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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The Beatles - Revolver. Apple Records reissue 1975, originally 1966

....... yep @boxer12  it's fun going through some of my fav LP's, and listening to differences with the Treo's. 

@j_husker 

Anyone else ever noticed how infrequently the Beatles are mentioned in this thread? Odd isn't it?

It kinda goes in waves. But I must admit, I'm probably one to post more Beatles selections than most here. 🙂 Probably as many of us got over saturated with their LP's 'back in the day'.  Still good stuff regardless, just like the old Dead stuff. I like listening/watching Steve Guttenberg go on in his YouTube videos about still listening to the Beatles regularly. I feel much the same as he does.

The Byrds - Fifth Dimension. Columbia reissue 1971, originally 1966

Same year Revolver was released

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Reprise reissue early 70's, originally 1969

 

Bringing it down a couple notches...

Joni Mitchell - For The Roses. Asylum reissue 1974, originally 1972

Edit: Wow, this particular LP (not one of Joni's more popular releases) has never sounded this good. Damn, I'm a happy boy. 😉

@rohitharsh 

@bkeske I had checked out 'Richard Thompson - Rumor And Sigh'.

It's pretty good, but I do prefer some his other LP's. Rumor And Sigh was produced to be a 'commercial hit' for Richard, especially in the US. And in that, relative to his other releases, it was. Regardless, still a very good album, and happy it is in my vinyl collection.

@sbank

@bkeske Richard is fantastic live. Opening for Wilco, he silenced a schmoozing crowd in record time!

It’s hard for me to believe I’ve never seen him live. Have been a Fairport fan from back in the early/mid 70’s. If I ever see him around and close-by, I’ll definitly check him out. I think he is one of those that is getting better with age. Or maybe I’m trying to make myself feel better getting old myself 😁

Not sure why, but this album kept coming into my mind to play....so, here goes...play it very very rarely 

Yes - Close To The Edge. Atlantic 1972

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity. Columbia 1973 recorded live in Central Park

Shakti with John McLaughlin. Columbia 1976

Recorded live at South Hampton College

@boxer12 

Pere Ubu / Modern Dance

Thanks again Brian. This is a wonderful album!

Welcome. Glad you like it. I just ordered Worlds In Collision on the Fire label. I've had it on cassette for years, so excited about getting it on vinyl.

@slaw

Happy birthday to me, I’m 63.

Happy Birthday Steve!

It will be my 64th in less than a month

You guys are a bad influance. (😉).

One of my favorite groups/bands in the 90’s was The Sundays. They only produced three albums, and have them all on CD. The vinyl today is very high priced.

But, I just cracked open the wallet and purchased a NM copy of Reading, Writing, and Artithmatic, their first LP. $130 with tax. Holy smokes, never thought I would spend that much for a single LP.

The other two are going for twice that much, Blind going for $350-500 easily. Eventually.... lol

@noromance 

@bkeske I bought an original to replace a missing record recently for the most I’ve ever spent on an album. $105. I hope it arrives safely from Europe.

Yea, I looked at a couple UK releases, but with shipping from Europe/UK they were equal or more, so found a store in the US. Really can't wait to hear this LP on vinyl. 

@slaw  lol, thanks.

In the grand scheme of things, some LP's may just be worth it if you want them bad enough. As a band with only 3 LP's, and somewhat a 'cult following', supply and demand equates to higher prices I guess.  

The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East. Capricorn reissue, mid 70’s 2LP gatefold, originally 1971

Evgeny Mravinsky conducts Tchaikovsky - Symphonies No. 4 In F Minor, Op.36 / No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64 / No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique". Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon 4 LP box, 1974.

This set has been on my mind the last few days, I really like it.

Just brought up the humidifier from the basement. It's winter. Humidity down to 22% today.

Checking out the new Wallflowers release on NewWest (not on sale, but a decent price), streaming, nice, but not sure the SQ is 'top notch'. Tempting though.
 

They have a few Hiatt selections on sale though....mmmmmm

@slaw 

@bkeske,

Brian just ordered 13 Rivers for $15.00.

 www.newwestrecords.com  is having a great sale.

Fantastic Steve, about time, enjoy! That is a great price, will have to check them out.

(been catching up on my ignored CD selections the last couple days)

@slaw 

Thanks for the heads-up on the New West sale.

Just picked-up Hiatt's The Open Road and Eclipse Sessions for a great price. +15% off for my first order.

Mystic Pinball was unfortunately sold out.

Welcome back Joel.

Just finished doing the last yard work of the late fall. Don't worry, winter is coming.

@noromance

Yup. I have to ground myself off the metal Lally column before touching the headshell lift. Otherwise...

I hear ya. Luckily my rack that holds my SOTA has a metal frame, so back to reminding myself to tap it a couple times before I grab the headshell.

Still spinning silver discs today, so don't have to worry as much.....today.

Need a vinyl fix after listening to CD's the last couple days...

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance. Fire reissue 2018, originally 1978

@slaw 

Hey Brian. Perfect Path Technology.

The company is now defunct due to the designer having died without leaving proper will .

Ahhhh...yes, of course.

Going back to Cleveland's own.....

Pere Ubu - Dub Housing. Fire reissue 2018, originally 1978

Luna - Bewitched. Gotta Groove Records reissue/repress 2021, originally Elektra 1993

@boxer12

I can’t compare the Pere Ubu FIRE releases to the originals (I don’t own the originals), but I have a number of the FIRE reissues & have not been disappointed at all with SQ.

Agreed. Thanks for reassuring me about the Fire reissues Tim. The glass breaking in Sentimental Journey on Modern Dance is incredible. As example.

Not sure whatever happened to some of my Ubu originals, so cannot compare today, but Fire has done a nice job with these reissues regardless.

Eno - Another Green World. Island reissue, unsure date, probably 1978/79. Originally 1975.

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. Sire 1981

Have to wonder how much influence this album had in the formation of Dead Can Dance 3 years later