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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Ella Fitzgerald
The Cole Porter Songbook
Verve reissue 1976
Original release 1956

Frank Sinatra
Sinatra's Singing Session!!!
Capitol Records 1961
Original release
Mussorgsky 
Pictures at an Exhibition/Night on Bare Mountain
Montreal Symphony
Charles Dutoit
London 1987
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor
Bernstein 
New York Philharmonic
Columbia Masterworks 1959

Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor
Mstislav Rostropovich soloist
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
Seraphim  1973

Linda Ronstadt
For Sentimental Reasons
Elektra/Aylum 1986
Her American Standards series

Smithereens
11
Capitol 1989
So  very catchy, great hooks!
Tgilb

That's right. I think those were referred to as " the lost Lennon years"
Richard and Linda Thompson
Pour Down Like Silver
Island 1975 
original release

Keith Jarrett
The Koln Concert
ECM 1975
original release

No particular reason, but Ian Anderson jumped out tonite.

Jethro Tull
Stand Up
Reprise/Chrysalis 1969 original release (with functional pop up artwork)

Benefit 
Chrysalis 1970 original release.
Sinfonia: Concerto Movements from Bach cantatas.
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Telefunken 1976

Themes from Great Broadway shows
Metropolitan Jazz Quartet
MGM Microgroove record. Probably early 60's. A throw in (along with others) when I bought a Technics SL 1300. Very nice recording.
Would be interested to hear what you think of the Richard and Linda Thompson reissue.
Miles of Aisles
Joni Mitchell and the LA Express
Asylum 1974.
One of the truly great live recordings IMHO. H/T to Mrs. flennon.
Last Train to Hicksville
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
Blue Thumb 1973

Deguello
ZZ Top
Warner Bros 1979

Enjoy the discussions regarding everyone's choices. And you can't be accused of being wrong.😉
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op 46, 1 through 6.
Bavarian Radio Symphony. 
Kubelik
Deutsche Grammophon box set.
Probably from the 70's. Sense a Dvorak trend here.
Handel;
3 Concerti Grossi
Opus 6 #6 &7
Munchener Bach-Orchester
Karl Richter
Archiv 1971. 
Bobby Hackett: Soft Lights and Bobby Hackett. Capitol Records. Great dollar bin find. Great SQ. 
Also Teddy Wilson Sextet. B Flat Swing. Jazz archives records 1975. Collection from 1944. Another bin find.  Dont know about you, but nothing makes me happier than than finding a quality record second hand that someone else discarded. Always wish I knew the story attached to these things.
First post here. Have enjoyed seeing your selections. Great thread.

The Police Zenyatta Mondatta 
A&M original release 1980

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express: Second Wind
RCA 1972 original release