The Teskey Brothers "The Winding Way"
2023/Decca
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Norah Jones " Come Way With Me"
20th Anniversary 4lp box
2022/UMe
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Blind Faith " Had to cry today "
From 1969
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Pink Floyd "Meddle"
UK Harvest
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Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins " Rabbit Fur Coat"
2006/TeamLove
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Peter Frampton/Intervention Records box set/2023
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Eric Burdon & War "The Complete Vinyl Collection" RSD/3 lp box
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James Last Band-Seduction Side 1
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band-Against The Wind Side 2
Neil Sedaka-Sedaka's Back Side 1 SQ*
Ellis Marsalis-Heart Of Gold Side 2 SQ*
Gerry Rafferty-North & South Side 1
Nielsen/Herbert von Karajan(2532 029) Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Eric Clapton-No Reason To Cry Side 1
Blood Sweat & Tears-Brand New Day Side B SQ Audiophile
Nothing had below average SQ tonight. Marsalis/Sedaka were very close to Audiophile SQ. Karajan/BS&T were also close in SQ. Neither recording has demo disc SQ but the edge goes to BS&T for a more organic SQ.
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The Human League / Dare
1981 A&M
High grade synth-pop
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Roxy Music / Avalon
2022 Virgin RE half speed master, orig. 1982
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Boz Scaggs / Dig
2006 Gray Cat
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Billy Bragg - "Talking With the Taxman About Poetry"
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Les Brown And His Band Of Renown – Concert At The Palladium 1953 Vol 1 (Coral 1955 mono)
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Miss Peggy Lee – Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee Recorded At The Fabulous New York Club (Capitol 1961)
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Miami Vice-TV Soundtrack Side 1
Jonathan Edwards-ST Side 2 SQ*
Father Tom Vaughn-Joyful Jazz(CJ 16) Side 1 SQ Audiophile
John Waite-No Brakes Side 1
Blue Rodeo-Diamond Mine Side 2
Stephen Bishop-Careless Side B SQ*
Journey-Infinity Side 2
Lacy J Dalton-Survivor Side 1 SQ*
Had 3 near Audiophile SQ misses would need several playbacks to determine Audiophile SQ. If unfamiliar with "Careless" what an extreme top level singer/songwriter recording.
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Peter Frampton / Frampton@ 50
2023 Intervention, orig. 1972, ‘73, ‘75
Outstanding Frampton box from Intervention. Fabulous sound quality (far exceeds my originals), super quiet flat vinyl, really nice high end packaging. No. 1467 out of 2500.
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Fountains of Wayne "Traffic and Weather"
RSD/Black Friday release
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Van Halen. " Diver Down " 2022 release
My first Van Halen Album
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Metroland Soundtrack/Mark Knopfler
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Hot Tuna "America's Choice"
Friday Music
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Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Rhino Records / 2021
@vair68robert, mine too ... 1982 CD
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@dabel
I just picked this up on the recommendation ( a good one at that ) of my guitar playing friend who grew up listen to VH , he can play Eruption and all of Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin .
I more of a Moody Blues , Pink Floyd & Jimi Hendrix king of guy on the Rock side.
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The follow up to Van Halen
was "Jimi Hendrix at Monterey "
and Leo Kottke "6 & 12 String Guitar "
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Sweet, what a great recommendation @vair68robert! My all time favorite Van Halen Album.
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Long day today!
Allegri, Mundy, Palestrina, The Tallis Scholars Directed By Peter Phillips – Miserere / Vox Patris Caelestis / Missa Papae Marcelli
Gary Karr, Harmon Lewis – Adagio D'Albinoni
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht – Three Penny Opera - Original Cast Recording
Jay McShann – The Big Apple Bash
John Haley Sims, Harry Sweets Edison – Just Friends
Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie – The Gifted Ones
Roy Harper - Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion
Leonard Cohen - Live in London
Tom Waits And Crystal Gayle – One From The Heart
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First Aid Kit – The Big Black & The Blue (Witchita 2010)
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Roy Harper – Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith (CBS 1967)
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^ which sounds so much better than the 2017 digital remaster that it's not funny.
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Ace / Five-A-Side
1974 Anchor
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Ace / Time For Another
1975 Anchor
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Ace / No Strings
1977 Anchor
In the mood for some Ace and Paul Carrack tonight…
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@bslon I've never listened to them before. Like an English version of this...?
Three Dog Night – Seven Separate Fools (Dunhill 1972)
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The MoFi ’One Step’ Mingus Ah Um. While this record is good, I feel it does have a certain digital sheen to it that is obvious after one knows its ’history’. I say this, as I followed it up with the Tone Poet release of Breakin Point by Freddie Hubbard, which was mastered by Kevin Gray and from an all AAA tape. The difference in overall SQ ( at least on my system) is fairly easy to hear. The ’One Step’ Mingus is just a little less warm and a tad less airy sounding. Both good, but the TP has the better SQ, surprisingly!
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@noromance Somewhat similar pop rock styles Brian, less on the funk rock. More reminiscent to me of say… a dialed back and smoother pop/rock sound of Huey Lewis and The News. Ace’s big hit—you’ll remember it— is “How Long”.
I’d forgotten about “Midnight Runaway” on that Three Dog Night album…
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Mike Flanigin "The Drifter"
2015/Black Betty Records
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The Doors " S/T"
Analog Productions/45 RPM
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Sturgill Simpson "Sound & Fury"
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Terry Allen And The Panhandle Mystery Band / Just Like Moby Dick
2020 Paradise Of Bachelors
So much to like here, great storytelling, music, sound quality
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Gregg Allman / Southern Blood
2017 Rounder
Released four months after his death, GA covers some favorites…I can’t get by his version of Garcia/Hunter’s “Black Muddy River” without a re-cue….or two…
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John Lee Hooker / The Healer
2022 Craft RE, orig. 1989
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Yo La Tengo "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-out"
2002/Matador
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Willie Nelson "Teatro"
25th Anniversary/2023
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Neil Young "Barn"
2021/Neil Young Archives
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Zebra "No Tellin' Lies"
Gold stamped promo/DJ timing strip
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Joe Williams-Live Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Aerosmith-Get Your Wings Side 2
Rod Stewart-Greatest Hits Side 1
Mozart-Otto Klemperer(Angel 36129) Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Allison Moorer-Blood Side A
The Ken Peplowski Quintet-Sonny Side(CJ 376) Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Rival Sons-Head Down Side 1
Pat Metheny Group-Still Life(talking) Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Power was very clean tonight resulting in 4 Audiophile SQ recordings. Only Moorer and Rival Sons SQ got in the way(diminished) of the music. Close SQ call between Metheny/Peplowski but Metheny had less edge/sharpness and IMO a higher SQ upside.
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Pug Horton – Don’t Go Away (Bodeswell 1979)
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Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi – There Is No Other (Nonesuch 2019)
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Kate Wolf & The Wildwood Flower – Lines On The Paper (Owl 1977)
Died at 44 from leukemia. Why do the nicest folks die young when so many evil ones persist? 😔
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Van Halen / S-T
1978 Warner Bros.
Debut album. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen plays what is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar solos of all time on the cover version of the Kinks “You Really Got Me”.
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