Whats on your turntable tonight?

Lyn Stanley -- Lost in Romance
Flawless performance, expertly recorded and engineered. Very clean sound at 45 rpm.

Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival -- so very clear. Great performance, great engineering, and great vinyl rendition.

Eagles Hell Freezes Over -- puts me right into the venue for this live show. I can close my eyes and imagine them in front of me onstage.

Morning Flight by the Hiroshi Fukumura Quintet from Three Blind Mice label.
Intimate and soulful trombone rendition.  Very clean, you-are-there recording.

The Three -- Joe Sample, Ray Brown, and Shelley Manne on the East Wind label (Japan), 1976.

Side One:
1. Yearnin’
2. On Green Dolphin Street
3. Satin Doll

Side Two:
1. Manha Do Carnaval
2. ’Round About Midnight
3. Funky Blues

Two by Patricia Barber:

Cafe Blue for her high notes in "Too Rich for My Blood."

Live: A Fortnight in France for the lush instrumental "Witchcraft."

Simone Kopmajer:  "Taking a Chance on Love" -- 200gm, Venus Records Japan
Has a great cover of James Taylor's Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight.

Jazz at the Pawnshop Side D
Midnight Sugar TBM
Yuko Mabuchi Trio

Alive in Little Bridges by the Real Time Jazz Band
Cardas Records CR5314, Direct-to-Disc 45 rpm.

Side 1 -- Well You Needn’t
Side 2 -- Sweet Lotos Blossom (not typo)

Trombone, Jim Leigh
Clarinet, Jim Bogen
Banjo, Mike Fay
Bass, Pope Firman
Washboard & Vocals, Dick Barnes
Engineered by George Cardas

Very clean, you-are-there sound.

Greensleeves by the Shoji Yokouchi Trio from Three Blind Mice.  What a terrific recording.  The first two cuts blew me away:  Willow Weep for Me and Moanin'.  The the guitar was so palpable, the cymbals shimmered, and I felt the low organ notes in my gut.  Big smile.