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Dirty Looks / S-T
1980 Stiff
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strum and thrum: the american jangle underground 1983-1987--fantastic compilation of (mostly) unknown guitar pop, although a few of these bands (windbreakers, primotons) may be remembered by obsessives. check out absolute grey, the reverbs and salem 66.
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The stones in mono.
Just because I can. Not that my tt is all that.
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The Divinyls / Desperate
1983 Chrysalis
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Started the night off with Nina Simone - Nina At Report. Wrapping my night up with Jan Hammer - The First Seven Days.
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Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim-West Side Story(OS 2001) Side 1
Donovan-The Hurdy Gurdy Man Side 2
Black Sabbath-Heaven And Hell Side 1
Dinah Washington-Dinah ’63 Side 1
Neil Diamond-Rainbow Side 2
Mary Travers-All My Choices Side 2
Schubert-Symphony No.5(Walter MS 6218) Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Pat Metheny Group-Letter From Home Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Only "Rainbow" had Subpar SQ. Would have to play Metheny/Schubert several times to declare a SQ winner. Metheny had that slight digital edge and Schubert had a slight veil common with 2 eye vs. 6 eye Columbia recordings. Nearing 3 years of my "play all my vinyl project" while trying to avoid repeats. I have added close to 400 albums in this 3 year period and will give a detailed update shortly.
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Spinning more, of what has become, a Jazz Sunday….




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The Byrds – Untitled (Columbia 1970)
Sides 3/4
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Peter, Paul And Mary – In Concert (Warner Bros 1964)
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Joseph Haydn, Vienna Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Jonathan Sternberg – Symphony No. 38 In C, Symphony No. 39 In G Minor (Haydn Society 1954? Mono)
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Brahms, Dvořák, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra – Brahms Hungarian Dances, Dvořák Slavonic Dances (London 1955 mono)
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Further Out
Columbia 1961

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Gesualdo / Robert Craft, The Gesualdo Madrigal Singers – Madrigals And Sacred Music (Odyssey 1974)
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Renata Tebaldi, Giorgio Favaretto – Recital of Songs & Arias No. 2 (London 1957 mono)
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Crooked Still – Shaken By A Low Sound (Signature Sounds 2021)
Solid recording and enjoyable music. Sealed from Amazon and vinyl is way noisier than it should be after a SpinClean which I do on all new. I’ll try the US and see if it helps. Otherwise, it’s bye bye back to Amz.
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Nicole Atkins "Italian Ice"
2020/Single Lock Records
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Nicole Atkins "Goodnight Rhonda Lee"
2017/Single Lock Records
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Jim Capaldi / Whale Meat Again
1974 island
Great record, sonics
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Traffic / Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
1973 Island
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Started off with Lynrd Skynrd (pronounced...), then Beach House-Bloom, finishing with Opale-L'incandescent
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Van Duren - Are you serious?
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Linda Ronstadt, "What's New"
Beautiful recording.
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GA-20 CRACKDOWN

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IME, she doesn't grace the east coast.
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@slaw: Steve, Mary’s out on tour now, so if at all possible try and see/hear her live. She’s real good on stage, particularly as an acoustic guitarist (I saw her at a great club in Portland on her last tour, right down the street from Music Millennium record store), and tickets to her shows are a steal! And if you’re missing any of her catalog, she of course travels with a merchandise table and product (both LP and CD), which I believe she will autograph if you wish.
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Joanne Shaw Taylor "Nobody's Fool"
2022/Keeping the Blues Alive Records
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The Bad Ends "The Power and the Glory"
2022/New West
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Mary Gauthier "Mercy Now"
2005/Lost Highway
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Andrew Gabbard " Cedar City Sweetheart"
2023/Colemine Records
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The Jayhawks "Rainy Day Music"
2003/American Recordings
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@loomisjohnson
the hitmen were pretty great--their first record especially. my hats off to your knowledge of obscure 80s guitar bands noone else remembers
Your taste in music is also interesting and when I think I knew about most of the new wave/power pop 80’s bands you post up some I’ve never heard of…so off I go to stream! I enjoy that, thanks!
I agree on “Aim For The Feet”…fun, catchy Hitmen music.
The Tourists…Dave Stewart, Annie Lennox before The Eurythmics.
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@jeffstrick @bkeske just listened to lankum, which i’d never hear before--really dark, but hypnotizing stuff.
@bslon the hitmen were pretty great--their first record especially. my hats off to your knowledge of obscure 80s guitar bands noone else remembers
my picks for the day:
cory hanson, pale horse rider--brooding nick drake-ish type with good songs and really beautiful, keening voice
polvo, today’s active lifestyle--i knew i was a grownup when this started to sound melodic and structured instead of chaotic and dissonant
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The Hitmen / Torn Together
1981 Columbia
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The Tourists / Reality Effect
1980 Epic
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The Bad Ends / The Power And The Glory
2022 New West Records
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Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Hannibal 1982

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@bkeske very good album!
Lankum - False Lankum
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The Animals, Retrospective. Very well mastered. Sounds great on my tube IA.
![Retrospective[2 LP]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71qCLqwVhPL._SX425_.jpg)
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Arrived today, the new Lankum LP. Beautiful packaging on this…
Lankum - False Lankum
Rough Trade 2023 2LP gatefold



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Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
White vinyl variant with alternative artwork
2023 Interscope Records
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts Tchaikovsky
- Suite No. 3 In G Major Opus. 55
L’orchestre de la Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire
London 1967

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Dzhemal Dalgat conducts
- Franck - Psyché: A Symphonic Poem
- Prokofiev - Sinfonietta In A Major, Op. 5/48 (3rd Edition)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
ABC Westminster Gold 1974
Really like this Franck composition, particularly, but in general, a very nice recording overall.

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Glazunov / Taneyev / Balakirev - ‘Musical Memorials’
- Glazunov - Solemn Contata In Commemoration Of The Centemary Of A. S. Pushkin For Soloists, Choir, And Orchestra Op. 65
- Taneyev - Cantata On The Inauguration Of The Memorial To A. S. Pushkin
- Balakirev - Cantata On The Inauguration Of The Memorial To M.I. Glinka
- Glazunov - Two Preludes For The Large Orchestra Op. 85
The USSR TV & Radio Large Chorus & Symphony Orchestra. Conductors - Kovalev & Yurovsky, Choir Master - Kuvykin
Мелодия reissue 1985, originally 1974, USSR release

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Squeeze / East Side Story
1981 A&M
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Ace / Time For Another
1975 Anchor
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An Anthology of British blues. Immediate Stereo Z12 52 006
A very good punch out. John Mayall & the Blues Breakers, Eric Clapton,Savoy Brown and more.
bob
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Pink Floyd / The Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974
2023 Pink Floyd Records
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
@overthemoom… Fun Fact: Roy Harper is lead vocal on “Have A Cigar”
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