Jeff Beck Group - The Orange Album
1972 Epic Records
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ELO - Out Of The Blue
1977 UA/Jet Records early pressing
Hadn't listened to this one in years. Great album for ELO fans and SQ on this pressing is super. Took me by surprise. .
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Happy New Year to all. Health and Happiness!
Traffic - Shootout At The Fantasy Factory
1973/2021 Island Records RM
Nice pressing. Very good SQ.
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+1 for The Healer.
Muddy Waters - Hard Again
1977 Blue Sky Records
Great version of Mannish Boy with Johnny Winter yelling in the background.
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@dayglow Thanks for the info on The Magazine. I was not aware. While the SQ is very good it would be difficult to compete with the high bar set by her first self titled album and Pirates that are absolutely stunning.
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Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine
Original WB 1984 US pressing.
Recent NM find at a LRS for $5. Great album. Great SQ.
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Crosby, Stills and Nash - CSN
1977 - Early Atlantic pressing.
I hadn't listened to this in years and with it being so overshadowed by their first album I forgot just how good this album is. Enjoyed it so much I played it twice back to back. Great SQ also.
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Natalie Merchant - Paradise Is There
Nonesuch Records 2015
I had listened to this a number of times streaming and just picked up the Dual LP.
Wow! Sounds absolutely fantastic. What a gem!
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Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
1982 - Vertigo Records
I’ve always thought that all of my early original Dire Straits pressings sounded great but this record is special. Outstanding sound quality. Probably their least commercial or radio friendly album that doesn’t hurt either. Fantastic album.
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Michael Franks - One Bad Habit
1980 - WB
Music for a nice fall afternoon.
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Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
2003/2021 XL Recordings 45RPM Reissue
The original release in 2003 was on 45 RPM LP’s also. Someone in their camp must have been ahead of the game.
Either way, great SQ on this reissue.
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ELO - Eldorado
1974/2022 MFSL 33-1/3 Remaster
Great job by MFSL on this remaster although I always thought my early original United Artists copy sounded great also.
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Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970/1982 Columbia Repress
Great SQ on this later repress.
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+1 for Heart
Heart - Bebe Le Strange
1980 Epic Records
One of the great voices in Rock
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Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
1988 on Uni Records
great duet with Maria McKee on Nothing But A Child
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Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1968/2009 ATCO/Rhino Reissue
There's nothing like a great drum solo.
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Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home
1970 Capitol Records
They really knew how to showcase the bass guitar on their songs and records.
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The Guess Who - Share The Land
1970 RCA
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Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
1967/2022 Analog Productions Mono
Another great job from AP.
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The Who - Tommy
1969 Decca Records
Great SQ on this early pressing.
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Dan Fogelberg - Phoenix
1979 Full Moon Records
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The Stone Coyotes - Born To Howl
2001 Red Cat Records
Streaming as they are unfortunately not available on LP.
They are bad to the bone!
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Following the lead on a post from a few days ago. I hadn't played this one for quite some time.
The Kinks - The Kink Kronicles
1972 Reprise Records
Early pressing that sounds surprisingly clean and with good SQ.
I agree with @loomisjohnson on his assessment of Ray Davies' skills as a lyricist.
While Paul was writing love songs Ray was writing about life with songs like Shangri-La and Get Back In Line.
Although, I may not be an impartial judge seeing how I was always a Lennon fan.
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Jackson Browne - For Everyman
1973 Asylum Records
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The Kinks - Arthur Or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire
1969/1975 Reprise Records Reissue
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I have a 2014 Cosmos version on Fantasy pressed at QRP that sounds pretty good. It's the same year as the Analog Productions release and both were pressed at QRP. Same lacquer? Maybe.
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Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39 (Nos. 1 to 5) Sir Edward Elgar
Suite - Things To Come. Welcome To The Queen
Conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss (London Symphony Orchestra)
1958 RCA Victor
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+1 for the Queen. I'll raise a dram of Scotch in her honor.
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Tom Rush - S/T
1970 Columbia Records
The album has seen better days but the SQ is full and detailed.Good low end.
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Fleetwood Mac - Live From The Record Plant - December 15, 1974
2020 Warner/Reprise Records
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America - Homecoming
1972 WB Records
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Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
1980 ATCO Records
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America - S/T First Album
1971 - Early WB Records pressing
Great SQ with clean harmonies and acoustic guitars.
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The Eagles - On The Border
1974 Asylum Records
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Ronnie Lane - April Fool
1999 New Millinium on CD
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I guess they were all one big happy family. John and Christine, Lindsey and Stevie, Mick and Stevie, etc.
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Yea, she was pretty special too!
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Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
1979 WB Records
I don't get how Mick Fleetwood is rarely mentioned along with the great drummers in Blues and Rock. The guy has been phenomenal though all of the changes in the band and is the best part of many of their songs.
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Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three
1978 Atlantic Records
Good album but definitely a loss with Steve Hackett leaving the band.
I was really disappointed when Peter Gabriel went off on his own but I agree with the comments on A Trick Of The Tail. I didn’t know what to expect when it was released and was blown away with how good it was then and still is. All four guys pulled together with some great song writing.
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Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
1976 ATCO
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Genesis - Wind And Wuthering
1976 ATCO
Hadn’t played this one in a very long time. Great album prior to Genesis going more radio friendly. And while You're Own Special Way was a radio hit it really is a great song.
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The Doors - LA Woman
1971 Elektra Records
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Neil Young - Tonight’s The Night
1975 Reprise Records
Early pressing and it surprising still sounds great.
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The Doors - Strange Days
1967 Elektra Records
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Rolling Stones - Love You Live
1977 on RS Records
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Great session last night with a friend and fellow music enthusiast. Three or four songs off each album.
Jethro Tull - This Was
1968 Reprise Records
Eric Clapton - EC Was Here
1975 RSO Records
Jeff Beck - Truth
1968/2009 Epic/Sundazed Mono Remaster
Bruce - Darkness On The Edge of Town
1978/2014 Columbia Remaster
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
1980 Capitol Records
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
1981 Backstreet Records
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
1976/1984 Asylum Records Reissue
S & G - Sounds Of Silence
1965/2018 Columbia Remaster
Guns N’ Roses - G N’ R Lies
1988 Geffen Records
Pink Floyd - Animals
1977 Columbia Records
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George Harrison - Living In The Material World
1973 Apple Records
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+1 on Boz
Duane Allman and the mystique of Muscle Shoals. It doesn’t get much better than that.
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
1970/2015 Columbia/Legacy Reissue
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I may be biased when it comes to Dire Straits. I had always thought the production on all of the original pressings was great.
Same goes for Steely Dan!
I can still remember my reaction listening to Do It Again for the first time on the Can’t Buy A Thrill album. I thought it made my BSR system from high school really shine.
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