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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Szell conducts 

  • Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis Of Themes By Carl Maria Von Weber
  • Janáček - Sinfonietta For Orchestra, Op. 60. 

The Cleveland Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 1968

Szell conducts 

  • Samuel Barber - Concerto For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 38, John Browning piano
  • William Schuman - A Song Of Orpheus, Leonard Rose cello

The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1964

Robert Craft conducts ‘The Music of Arnold Schoenberg Vol. VI.

  • Serenade, Op. 24
  • Quintet For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn And Bassoon, Op. 26
  • Four Pieces For Mixed Choir, Op. 27
  • Drei Satiren, Op. 28
  • Septet, Op. 29

Columbia Chamber Ensemble & Westwood Wind Quintet
Columbia Masterworks 2LP box 1962ish
 

Serge Baudo conducts Honegger

  • Pacific 231 (Symphonic Movement)
  • Pastorale D’Été (Symphonic Poem)
  • Chant De La Joie
  • Symphony No. 5 “Di Tre Re”

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Supraphon 1976, Czechoslovakian release
 

@bkeske 

I just wanted to send out a quick "Thank You" for sharing your thoughts with me on the Eclipse lp from Hilary Hahn.  I just placed the order for and am looking forward to receiving it and giving it a listen!

Best wishes,

Don

The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner – Albinoni: Adagio, Music By Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel (Angel 1974)

Brahms, Dvořák, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra – Brahms Hungarian Dances, Dvořák Slavonic Dances (London 1953 mono)

Yehudi Menuhin, Antal Dorati, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Neil Gotkovsky – Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2 & Six Duos for Two Violins (Angel 1966)

Bob Marley, Exodus UHQR

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Couldn’t Stand the Weather AP 45

Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy RL 1973

Marquise Knox D2D

The Cars / Heartbeat City
1984 Elektra

Peter Phillips artwork titled Art-O-Matic Loop di Loop
Great cover, great record
 

Miss Peggy Lee – Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee Recorded At The Fabulous New York Club ( Capitol 1961)

Mozart, Joerg Demus, Paul Badura-Skoda – Sonata, B Flat Major, K.358 / Sonata, D Major, K.381 / Sonata, G Major, K.357 For Piano Four Hands  (Westminster 1951 mono)

Les Brown And His Band Of Renown – Concert At The Palladium Vol 1 (Coral 1955)

von Karajan conducts Mendelssohn 
5 Symphonies

  • Symphonie Nr. 1 C-Moll Op.11
  • Symphonie Nr. 2 B-Dur Op. 52 Lobgesang
  • Symphonie Nr. 3 A-Moll Op.56 Schottische
  • Symphonie Nr. 4 A-Dur Op.90 Italienische
  • Symphonie Nr. 5 A-Moll Op.107 Reformations-Symphonie

Berliner Philharmoniker
Deutsche Grammophon 4LP box, 1973. German release 
 

 

Emitt Rhodes / S-T
1970 Dunhill

Emitt Rhodes does all instruments, vocals, arrangements 

the verlaines, live at windsor castle--more ramshackle and punkier than their studio records would suggest. great nz band.

off broadway, on--sort of a cheap trick manque, with a charismatic singer and a really hot guitar player. not a ton of lyrical depth, but these songs stayed with me some 30 years after i first heard 'em.

@bslon: AND Emitt wrote all the songs on the album, and did the recording in his home studio in Hawthorne, engineering it himself on a 4-trk. machine. When I recorded with Emitt in 1997 (he was producing a single song for a solo artist I was involved with.), he still had the Gibson ES335 pictured on the back cover, and the pump organ seen inside the gatefold.

A very talented guy, but one doomed to a miserable life, thanks in part to the brutal, vicious business practices of Dunhill Records (Lou Adler himself, I believe.). That misery had by 1997 turned Emitt into a very bitter, mean---cruel, even---man. His critiquing of the bassists playing had the guy in tears. Fortunately I escaped his wrath, as my playing met with his approval.

I saw further evidence of Emitt’s musical talent when he suggested a more "advanced" version of the tambourine part I was dubbing over my drumset part. His suggested part was really, really cool (and sophisticated), one I myself would never have thought of. Performing it perfectly was right at the top of my musical abilities ;-) . Luckily, I got it on the first take. Emitt liked to work fast.

@bdp24 Your backstories and insight about the music industry are always a great read, thanks! But, sorry to find Rhodes mistreatment by Dunhill had such a profound effect. I also have “Mirror”, another Dunhill release by him. I might need to spin that tonight, it’s been neglected in the rack too long. You seem to have survived the “biz” with your sanity, cheers to that!

Here’s a tip for those buying used LP’s (or CD’s, for that matter) which have a price sticker attached directly to the album cover, which when removed leaves behind that nasty, sticky glue residue:

I years ago discovered at Michael’s Art Supply a product named Bestine, a solvent designed "for thinning or reducing rubber cement", as it says on the label of the can. It is the best thing I’ve found for totally removing price sticker glue residue, and doing so without damaging the cover or leaving behind a gooey mess, unlike Goo Gone.

Bestine is available in 16oz and 32oz cans, but is somewhat hard to find locally. Michaels no longer carries it, but you can get it on Amazon. $21.99 for the 16oz can, which will last you a LONG time. 16oz is enough for hundreds of stickers.

Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue

Yello - One Second

Al Jarreau - Breaking Away

Claudio Abbado conducts Rossini Ouvertüren

  • Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
  • La Cenerentola
  • La Gazza Ladra
  • L'Italiana In Algeri
  • Il Signor Bruschino
  • L'Assedio Di Corinto

London Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon reissue, guessing late 70’s, originally 1975

Karajan conducts Beethoven 

  • Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester D-dur Op.61

Berlin Philharmonic w/Christian Ferras, violin
Deutsche Grammophon reissue 1979, originally 1967

Harry Belafonte - Belafonte at the Greek Theatre 

RCA Dynagroove Mono LOC-6009

The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner – Albinoni: Adagio And Music By Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel (Angel 1974)

Karl Böhm conducts Mozart

  • Sinfonie Nr. 35 D-Dur KV 385 (Haffner-Sinfonie)
  • Sinfonie Nr. 32 G-Dur KV 318
  • Sinfonie Nr. 38 D-Dur KV 504 (Prager Sinfonie)

Berliner Philharmoniker
Deutsche Grammophon reissue, approximately early 70’s, originally 1960

 

Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart

  • Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 20 D-moll KV 466
  • Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 12 A-dur KV 414 (385p)

The London Symphony Orchestra With Rudolf Serkin, piano 
Deutsche Grammophon 1982
 

Karl Böhm conducts Strauss 

  • Daphne (Bukolische Tragödie In Einem Aufzug), Op. 82 

Wiener Symphoniker
Hilde Güden Soprano, James King tenor, Fritz Wunderlich tenor, Paul Schöffler baritone, Hans Braun bass-baritone 

Recorded during a performance given at the Theater an der Wien for the opening of the 1964 Vienna Festival.

Deutsche Grammophon reissue, Deutsche Grammophon Privilege series, 2LP gatefold, originally 1964

 

Eagles-ST Side 1

Barry White-Rhapsody In White Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Frank Sinatra-Strangers In The Night Side 1

Charlie Rich-Silver Linings Side 2

Dinah Washington-In Tribute...(SR 25244) Side 2

Harry Chapin-Heads & Tales Side Tales SQ Audiophile

AC/DC-Back In Black Side 1

Grover Washington-Strawberry Moon Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Grover takes the SQ crown edging out Barry White and Chapin which had surface noise/tape hiss, could be my copy but still deserves Audiophile SQ status. Have not listened to BIB in over 10 years, great wall of sound production.