It's Immaterial – Life's Hard And Then You Die (Siren 1986)
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Jeff Beck – Blow By Blow (Epic 1975)
Jane Morgan - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Epic 1967)
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Trebor Tichenor – Trebor Tichenor, King Of Folk Ragtime (Dirty Shame 1975)
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@bkeske looking forward to hear how your forthcoming LPS sounds.
@spiritofradio Thanks for the REL pointer. I'm still on the fence because the Quads actually have a decent amount of bass.
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Anna Maria Alberghetti – Songs By Anna Maria Alberghetti (Mercury Wing 1960)
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+1 Neil Young, Live At Massey Hall 1971.
I've played it a couple of times and see it's worth a few hundred bucks now.
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Janigro – Two Suites For Unaccompanied Cello: No. 2, No. 6 (Westminster 1957 mono)
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Marin Marais, Charles Dollé, Jacques Morel – Marin Marais and the French Solo Viol Tradition (Musical Heritage Society 1977)
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Mozart, Iona Brown, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields – Violin Concertos K. 216 In G Major / K. 218 In D Major (Argo 1980)
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Itzhak Perlman, André Previn, Shelly Manne, Jim Hall, Red Mitchell – It's A Breeze (Angel 1981)
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@bkeske Interesting, huh? Worth a listen. Recording is decent considering 1981 digital.
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Scaniazz – It's Right Here For You (Stomp Off 1983)
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@bkeske Which versions and what one sounded better to you? I love the album. Inventive and fun. A must have. Shame it wasn't 15 years before on Ampex tape.
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Dave Brubeck Quartet- Time Out (Columbia 1959 mono)
Comparing this recording to a circa 2020 180grm state of the art jazz album shows how much we have lost. 60 years later and the new one sounds muffled and veiled.
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@bkeske Hi Brian. Afraid not. Amperex 7316 are meant to be top 12AU7. CBS-Hytron have a great reputation. To be honest, you can’t go wrong with black plates. I had an amp that called for 12AU7/ECC82 and I swapped in a long black plate Brimar CV5042. It draws more heater current but man, it had such a "black" background and air, I was blown away. Are your Brimars (British Manufactured American Radio) black plates?
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Geminiani - Anthony Pleeth, Richard Webb, Christopher Hogwood – Six Cello Sonatas, Op.5 (L'Oiseau-Lyre 1976)
Perfect.
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Orff, Sylvia Greenberg, James Bowman, Stephen Roberts, RSO Berlin, Choir – Carmina Burana (London 1984) side 1
Digital and sounds it. I never noticed when buying it.
Edit: It’s not too bad now that it’s got more fortissimo. Clean recording. Just some pinched graininess in the upper mids on massed voice.
Edit: This is great. On to side 2.
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Obernkirchen Children's Choir – Folk Songs And Fairy Tale (Angel 1957 mono)
Sort of sad that these kids are all old or passed now.
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Erich Bender Children’s Choir – The Most Beautiful German Children’s Songs (Philips 1962)
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Isaac Stern – None But The Lonely Heart - Isaac Stern Plays Great Violin Favorites (Columbia Masterworks 1963)
This is a blast. Front seats sound.
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Ah, CV4003. I had those and another version, Mullard M8136. Both box plates. Not a fan when I had them in my Croft phono back in the 80s. Too creamy sounding for me. If yours sound like that, the new ones en route should be interesting!
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The Incredible String Band – Changing Horses (Elektra 1969)
Worth it for Creation alone.
“Ask anyone”, he muttered, as he spat a small Brilliant blue insect, whirring into the gauze / I would advise stilts for the quagmires / And camels for the snowy hills and any survivors / Their debts I will certainly pay"
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Herbie Flowers – Plant Life (Philips 1975)
An old weird favorite.
https://youtu.be/Myao9fNTXDE
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Gordon Bok – Bay Of Fundy (Folk-Legacy 1975)
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Santana – Amigos (Columbia 1976)
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@bkeske Good to hear the 5814A worked. As I mentioned, I find the CV400x to be a bit too warm so these are going to seem like a breath of fresh air!
@slaw I looked at the spec sheets of both and they are virtually identical give or take about 1% on all measurements. 12AU7 | 5814A
More detailed and ‘clear’
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+1 The The. I'd no idea Matt Johnson was still at it. Mind Bomb gave me tinnitus back in the day.
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Brian, I've 28 tubes in my phono > pre > monobloc chain. Every one of them makes a difference!
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@slaw Steve, amplifiers that don't have tubes are invisible to me! Have fun with the V-4. Thing is about tube amps is that the right tubes will elevate the amp whereas crap tubes will make it sound average. I'm amazed when I see expensive amps with JJs.
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Winifred Smith – Folk Songs Of The South (Not On Label 1968 [RCA Victor] )
Stunning voice and beautiful music and fine recording. Recommended.
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Rosalie Sorrels – Miscellaneous Abstract Record No. 1 (Green Linnet 1982)
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Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, Ed Trickett – All Shall Be Well Again (Folk-Legacy 1983)
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Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Philharmonia Orchestra – Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 · Variations On A Theme From Suite No. 3 In G Major, Op. 55 (Capitol-EMI 1958 mono)
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+1 Natalie.
Are you listening to your records all over again?!
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@bkeske I meant because of the new tubes—not that you were running short. 🙂
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Brooke Waggoner – Originator (Swoon Moon Music 2013)
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Mary McCaslin – Sunny California (Philo 1986)
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Aurora – A Different Kind Of Human, Step 2 (Glassnote 2019)
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Gisela May – Brecht / Weill (Eterna 1966)
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Brian, on the Trumpet, it all depends on the internal capacity of the DC regulator feeding the tubes on the board.
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The Moody Blues – Seventh Sojourn (Threshold 1972)
Forgot how good this is. Have not played it in 30 years.
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@mammothguy54 +1 Basie Jam. Pablo do good work.
@bkeske Love checking your posts. All's right with the world when they are there. Appreciate the effort in getting the photos up.
@bslon +1 Past, Present, and Future
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Calexico - Algiers (Anti 2012)
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Polly Bergen – My Heart Sings (Columbia 1959)
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Polly Bergen – The Party's Over (Columbia 1957 mono)
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Ha! Tim, we has an ivory one. I have had women's numbers with zeros in them that were too much trouble to dial.
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The Ink Spots – Torch Time (Decca 1958)
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+1 Really like this.
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
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@slaw Good to know. Following up on HollyG., I'm diggin' her solo albums now after years of preferring Holly G and The Brokeoffs. Your note made me take a deeper dive.
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RIP Vangelis.
Vangelis – L'Apocalypse Des Animaux (Polydor 1973)
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Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Hear Music 2009)
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Haresuite - Circle Of Friends (Haresuite 1983)
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