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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István Kertész conducts Dvořák

  • Symphony No. 5 In F Major
  • Overture "My Home"

The London Symphony Orchestra
London 1967
 

 

Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused To Sing And Other Stories (Kscope 2013)

Szell conducts :

  • Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
  • Borodin - Polovetsian Dances From "Prince Igor"
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mussorgsky - Dawn On The Moskva River From "Khovantchina" (Prelude To Act 1)

The Cleveland Orchestra.
Columbia Odyssey reissue 1970’s, originally 1958

Janie Fricke-It Ain't Easy Side 1

Kansas-Point Of No Return Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Mongo Santamaria-OLE' OLA(CJP-387) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Dimitri Tiomkin-Lost Horizon(RCA-ARL1-1669) Side A SQ Audiophile

Secret Sphere-Portrait Of A Dying Heart Side B

Pat Metheny Group-Offramp Side 1

Susannah McCorkle-No More Blues(CJ-370) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Earl Klugh-Dream Come True Side 2 SQ Audiophile

With 5/8 recordings with Audiophile SQ and Metheny a near miss makes for a very satisfying night of vinyl playback! Concord Jazz tasted defeat tonight even with 2 albums. A thrift store find Dimitri Tiomkin/Lost Horizon was purchased due to being in mint condition, was not expecting possible demo disc SQ and top level content.

 

 

Karajan conducts Dvořák

  • Symphony No. 8 (No. 4) In G Major. Opus 88

Wiener Philharmoniker
London 1965
 

 

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Raymond Leppard conducts Dvořák

  • "Legends" Op. 59

The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Phillips 1971, Netherlands release 
 

Eero Bister conducts Uuno Klami

  • Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
  • Sea Pictures

Kouvola City Orchestra w/Ilkka Talvi, violin 
Finlandia 1983
Finland release
 

A rather recent pick-up for me, so my second spin of this.

Mehta conducts Rimsky-Korsakov

  • Scheherazade

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra w/Sidney Harth, violin
London 1975

Sticking with another Mehta selection. Don’t typically prefer his pace with Tchaikovsky, but hey, I’m in his groove right now.

Mehta conducts Tchaikovsky 

  • Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
London 1967
 

Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel

  • Ma Mère l'Oye 
  • Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
  • Le Tombeau De Couperin
  • Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales

L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
London 1984

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger - Impex 

Kenny Dorham - Matador - Impex 

The Beatles - White Album - 50th reissue 

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Self-Titled

This was the second album released on one my favorite labels, Acoustic Disc.

 

Ahmad Jamal - Live at The Montreal Jazz Festival 1985

Atlantic 2LP gatefold 1986


 

Incredible set

Wynton Marsalis - The All American Hero

I believe part of the first recordings of Wynton:

"...He appeared with Blakey Oct 11, 1980 at Bubba’s in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when this recording was made..."

With Wynton Marsalis, trumpet / Billy Pierce, tenor sax / Bobby Watson, alto sax / James Williams, piano / Charles Fambrough, bass / Art Blakey, drums

Who’s Who in Jazz, released 1985

Charlie Parker - The Charlie Parker Collection

Deja Vue 1984, Italian release 

Miles & Monk at Newport.

The Miles Davis Sextet featuring John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderly

The Thelonius Monk Quartet and Pee Wee Russell

Columbia reissue 1980’s, originally 1964

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concorde

Prestige/Original Jazz Classics reissue 1982 180 gram

Originally 1955

Marvin Hamlisch-The Sting Soundtrack Side 2

Rosanne Cash-The List Side B

Dio-Sacred Heart Side 1

Grover Washington Jr.-The Best Is Yet To Come Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Mike Post-Television Theme Songs Side 1+2 

Miklos Rozsa-Rozsa Conducts Rozsa(DG 2584 021) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Black Sabbath-13 Side C+D

Deniece Williams-I'm So Proud Side 1

Even the later pressed "13"(2013) and "The List"(2009) had very acceptable SQ, no excuse for so many newer pressings with poor SQ. Miklos Rozsa takes the SQ crown tonight.

Keep coming back to this set. Really like these sextets.

The Cleveland Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman, viola & Bernard Greenhouse, cello

  • Brahms - The String Sextets Op. 18 & 36

RCA Red Seal 1982, 2 LP gatefold

Arthur Grumiaux , violin / Colette Lequien, viola / Maurice Gendron, cello / Roger Bourdin, flute / Annie Challan, harp / István Hajdú & Jean Françaix, piano

Debussy

  • Sonata In D Minor For Cello And Piano
  • Sonata For Flute, Viola And Harp
  • Sonata In G Minor For Violin And Piano
  • Syrinx (For Unaccompanied Flute)

Philips 1967, French release

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. . 

The Nash Ensemble
The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold - 2

  • Flute Sonatina, Op 19
  • Clarinet Sonatina, Op 29
  • Oboe Sonatina, Op 28
  • Recorder Sonatina, Op 41
  • Fantasy For Clarinet, Op 87
  • Fantasy For Bassoon, Op 86
  • Fantasy For Horn, Op 88
  • Trio For Flute, Viola & Bassoon, Op 6
  • Fantasy For Oboe, Op 90
  • Fantasy For Flute, Op 89

Hyperion 1986

Amadeus Quartett
Schubert

  • String Quartet in G Major

Deutsche Grammophon 1974, Australian release
 

The Beach Boys / Surfer Girl
2014 Analogue Productions RE stereo, orig. 1963

Outstanding sonics, great content

Blue Stingrays / Surf-N-Burn
1997 Epitone

The Heartbreakers churn out some surf music during some down time backing Tom Petty. Fun stuff!

Boston / Don’t Look Back
1978 CBS

Not surf music! From the gatefold “No Synthesizers Used”, “No  Computers Used”…no kiddin’ around here!
“A Man I’ll Never Be”, whoa!