Whats on your turntable tonight?

Upon striking 12:00, New Year, I decided upon....

Karajan conducting Beethoven’s 9th. Berlin Philharmonic, from the 9 Symphonies box set, Deutsche Grammophon 1975

Happy New Year All

Bernstein conducts Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1 With Trumpet Op. 35 w/André Previn piano/William Vacchiano trumpet & Poulenc - Concerto For 2 Pianos And Orchestra In D Minor w/Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale piano. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1962
 

Steppenwolf - Monster. Dunhill 1972

The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead. WB Gold Label 1967

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow. RCA Victor 1967

@justmetoo 

Great choice. Love that symphony. +1

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold as Love. Reprise reissue 1979, originally 1967

Blues Breakers - S/T With John Mayall, Eric Clapton, & John McVie. London reissue 1977, originally 1966

every time I listen to this, I remind myself once more, how much this kicks butt

@slaw 

Yep, the SQ is actually fantastic. Sounds great.

John Mayall - Empty Rooms. Polydor 1969

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East. Capricorn reissue 1974 (originally 1971). 

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Last Concert (thank goodness it wasn’t, as I saw them about 10 years later, and it was indeed wonderful). Atlantic 2LP gatefold 1975

 

Richards Piano Quartet : Martinů - Piano Quartet No. 1 & Chausson - Piano Quartet In A Major Op. 30. L'Oiseau-Lyre 1970 UK release

George Harrison - Dark Horse. Apple 1974

Britten conducts Britten - Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68 & Joseph Haydn - Concerto In C For Cello And Orchestra. English Chamber Orchestra w/Mstislav Rostropovich. London 1964

Pinchas Zukerman Plays and conducts Vivaldi - Concerto No. 5 In E-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 5 "La Tempesta Di Mare" / Concerto No. 6 In C Major, Op. 8, No. 6 "Il Piacere" / Concerto No. 7 In D Minor, Op. 8, No. 7 / Concerto No. 8 In G Minor, Op. 8, No. 8. English Chamber Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1974
 

@noromance 

@bkeske Just caught wind of your big tweak. Congrats on the 🔔s. Thought you might have gone the tube route but agree the Signature is probably best with your amp. 

Thanks Brian! Believe me, I did think about tubes, but still desire bypass, and my options tube-wise were pretty limited. After consulting with Johnny Rutan, who also carry’s a tube pre with bypass, he empathetically recommended the Belles Signature over that or the standard Aria, so, I followed Johnny’s guidance.  And it marries with my old Belles amp and Treo’s wonderfully. David, IMO, is amazing voicing his rigs, and the last thing I think of is SS when listening. All his stuff is very ‘musical’. I kinda figured I would go that route, which made the Hagerman Trumpet MC tube phono pre a strong candidate when I chose that.

Yea, I’m pleased. I feel like my system is now whole.

The Band - Music From Big Pink. Capitol 1968

Robert Hunter - Tiger Rose. Rounder Records. 1975

In celebration of my Browns making the playoffs for the first time in over 17 years.....

Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing in the Streets. Pickwick reissue (Motown) 1974

Crankin it up!

Václav Neumann Conducts Martinů, Symphony #1 & Inventions. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Supraphon 1978 Czechoslovakia

Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra. Atlantic reissue, late 60’s, possibly 1968 per label. Originally 1961

I believe @boxer12 recommended this to me, picked it up in fantastic condition.

@noromance 

@bkeske Hey, at least you won't have to worry about rolling tubes!

Actually, I would have enjoyed that part. 😉

Have fun Joel!

Maazel conducts Mussorgsky-Rimsky-Korsakov - Night On Bald Mountain & Mussorgsky-Ravel - Pictures At An Exhibition. The Cleveland Orchestra. Telarc 1979
 

Finally received this today. Bought and shipped to me about a month ago, from someone in my own city. Yikes. 

Have the mono version of this, so was looking forward to the stereo reissue. Sounds great, but the vinyl, although looks good, is a bit noisy. I would imagine the previous owner did not keep their stylus in the best shape. Perhaps.

Szell conducts Brahms piano concerto #2. The Cleveland Orchestra with Leon Fleisher, piano. Odyssey 1973 (mono recording 1962).

I will say, the mono version from Epic stands up well to this.

Barenboim conducting Jacqueline Du Pré and the Philadelphia Orchestra : Elgar - Cello Concerto, Op. 85 & w/London Philharmonic: Enigma Variations, Op. 36. Columbia Masterworks 1977
 

Heifetz : Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto In E Minor, Opus 64 & Prokofiev - Violin Concerto In G Minor, Opus 63. Munch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra. RCA Red Seal reissue, late 1960’s, originally 1959

@sbank 

So many layers of goodness, it's like one of these Taco town

😁

Václav Neumann conducts Martinů - Concertino For Piano Trio And String Orchestra
Zdeněk Košler conducts Martinů - Sinfonietta Giocosa For Piano And Small Orchestra
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Supraphon 1985 Czechoslovakian release

Janáček Quartet : Martinů - String Quartet No. 5 & String Quartet No. 7. Supraphon 1980 Czechoslovakian release

Schubert - The Last Four Quartets. New Hungarian Quartet. VoxBox 3 LP set. 1973

Hey Steve! ;-)

Boulez conducts Schoenberg - Serenade Op. 24. Orchestre Du Domaine Musical. Everest early 60’s

Roth String Quartet : Kodály - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2. Philips/World Series reissue early 1960’s, originally 1956
 

Budapest String Quartet : Ravel - Quartet In F Major & Debussy - Quartet In G Minor, Opus 10. Columbia Masterworks reissue, probably early 60’s, originally 1953

Budapest String Quartet : Ravel - Quartet In F Major / Debussy - Quartet In G Minor, Opus 10. Columbia Masterworks reissue, early 60’s? Originally 1953

Paul Kletzki conducts Mahler’s Symphony #1. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Angel, late 70’s reissue, originally 1962

@spiritofradio 

Go Browns!

Oh yea!!! It’s been a very very long time. Something about this (my) team. Very special.

Nice Steve! I’m sure it pleases your neighbors too 😉 😁

 

The Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams - Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra / Symphony No.8. The London Philharmonic Orchestra w/Vronsky And Babin. Angel 1969

Eugene Ormandy conducts Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances & Casella - Paganiniana. The Philadelphia Orchestra. Angel reissue, originally 1960.

Szell conducts Kodály - Háry János Suite & Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks early 70’s.

Sir Colin Davis conducts Sibelius - The Seven Symphonies. Boston Symphony Orchestra. 5 LP box set. Philips Italian pressing. Unknown release date, but per label, probably late 70’s.

Not sure how many I’ll go through this evening, start with #1 and see what happens....

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity. Columbia 1973

Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens. A&M 1971

Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes. Reprise 1970

@spiritofradio

It’s pretty good, but to be honest not my favorite Sibelius cycle. My favorite cycle is Maazel with the Wiener Philharmoniker. Released by DECCA, but I only have it on CD. There are LP box sets of the same cycle.

Davis, to me, is a bit ‘hit or miss’. But, I did want a vinyl cycle, this popped-up at a good cost, so jumped on it. Not disappointed, just like Maazel’s set better. As far as SQ, it’s good, but far from great.