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thought you might get a chuckle from the following “endorsement” from the back of the Howard Roberts LP.
“I always play Howard Roberts’ album in the operating room. It keeps the morale of my staff high and I notice the patients tap their toes even though they are under ether. Then too, I can dance with the nurses while I’m waiting to find out if the operation was a success.
Irving Scalpel
Famed Brain-surgeon.”
slow and steady
I’ve been known to sing along to “up on cripple creek” while on the operating table. Or, so I’m told.
During one pre-op appointment I met my surgeon. Dr. Wu.
I requested Steely Dan in the O.R.
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The Howard Roberts Quartet / H.R. is a dirty guitar player.
Garland Jeffreys / Ghost Writer |
Jesse Colin Young / Song for Julie |
Julian Bream / Romantic Guitar |
The Force / Various
Remember those Warner Bros. loss leader albums from the the 70’s that were advertised in the back of National Lampoon? Send $2 with the coupon and weeks later you’d receive a double album comprised from their stable of artist, along with some humorous reading.
I discovered Randy Newman and Ry Cooder via those albums. Couldn’t resist as a kid (or apparently as an adult).
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Joe Jackson / Jump’n Jive
Carly Simon / The Best of
Glen Campbell/ Gentle On My Mind
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@mammothguy54 I hope you’re back better than before.
Neil Young / On the Beach
Neil Young / Tonight’s the Night
The Smithereens / Especially for you
J.J. Cale / Troubadour
The Sadies / Favourite Colours
Various / I’m Your Man, The Songs of Leonard Cohen
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@big_greg bumbershoot used to be so much fun! I started l working security there in ‘87 and was soon hired by a music rental company as a tech by ‘90. So many good memories. 1987 I was the backstage door guy at the coliseum. I got every performers autograph that year on one sheet of paper (except Miles). Some highlights include Miles Davis calling me back to his dressing room and drawing me an autographed portrait to thank me for helping him out at soundcheck. Bonnie Raitt and Linda Barry bringing me a muffin and pack of smokes (I was young and stupid) for keeping an eye on Bonnie’s guitar while they went out to take in the festival. That Sunday morning, before the grounds opened, I’m sitting in a chair reading the morning paper outside the backstage door and a gal walks up dressed in jeans and leather jacket carrying a guitar case. She stops to take out her guitar where two concrete walls abut about 10 feet from where I’m sitting and begins to play and sing. It was just the two of us. k.d. Lang in her torch and twang Re-Clines days. I was transfixed. Later that day she joined Roy Orbison on stage. Good times. I’ve got 10 years of stories from bumbershoot and my time working at the Paramount and Moore theaters from the mid ‘80’s to the mid ‘90’s. That was just one weekend.
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The Smithereens / Especially For You |
Kate Bush / Hounds of Love
Marvin Gaye / What’s Going On
Bill Evans Trio / Portraits in Jazz |
Like you @mammothguy54, my vinyl from my youth didn’t hold up well. Stored in apple crates and moved from place to place (often in a damp basement) until I could afford a system that was never within reach. In the meantime I purchased cassettes and later, cd’s as those could be listened to on the go. I eventually carted my collection to some used record shops in Seattle’s “U” district. Each offering less than the previous establishment.
@tomic601 - I did!
Arrived today and all ready through the Spin Clean and matriculating through the Degritter to my turntable;
The Minus 5 / Down with Wilco
Heart / Dreamboat Annie
The Knack / Get the Knack
Jules and the Polar Bears / Got no Breeding
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Congrats @geof3. Had a similar experience with Thin Lizzy last week. Don’t remember it sounding that good in high school. I bet our systems contribute a great deal.
It’s funny, getting back into vinyl after a long absence, I find myself seeking the music that I listened to on vinyl in my youth. Sometimes I’ll see something that was in my parents or grandparents collection and buy it, remembering the people and places that I heard it first. Earlier today I bought
The Button - Down Mind of Bob Newhart
cuz it reminded me of my youth.
A great hobby, indeed!
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Lol @tomic601 & @noromance, I saw the recommendation & added that Alberta Hunter album to my discogs bag.
Sacd’s tonight. Just finished Stacey Kent / Collection, and currently immersed in Rachmaninov / All-Night Vigil. Phoenix Chorale - Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy.
It’s breathtakingly beautiful choral music.
But I did order lots of vinyl today.
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CBC Radio Jazz Programming.
Great signal and excellent program.
I keep waiting for the side to finish playing. I catch myself about to spring from my chair when a song comes to an end.
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Faces / A nod is a good as a wink…to a blind horse.
Duane Eddy / Twangin’ The Golden Hits
The Kinks / Face to Face
The Minus 5 (again) / Dungeon Golds |
Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Live at Hollywood High and elsewhere 1978.
1 of 9 pieces of vinyl in the Armed Forces boxed set.
Worth the price alone.
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The Minus 5 / Dungeon Golds
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Lol, @tomic601, she’s a whole nuther habit unto herself. We’ve seen concerts in Seattle, DC, Atlanta, Phoenix, Balitimore and New Orleans together.
Anyway…. I digress.
Oh, and @slaw thanks for the kind words.
Thin Lizzy RAWKS!
Up next on cd
Robyn Hitchcock/ The Man Upstairs
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Arrived today (finally!), cleaned and spinning.
Neil Young / Tonight’s The Night
Thin Lizzy / Jailbreak
And…… texting with a sweetie from my high school days.
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Put the Luxman L-550A II back in its box until I can build a bedroom system around it and reconnected the 7 and 8b while cleaning the last of my meager record collection with my Degritter.
Such a very different presentation. Initially I was missing the Luxman, but they shine in their own
way.
The old Marantz gear now reminds me a bit of Dean Martin, it slurs a bit, but it sure can sing.
The Luxman has better diction.
Anyway…. While cleaning records, I put some aside that I’ve not listened to for a while.
Tonight’s varied list….
Jimmy Smith / Back At The Chicken Shack
The Beatles / Revolver
Pink Floyd / Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here
Jackson Browne / Late For The Sky
on cd..
George Jones / 50 Years Of Hits
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&noromance +1 4 pros and cons. Bought It new on cassette. Recently overpaid for a vinyl copy that’s rather scratchy. Eyes open for another, better copy.
Also want Amused to Death on Vinyl if only for Jeff Beck on the opening track. Ex took the cd in the divorce.
We’re going to Wyoming darling….which way is Wyoming?
the Sadie’s / New Seasons
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@tomic601 If your enjoying Mary Gauthier, give Trouble and Love a listen. That album found me when I needed it.
I need to go record shopping!
Gill Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra. Featuring Dizzy Gillespie…. Man from Monterey sounds alive. A nice find.
Harry Nilsson / A little touch of Schmilsson in the night
Cowboy Junkies / The Caution Horses
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J.J. Cale / Naturally
Bert Jansch / The Black Swan
Dire Straits / Dire Straits
Neil Young / On The Beach
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@big_greg I’m just north of Stanwood just shy of the Skagit county line (with a great view of the islands).
@tomic601 I’ll bring the bean dip! And thanks for the kind words |
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@slaw my local store ran out of distilled water. I really think it was taking up valuable shelf space that Hagan’s feel is better suited for frozen margarita mix. I actually had go out into the world, with all of it’s inherent risks, just to procure more cuz Amazon couldn’t deliver until tomorrow. I’ve got records to clean, dammit! Oh…and +1 for the Mary Gauthier mention yesterday. Not vinyl (cd), but her album “trouble and love” help me keep my sh?t together during my separation and divorce.
Cleaning records and listening to;
XTC / Skylarking
Cowboy Junkies / All That Reckoning
Elvis Costello and the Attractions / IbMePdErRoIoAmL (nasty, persistent “tick” marred an otherwise sublime Almost Blue. Time for a new copy)
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Thanks for the links puffball08! I ran across them when I was researching the machine. And I wondered if I was using my spin clean correctly? Lol.
30 cleaned this far. I’m out of distilled water so I’ll stop here.
Fleet Foxes / Shore
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+1 for Queensryche. Saw them in my youth at the Lake Hills roller rink in Bellevue, WA. Glad I’ve no pictures to share, lol,
J. J. Cale / Troubadour
the Degritter really cleaned this up nicely. I thought I’d bought a bad copy. It’s very quiet now. Great f’n album, though I usually pick up the needle before “Cocaine”, I listened through tonight just because it sounded great.
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The Degritter arrived today. Much more fun than my Spin Clean. So far 24 cleaned and counting.
listening while I “work”
Roger Waters / The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking. The worst first. Cleans up nicely but won’t repair scratches. I’ll need to find a better copy
Dusty Springfield / The Look of Love
Marvin Gaye / What’s Going On
Beck / Sea Change
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Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra / Featuring Dizzy Gillespie
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Nilsson / Aerial Ballet
Nilsson / sings Newman |
Neil Young / On The Beach
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The Beach Boys / Endless Summer
Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Armed Forces
Broken Bells / After The Disco
The Tragically Hip / Day for Night |
Bob Marley & the Wailers / Legend
The Rolling Stones / Hot Rocks
Ramones / Ramones
Sonny Rollins / The Bridge |
The Rolling Stones / Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones / Some Girls
Frank Sinatra / only the lonely
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Chet Baker & Bill Evans / Alone Together |
Dusty Springfield / The Look of Love |
Louis Armstrong / Satch Plays Fats |
Harry Nilsson/ A little touch of SCHMILSSON in the night |
Cowboy Junkies / Caution Horses |
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Dire Straits / Dire Straits
Bert Jansch / The Black Swan |
Sonny Clark / Cool Struttin’ |
Jimmy Smith / Back At The Chicken Shack |
Jackson Browne / Late For The Sky |
Elton John / Leon Russell / The Union |
