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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James - Laid (Fontana), Greece 1993.
Julian Cope - Jehovahkill (Island), UK 1992.
@middlemass, 

took them so long to record it, as it was pieces put together in studio.
Still very difficult to digest at one go.
Even today i cannot say if Pawn Hearts is a true masterpiece or something else.
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (MFSL) half speed, 200gr. USA 1994.
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (Harvest), UK 1972.

Nicolo Paganini - Salvatore Accardo, London Philarmonic orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Concerto Per Violino (N.1) "Le Streghe" (DG) UK 1976.
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (Charisma), UK 1975.
Popol Vuh - Einsjager & Siebenjager (Spalax Music), France 1997, reissue. Original one was only quadrophonic/stereo.
The White Stripes - Elephant (XL Recordings), UK 2003.
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (Swirl Vertigo), Germany 1971.
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz (Verve), Reissue Mono, Japan 1974.
Various - The sound of Jazz (Columbia), Mono, USA 1958.
Cat Power - The Greatest (Metador), repress 180gm, USA 2008.
White Magic - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus (Drag City), USA 2006.
@noromance,

yes it was recorded in a woolshed, a low cost production in a 8 track machine that turned out nicely, still like this LP.
The Triffids - In the pines (Hot), 1986.
The Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood (Rough Trade), 1982.

New Order - Technique (Factory), UK 1989.
Lol Creme and Kevin Godley - L (Polydor), USA 1978.
Luka Productions - Fasokan (Sahel Sounds), USA 2017.

Bad Company - Bad Company (Island), Japan 1974.
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Track Records), USA 1968.

The Who - Quadrophenia (Classic Records/Track Record), Quiex SV-P 200gr 2007.
John Campbell - Howlin Mercy (Elektra) 1993.
Television - Marquee Moon (Elektra) 1977.
L.&W.A. Mozart-Symphnie Des Jouets, Promenades en Traineau Danses Allemandes-Orchestre Pro Arte de Munich, Dir. Kurt Redel (ΣRATO).
Haendel-Concerti Grossi OP.3, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (ΣRATO).
Archive - Londinium (Island Records), 1996.
The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms (Virgin), 1994.

J.S.Bach-Violin concertos BWV1041-1042-1043, The English Concert, Tremor Pinnock (Archiv).
The Norwegian flute- Per Oien, flute, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (Bis).
Luigi Boccherini- Cellokonzerte C-dur. D-dur. C-dur., um 1760-1790, Concerto Amsterdam (royal sound stereo Telefunken).
The Zodiac- Cosmic Sounds (Elektra).
Osibisa- Osibisa (MCA Records).
The Herbaliser- Take London (Ninja Tune).
Charlie Haden & John Taylor- Nightfall (Naim label).
The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Alexander Gibson- Witches Brew (RCA Victor, Red Seal).
Tchaikovsky, Van Cilburn, Kiril Kondrashin- Concerto No. 1 (RCA Victor, Red Seal).

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The Beatles- Revolver (Parlophone).
Tom Waits- Mule Variations (Anti-Epitaph).

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La Offenda de Vytas- Vytas Brenner (Vinilissimo)
A Meditation Mass- Yatha Sidra (Brain)

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Jan Garbarek, Charlie Haden, Egberto Gismonti- Folk Songs (ECM).
Dizzy Gillespie-New Faces (grp).
Gerry Mulligan-At the Village Vanguard (MFSL).

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Gryphon - Gryphon (Transatlantic), original uk 1973.
King Crimson - The Young persons' guide to King Crimson (Island), original uk 1975.
Rush - Counterparts (Atlantic), original germany 1993.


The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (Pickwick), usa reissue 1976.
The War - The World is a Ghetto (UA), usa original release 1972.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Swirl Verigo), second uk pressing 1970. Still one of my favourites for the title track and the general slower tempo atmosphere.

@slaw nice catch

The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (Fiction), very early uk 1987.
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and peppermints (Sundazed), reissue stereo, usa 2011.

Both GREAT.
Depeche Mode - Violator (Mute) original uk.
Chocolate Watch Band - No way out (Tower) original usa.
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (London) reissue japan.

Last night,

A gem from Manos Hadjidakis - Gioconda’s smile (EMI), reissue, remasterd, Greece 2004.
Highly recomended, i do not know how the early pressings sound as there are US and Greek versions only.
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, Erich Leindsorf concert arts orchestra (Seraphim), USA 1979.

Last night,
Ten Years after - Cricklewood green (Chrysalis), reissue, 1978 UK.
The Doors - Soft Parade (Elektra), reissue, 1976 USA.
Yello - You gotta say yes to another excess (Stiff), 1984 Italy.
Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary) UK/EU 2005.
Dengue Fever - The Deepest Lake (Tuk Tuk), limited edition, Blue Opaque, US 2015.


Nicola Conte, Jet sounds (Schema)

@spiritofradio, always nice vibes from GB

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Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra/Piano Concerto/Violin Concerto,  Benjamin Britten (London Enterprise).
Dvorak, Sviatoslav Richter, Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, Piano Concerto (HMV).

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Hi,
Masakela-Tommorow, WB, USA first issue
Frank Zappa-Roxy & elsewhere, Discrete, UK first issue
Lounge Lizzards-Berlin Part 1, Verabra Records, German first issue
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, Audioquest HQ-180
Hi,
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band At The Village Vanguard, MFSL (1981)
Yusef Lateef-Before Dawn, Verve Japan, Mono (2007)
Gene Amons-Boss Tenor, Prestige, Germany (1997)
Hi,

Aphrodite's Child - 666, Vertigo second UK press (1973), still owsome
Gandalf - Gandalf, Reissue (2015) on red vinyl
Cream - Disraeli Gears, first German issue (1967)
Hi,
sorry but today its SACD day,
Glenn Gould- J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto.Partitas 1&2 (single layer)
Vladimir Horowitz-Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Liszt (single layer)
Both from Sony Classical catalogue.
I do not have them on vinyl and sound great on DSD.
Hi,
The Creatures -Boomerang, first UK issue (DMM) -sounds superb
Talking Heads - The name of the band is..., Japan original - same as above
Jimmy McGriff -Cherry, German first issue (1966)
Hi,
@spiritofradio, haha, 
all of them have an amazing feel of atmosphere at least. Great.
 
Hi,

King Crimson - Lark's tongue in Aspic - UK original, very early copy
Can- Future days - Reissue Germany
Rush - Permanent waves - Canada original, with Rays on matrix
Caravan - Caravan - UK first stereo issue 1969 on Verve Forecast