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
The Flying Burrito Brothers’ album The Gilded Palace of Sin. The common wisdom regarding that album and The Byrds Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (the last with Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, who thereafter left to start TFBB) is that neither found an audience
Interesting you bring up the Flying Burrito Brothers. I could have sworn I had a couple of their albums. But after opening up my long time boxed LP’s, none to be found. Used to listen to them a lot back in the day.
Sweetheart in the Rodeo really is a great album with wonderful SQ. And John Hartford playing banjo on many tracks is a real bonus. Hartford is another musician I have to get some LP’s back in my collection. Aereo-Plain was one of my favorite albums.
Also, need to find some Commander Cody as well. Never had any of those albums myself, but many of my friends did. Really fun stuff.
Canned Heat has always been a fav of mine. I need to get the whole collection, and working on it, only have 3 rights now. 2 of which I've had since the mid-70's.
Great band, but when The Bear, Bob Hite, died, that was pretty much the end. At least for me.
Larry Taylor, on bass, also recorded extensivly with John Mayall, another fav from that time.
But, I tell'ya, that Butterfield Blues Band Album I have just kicks serious butt too. The SQ is really really good. I really need to dig in and find some others from them, or, some other albums Paul Butterfield released. If that album is any indication, they did a splendid job recording and engineering their albums.
Heifetz - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Reiner and The Chicago Symphony. RCA Red Seal repress in stereo, probably from the late 60’s. Originally 1957.
Sir John Barbirolli Conducts Vaughan Williams - Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op. 47Serenade In E Minor, Op. 20, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis & Fantasia On "Greensleeves". The Sinfonia Of London & The Allegri String Quartet. Angel reissue, date unknown, but per label, 1980’s. Originally 1963.
Another wonderful recording....or else my rig is just sounding exceptionally good today 😁
Vernon Handley conducts Delius - Intermezzo : "Fennimore And Gerda", On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring, Summer Night On The River, A Song Before Sunrise, Sleigh Ride, Prelude : "Irmelin",The Walk To The Paradise Garden & La Calinda : "Koanga". London Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI/Lambert & Butler Master Series 1979 UK pressing.
Sibelius Symphony No. 1 from the big blue box of: Berliner Philharmoniker Symphonies 1-7 Simon Rattle 2019
@bkeske, Dude! This is the one!
Dynamics, Clarity, Precision, True
This makes me think I’m beginning to know the difference between orchestras. This band is definitely north of greatness.
Very nice. I’m very familiar with Berlin, and Simon’s time with them. I’ve had a subscription to their streaming service (Digital Concert Hall), including live concerts, for 3 years now. This coming will be my 4th. Excellent orchestra. Weird, but I probably know them better than Cleveland because all the time I ‘spend with them’.
@bkeske Joni & Neil, you are into classical Brian.
Classical in all forms James ;-)
......actually bought a batch of ‘actual classical’ LP selections today. Oh, and a CD. Purcell and Britten selections by the Doric String Quartet on Chandos (2 CD set). Listened to it on TIDAL and had to have it.
Got to see Chick and Pat Metheny play at a bar, of all places, in Columbus (German Village area) back in the late 80’s. Fun evening, and found myself very lucky to see both of them in such a intimate setting.
Can’t believe I finally put a wayward album together with a wayward cover today while reorganizing some albums. Had the cover, no album. Put the album in the shelves without its cover, but couldn’t figure out what it was. Well, turns out the album cover, and song list, don’t match the album and the song list on the label. I remember that now, but not when I was trying to figure out where the other half of each went, lol.
And, it turns out this is worth a bit on today’s market.
The Warlocks - S/T. Otherwise known as the Grateful Dead a couple years later. Recorded in 1965. My copy is on the Creative Music label, and came out in 1980, but there are a couple other versions on other small labels. Covers are essentially the same for each.
Anyway, since I finally remarried the vinyl and cover, thought I’d spin it....
Another acquisition that arrived in the mail today....
Sir Neville Marriner conducts Bach - The Art of Fugue. Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields. Philips 2LP box set. European pressing 1975.
Close to mint condition, - except- the old foam dividers disintegrated (removed at one time) in the box and some material got on/embedded two sides in a couple small areas, so I did some careful cleaning to remove as best I could. Hopefully it all plays through well. I’ve heard some very good things about this set.
OK, after a return to some of my digital collection, back to some vinyl (and can’t wait to do so). Haven’t listed to this for a while, and always a favorite of mine, as it was recorded very nicely. Will go through the entire collection.
I also, finally, signed-up for a photo service, so, will be including more photos in the future.
Pierre Monteux conducts Debussy - Images For Orchestra & Le Martyre De Saint Sébastien - Symphonic Fragments From The Music To Gabriele D´Annunzio´s Mystery Play. London Symphony Orchestra. Philips reissue, originally 1963
Michel Martin conducts Debussy - Epigraphes Antiques & Roussel - Le Marchand De Sable Qui Passe. Orchestre De Chambre Michel Martin. Cybelia French release. Date unknown, but guessing early-mid 80’s
Boulez conducts Ravel - Daphnis & Chloé Suite #2, Rapsodie Espagnole, Pavane For A Dead Princess, Alborada Del Gracioso. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1971
👍🏼 Won’t get much argument in this thread, it’s primarily about the music. We just got smitten with how well it can be reproduced. And wherever we are on that journey, all are welcome here 😉
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