Be Good Tanyas " Blue Train"
2011/Porch Music/Nettwerk Productions
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Wonderful recordings/Great Pressing/2 Record Set/70’s TBM Sampler
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45RPM 2 Record Set / CD
Both the vinyl and CD sound fantastic. The vinyl and CD are sold separately. I purchased the CD while waiting for the vinyl.
This and the above three blind mice are currently available. Had long wait for the vinyl. I also have an old pressing of Midnight Sugar..all great Japanese Jazz.
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Tonight on the Oracle:
Neal Francis - "Changes"
Lettuce - "Unify"
Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Couldn't Stand the Weather" MFSL UltraDisc 1Step
Chris Stapleton - "Traveller" (Right before he sings the National Anthem for the Super Bowl) 😉
Cheers, AudioGon Community!
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Doc Severinsen-Trumpets And Crumpets And Things Side C
Stan Getz & Albert Dailey-Poetry Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Nancy Wilson-TLC Side 2
Dannie Richmond-Quintet Side 2 SQ Audiophile
The Montreux/Detroit Collection Volume 2(VA) Side 2
George Muribus-Trio 77 Side B SQ Audiophile
Joan Steele-Looking Back...Earl Brown Side 1 SQ Audiophile
John Pizzarelli Jr.-I’m Hip Side A SQ Audiophile
Wow! 5/8 Audiophile SQ recordings tonight. Unfortunately 4 recordings just slipped in. Trio 77 was clearly a notch above the other 4. Not quite a demo level Lp due to being slightly forward in presentation. If you are an acoustic jazz fan this recording is a 9+/10 SQ and content. TLC could be Ms. Wilson’s 1960’s best? Felt like an all jazz playlist today. Just finished playing prior to Super Bowl Halftime.
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Exploded View
2016 Sacred Bones
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Yes - Close to the Edge
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I’m pretty excited about this set that arrived today. I already have a Stravinsky box set, just played it recently, and unhappy with its pressing, mastering, and/or sound quality overall. So I went looking for a replacement, and what better than a box set of Stravinsky’s works conducted by himself? This set is in pretty darn good shape, considering it has a silver reflective finish, and a great thick booklet within. This should be fun, hopefully, as I have big expectations.
Igor Stravinsky
Nine Masterpieces Conducted By The Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Le Sacre Du Printemps
- Symphony Of Psalms (Revised Version)
- Symphony In C
- Firebird Ballet Suite (1945) (Revised Version)
- Petrushka Ballet Suite
- L'Histoire Du Soldat Suite (Columbia Chamber Ensemble)
- Pulcinella Suite
- Symphony In Three Movements
- Apollo (Apollon Musagète) (Revised)
- Portrait Of Stravinsky : Rehearsing And Reminiscing/A Revealing And Human Look Behind The Myth
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 6 LP Box 1970
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Bryan Ferry / Boys And Girls
1985 Warner Bros.
Great sonics, content
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Dire Straits / Brothers In Arms
2014 Mobile Fidelity 45rpm RE, orig. 1985
Nice SQ, slight groove noise, I can’t say it’s a big jump up in sound over my original pressing
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Axis: Bold As Love
1967 Reprise
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Paul Butterfield blues band -Music on Vinyl - nice copy
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Albert King/Otis Rush -Door to Door-Chess Records
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Eubie Blake— The eighty six years of —Columbia , very entertaining
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Memphis Slim -At the Gate of Horn-Vee Jay—very nice
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Dave Brubeck Quart- Live in Amsterdam-1962-VERY NICE BIN FIND -Columbia
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Billie Holiday Platinum White Vinyl
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AND —Little Feat -Waiting on Columbus-MFSL—
MY BEGINNINGS ON MARDI GRAS , Enjoy the season
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Exploded View - Obey
2018 Sacred Bones
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Mary Chapin Carpenter / The Dirt And The Stars
2020 Lambent Light Records
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Joe Williams-Every Night Side B SQ Audiophile
Linda Lawson-Introducing...Side 2
Mel Torme-A New Album Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Marlena Shaw-Live In Tokyo Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Dick Haymes-Keep It Simple Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Carmen McRae-Live At Sugar Hill Side A SQ Audiophile
Harry Connick Jr.-20 Side 1
Rosemary Clooney-With Les Brown-Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Played Last night 2/14/23.
When playing jazz vocals you expect Audiophile SQ. With the 8 recordings I selected(2 Japanese pressings) I was not disappointed due to 6/8 reaching Audiophile status. Since Linda Lawson was a 1960 pressing and Connick Jr. 1988 both had slight issues common with each recording era. The SQ crown goes to Dick Haymes(Audiophile AP-200)maybe it was the calmness/flow of the music that gave it the edge over Marlena Shaw. Both IMO are demo level recordings.
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Low - Double Negative
2018 Sub Pop RIP Mimi
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Dr.John -Gris-gris
David Sanborn -Hideaway
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From my unusual Korean box set (1 of 2), ‘The Great Classical Music of The World’, ‘Apollo’ box
LP#1, Karajan conducts Haydn
- Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”
- Symphony No. 101 “The Clock”
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
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Antal Dorati conducts Haydn
- Symphony No. 99 In E Flat
- Symphony No. 100 In G "Military"
Philharmonia Hungarica
London Records Treasury Series reissue 1976, originally 1974
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Warren Zevon - "Stand in the Fire"
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Celeste - Principe di un giorno
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Robbie Robertson 's first solo album and Jack Johnson " On and On"
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Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
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artful dodger, "rave on"-- swansong from a great, underappreciated guitar pop band somewhere between badfinger and the small faces (the singer sounds a lot like steve marriott). never on cd, afaik, but you can find it on youtube.
grant lee buffalo, "mighty joe moon"--I've gone back and forth on him over they years, but "happiness" always makes me weep uncontrollably.
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@loomisjohnson
I just streamed their title album and am listening to Honor Among Thieves now.
Good pick!
artful dodger, "rave on"-- swansong from a great, underappreciated guitar pop band somewhere between badfinger and the small faces (the singer sounds a lot like steve marriott). never on cd, afaik, but you can find it on youtube.
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The United States Of America - 1968
Haven't heard the OP on Columbia, but this 2017 reissue mastered by Kevin Gray on Sundazed Music - LP5211 has incredible sonics. Highly recommended.
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Pulled out my US of A after @middlemass posted it. Moved on to High Tide - Sea Shanties and then New Sound of Numbers - Liberty Seeds. Ended up being an electrified strings kind of session.
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@curiousjim glad you're enjoying artful dodger--they have a third major label record, babes on broadway, which is terrible, but the first two and the aforesaid "rave on" are the bomb.
further picks today:
rage to live, s/t--very intelligent 80s altrock w/some country & r&b overtones--the principal has a lot of range as a songwriter and fully half these tunes are classic.
robin lane & the chartbusters, s/t--jangly bar band sorta reminiscent of (and virtually as good as) the pretenders; i'm sorta surprised they never hit big.
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@mytthor, an Oracle? You are very privileged! I owned a MK3 at one time, but wanted a Mk5. Never did I know that the cheapest time to own one would be in 1999. A Mk6 was even available here for as cheap as $4500 here on AG 6 years ago. The seller wouldn’t ship it 2 states over from California. I didn’t blame him. Nice TT!
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I could listen to all the jazz recordings one time each for the rest of my life, yet still not come close to listening to all of them.
Tonight it’s the late great Hank Mobley’s Workout LP. A great and overlooked album. Mobley was a great artist. How many haven’t even heard of him?
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Not sure why, but Fridays after a long week, I always seem to reach for Brahms
Szell conducts Brahms
- Double Concerto In A Minor
The Cleveland Orchestra with Mstislav Rostropovich & David Oistrakh
Angel reissue 1980’s, originally 1969 Мелодия
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Bernstein conducts Brahms
New York Philharmonic
Columbia Masterworks 1968
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Oingo Boingo / Only A Lad
1981 A&M
I see they’re releasing Boingo, the band’s finale album finally on LP. Haven’t played this in a long while, it sounds fantastic. Great cover of The Kinks “You Really Got Me”.
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Solti Edition Vol. 6
Sides 21 & 22
Brahms
- Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier G-dur, op. 78
- Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier A-dur, op. 100
- Andante Tranquillo - Vivace - Allegretto Grazioso
- Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier d-moll, op. 108
Georg Solti piano & Georg Kulenkampff violin
DECCA 18 LP box, 1981. German release
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The Church / Remote Luxury
1984 Warner Bros.
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Ultravox / Quartet
1983 Chrysalis
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Henley - Cass County
Clapton and BB - Riding with the King
side note…another plus for Artful Dodger…..
On deck Blues Summit - MoFi
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JJ Grey & Mofro "Country Ghetto"
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts Nielsen
The Concertos Of Carl Nielsen
- Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57
- Flute Concerto
- Violin Concerto, Op. 33
- Symphonic Rhapsody
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Seraphim 2LP box 1975
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Paavo Berglund conducts Sibelius
- Kullervo Symphony, Op. 7
- Swanwhite - Incidental Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra And Helsinki University Mens Choir
Angel 2LP box 1971
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Funkadelic: Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Funkadelic
Recent English reissues
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...added a SACD player so spinning this at the moment...
SACD
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Listened to the reissue by Friday music of Chicago V on gold vinyl earlier today. Sound quality was quite good, vinyl had a light warp and a little bit of noise on side two but sounded better than a lot of new releases.
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