Gate.....
I have two Omega plus mats, two regular Omega mats and about 30 ecards which are really nice to use on smaller items like LPS and inside the phono etc..
Oh and enough tc paste to paint a battleship!
Have two unopened tubes out in the freezer.
Have to cheat a little here but it’s still analog.

Two Against Nature ..... Steely Dan.

Cassette.
Slaw
I went back with a phono I had owned couple years back and foolishly moved on from it.
Goldnote ph10.
Very much doubt I will be giving it up a second time.
With a SR Blue fuse in it and 4 ppt ecards it is blacker than black background.
Spirit.
Thank you most kindly for the nice words, much appreciated my friend.
As far as Coheed goes, I caught them live maybe 6 years ago at a Rockville here in Jacksonville... you know when we had live music ... lol.
They were way down the billing so out early afternoon,not much of a crowd yet but they were awesome indeed.
However this was way after the Second Turbine album which I had never head before until today.
One of those bands that have changed somewhat some aspects better and some worse... imho
Very wound up right now, need to take some deep breaths.
Fired up the Rega mono rig and very loud background hum had appeared.
Tried all sorts of grounding tricks but to no avail.
Then I figured the only thing I had done since last played was swap the tonearm cables over between the two tt.
Should NOT have made any difference but swapped them back and peace was restored.

WTF!!!!!
Play Deep ... The Outfield.

A great British band that were largely ignored at home whilst playing too stadiums here in the USA.

Another of my $1 purchases.
Good to be here Slaw! And thank you.

I am working my way through cleaning and then playing 217 lps I bought for $1 each from my LRS. He had thrown a lot of good stuff into clearance boxes just to reduce inventory.

There are some bad ones of course but so far it is working out to be a great buy.
Gave him $200 cash for the lot so a little less than $1 each.
Yes it is Slaw, a small amount of time and effort can turn a $1 record into a $10 one very easily. I am always up for a bargain or 217 .. Lol.
And Private Eyes by TB... Yep got that one!
Reubent

I think I will stick to my $1 LRS purchases for now...lol

Mind there is still one album I need buy to complete my Magnum vinyl collection but I am baulking at the $120 cost.
Slaw

I was turned onto The Teskey Brothers from my streaming thread by Gorsta if I remember right.

It quite surprised me and may have to look for the vinyl.
Violation ... Starz.

Not sure how many remember these guys.

Capitol records, another $1 buy but looks and sounds  like it has never been played
One World ... Rare Earth.

Sounds pretty darn good for a $1 bargain bin original 1971 album!
Good for her!
My daughter has her own vinyl and digital rig.
You can see it under my virtual systems.
Simple, cheap but very effective.
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I think HP of all people nailed it when he noted that digital reproduction effects a high pass filter albeit at a very low frequency which seems to rob the music of its natural ambiance. The bass drops off a cliff, metaphorically speaking. You don’t hear it as lack of bass per se.
@lewm  In a nutshell, vinyl has more bandwidth than Redbook. On the bottom end its only limited by the mechanical resonance of the playback. On the top end it can go out well past 50KHz, although my cutter is bandwidth-limited at about 42KHz.
There you go Slaw
Straight from Ralph.
Reubent.

Btw, your posting of The Alarm took me back decades and I just had to play some this morning via Tidal

Thank you
Nuclear Furniture ... Jefferson Starship.

Grace Slick still one of my fave female singers of all time. What a wild child in her early years!
The Who by Numbers.

Not their finest for sure and SQ leaves a little to be desired but still it is The Who!

Reubent .... I have my share of spendy albums too although not very many I will admit.
I only have Brother In Arms on SACD.
@Reubent

My favorite portion of this forum are all the music threads.

There is a general air of camaraderie here that is sadly lacking on some of the other threads where instead it seems to be more who can stab who in the back the deepest and the hardest!

Not all obviously but it sure is not fun most of the time.

Plus there is always such great music to discover and rediscover.

It’s a pleasure to be here.

Btw I have worked in the Cincy area a LOT over the last 20 year’s. We even went for vacation a couple of times when Kings Island was at its height just to ride The Beast and The Son of The Beast. Sad how King’s Island has turned out now.
Private Dancer ... Tina Turner.

This is too funny, this disc is bent and warped like a pretzel and yet....
My Denon cw Black Widow and dl103d is riding it like a champ and the SQ is stunning.
Just while sitting watching,  it looks terrible!
@bdp24 .

Very interesting and yes I do remember some b sides were one offs until an enterprising record label would release them as a collection on CD!

I did have quite a few singles when younger but I know I offloaded all of them to a local swap shop( English pawn shop).

Next time in my LRS I might just have a rummage through see if anything strikes me.
On another note entirely ( sic).
Does anybody actually collect and/or play 45rpm singles?
I ask as when last at my LRS I spied box upon box of 45,s. When I asked he said nobody buys them and not even worth his time to sort through them.
They all came with collections he buys.Seems a shame really.
Reubent .

Just love Heartbeat City, have it on sacd, Vinyl and cassette.

Next up

Grand Funk ... The Live Album
Had to shelve the Grand Funk Live album, just too beat up to listen to and enjoy.
Cant all be winners at $1!

Much better now

Inner Secrets .. Santana 
Aj523.
Welcome to the wonderful world of vinyl, hope you visit often.
But as to your specific request not really my area, sure we have some classical experts here though.
I would also try a search of the threads as I am sure I remember a thread along those lines fairly recently in fact.

This thread may be of interest.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/classical-music-for-aficionados
Schools Out .... Alice Cooper.

This was our anthem every time term was over at school!
Live Dates ... Wishbone Ash.

Another $1 find and it looks and sounds like it has never been played.

Awesome Sauce!

Btw what happened to Slaw?
Gone awol.
Traces .... Steve Perry 

New 180gm copy.

Some neat old albums there Reubent but not really my cup o char either.
@slaw 

good to hear from you, hoped I had not upset you.

i hear you on time! However last week I was off due to no work and this week I took vacation and indeed flying to New Mexico tomorrow morning so will be radio silence from me on this thread until Tuesday next week

of course I will be streaming a Tidal on the plane and the hotel in the evening through my trusty phone and Klipsch earbuds.