R.I.P.
Roger Whittaker – Best Loved Ballads (Heartland Music1986)
cleaned my 15th birthday (1970) present today, then listened... Glenn Miller "A Memorial 1944-1969" RCA VPM-6019 (mono) "Star Tracks vol I" Lower East Side Records LES 014 Flora Purim "Nothing Will Be As It Was...Tomorrow"Warner Bros BS 2985 Ruby Weight "Dern Ya" KAPP KL-1508 (just because) Jimmy Cleveland "Rhythm Crazy" EMARCY MGE-26003 mono/promo Akiyoshi/Tabackin Big Band "Tales of a Courtesan" RCA JPL1-0723 Akiyoshi/Tabackin Big Band "Tanuki's Night Out" Jazz America Marketing JAM 006 Buddy Rich "At JATP" Verve VSP 40
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It’s pretty good Brian. I had never heard it, nor streamed it, just took a chance. Familiar old Van. Not great, but pretty darn good. Worth having in the collection.
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Anita O'Day "Live at the City (set 1)" Emily ER-102479 Anita O'Day "Live at the City (Set 2)" Emily ER 42181 Anita O'day & John Poole "Live At Mingo's" Emily ER 11579 Herbie Mann "Surprises" Atlantic SD 1682 Daniel Goldberg & Pino Marrone "Metropolis" Catero CAT-009 (again) Don Ellis Orchestra "Electric Bath" Columbia CS-9585
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Been really loving the BERNARD HERMANN The Mysterious Film World of Bernard Hermann as of lately the strings will really sing you home. Also CHET BAKER SINGS AND PLAYS and to Top is off ENYA Watermark always moves me I have a RT85 but looking to upgrade eventually with a HEED AUDIO QUASAR ROGUE AUDIO V2 and BRX speakers |
Nice 1st post @matt212121…also an Enya fan here with several CDs but no LPs ☹️ |
Johnny Mathis-Romeo And Juliet(CS 9909) Side 1 Bob Dylan-Real Live Side 2 War-Greatest Hits Side 2 SQ Audiophile Bob James-Touchdown(25AP1184 Master Sound 76) Side A SQ Audiophile Doobie Brothers-Cycles Side 1 Luther Vandross-Busy Body Side B SQ Audiophile Chopin-Chopin By Starlight(SP 8371) Side 1 Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams(are made of this) Side B SQ* Another diverse vinyl night. Played 2 of my M- Goodwill finds... Chopin was decent but Mathis just OK. Cycles what a great "comeback" album. Many 70's "Classic Rock" artists had strong albums that year(89). SQ* Sweet Dreams might have Audiophile SQ but would need another spin. Very tough 3 way SQ tonight but Touchdown edges out Vandross/War. |
@bslon Thx. War is difficult to categorize, a little Santana/Tower of Power and some of the song writing ability of Stevie Wonder. FWIW Acoustic Sounds will be reissuing the first 5 Bad Company recordings on 45 rpm vinyl. |
@dayglow Hard to categorize War but fun music and high end sonics. Analogue Productions latest project is "75 for 75" a new series of 75 vinyl releases from Atlantic Records' storied catalog to celebrate the label's 75th Anniversary. The initial list includes Bad Company, Yes, others. It should be interesting! |
Beethoven Symphonies, William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony on Command. I was unaware of this set, and Googling it has been considered an early stereo audiophile recording because Command used 35 mm tape. Despite that I found it sonically disappointing, harsh, prone to overload at the climaxes. The Hall seems to have a lot of resonance and the veteran Steinberg doesn’t seem to allow for it, with a muddy sound produced by not letting echoes decay. It makes me wonder if the set was recorded in a different venue from where the Orchestra routinely played. I found the Brahms Symphony cycle from the same forces, reissued on DG on CD, to be much better sonically and interpretively. |
@slaw love Jenny seen her several times. |
Jack Jones-Our Story Side 2 Sammy Hagar-Live 1980 Side 1 George Muribus-Trio 77 Side A SQ Audiophile The Who-Meaty Beaty And Bouncy Side 1 Teena Marie-Starchild Side 1 SQ Audiophile K.D. Lange And The Reclines-Absolute Torch And Twang Side 2 SQ Audiophile Yes-The Yes Album Side 2 SQ * Three Dog Night-Around The World Side C+D SQ* Not sure if I have an OP of Yes? TDN Floyd Sneed’s drum solo had Audiophile SQ but the album fluctuates in SQ. K.D. Lange takes the SQ crown. |
for the first time in a long time i actually sat in my living room w/o any distractions and listened to some randoms discs, specifically: jesus and mary chain, darklands--not sure if i like this poppier iteration more than the skronky debut, but it is unique joe jackson, night and day--this sorta sophisto-pop isn’t my cup of java, and i still think he’s a lousy singer, but he is a very good musician and this is a very well-engineered set green on red, gravity talks--best of the bunch
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