Just a quick check in with a little New Orleans flavor:
Jon Cleary Dyna-Mite
He recently performed at a small venue/bar not to far from here as the kickoff of his first tour in over 1 1/2 years. So much fun to attend with about 200 others.
FYI - Uber is doing fine. He was over Saturday listening to some tunes and checking out some recent changes. |
Pink Floyd “Animals”
original pressing, original owner... |
Greatful Dead “American Beauty” |
Bob Dylan “Rough And Rowdy Ways”
MPO Pressing |
Leonard Cohen “Songs From A Room” |
Return to Forever “No Mystery” |
Michel Legrand “Legrand Jazz” recorded 1958
IMPEX reissue 2017 |
Santana “Borboletta”
New OL Enterprise Mk4 tonearm arrived Friday. Will need some time for wiring to settle a little but really enjoying the Madake on it currently.
Play list this morning:
Fleetwood Mac “Future Games”
Brand X “Unorthodox Behavior”
The Modern Jazz Quartet “The Last Concert”
The LA Four “The LA 4“
Tina Brooks “minor move”
The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five”Bruckner No.3 - The Concertgebouw Orchestra, Haitink
Santana... |
Mozart Sinfonia Concertate in E-Flat Major
Joseph and Lillian Fuchs
Aeterna Chamber Orchestra
Decca Gold Label - Only played one time - on air broadcast 1963. Pristine. |
Fleetwood Mac “Bare Trees” |
@dayglow i just picked this album up at my local used record store. This album is visually in very good shape and there was no surface noise on the first side of the double album (all I have listened to currently). The dynamics were good but not quite at the level of quality current day pressings. Overall a worthwhile listen that was very engaging so far. |
“The Best Of Blue Note“
1984 compilation release. |
@uberwaltz Visited Yesterday and Today records for RSD.
Today went to Wolfson Records and just focused on the Jazz section. Made it about half way through...
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Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
Impulse reissue 1974
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Brand X “Livestock”
Went out to Record Store Day and found this mint copy in the used section. |
Greatful Dead “Blues for Allah”
Mobile Fidelity 45rpm |
Freddie Hubbard “Red Clay”
CTI reissue on red vinyl |
@dayglow
I agree it’s a great album. I have my original that I purchased in 1976 as well as this reissue that I purchased at a Dave Mason concert at a small local theater a few years ago. Rick |
Dave Mason “Alone Together”
MCA Reissue. |
Hot Tuna “Phosphorescent Rat” |
Eva Cassidy “Live at Blues Alley” |
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@bkeskeThe nice part about the mono cartridge is the conical or spherical stylus does not require you to vary the VTA/SRA adjustment. Once you have it aligned in its own head shell it’s just a matter of adjusting the VTF as you pointed out. Picked up about 30 mono pressings of 1940s and 50s mono classical recordings in a lot purchase. Most are Westminster pressings and very nice. These are much more enjoyable with my 2M mono |
Yes “Relayer”
thank you @tomic601 |
Monteux conducts the London Symphony
Debussy and Ravel
Decca - Speakers Corner reissue |
Yes Peter is in the Catskills just outside of NY city. Hard hit area and brought SoundSmith to a near halt for a very extended time. Peter was worried his company might not survive the shut down so even though it might be a little slow SoundSmith is a jewel to this crazy hobby IMHO and when reasonably possible we should support them. |
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are |
@tomic601
No your gift was well targeted. Both favorite groups and albums I did not have in the collection. My taste crosses many Genres. Saw the later version of Deep Purple in concert a couple of times as well as Steve Morse and the Dixie Dreggs again just last year. |
Tina Brooks - minor moves
Blue Note Tone Poet series |
No I left him to become entangled all by himself. Just the stone in the ditch alignment is all I helped on...
The new arm on the AVID was playing pretty sweetly. Maybe it will provide post mower trauma therapy later this evening. |
@tomic601
Thank you for the special delivery. |
@slaw very nice but visually accessible on the outside of the platter like my Origin Live table. Ubers AVID has them under the platter with a little alignment pin and a lot of blind tactile manipulation. Sounds similar to his lawn mower... |
Guess you won’t be complaining about the double drive belts on the AVID... |
David Bowie - David Bowie (reissue) |
Neil Young - Massey Hall 1971 |
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees
Kiseki Purpleheart |
LA4 - LA FOUR
Concord Jazz 1976
Reset my antiskate last night using a newly arrived “WallySkater”. The change it dictated from my “setting by ear” was an increase. Initially sounded fuller but with diminished top end extension. I have always found anti skate and SRA to have audible interaction so I increased the VTA/SRA adjustment on the OL Illustrious mk3c by, eventually, 1.5mm. I’m really enjoying the new presentation. More solid image with extension in treble and base that is very satisfying. If always found the final step of setting SRA by ear and AntiSkate by ear leaves two variables dancing together that I tended to optimize one off were the other was thought to sound best. Having a better guide on one allows the setting by ear of the SRA to be producing a different but possibly more enticing presentation. This is going to be a fun tool to have for future cartridge swaps as I get better at using it and to set up the new OL Enterprise Mk4 tonearm that’s enroute from England. |
Nice price and fresh rebuild so basically new with reasonable future rebuilds possible. |
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Harry James - the King James Version Sheffield Lab 3 Direct to Disc |
Albeniz: Fruhbeck De Burgos - Suite Espanola New Philharmonia - Decca Stereo |
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Charlie Byrd - Byrd by the Sea |
Oscar Peterson - Return Engagement |
Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio |
Not sure who the coordinator for the show was, but most of the vendors (about 15) were located within 60 miles. |
LA4 - Executive Suite
Concord Jazz 1983
From vinyl show today. One of the few that we’re not overpriced. |
David Bowie - Space Oddity reissue |
Buena Vista Social Club
The Miyajima Madake has now gone over 50 hours and I did a full reset on the setup. Experienced many changes during breakin, but now it has become what I had hoped it would. Detail and density that is quite different from my other cartridges. Full musical immersion. |
Prokofiev Symphony No.5, Antal Dorti, Minneapolis Symphony Orch. recorded 11/1959 Mercury Living Presence, Speakers Corner Reissue 2007 |
