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
A deep dive into nerd-dom, comparing my two pressings of the Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man LP, one a two-eyed initial pressing (complete with an ancient Columbia Records soft clear plastic sleeve) and the other a later no-eyed pressing in a paper sleeve. The earlier pressing has less punch but better midrange tonality. The later pressing has more punch but not quite the original's beautiful tone.
jacobites, robespierre's velvet basement--hadn't listened to this in a long while, but it's something of a classic, with that shambolic loose feel you can't fake
graham parker, another gray area--he's a surly guy who screwed himself commercially and musically by abandoning the hard edge of "squeezing out sparks." that said, he remained an ace songwriter and this is better than i remember.
the church, heyday--a lot of their records are more about the sonics than the songs, but this one is full of tight hooky tunes, including their best-ever, "tantalized"
Art Pepper And George Cables-Goin' Home Side 1 SQ Audiophile
The John Colianni Trio-Blues-O-Matic(CJ 367) Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Chris Connor-Live Side 1 SQ*
Maynard Ferguson-Hollywood Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Joyce Collins Quartet-Moment To Moment Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Al Jarreau-This Time Side 2 SQ*
Zoot Sims-And The Gershwin Brothers Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Moving on from Valerie Joyce(CD) I kept the cool jazz theme. With 6/8 Audiophile SQ recordings provided a great evening of SQ and content! SQ* Connor/Jarreau were a notch below the others in SQ. Difficult picking an SQ winner tonight but Maynard takes the SQ Crown due to the recording being dynamic and relaxed simultaneously. Portuguese Love is one of the standout tracks on this overlooked recording.
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