Lost Nation String Band – Lost Nation String Band (Dodo 1982)
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@bkeske Got it. Wasn’t sure if you’d scored a bunch from Goodwill! Just kidding. I’ve hauled boxes of albums (from back the day) from apartment to apartment over the years. Always took great care of them. Should’ve taken better care of moi aussi.
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@reubent Yeah, it's a blast.
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Gary Burton Quartet – Picture This (ECM 1982)
Side 1. Normally give this a pass because it's mostly vibes. Dunno why but now it sounds great. Must be those springs.
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The Four Brothers – Together Again!
(RCA Masters 1970?)
1957 jazz recording. Good music. Just not great. |
Roy Harper - Folkjokeopus (Sunset 1969)
Near Mint with no noise. Man, sounds so good on this rig. I saw the 78 year old Harper perform last year in a small pub. |
Found inside the cover the six pages of lyrics I'd painstakingly transcribed into a school notebook. There were no websites of lyrics back then. Bittersweet.
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Count Basie , With Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge – The Newport Years Volume VI (Verve 1973)
Not a great recording. Archive interest only. |
Roy Harper - The Unknown Soldier (Harvest 1980)
Original pressing blows away the CD. It's got that lovely blackness and finest cymbal metalloc sheen. Great album. |
Kenny Drew – Undercurrent (Blue Note Music Matters 2014 RE [1961])
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@tomic601 No mono cartridge. I'm just not that serious an audiophile. Plays great with the Decca nail.
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Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band – The Best Of (Vanguard 1968)
Best kazoo in the world is on this. |
Bobby Hackett – Creole Cookin (Verve 1967)
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Grateful Dead – American Beauty (Warner Bros. 1970)
Remember Freaks and Geeks?
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@spiritofradio Different type of vibe but they did play in Les Cousins in London back in the day.
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Eureka Brass Band of New Orleans - Jazz At Preservation Hall I (Atlantic 1966)
Street dance jazz. You can really hear 20s swing in there. |
Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Specialty 2009)
It’s become a Declan MacManus night. This is pretty solid. |
@tomic601
Yeah, sparse and fey.
@slaw
Those Pablo recordings are great. Huge soundstage!
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Neil Young – Hawks & Doves (Reprise 1980)
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Milva – Canzoni Tra Le Due Guerre(Ricordi 1978)
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@tomic601 No mono with that one. But I did get it from another.
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps (Reprise 1979)
One of my all time favorites. Sounds great. |
Al Stewart – Zero She Flies (CBS 1970)
Side 2 |
Judy Collins – In My Life (Elektra 1966)
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@spiritofradio Collection seems to be some Amazon repackaging of The Sophisticated Beggar, his first album. I guess it sounds a bit like Al Stewart the way The Monkees sound like the early Beatles. ;-) FolkJokeOpus is the third and quite different. If you want something early and out there, Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith is as stoned blue collar English as you’ll get. Then there is the more anthemic I Hate The White Man. |
Wilma Burgess – Tear Time (Decca 1968)
Another one of those albums your grandma would have listened to. Wholesome country music. Meticulously crafted and recorded. Best few bucks.
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Sandra King - Accompanied By Pat Smythe In A Concert Of Vernon Duke (Audiophile 1986)
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Von Grey – Live At Criminal Records 01.01.13 (Music VG 2014)
Gets better every time! |
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (Tugboat 2001)
Low - Secret Name (Kranky 1999)
Prefer their slower, trippier output. I used hang with a girl by the fireplace listening to this. And we all know where that goes.
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Clairseach – Ann's Harp (Clairseach 1981)
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Sweet Emma – Sweet Emma At Disneyland (Southland 1966)
Historic Dixieland jazz with sweet female vocals. |
@spiritofradio I do like me some Al by the way. I'll spin some later. I've a few of his records. Off the top of my head, Past, Present / Zero She Flies ("Said the apple to the orange...") / Modern Times... um.. maybe another... |
You can't go wrong with Colombia Masterworks and RCA Red Seal mono. |
The Modernaires – Like Swung (Mercury 1962)
Side 1 only. Great stuff. Vocal harmonies. Shame there’s a gentle fried eggs playing alongside. Those damn cheap record players of yore.
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Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn (Virgin 1975)
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The Good Life – Everybody's Coming Down (Saddle Creek 2015)
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Smokey and The Bearkats With Knocky Parker and Smokey Montgomery – Volume Four: Texas Jazz (Circle 1987)
Side 1 |
@tomic601 Did Jennifer arrive then?
Jim, thanks for your generosity. Enjoying the Croft.
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Polly Bergen – The Party's Over (Columbia 1957 mono)
Polly Bergen – My Heart Sings (Columbia 1958)
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Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies Man (Warner Bros. 1977)
I like this one and its Phil Spector sound.
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Just for kicks, put the MyMat under the record and play again @slaw Well, I'll be... the My Mat fixed it. |
The Paul Mitchell Trio – Another Way To Feel (no label 1973)
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Various – The Bread And Roses Festival Of Music (Fantasy 1980)
This album should be in every collection.
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This is THE problem listener bias and sometimes their refusal to accept another point of view. Slaw, If it sounds better to me, and I've been around the block a few times, then that's how it's gonna fly! It's possible the Jelco is borderline when pushed by the Decca with the Decapod on a hot record. However after trying out the WT clone recently - which tracked beautifully - the Jelco blew it away in dynamics and many other areas. Not sure what else I can do. |
Herman's Hermits – Blaze (MGM 1967)
After all that American 60s stuff, it's a relief to hear this English band. What a cracking album. NM.
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@bdp24 Maybe a revisit. Talk to your local store if you have one in your state. There are so many types of thc/cbd combos that you will get one that treats pain more than freaks you out.
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Schampus All Stars – Hear Us Talking (Rillophon 1978)
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Ralph Sutton, Ruby Braff – R&R Quartet (Chaz Jazz 1980)
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@tomic601 We decorate the real tree every year listening to 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' - Vince Guaraaldi Trio.
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Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austins Blues Serenaders - Chicago: The Living Legends (Riverside 1961 mono)
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@bkeske Small world. This year is flying by.
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Aurora – A Different Kind Of Human (Step 2) (Glassnote 2019)
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