Whats on your turntable tonight?

Courtney Barnett "Tell Me How You Really Feel" 

2018/Mom&Pop/Milk Records

The Teskey Brothers   
Half Mile Harvest

Magik Markers / 2020

Paul Kletzki conducts Mahler Symphony No. 1 In D Major. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Angel reissue, late 70’s, originally 1962
 

The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" soundtrack 

1999/EMI/yellow vinyl

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Strauss - Ein Heldenleben. The Cleveland Orchestra. London 1985
 

Buffy Sainte-Marie "Medicine Songs" .

2021/Gypsy Boy Music

The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

Spirit - Best of Spirit

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town

@reubent 👍

@mammothguy54 Hey Joel, thank you so much for doing that comparison.   The new version of the 2018 remix of Animals is out tomorrow.   I ordered it on advice from a reviewer that said he thinks it’s better than any other previous version.  He did not say how it differs from the Pink Floyd records recent issue.  I think you’re right about it not being recorded or mixed as well as their previous albums.  They did it in their own studio and not at Abby Road.  It’s a great record otherwise and I’m really looking forward to getting this remix.  

CSN

Rory Gallagher

David Crosby

Miles Davis 

@loomisjohnson  I'm glad you got turned onto something cool. I especially like that it was recorded at the Paramount, a theater that I've seen many shows at.

Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Ran across a Rick Beato YouTube video today titled "WHY This is Rush's Greatest Song". I'm a huge Rush Fan, especially the middle period. Watching and listening to Rick geek out over "Xanadu" was a hoot. Check out the video if you like Rush, Like Rick Beato, or just like music. Here's a link to the video:

Oh, and on the TT tonight - Rush - "A Farewell to Kings"

Thanks Rick!

Barenboim conducts Elgar 

• Cello Concerto, Op. 85, The Philadelphia Orchestra with Jacqueline Du Pré
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36, The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Columbia Masterworks 1977
 

@spiritofradio

I played side 2 of both of my copies of Pink Floyd, Animals, today.  I must have been thinking of another album when I said that I thought it was on the bright side.  I found the original copy (an early pressing, right after it was first released) to be a little rough on the edges, sonically.  It got a couple of scratches many years ago, probably from a party at my house.  That's why I replaced it with the reissue.  The reissue copy sounded much smoother and definitely more enjoyable.  Mastered by Guthrie, Plante, Grundman.  Guthrie makes a statement (when you read about the reissue on Acoustic Sounds) that the original recording is "lo-fi" and that the remix issue helps bring out the music much better.  I'll agree that the original recording quality is not up to most other Pink Floyd standards and that the remix does make improvements.  I bought my copy, on Pink Floyd Records, in early 2021.  The new release is more expensive ($29.95) but includes a 28-page booklet.  It's available now (180 gr.) on Music Direct and will likely be available elsewhere any day now.  Hope this helps.

Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, and Itzhak Perlman - Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary (birthday) Celebration.
Zubin Mehta conducting The New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded live at The Lincoln Center.

• Bach - Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins And Orchestra, BWV 1043
• Vivaldi - Concerto In F Major For Three Violins, F. 1, No. 34
• Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante In E-Flat Major For Violin, Viola And Orchestra, K. 364

CBS Masterworks 1981
 

Britten conducts Britten - Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68 & Haydn - Concerto In C For Cello And Orchestra. English Chamber Orchestra w/Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. London 1964
 

I think I read (speaking of hazy) the LP reissue will be pink, we’ll see. Today’s spam mail said it’s only out on SACD for now.

@bslon Cool. Pink Pigs…. I’ve heard about that issue. Be interesting to see what the reviews say about the new version.

yeah, in a hazy mood of high school nostalgia tonight. Still rockin.

Nice playlist James!
About Animals, I have just 1 copy—1977 Harvest French import in pink vinyl—it sounds really good but not ‘audiophile’.

J.J. Cale / Troubadour 
1976 Shelter

So nice, interesting instruments and sounds with great SQ.

Thin Lizzy    
Jailbreak

John Lennon / Walls And Bridges
1974 Apple

A fabulous album, sans Ono (we’re good with that) but with a long list of fellow musicians. Of course there’s “#9 Dream” and “Whatever Gets You Thru The Night”, but what about “Old Dirt Road”?

Boston   
Eponymous

Crack The Sky    
Nuclear Apathy 

@mammothguy54 Thanks Joel!

Dave Mason    
Split Coconut 

Norah Jones - Begin Again

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎– The Boatman's Call (Strumm 1997)

Bardo Pond / Dilate 

Emmylou Harris-Luxury Liner Side 1

Pointer Sisters-Special Things Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Ulrich Schnauss-A Long Way To Fall Side A

The Phil Woods Quartet-Volume One Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Lamb-Cross Between Side 1

Humble Pie-Rockin’ The Fillmore Side 1

Tania Maria-Come With Me(CJP-200) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Don McLean-ST Side 1

Very good overall SQ tonight only "Humble Pie" hit the average mark. Lamb/McLean were very close to Audiophile SQ status. Phil Woods takes the SQ crown(direct to disc) a demo quality recording. CJP-200 one of the best regarding SQ/Content of the entire Concord Jazz vinyl catalog CJ 1 - CJ 400

I have an early copy of Animals as well as the reissue on Pink Floyd Records.  The mastering on PF Records and Legacy are the same (and the same 3 guys).  I don't know about any other parameters, though, such as plating and pressing.  My reissue sounds a bit bright, but I need to play it again right after playing (at least one side) of my early pressing copy.  I'll let you know ASAP.

Esben And The Witch – Nowhere (Season Of Mist 2018)

+1 for "Esben And The Witch" !

Mort Garson / Didn't you hear? 

Various – Intended Play (Matador & True Panther 2011-2012)
Worth it for Esben And The Witch - Hexagons II (The Flight) alone.

Harmonious Thelonious / Drums of steel 

@noromance Thanks Brian.   Apparently there is a new vinyl reissue of the 2018 digital remix of Animals (remastered for vinyl by Bernie Grundman) coming out soon.  When I posted the question I thought it was already out on Legacy but I guess it had been held up while Waters and Gilmore fought over how the liner notes would read.  I’m hoping someone will do a comparison of it to the original/early press UK.  

String Driven Thing – The Machine That Cried (Charisma 1973)

Quirky somewhat masterpiece.

D. Charles Speer & The Helix – Leaving The Commonwealth (Thrill Jockey 2011)

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs – Medicine County

(Damaged Goods 2009)

@spiritofradio I only have the Harvest UK original and it sounds real good (NM) despite having been played scores of times.

@noromance , et. al. Can anyone tell me the best version of Pink Floyd Animals?  2018 remix? Legacy? Pink Floyd Records?  OP?  or another.  Thanks.

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!

Unwound / Empire 

I just had to...

Leon Russell  -  Will O' The Wisp

A day of Steven Wilson remix of Jethro Tull  -  This Was, Benefit, Stand Up

Awesome day of Tull!