DeBarge-Rhythm Of The Night Side 2 Sweethearts Of The Rodeo-One Time One Night Side 1 Bon Jovi-7800 Fahrenheit Side A Bruce Springsteen-Born In The U.S.A. Side 2 Pat Metheny-Rejoicing Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Call-Into The Woods Side 1 Bob Seger-Nine Tonight Side 2 As you might have guessed it was 80's night! Yes, it was cut short by 1 album played due to an unexpected visitor. Springsteen finished last in SQ with a very sharp digital edge.
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@big_greg +1 Queen. Welcome back! |
Milt Jackson-Born Free(Limelight LS-86045) Side 2 Stan Rogers-Between The Breaks...Live! Second Set SQ Audiophile Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.-I Hope We Get To Love In Time Side A Led Zeppelin-In Through The Outdoor Side 2 Fathers & Sons-ST Side 1 Randy Travis-No Holdin’ Back Side 2 Supertramp-Paris Side 4 SQ Audiophile Art Farmer-To Duke With Love Side 2 SQ* Both "live" albums had a natural SQ that appear to have very little, if any touch ups? Tough to call a winner here. Paris was very dynamic with natural vocals. Rogers had a more intimate small venue feel. If Art Farmer had a slightly more laidback perspective it would have Audiophile SQ status. |
Joni Mitchell-Court And Spark Side 2 SQ Audiophile Peter Cetera-Solitude Solitaire Side 2 Dokken-Tooth And Nail Side 2 Sue Raney with Bob Florence-Fight Of Fancy Side 2 SQ Audiophile Charley Pride-Greatest Hits Side B The Beach Boys-Surf’s Up Side 2 Eugene Ormandy-Liszt/Smetana/Dvorak(LSC-3085) Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile BTO-Not Fragile Side A Ormandy takes the SQ crown over Ms.Raney(slight digital edge?) Joni(flat?) Yes OG copies vary. Rock On-Robbie!!!
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@noromance Thx for taking your time to reply. I'm at the point where being very selective is needed in keeping my vinyl collection in order. |
@noromance +1 Jacqueline du Pre in her prime. How would you rate the SQ of this recording? |
Correction... @noromance hits the 50.000 mark! |
@bslon Congrats on posting 50,000! Some of our regular posters have been MIA in the recent months? Please come back to the best thread on Audiogon. |
Marvin Hamlisch-The Sting Soundtrack Side 2 Rosanne Cash-The List Side B Dio-Sacred Heart Side 1 Grover Washington Jr.-The Best Is Yet To Come Side 1 SQ Audiophile Mike Post-Television Theme Songs Side 1+2 Miklos Rozsa-Rozsa Conducts Rozsa(DG 2584 021) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Black Sabbath-13 Side C+D Deniece Williams-I'm So Proud Side 1 Even the later pressed "13"(2013) and "The List"(2009) had very acceptable SQ, no excuse for so many newer pressings with poor SQ. Miklos Rozsa takes the SQ crown tonight. |
Janie Fricke-It Ain't Easy Side 1 Kansas-Point Of No Return Side 2 SQ Audiophile Mongo Santamaria-OLE' OLA(CJP-387) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Dimitri Tiomkin-Lost Horizon(RCA-ARL1-1669) Side A SQ Audiophile Secret Sphere-Portrait Of A Dying Heart Side B Pat Metheny Group-Offramp Side 1 Susannah McCorkle-No More Blues(CJ-370) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Earl Klugh-Dream Come True Side 2 SQ Audiophile With 5/8 recordings with Audiophile SQ and Metheny a near miss makes for a very satisfying night of vinyl playback! Concord Jazz tasted defeat tonight even with 2 albums. A thrift store find Dimitri Tiomkin/Lost Horizon was purchased due to being in mint condition, was not expecting possible demo disc SQ and top level content.
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@noromance +1 It’s very difficult to recall exactly what album or side you played 2 years or even 2 months ago. The idea came from a thread here regarding how many records is too many? The stereotype that "Audiophiles" play the same 100 titles over and over despite having thousands of vinyl albums was a personal attack. I knew it would take over 3 years to complete this task but so far it has been very rewarding and informative. |
Carly Simon-Another Passenger Side 1 Vern Gosdin-Chiseled In Stone Side 1 Bruce Springsteen-Darkness On The Edge Of Town Side 1 The New York Jazz Quartet-In Concert In Japan Side 2 SQ Audiophile Gerry Rafferty-Snakes And Ladders Side 1 Hall/Oates-Past Times Behind Side 2 The Motown Sound-Volume:7 Side 1 Dee Bell-Let There Be Love(CJ 216) Side 2 SQ Audiophile We start the year with another Concord Jazz SQ win. With the exception of the Motown recording everything had above average SQ. Will continue to play my complete vinyl collection while trying(not easy) to avoid repeats. Started this process in April 2020, pretty sure I’m close to 80% of my vinyl played.
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Placido Domingo-Christmas With Placido Domingo(FM 37245) Side 1 SQ* Alabama-Christmas Side B SQ* Carpenters-Christmas Portrait Side 2 The Wonderful World Of Christmas-VA Side 2 Frank Sinatra-The Sinatra Christmas Album Side 2 Bing Crosby-Merry Christmas Side 1 Amy Grant-A Christmas Album Side 2 SQ Audiophile John Denver-Rocky Mountain Christmas Side B Played some of my favorite Christmas albums and saved my favorite for last(John Denver). Amy Grant/Merry Christmas is also a 5* album with 5* SQ(Doug Sax), with any luck a dollar bin find. |
Anne Murray-Somebody's Waiting Side 2 Rick Wakeman-Journey To The Center Of The Earth Side 1 Patti Austin-The Real Me Side 2 SQ* John Williams-Star Wars(Damil SGA-1000) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Styx-The Grand Illusion Side 1 SQ* Larry Carlton-Friends Side 1 SQ Audiophile Brahms-Stern/Mehta(M 35146) Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile The Alan Parsons Project-I Robot Side 1 SQ Audiophile 4 recordings with Audiophile SQ and 2(SQ*) near misses makes for a very enjoyable night. Just a note, I rarely wax poetic over recording content because assume what I play I like. My focus on SQ could help if one is indecisive about a vinyl purchase. Parsons gets the SQ crown without any comments needed. |
Helen Reddy-Music, Music Side 1 Anne Murray-Let's Keep It That Way Side 2 Seawind-ST Side B Oliva Newton-John-Greatest Hits Side 1 Dionne Warwick-Dionne Side 1 Michael Franks-One Bad Habit Side 2 Carpenters-Voice Of The Heart Side 2 SQ Audiophile John Klemmer-Touch Side A SQ Audiophile Every recording had above average SQ. After hearing Carpenters and Klemmer rise above the rest I could not justify giving any of the others Audiophile status. As many know "Touch" has a long history of being a demo disc which ultimately takes the SQ crown.
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Patti Labelle-Tasty Side 1 Moe Bandy-Soft Lights And Hard Country Music Side 2 Aerosmith-Night In The Ruts Side 2 SQ* Uriah Heep- Live Side B(2 on label) SQ* Paul Simon-There Goes Rhymin’ Simon Side 1 SQ * Harold Betters-Funk City Express Side 2 Deep Purple-Perfect Strangers Side 2(B on label) Tchaikovsky-Symphony No.4(RCA VICS-1000) Side 1+2 SQ* Just missed Audiophile SQ. If I had to pick a winner Uriah Heep gets the edge considering its a live album regardless of whether or not it was cleaned up in the studio. Gary Thain is wicked on bass as well as the entire band, great live album if your a classic rock fan! Perfect Strangers is one of the best rock albums of the 1980’s. |
@tgilb +1 RLJ first 3 recordings are 5 star rated with demo level SQ. I do believe "The Magazine" was digitally recorded. |
John Anderson-Wild And Blue Side 1 The Guess Who-Live At The Paramount Side 2 Sally Rogers And Howard Bursen-Satisfied Customers Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Supremes Featuring Mary Wilson-Greatest Hits Side 1 The Scott Hamilton Quintet-The Right Time(CJ-311) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Beethoven-Symphony No.4(London CS-6512) Side 1+2 SQ* The Romantics-ST Side 1 Janis Siegel-At Home Side 2 SQ Audiophile With the exception of the Supremes SQ flat/dull/muddy and Romantics bright/thin/edgy the rest had very good SQ. SQ* Beethoven just missed Audiophile SQ status due to dynamics being so/so. Guess Who live features an excellent expanded version of "American Woman" which should interest classic rock fans. Ms. Siegel takes the SQ crown over Scott Hamilton due to the soundstage being a little forward, not typical of Concord Jazz vinyl. |
Jack Jones-Without Her Side 1 The Osborne Brothers-Bluegrass Spectacular Side A John Cougar-ST Side B The Pointer Sisters-ST Side 1 SQ Audiophile Mahler-Symphony No.2(Solti London CS 6504) Side 4 Robin Trower-Victims Of The Fury Side 1 Shadowfax-The Dreams Of Children Side 2 SQ Audiophile Jack Sheldon-The Warm World Of Jack Sheldon Side 1 Played 3 more M- thrift store finds Jones/Sheldon and the Osburne Brothers. All 3 will be added to my collection. Cougar disappointed me with SQ but has great content. Shadowfax was the runaway SQ champ which was mastered by Bernie Grundman.
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Anne Murray-Love Song Side 1 The Doors-ST(Tan Label) Side 1 All-Star Country(VA-RCA Custom Box Set) Record 7 Side 1 Marian McPartland-Portrait Of(CJ-101) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Heart-Bebe Le Strange Side 1 SQ Audiophile Pachelbel-Corelli(Seraphim S-60271) Side 2 Earl Klugh-Low Ride Side 1 SQ Audiophile Gary Moore-Victims Of The Future(Japanese Pressing) Side 1 Low Ride takes the SQ crown mastered by Bob Ludwig. The Canadian queen of the thrift store and dollar bins delivers with content and SQ on this album. If you have any interest in classical/baroque music consider Corelli "Christmas" Concerto for your X-mas play list. |
Sting-The Dream Of The Blue Turtles-Side 1 Glen Campbell-Houston Side 1 Red Holloway & Company(CJ-322) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Fleetwood Mac-Tusk Side 1 SQ Audiophile Isaac Hayes-Hot Buttered Soul Side 2 Jethro Tull-The Broadsword And The Beast Side 1 Tchaikovsky-Symphony No.6(MS 6006 Six Eye) Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile Makoto Ozone-After Side 1 SQ Audiophile Everything sounded above average tonight. The SQ crown goes to Tchaikovsky. Many of the original Stereo Six Eye recordings have a very wide soundstage. Glen Campbell released many subpar recordings but Houston is top level. |
Peggy Lee-Bewitching-Lee! Side 2 Kiss Alive II-Side 2 Count Basie-Bassie Picks The Winners Side A SQ Audiophile Maggie Rogers-Heard It In A Past Life Side B The Richie Kamuca Quartet-Richie(CJ-41) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Milt Jackson-Born Free Side 2 Poison-(banned cover)Open Up And Say... Ahh! Side 2 Ramsey Lewis-Wade In The Water Side 1 Played 4 more of my M- thrift store finds Peggy/Basie/Milt and Ramsey Lewis all were stereo versions with very solid sound. Basie was awarded Audiophile SQ due to very good dynamics. Enjoyed the "Glam Metal" of Kiss and Poison despite many well educated distractors. Another Concord Jazz takes the SQ crown and another recent recording Maggie Rogers(2019) takes last place. |
Dave Valentin-In Love’s Time Side 1 SQ* Arlo Gutherie-Alice’s Restaurant(soundtrack) Side 1+2 The Doobie Brothers-The Captain And Me Side 1 Anne Murray-Heart Over Mind Side 2 SQ* Teddy Pendergrass-This One’s For You Side 1 SQ Audiophile The RFD Boys- No.3 Side 2 Dave Frishberg-getting some fun out of life(CJ-37) Side 2 Linda Ronstadt-Heart Like A Wheel Side 1 SQ Audiophile Even with subpar quality power Ms. Ronstadt still delivered winning Audiophile SQ tonight. SQ* very close to Audiophile level. Played Alice’s Restauarant tonight due to it being an AOR radio Thanksgiving staple when I was a kid. |
@big_greg +1 My favorite Iron Maiden recording. |
Daryl Hall John Oates-ooh yeah! Side 1 Shooting Star-Hang On For Your LIfe Side 1 David & Shelly-In Session Side 2 SQ* Vision Quest(VA) Side 1 Santana-Freedom Side 1 The Motels-Little Robbers Side 2 SQ* The Babys-Union Jacks Side 1 Jeff Lorber-In The Heat Of The Night Side 2 SQ* Yes it was 80's night! I avoided some of the biggest sellers for a more unique playlist. Nothing made Audiophile SQ* status partially due to the Sunday evening power(quality) not being up to standard. Tough to pick a SQ winner but David & Shelly had an organic SQ edge. Shooting Star one of my favorite rock(non metal) albums of the 1980's. |
Nielsen-Symphony No.4(DG-2532 029) Side 1&2 SQ Audiophile Uriah Heep-The Magician’s Birthday Side 1 SQ* Eric Clapton-Backless Side 2 Richie Cole-Alto Madness Side A SQ Audiophile Earth Wind & Fire-Faces Side 4 SQ Audiophile Robin Trower-For Earth Below Side 1 Frank Gambale-Brave New Guitar Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Nashville String Band-Identified! Side 2 EWF takes the SQ crown by a nose over Carl Nielsen. SQ* Shocked how good Uriah Heep sounded must be an early 1st pressing could have Audiophile SQ need another listen. Nashville/Clapton battle for last SQ place. Clapton was dark/muddy Nashville was edgy/thin. |
@big_greg +1 Women And Children First is my second favorite VH recording only behind the great debut. "Romeo Delight" has always been my No.1 VH song with "In a Simple Rhyme" placing in my top 10. Since only a few of us are consistently spinning Hard Rock/Metal let's "Keep The Faith"! |
Charles Aznavour-The Best Of Side 1 Van Halen-1984 Side 1 Dinah Washington-What A Difference A Day Makes(Mono) Side 2 John Coltrane-Coltrane Plays The Blues Side 2 White Lion-Big Game Side 2 Alfven/Sibelius-Finlandia(MS 6196 2 Eye) Side 2 SQ Audiophile George Benson-In Flight Side 1 SQ Audiophile Luther Vandross-Busy Body Side B SQ Audiophile George Benson gets the SQ(Doug Sax) victory. Two great players Eddie and Vito please feel free to comment. |
Elton John-Greatest Hits Side 1 William Tell And Other Favorite Overtures(2 Eye MS 6743) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Stevie Wonder-Innervisions Side 1 Led Zeppelin-ST(barcode) Side 2 The 3 Sounds-Vibrations(BST 84248) Side 2 Bryan Adams-Reckless Side 1 Muddy Waters-I'm Ready Side 2 Led Zeppelin-In Through The Out Door Side 2 3 Sounds/Waters and Wonder all had near Audiophile SQ. Very rarely do I play 2 albums from 1 artist but wanted to hear the first and last. Reckless had a very digital edge but was still enjoyable. |
Randy Travis-No Holdin’ Back Side 2 Chapter 8-Forever Side 2 Bob Seger-Nine Tonight Side 3 Seawind-ST Side A Lynyrd Skynyrd-One More From The Road Side 4 Tina Tuner-Private Dancer Side 2 John Klemer-Touch Side A SQ Audiophile Schubert-Piano Sonata(Chandos ABRB 1075) Side 1 Several recordings had near miss Audiophile SQ Seawind/Turner/Artymiw. |
Staple Singers-City In The Sky Side 1 Molly Hatchet-Flirtin' With Disaster Side 1 The J. Geils Band-Love Stinks Side 1 Crowbar-The Serpent Lies Side 3 Peter Sprague-Na Pali Coast(CJ 277) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Van Morrison-It's Too Late To Stop Now(Tri-Fold WB Shield no barcode) Side 4* Plas Johnson-Positively(CJ 24) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Neil Young-Silver & Gold Side 2 Side 4* record indicates record 2 side 2. Plas Johnson takes the SQ crown. Nothing had below average SQ even the 2016 Crowbar was decent. J. Giels was very close to Audiophile SQ status. |
@spiritofradio Thx. Add Roberta Flack on vocals for 2 tracks! |
Steely Dan-Can’t Buy A Thrill(MCA no barcode) Side B Chopin-The Chopin Preludes(M 33507) Side 1 Julie London-Tenderly Yours Side B Ted Nugent-Cat Scratch Fever(gatefold/barcode) Side 2 Mtume-You, Me And He Side 2 SQ Audiophile Mundell Lowe-Presents Transit West Side 2 SQ Audiophile Bonnie Raitt-Green Light Side 2 Sadao Watanabe-Rendezvous Side 2 SQ Audiophile Mtume pulls the upset and takes SQ crown. Only Julie London was hampered by SQ. The MCA "Dan" was good but nothing special. Green Light had a "Stones" type vibe to it with excellent content and near Audiophile SQ. If you have any interest in Jazz/Fusion Rendezvous should be in your collection. |
@big_greg +1 "Across A Crowed Room" might not be a 5* recording but hard to pick the best song off a very solid album. Already had "Shoot Out The Lights"(in 1984) on vinyl which was a little complex for a teenager but was able to discern something special within that album. Will play "Room" or "Lights" on next vinyl night. |
@bdp24 When Marshall Crenshaw released his debut album I was only 17. Was not allowed to attend a rock concert until I was 19, my parents were very strict. Became more aware of his talents when I discovered Joni Mitchell/Van Morrison and Gordon Lightfoot several years later. |
@nicks25 Marshall Crenshaw/ST a top 25 pop/rock recording from the 1980’s. You are crushin' it today. |
@nicks25 No, I have not but will look into it. IMO ZZ Top have 4 5* recordings... Tres Hombre/Fandango/Deguello and Eliminator. |
@nicks25 +3 "Tres Hombres" might be to "mainstream" for some clowns on Agon(lol)? Clearly a top 50 pop/rock recording of the 1970’s. |
Kansas-ST(barcode) Side 2 Brahms-Violin Concerto(M 35146) Side 1/2 Rod Stewart-Absolutely Live Side 4 The New York Jazz Quartet-In Concert In Japan Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Fabulous Thunderbirds-Tuff Enough Side 1 Supertramp-Crime Of The Century Side 2 SQ Audiophile Ernestine Anderson-Big City(CJ 214) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Procol Harum-A Whiter Shade Of Pale(1973 repress) Side 1 SQ-Nothing of poor quality was Procol/flat/weak bass or Thunderbirds/edgy slight harshness worse? Pick your poison. Supertramp easily takes the SQ crown with great bass/treble extension. Is it a demo level disc? Despite the critics "Absolutely Live" is a very worthy recording. "Big City" is yet another great CJ release.
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Emmylou Harris-Luxury Liner Side 1 Pointer Sisters-Special Things Side 1 SQ Audiophile Ulrich Schnauss-A Long Way To Fall Side A The Phil Woods Quartet-Volume One Side 1 SQ Audiophile Lamb-Cross Between Side 1 Humble Pie-Rockin’ The Fillmore Side 1 Tania Maria-Come With Me(CJP-200) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Don McLean-ST Side 1 Very good overall SQ tonight only "Humble Pie" hit the average mark. Lamb/McLean were very close to Audiophile SQ status. Phil Woods takes the SQ crown(direct to disc) a demo quality recording. CJP-200 one of the best regarding SQ/Content of the entire Concord Jazz vinyl catalog CJ 1 - CJ 400 |
Barbra Streisand-Lazy Afternoon Side 1 Humble Pie-The Best Side 1 Shelly Manne-Perk Up(CJ 21) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Eagles-Eagles Live Side 3 Schumann-Carnaval(LSC-2669 Red Seal) Side 1 London Grammar-If You Wait Side B SQ* Rush-2112 Side 2 SQ Audiophile Brenda Russell-ST Side 2 SQ Audiophile Another Concord Jazz takes the SQ Crown! Nothing had below standard SQ tonight. SQ* London Grammar(2014) Had a static hiss on side C so I spun side B which had very good SQ for a newer release but rated last in SQ tonight. Unless a new recording is on an Ultra Hi/End label its best avoided or buy the CD version. Very few play Streisand here? Lazy Afternoon is clearly her best 1970's album when regarding content and SQ. 2112 original press(1976) is much better than the original CD. Was I a little lenient giving it Audiophile SQ status maybe? |
Nazareth-Hot Tracks Side 1 Irene Cara-What A Feelin' Side 2 Mozart-Piano Concerto No.22(London L-28C1001) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Jethro Tull-Crest Of A Knave Side 1 Bruce Springsteen-The River Side 4 CSNY-4 Way Street(German pressing) Side IV The Jeff Beck Group-Rough And Ready Side 1 SQ* Earl Klugh-Dream Come True Side 2 SQ Audiophile Joe Cocker-ST Side 2 SQ Audiophile Played an extra side tonight(9). Earl Klugh won the SQ crown. SQ* Jeff Beck had great treble and bass but the mids were recessed. Cocker(live) recording was aggressive in nature but fits the artist. Great version of St. James Infirmary Blues!
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Toni Tennille-Do It Again Side 1 SQ Audiophile David Lee Roth-Eat 'Em And Smile Side 2 Anita Baker-Rapture Side 2 Billy Idol-Rebel Yell Side 3 Basia-Time And Tide Side 2 SQ* The Fabulous Thunderbirds-Tuff Enough Side 1 Reba McEntire-Greatest Hits Side 1 Gary Moore-Victims Of The Future(Japanese pressing VIL-6083) Side 1 Yes, it was 80's night. Ignore the masses "Do It Again" is the equal of Ronstadt's 3 Nelson Riddle recordings. Had to play 2 80's guitar gods Vai/Moore! The Japanese pressing was fair with SQ. Rapture is a great recording that defies genre. I wish Ms. Baker would have added 1 jazz(vocal) standard on the recording. SQ* just missed Audiophile SQ status otherwise a great sophisticated pop recording. |
The Serendipity Singers-We Belong Together(PHS 600-180) Side 2 Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti-Side 2 Phoebe Snow-Something Real Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile Rosemary Clooney-Sings Cole Porter(CJ 185) Side 2 SQ* Rory Gallagher-Against The Grain Side 1 Tedd Joselson/Eugene Ormandy(ARL1-0751) Side B SQ Audiophile Lew Tabackin/Wayne Marsh-Tenor Gladness Side 2 SQ Audiophile Jennifer Holiday-Say You Love Me Side 2 SQ* With the Serendipity Singers I’m digging into about 40 M- 1960’s thrift store finds that will be played before years end. Plenty of Tijuana Brass/New Christy Minstrels to look forward to(lol) SQ* George Horn and Bernie Grundman rarely miss. Gallagher easily a Top 5 "Guitar God" of the 1970’s deserves more attention. Something Real(1989) is one of the most overlooked recordings of the 1980’s, played the entire album. My SQ champ is Tenor Gladness even with a slightly aggressive/forward edge. |
Bruce Hornsby And The Range-The Way It Is Side B The Beatles-Magical Mystery Tour(SMAL 2835) Side 2 Joe Walsh-"But Seriously Folks..." Side 1 Herb Ellis & Ray Brown-Soft Shoe(CJ 3) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Wham !-Make It Big Side 2 The Marshall Tucker Band-Carolina Dreams Side 1 The Brothers Johnson-Blast! Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Rolling Stones-Some Girls Side 1 Power quality was not at its best all recordings have sounded better in previous playbacks. Several days of storms and minor flooding in the area might have an effect on power quality. Very close between Blast! and Soft Shoes with better power and longer power amp warm up I could pick a winner but tonight a tie. Neither recording is close to demo disc status just a solid 4.5/5 |
Bill Berry-Shortcake(CJ 75) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Lefty Frizzell-Saginaw Michigan(CS 8969) Side 1 Joanne Brackeen-Keyed In Side 2 SQ Audiophile Tim Weisberg-Party Of One Side SQ* Rossington Collins Band-This Is The Way Side 1 Supertramp-Crime Of The Century Side 2 SQ Audiophile Mozart-Valdimir Ashkenazy(London L28C-1001) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Marshal Royal-Royal Blue(CJ 125) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Lefty was the only recording with average SQ. SQ* Weisberg had slightly excessive treble energy. With 5/8 recording having Audiophile SQ made for a great night but Supertramp was the runaway SQ champ leaving Royal a distant 2nd.
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Joe Williams-Live Side 2 SQ Audiophile Aerosmith-Get Your Wings Side 2 Rod Stewart-Greatest Hits Side 1 Mozart-Otto Klemperer(Angel 36129) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Allison Moorer-Blood Side A The Ken Peplowski Quintet-Sonny Side(CJ 376) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Rival Sons-Head Down Side 1 Pat Metheny Group-Still Life(talking) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Power was very clean tonight resulting in 4 Audiophile SQ recordings. Only Moorer and Rival Sons SQ got in the way(diminished) of the music. Close SQ call between Metheny/Peplowski but Metheny had less edge/sharpness and IMO a higher SQ upside.
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Miami Vice-TV Soundtrack Side 1 Jonathan Edwards-ST Side 2 SQ* Father Tom Vaughn-Joyful Jazz(CJ 16) Side 1 SQ Audiophile John Waite-No Brakes Side 1 Blue Rodeo-Diamond Mine Side 2 Stephen Bishop-Careless Side B SQ* Journey-Infinity Side 2 Lacy J Dalton-Survivor Side 1 SQ* Had 3 near Audiophile SQ misses would need several playbacks to determine Audiophile SQ. If unfamiliar with "Careless" what an extreme top level singer/songwriter recording. |
James Last Band-Seduction Side 1 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band-Against The Wind Side 2 Neil Sedaka-Sedaka's Back Side 1 SQ* Ellis Marsalis-Heart Of Gold Side 2 SQ* Gerry Rafferty-North & South Side 1 Nielsen/Herbert von Karajan(2532 029) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Eric Clapton-No Reason To Cry Side 1 Blood Sweat & Tears-Brand New Day Side B SQ Audiophile Nothing had below average SQ tonight. Marsalis/Sedaka were very close to Audiophile SQ. Karajan/BS&T were also close in SQ. Neither recording has demo disc SQ but the edge goes to BS&T for a more organic SQ. |
Thelma Houston-Any Way You Like It Side 1 SQ* Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers-Damn The Torpedos Side 1 SQ* The LA 4-Montage(CJ-156) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Mozart-Murray Perahia(CBS Master Works 37267) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Laura Branigan-Self Control Side 1 SQ* Sade-Promise Side 1 SQ Audiophile Kenny Burrell Quartet-Guiding Spirit Side 1 SQ Audiophile Gary Morris-Stones Side 1 SQ* With 4 SQ* near Audiophile status and 4 Audiophile recordings this might be the strongest SQ set list in a long time! No need to talk about content all recordings are 4.5- 5* status. A close call between Burrell/Mozart-Perahia but I will give the SQ crown to Kenny Burrell for such an excellent live recording! |
