@bslon Agreed! Will spin "Rocks" on next vinyl night... Friday?
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are You Experienced(RS-6261) Side 2 Red Norvo Combo-Vibes Ala Red Side A John B. Sabastian-ST Side 2 Molly Hatchet-Take No Prisoners Side 1 The 5th Dimension-Living Together Growing Together Side 1 Procol Harum-In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Side 1 Aerosmith-Get Your Wings Side 1 SQ* Red Holloway & Company(CJ-322) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Another Concord Jazz SQ win. SQ* played Wings before but did not have the very good SQ like today. An OP yard sale find in VG cover/VG+ vinyl. Will look for a better OP pass on repress. Procol Harum-What great music! Excellent cover of "Day By Day" from the 5TH. Hatchet’s "All Mine" has a Skynyrd type grind with extra power on tap, with good SQ for rock.
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Dionne Warwick-Very Dionne Side A Jefferson Airplane-The Worst Of... Side 1 Marcus Roberts-Deep In The Shed Side 2 SQ Audiophile Carly Simon-Boys In The Trees Side 1 Patti Austin-The Real Me Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Beatles-Revolver(early or original mono) Side 1 Preston Reed-Playing By Ear(FF 324) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Janis Siegel & Fred Hersch-Short Stories Side 1 Thx for all the positive comments. Preston Reed takes the SQ trophy. Could compare him to Michael Hedges but with a country edge. Siegel/Simon just missed Audiophile status, both with great content. Very Dionne is a solid Warwick album with an excellent version of "Yesterday". |
@spiritofradio Thx for the kind words. |
@slaw An emphatic yes! |
Update-Started posting here on 4/14/20 with the (brilliant?) idea of playing my entire vinyl collection. This idea emerged from the myth that Audiophiles play the same 100 or so albums yet have vinyl collections in the thousands. This thread proves to some extent that's a fallacy. Since I started posting on this thread I have added about 250 vinyl albums bringing my total collection around 1800. From my estimated calculations I have played 1250 album sides with only about a 5% repeat rate. My Audiophile SQ recordings are >25% which is mainly due to Jazz/Vocals and Classical, no where near my desired 40%. Tonight I will start on my next 600! |
Hiroshima-Odori Side 2 George Muribus-Trio ’77 Side A SQ Audiophile Joanne Bracken-AFT(promo) Side A SQ Audiophile Carmen McRae-Live At Sugar Hill(Time Records S/2104) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Greg Lake-ST Side 1 Cat Stevens-Teaser And The Firecat Side 1 SQ Audiophile Willie Nelson & Ray Price-San Antonio Rose Side 1 SQ* Neil Diamond-Hot August Night Side 3 SQ Audiophile Was not intended to be a vinyl night but due to system tweaking the playlist just followed. SQ* Willie/Ray has borderline Audiophile SQ. It’s a great pure country recording. Tough to claim a SQ winner Bracken/McRae/Diamond let’s make it easy... a 3 way tie. if unfamiliar with Greg Lake’s 1st solo album give it a listen. |
@big_greg You could kept both by doubling up the vinyl and keeping the best jacket. Still saves space... sometimes with multiple pressings there is no SQ winner. |
Luciano Pavarotti-Luciano Side 2 SQ Audiophile J.Geils Band-"Live" Full House Side 2 Susannah McCorkle-No More Blues(CJ-370) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Bryan Adams-Into The Fire Side 1 Elvis Presley-He Touched Me Side 1 Aerosmith-Classics Live Side 2 Linda Ronstadt-Don't Cry Now Side 2 Marian McPartland-At The Festival(CJ-118) Side 2 SQ Audiophile McPartland takes the SQ Crown edging out Pavarotti might be demo quality. Ronstadt SQ was not up to her other recordings, mastering info not on album. "Full House" what a great classic rock LP with good SQ! The religious side of Elvis reminded me of a Blackwood Brothers recording, more Elvis less chorus. |
Robert Plant-Pictures At Eleven Side 2 Patti Austin-Havana Candy Side 1 SQ Audiophile Perry Como-It’s Impossible Side 1 Dave Grusin And the NY-LA Dream Band-ST Side B SQ Audiophile Bizet-Symphony No.1(Bernstein MS 7159) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Ray Charles-Country And Western Music Side 1 Deep Purple-Nobody’s Perfect Side 3 Steve Winwood-Winwood Side 4 Another night of diversity. Forgot how good Pictures At Eleven is will play in entirety. Mr. Como gets the worst SQ crown those RCA and Dynagroove recordings are best avoided? Dave Grusin and Band take the SQ trophy with a top level fusion jazz recording. |
@slaw Awesome! IMO all 3 are Top 100 pop/rock recordings of the 1970's. |
@big_greg Please let me know the SQ of your purchases. I'm looking for 'Toys In The Attic" "Tapestry" "Blow By Blow" "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Infinity". Not sure if Cheap Trick "Live At Budokan" was part of the series. I know Pink Floyd "Wish" and "Wall" would be difficult to find for <$100. |
@big_greg Thx for the input. Time to upgrade some key titles. |
+1 @big_greg The claimed problem with the earlier released CBS Half-Speed’s is the treble is over accentuated. Not sure if I believe this since I only have 5 or 6 CBS Half/Speed albums. IMO they offer Audiophile SQ for a fair used price my Grofe/Grand Canyon and Silk Degrees have excellent SQ. I’m curious what your opinion is regarding this series. |
James Taylor-Sweet Baby James Side 2 John Lennon/Yoko Ono-Double Fantasy Side 1 Machine Head-The Blackening Side D Ernestine Anderson-When The Sun Goes Down(CJ 263) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Vern Gosdin-Chiseled In Stone Side 1 Billy Joel-Songs In Attic(Half Speed Mastered) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Roger Daltrey-McVicar Side 1 Eagles-On The Border Side 2 Concord Jazz takes another SQ crown! |
Elton John-Live in Australia Side 4 The Congos-Heart Of The Congos(Repress) Side 3 Vikki Carr-Hoy(Today) Side 2 Jimmy Roselli-Core Napulitano Side 2 Cedar Walton-Eastern Rebellion(Repress) Side B SQ Audiophile Kiri Te Kanawa-Portrait Of Kiri Te Kanawa Side 2 SQ Audiophile John Cougar-Nothin’ Matters And What If It Did Side 1 Wynton Marsalis(Lincoln Center Orchestra)-Live In Cuba Side F SQ Audiophile The only recording that was average was Elton, the CD might have better SQ? The 4 other recordings were excellent just missing Audiophile SQ. Eastern Rebellion takes the SQ trophy despite the silver(yuk) vinyl. |
Maria Muldaur-Open You Eyes Side 2 SQ* Hall & Oates Live Side A Frank Sinatra-Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back(Quadradisc) Side 1 Bread-Guitar Man Side 1 SQ Audiophile David Gates-Never Let Her Go Side 1 SQ Audiophile The 5TH Dimension/Live!! Side 2 Scandal-Warrior Side 1 Pat Benatar-Precious Time Side 1 David Gates takes the SQ crown tonight since I gave a slight edge over his band Bread. Vocals were not as projected(forced) on his solo album. *Muldaur just misses with her Grundman mastered recording of very solid content. Sinatra takes last place with the Quadradisc format. Sounds much better in the original stereo format. |
Led Zeppelin-In Through The Outdoor Side 2 Joan Steele-Looking Back...Earl Brown(Audiophile AP-239) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Rod Stewart-Smiler Side 1 Morris Albert-Feelings Side B Boz Scaggs-Slow Dancer Side 1 Nancy Wilson-Now Side 1 SQ Audiophile Barbra Streisand-Yentl Side 1 SQ Audiophile Jefferson Starship-Earth Side A Yes, Led Zep was the SQ chump tonight. Ms. Wilson takes the SQ crown tonight despite a minor digital edge. For all the jokes "Feelings" has endured for 45+ years it's not a bad song or album. Is it great? No, but many people even some audiophiles praise lesser music. |
John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band-Tough All Over Side 1 Mendelssohn-Symphony No.4 Side 1(DG 2530 416) Side 1 Rosemary Clooney-Rosie Sings Bing(CJ-60 Barcode) Side 2 Renaissance-Live At Carnegie Hall Side 2/B Carpenters-Passage Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Who-Who Are You Side 2 Pete Townshend-White City Side 1 The LA 4-ST(CJ-18) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Everything sounded very good tonight with several near Audiophile misses. Unfortunatley the great "Who Are You" had the weakest SQ. Both Annie and Karen were angelic with great songs. Yes, the LA 4 provided a breathtaking flute solo!
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+1 @mammothguy54 "Watch" is my favorite Manfred Mann recording. "California" is perfection!!! |
Edwin Starr-Hell Up In Harlem Side 1 Art Farmer-To Duke With Love Side 2 SQ* Molly Hatchet-Double Trouble Live Side 4 Sammy Davis JR.-Now Side 1 SQ* Greta Van Fleet-Anthem Of The Peaceful Army Side 2 Flip Phillips/Scott Hamilton-A Sound Investment(CJ-334) Side 2 SQ Audiophile An abbreviated vinyl night? Always play 8 sides but due to answering a phone call... Everything sounded above average with the exception of Edwin Starr. Might be an original pressing which is disappointing since the content is top level R&B. SQ* Art and Sammy just missed Audiophile status maybe on another night? |
+19 @noromance Occasionally I do enjoy some extreme metal. Cathederal/Cradle Of Filth/Trivium and Crowbar are good starting points to feel 19 again! |
Chick Corea-Return To Forever Side 1 Maria Muldaur-ST-Side 2 Barry Manilow-2:00 AM Paradise Cafe-Second Set Santana-Freedom-Side 1 Angela Bofill-Intuition Side 1 Lamb Of God-Killadelphia Side 4 George Shearing-Mel Torme-An Elegant Evening Side 1 SQ Audiophile Wings-Greatest Hits Side 1 Despite only 1 marginal Audiophile SQ recording the music still prevailed. The only subpar SQ recording was Killadelphia as expected but the angst/violence still channeled thru me like I was 19! Santana and Angela’s LP’s were both overlooked late 80’s recordings that could be there best of the decade. |
@sbank -4 The LA 4 were a great jazz ensemble no stink here. I place zero value on "mainstream" parody when regarding serious music! |
Joan Baez-Come From The Shadows Side 1 Bobby Short-Celebrates Rodgers & Hart Side 3 Muddy Waters-"King Bee" Side 1 Rachmaninov-Variations On A Theme Of Corelli(London CS 6822) Side 1 The Phil Woods Quintet-Song For Sisyphus Side A SQ Audiophile Orleans-Let There Be Music Side 1 SQ Audiophile ELO-A New World Record Side 1 Roseanne Cash-Seven Year Ache Side 1 SQ Audiophile Orleans just edges out Phil Woods for the SQ crown. If Roseanne's vocals were a little more laidback the SQ crown was hers. Ms. Baez takes the weakest link SQ crown. I think this was her first recording for A&M? The 4 other recordings just missed Audiophile Status. |
@arro222 No need to play psychiatrist here, it’s not needed or wanted! If you read my posts an effort is made regarding the SQ of the recordings I have played. If someone wants to stray off-topic I have no issue with that as long as it avoids religion/politics or vulgarity. Many would welcome you here if you decide to analyze the recordings played and not the posters. |
Saga-Worlds Apart Side 1 SQ Audiophile Bangles-Different Light Side 2 Wynton Marsalis-ST Side 2 Metallica-...And Justice For All Side 3 Patti LaBelle-Winner In You Side 1 Bryan Adams-Reckless Side 1 Mary Chapin Carpenter-State Of The Heart Side 1 SQ Audiophile Pink Floyd-A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Side 1 SQ* Harry Connick JR.-20 Side 2 SQ Audiophile Joe Jackson-Blaze Of Glory Side 2 SQ Audiophile 80’s vinyl night part 4 added 2 extra LP’s. Spun 36 albums in 4 different listening sessions and really enjoyed it. Blaze Of Glory Won the SQ trophy and with song writing to match. IMO a Top 25 pop/rock recording of the 1980’s SQ* Pink Floyd had a very expansive soundstage but clarity was slightly lacking? Metallica/SQ was somewhat disappointing since it’s an OP. Yes the bass is down in the mix but the narrow soundstage was more of an issue. Bangles were the weakest link in SQ and content might sound better on CD? |
@big_greg Thx for the kind words! Will have 80's vinyl part 4 Tuesday night. |
Amy Grant-Unguarded Side 1 Dio-The Last In Line Side 1 Stevie Nicks-Bella Donna Side 1 Toni Tennille-Do It Again-Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Police-Synchronicity Side 2 SQ Audiophile Brenda Russell-Love Life Side 2 SQ Audiophile 'Till Tuesday-Welcome Home Side 1 Stevie Ray Vaughan-Couldn't Stand The Weather Side 1 Yes it was 80's night part 3! Is part 4 upcoming? Everything sounded very good tonight. Sunday usually has the cleanest power(never put amp in my conditioner). Toni Tennille wins the SQ crown by several lengths! Was recorded live to 2 tracks and mastered by Bernie Grundman a true demo disc. |
Billy Squier-Signs Of Life Side 2 Rickie Lee Jones-The Magazine Side 2 SQ Audiophile Eurythmics-Touch Side 2 SQ Audiophile Gene Watson-Honky Tonk Crazy Side 2 SQ* Gary Moore-Victims Of The Future Side 2 Dazz Band-"Joystick" Side 1 SQ* Blue Rodeo-Outskirts Side 2 SQ* Miami Vice-VA Side 2 Part 2 of 80's vinyl night had better SQ results. The 3 SQ* were on the edge of Audiophile status. I would need to play both sides and have "cleaner" power then tonight for a decision. SQ of Magazine and Touch would rate a 4.5/5 I would give the SQ edge to Touch due to the vocal projection giving the recording a solid 3D effect. |
REO Speedwagon-Hi Infidelity Side 1 Alexander Zonjic-Elegant Evening Side 1 Rod Stewart-Tonight I’m Yours-Side 2 Toni Tennille-More Than You Know-Side 2 SQ Audiophile George Thorogood-Bad To The Bone Side 2 Missing Persons-Spring Session M Side 2 Aretha Franklin-Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Side 1 Larry Gatlin/Gatlin Brothers Band-Sure Feels Like Love Side 1 SQ Audiophile White Lion-Big Game Side 1 Gerry Rafferty-North & South Side 1 Yes it was 80’s night so I spun a couple extra LP’s No surprise only 2/10 made Audiophile status. Missing Persons SQ was a disappointment since Bob Ludwig mastered it. Vocals were recessed and murky by choice? White Lion SQ was very good considering the genre. The Gatlin Brothers was the SQ champ tonight also delivering intelligent "country" lyrics. A top shelf 1980’s country album.
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John Anderson-All The People Talking Side 1 Rufus/Featuring Chaka Khan-Rufusized Side A Joe Venturi And George Barnes-Gems(CJ 14) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Vision Quest-VA Side 2 The Manhattan Transfer-Mecca For Moderns Side 1 Atlanta Rhythm Section-A Rock And Roll Alternative Side 2 SQ Audiophile Bud & Travis-...In Concert Act II Debussy-La Mer MS 6077(6 eye) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Either Vision Quest or Bud & Travis were the weakest SQ recordings tonight but both "Lunatic Fringe" and "Malaguena Salerosa" were very enjoyable. ARS gets the SQ crown with a very solid 3D soundstage. Great studio band!
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+1 @big_greg Yellowjackets/great recording! |
+1 @slaw Standing Hampton is one of my favorite pop/rock recordings from the 1980's. |
@slaw Thx! I play 1 side to get as much variety of music genres in a single listening session. This also is helping me get through my entire vinyl collection at a faster rate. I will then be able to decide on upgrades and toss outs giving my vinyl collection complete organization. |
The Firm-ST Side 2(Other Side) Hiroshima-ST Side 1 SQ Audiophile Pointer Sisters-Contact Side B Paul Bley-Copenhagen And Haarlem Side 4 SQ Audiophile Beethoven-Violin Concerto(Chung) London L25C-3029 Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile Sammy Hagar-Standing Hampton Side 1 Eighth Wonder-Fearless Side 1 Chris Conner-Classic Side 2 SQ Audiophile All recordings had at least VG SQ tonight if forced to claim the weakest "Contact" gets the nod. Chris Conner wins with SQ tonight just misses reference level due to being slightly forward and aggressive. |
Andreas Vollenweider-Caverna Magica Side A SQ Audiophile Fleetwood Mac-Live Side 3 Johnny Lytle-Swingin’ At The Gate Side 2 Roberta Flack-Featuring Donny Hathaway Side 1 Liz Story-Part Of Fortune Side B SQ Audiophile Shooting Star-Hang On For Your Life Side 2 Buena Vista Social Club-ST(repress) Side 1 Karen Brooks-Walk On Side 1 All recordings sounded very good tonight although I could only give 2 Audiophile status with Liz Story just edging in. Carverna Magica is a great (SQ) recording which might set you back $15? IMO the performance/SQ is superior to many $100+ Audiophile must haves? Shooting Star might interest Bad Company fans with a slightly updated 80’s vibe. Buena Vista Social Club is another disappointing vinyl repress(expected better SQ) might keep looking for the original CD at the thrift stores.
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+1 @bkeske How would you rate the SQ of The Concert For Bangladesh? Have passed on several VG copies at various estate/garage/yard sales but would like to have in my collection. |
Rita Marley-Who Feels It Knows It Side B Janie Fricke-It Ain’t Easy-Side 1 Eagles-Long Run Side 1 Herbie Hancock-Perfect Machine Side 2 SQ Audiophile Ruth Price-With Shelly Manne..(Contemporary S7590).Side 1 SQ* Bob Seger-Beautiful Loser Side 2 Fathers & Sons(CBS FC 37972) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Eric Clapton-August Side 2 Perfect Machine is a reference level recording regarding SQ. *Ruth Price is a live recording at The Mann Hole(1960) The SQ is borderline Audiophile it does have some tape hiss but the stellar performance more then makes up for this.
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Respighi-MS 6001(6 Eye) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Holly Dunn-The Blue Rose Of Texas Side 2 SQ Audiophile The John Colianni Trio-Blues-O-Matic(CJ 367) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Aerosmith-Classics Live Side 1 Michael McDonald-If That's What It Takes Side 1 Doobie Brothers-Cycles Side 2 SQ Audiophile Graham Parker-And The Shot Steady Nerves Side 1 SQ* Norman Connors-Love From The Sun Side B SQ Audiophile With 5/8 recordings delivering Audiophile SQ makes for a great night. As expected Aerosmith was the weak link in SQ. *Graham Parker was a very good but aggressive(hot) recording. The SQ winner was The John Colianni Trio which is a near reference level recording! |
Tony Bennett-A Time For Love Side 1 Randy Travis-No Holdin’ Back Side 2 Led Zeppelin-IV(no barcode symbol label)* Side 1 Police-Ghost In The Machine Side A SQ Audiophile Freddie Hubbard-Sweet Return Side 1 SQ Audiophile Son Seals-Chicago Fire Side B Jefferson Starship-Freedom At Point Zero Side A Zoot Sims-And The Gershwin Brothers Side 2 SQ Audiophile All vinyl had above average SQ tonight except Son Seals or Starship being the weakest(average) I don’t believe the *Zep is an early pressing maybe mid/late 70’s, acceptable SQ curious if mint OP is much better? Hubbard and Sims are both great Audiophile recordings. I give the slight edge to Freddie Hubbard since its not as forward and has a wider soundstage. Both are great jazz recordings/performances for a minimal cost. |
Ann Richards-The Many Moods Of Ann Richards(Capitol ST 1406) Side 1 Chuck Flores-Drum Flower(CJ-49) Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Judds-Greatest Hits Side A Jethro Tull-The Zealot Gene Side 3 David Amram-Havana/New York(FF-057) Side 1 Hooters-One Way Home Side 2 The Call-Into The Woods Side 2 SQ Audiophile* Dee Bell/Duran/Getz-Let There Be Love(CJ-206) Side 1 SQ Audiophile The SQ champ tonight goes to Dee Bell. Stan Getz is sublime on this set. Nice 3D soundstage on this recording. *The Call has sounded better(on same system) we all know the variables. Regarding the current Jethro Tull release the songwriting is there not the voice. I hope this thread does not become overloaded with Youtube posts of systems/recordings playing ect. I would appreciate more content on recording quality some of us are still Audiophiles(not just record collectors). |
+1 @big_greg Marauder one of the great southern rock recordings. Dry County kicks a.. |
Luciano Pavarotti-The World's Favorite Tenor Aries Side 2 Ricky Skaggs-Country Boy Side 2 Vikki Carr-For Once In My Life Side 1 Rare Earth-In Concert Side 1 Boston-ST Side 2 Al Dimeola-Casino Side 2 SQ Audiophile Dave Mason-Old Crest On A New Wave Side 2 SQ Audiophile Kate Wolf-Give Yourself To Love Side 3 SQ Audiophile Difficult to claim worst SQ tonight but was disappointed in a VG+ original pressing of Boston might need to get a reference level copy. Al Dimeola is the SQ(Ludwig) champ tonight. |
@sbank Good morning! Motels-ST appears to be an original pressing. I will post dead wax info later today. |