Witches' Brew - Gibson/NewSOLondon, RCA LSC 2225 -45 (45rpm reissue from Classic Records)...
Great impact and tonal color, and a far superior mastering to the earlier 33rpm reissue from Classic Records. While this is a Kenneth Wilkinson engineered recording from 1958, it clearly is an early experiment in multi-miking. And with that multi-miking comes great instrumental impact. Probably why is has been so famous over the years.
Yet, unlike the amazing orchestral sound staging found the the "The Power of the Orchestra" RCA VICS 2659 also engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson for RCA, Witches' Brew has little to no sound stage depth and instruments pull forward to the front edge of the orchestra as the miking knobs are diddled. If you value a natural perspective on the orchestra, by all means get the remarkable "The Power of the Orchestra" in a superb 45rpm reissue from Analog Productions. And value Witches' Brew for the instrumental color and slam it provides with some wonderful pieces of music very nicely performed by Gibson and the New Symphony Orchestra of London.
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Thanks Slipknot: The Holst "Savitri" is a special recording.One of the best I know of for testing soundstage,complete with moving singers.
I just got a couple of new (NOS)Harmonia Mundis:
"Danses Du Moyen-age" Clemencic/Ensemble Ricore
"La Rensaissance Anglais" The English Rensaissance/
Alfred Deller Consort
These are steller recordings in typical Harmonia Mundi style.
Open,transparent engaging. The Deller is a real eye opener.
also: English Sacred Music of the 16th Century/ Everest/ a very early Tallis Scholars (1977)
Excellent recording from one of the premier professional English choirs
cheers
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The "Savitri" with Janet Baker. One of my favorites! Not only is it a wonderful performance, it is one of my go to recordings for testing a systems ability to image properly.
I love the Argo "Coronation Anthems" too. Outstanding choices!! |
"The Best Of Don Williams" Volume lll MCA
"Me and the Blues Joe Williams" RCA
"Things Are Getting Better" Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson 45rpm
"Going Home" The L.A. Four EW
"Louis Armstrong & Duke Elllington" Roulette
"Satchmo Play King Oliver" Audio Fidelity 45 rpm |
Love your selection Slitknot.Gubankians are top notch.
I like the Shostakovitch too.I have that one.
tonight:
Al Stewart "Year of the Cat"
Purcell "Tavern Songs" Deller/ Harmonia Mundi
Britten "War Requiem" Rattle/Birmingham/Tear/Allen EMI
Holst "Savitri"" Janet Baker/Imogen Holst Argo
Handel "Coronation Anthems" Kings College/Willcocks Argo |
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Barclay James Harvest - Once Again
Rain, sea, surf, sand, clouds and sky
Hush now baby, don't you cry
There's a mocking bird
Singing songs in the trees
There's a mocking bird
Singing songs
Just for you and me......
I'm an old hippie at heart! |
Today so far:
Mendelssohn "Psalms op. 42 and op. 46" Symphonic Choir and Orchestra de la Foundation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne/Michel Corboz (Erato STU 71101)
Mahler "Symphony No. 4 in G" Cleveland Orhestra/Szell/Raskin (soprano) (Columbia MS 6833) |
SRV- Couldn't Stand The Weather
Sounds like it's going to be a Stevie night! |
Orpheus10: Sounds cool, I'll bite, what makes it the most unusual Grant Green music? |
I am spinning the most unusual music ever recorded by Grant Green; the motion picture soundtrack "The Final Come-Down". |
Norah Jones- Come Away With Me, on Clarity vinyl- really good
Aerosmith-featuring "Dream On"- good rock album with arguably the best power ballad of all time, Dream On. |
NRBQ - "All Hopped Up" [Red Rooster '77]
Hal Blaine - "Drums! Drums! A Go Go" [Dunhill '65]
The Shadows - "Surfing With The Shadows" [Atlantic '63]
The Astronauts - "Go..Go..Go!" [RCA '65]
Dexter Gordon - "One Flight Up" [Blue Note reissue, '65]
Eddie Harris - "Instant Death" [Atlantic '72]
Hugh Masekela - "Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz" [Blue Thumb '72] |
Trying to (re)break-in a new/used cart here, so far the best I've had yet in every respect save for the all-important tonal balance, we'll see...
The Stranglers - "Black And White" [A&M '78]
Savoy Brown Blues Band - S/T [Japanese London '69]
Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins - "Me And Chet" [RCA '72]
The Free Design - "You Could Be Born Again" [Project 3 '68]
Dusty Springfield - "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" [Philips '66]
The Standells - "The Live Ones" [Sundazed EP '01, rec. '66]
The Damnation Of Adam Blessing - "The Second Damnation" [UA '70]
The Savage Seven - Mot. Pic. Sndtrk. [Atco '68]
Ravi Shankar - "Improvisations" [World Pacific '62]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "The Tears Of A Clown" [Tamla '70]
Chuy Reyes - "Arthur Murray Favorites/Rhumbas" [Capitol mono reissue '?]
Enric Madriguera - "Arthur Murray Favorites/Sambas" [Capitol mono reissue '?] |
Arnold/Liszt/Mussorgsky "Witches Brew" New Symphony Orchestra of London/Gibson (RCA LSC-2225) Classic Records 45 rpm Clarity 4 Disc reissue
This recording is a demo quality effort. Side 3 is an absolute stunner!
Shostakovich "Symphony No. 12, "1917"" Leningrad Philharmonic/Mravinsky
(Melodiya SR-40128)
Coleman Hawkins "Hawkins! Alive! at the Village Gate" (Verve V6-8509) I Love this recording! |
Just listened to John Cale:
Vintage Violence
Fear |
Isle of View Jimmy Spheeris, Second contribution Shawn Phillips, Exodus Bob Marley |
Interesting tidbits Zaikesman! I totaly agree with you about the F.U.S.E. LP. Rick and Robin did some stuff with Lennon too. |
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Paul Butterfield Blues Band -- The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw.
Also, Shirley Horn's very first record, Loads of Love. |
SRW: For how good their classic early albums were, you'd never have known it was coming from listening to Nielsen and Petersson's pre-Cheap Trick album by their band called Fuse (S/T, also on Epic, 1970, only one "s" in Peterson here) -- indulgently proggish heavy rock, generic and unaffecting, hardly saved by a coupla half-decent riffs amidst the mire and general overblown stupidity. A long-haired Rick isn't even the lead guitarist, credited first with organ playing (!), although he did write or co-write more than half the songs. Turgid, compressed production didn't help, but a cripplingly severe lack'o' melodic hooks, coupled with vapid lyrics sung in a chest-thumping bellow are bigger problems -- a far cry (literally) from Zander. Naturally the record, the group's first and last, didn't sell squat, so it was several years before those two got their chance to redeem themselves. But check out this highly intriguing, if oddly put, tidbit from the liner notes: "The sound is heavily influenced by the English hard-rock sound, probably due to the fact that Rick was first 'messed up' (to use his own words) with soul music after a sub with the now defunct Yardbirds (which has also been one of Tom's favorite groups) a couple of years ago." Say what!?!? And Rick was just 21 at the time of this LP... |
Kris Kristofferson - All Time Greatest Hits
"Why me Lord, what have I ever done / To deserve even one / Of the pleasures I've known" |
Life Death Love and Freedom : John Mellencamp
Cheap Trick: Cheap Trick (the first one!)-One of my all time favs. Tom Peterssons 12 string bass sounds great, Neilsons' guitar playing is creative, Zanders' voice is running the gamut. yep. |
David Werner-Imagination Quota Paul Jones-Crucifix In A Horse Shoe Sidewinders(Andy Paley) |
Richie Havens "Mixed Bag", Sonny Rollins "Colossus", Jean Luc Ponty "Individual Choices" (Japanese Import, sweet sounding!). |
Zepp - Houses of...
So good. |
An evening with friends included:
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole,
Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead
...Reiner/CSO, RCA LSC 2183-45 (Classic Records 45 rpm reissue)
Duke Ellington & Ray Brown: This One's For Blanton
...Pablo 2310-721-45 (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue) (At age 74, Duke Ellington was still superb on piano and the music making is wonderful!)
Louis Armstrong: "St. James Infirmary" and "I Ain't Got Nobody" from Satchmo Plays King Oliver - Audio Fidelity ST-91058-45 (Classic Records 45 rpm reissue)
Winds of War and Peace - Graham/National Symphonic Winds - Wilson W 8823 (this LP has *impact*)
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JB: Good -- and I even forgot to pimp the hilarious radio promo spots!... |
Slipknot, we have not chatted before but Rushton speaks highly of you. I am glad you are back and recovering well.
welcome back
Ed |
good as done zaiksman...the dictators rule. |
I am on Autechre albums archive spins. The Oversteps is so good as to force you to examine their earlier work and trying to grasp what is/was on these two genius's minds. You shall enjoyingly fail i assure you.
Welcome back Slipknot1! |
Welcome back, Slipknot1!! Great to have your voice appearing this thread once a gain. And even better knowing that you are back into your listening room once again and on the road to recovery.
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Welcome back Slipknot1 (to your listening room as well as to the thread!), sorry to learn of your illness but glad you're recovering now.
Jaybo: I highly recommend treating yerself to the Norton comp, the Bloodbrothers demos are killer (as is everything before them as well), not much different but gratifyingly rawer, and the liner notes alone are worth it. |
Just a quick note to thank you all for keeping this thread alive! I have not posted in quite some time due to illness that has kept me out of my listening room. But, I am happy to say, I am recovering and will be listening to a lot of music again. A number of Tape Project reels arrived while I was in the hospital, as did some new vinyl I had on order. |
Took a cue from Zaiksman and spun The Dictators-Bloodbrothers last night.As the 'Handsome One' would say "the pleasure is all mine"....also spun Future Blues by Canned Heat..yowza. |
Rush: no I don't know that one but it has to be a winner because you have it and Durafle playing is a no brainer.I will be looking for it. I don't much like Michael Murray but the big Skinner organ in Atlanta is pretty incredible.Though I don't really like Telarc much either.The Telarc has the Gloria on it as well.
After work playing, while watching South Park in between.
Allegri "Miserere"
Palestrina "Stabat Mater"
Gibbons "This is the record of John"
Byrd "Mass for Four Parts"
all from a set "Festival of Kings"
Kings College Cambridge/Willcocks/ Argo
Mark Knopfler Sound track to "Local Hero" Warner Bros. |
Frank Sinatra - "Sinatra's Swingin' Session" [Capitol FDS '61]
Tony Bennett - "At Carnegie Hall vol.1" [Columbia 360S '62]
Jacques Loussier Trio w/RPO - "Plays Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no.5" [London Phase 4 '69]
Holst/The Planets - Bernard Herrmann/LPO [London Phase 4 '69]
Julian Bream - "Plays Villa-Lobos" [RCA RS '71]
Gordon Lightfoot - "Sundown" [Reprise '73] |
Monahans - Low Pining
The music/band is phenomenal. This slab, that I have on my tt right now is - one of the best recorded/pressing's = great sounding records I have heard to date.
Genre: Indie Rock (Americana) |
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Do you know the performance of the Poulenc "Organ Concerto" by Pretre (with Durufle on organ) on EMI ASD 2835? It has a wonderful performance of the Gloria for Soprano Solo, Chorus and Orchestra on the reverse side. This version of the Organ Concerto has always been my favorite, even in the Angel pressing incarnation.
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"Diggin' Up Down Under!" - V/A [Dig The Fuzz '9?] Way strong Aussie 60's freakbeat comp
Peter & Gordon - "In London For Tea" [Capitol '66]
Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Bros. - "Sleepless Nights" [A&M '76, rec. '70 and '73]
The Persuaders - S/T [Atco '73]
Bill Evans - "Quintessence" [Fantasy '77] With Kenny Burrell, Philly Joe Jones, Ray Brown and Harold Land...gotta spin this masterpiece of intense quietude and compellingly intimate recorded sound at least one day each year
Then in memory of Robert Culp finally watched supposed cultural touchstone and multi-Oscar winner "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" [Columbia '69, dir. Paul Mazursky] which I'd had for years without giving it a play (mostly pedestrian soundtrack by the ubiquitous Quincy Jones). Dated? Of course, in the extreme, but that's half the point with a piece like this, that could and would never be made in later days, and it does feel like it captures one facet of a unique moment in time (and place -- this could only have been set in California). Though one might wish for a slightly more jaundiced view -- and despite some less than completely believable or fully developed pretenses (not to mention a notable lack'o what and who else was going on in the world at the time, only implied by the degree to which it's ignored in the film's insularly depticted, bourgeois faux-hip sunnySoCal backdrop) -- this still manages to hold up as not only funny but challenging, one assumes not least of all for the actors involved. So here's to ya Bob (and Natalie, who could not have been any foxier) |
Dave Brubeck "Gold"
Sphere "Flight Path"
Joni Mitchell "Song to a Seagull"
Poulenc "Organ Concerto" Michael Murray/Atlanta Symphony/Robert Shaw/ Telarc |
Bjork, Selmasongs the soundtrack to the Lars Von Trier movie Dancer in the Dark. I picked the the Little Indian reissue, direct metal mastered on 200g vinyl.
This is one of many titles I picked up this weekend during the Montreal Audio Show. Out of all them this is the biggest surprise. I already owned the CD of this recording but was never impressed by the sound quality. But the vinyl blew me away.
Other picks were:
Keith Jarret - Yesterdays, double LP on ECM. Fabulous and Musical! It was a costly addition to my collection so I had high expectations, and my expectation were easily met.
Blue Rodeo's new album, sounds good but not terribly impressed by the music. There are a few good tracks. I bought for my wife mostly. I prefer Five Days in July.
I also picked up various other used titles on ECM, and some classical titles as well. I'll save my comments on those for future posts! |
Heart- Dreamboat Annie. A stellar rock recording with a wide range of songs tempo and style wise (for the rock genre). By far my favorite Heart LP. The opening note of Magic Man lets you know this is a special spin indeed. |
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A evening with mono...
Duke Ellington - Ellington Uptown - Columbia ML 4639 (Pure Pleasure reissue)
Duke Ellington and Rosemary Clooney - Blue Rose - Columbia CL 872 (Pure Pleasure reissue)
Brahms - Symphony No. 1 - Walter/NYP - Columbia ML 4958
Bartok - Violin Concerto No. 1 (1908) - Dorati/MinnSO, Menuhin, vn - Mercury MG50140
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shhhhh, don't tell anyone, but I've spun a bunch of guilty '80's favs tonight:
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Psychodelic Furs - Mirror Moves
The Producers - You Make the Heat (several times)
INXS - The Swing
It's 1984 all over again!! |
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Stones - Let It Bleed
Led Zeppelin II
I'm enjoying some variety tonight! |
Tommy Tutone-Tommy Tutone. Really good spin. I have 3 of their CD's, and their first two on Vinyl. Catchy songs from a truly under rated band. I think we all heard Jenny 8675 a bit to much to take this band seriously, myself included. I got into them a few years ago and like pretty much everything I have heard. Nicely recorded, good Pop Rock (NOT the candy!)sound. |
Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Tastiest Hits" [Bell '68]
Donald Byrd - "Black Byrd" [UA '73]
Mojo - "Mojo Magic" [GRT '69] AKA The Mojo Men
Baby Cortez - "The Isley Brothers Way" [T-Neck '70]
Spencer Davis Group/Traffic - "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush" sndtrk [UA '68]
"Steel Guitar Favorites" - anonymous/unknown [Somerset '6?]
Mose Allison - "Takes To The Hills" [Epic '6?]
Kenny Drew Trio - "Ruby My Dear" [SteepleChase '80, rec. '77] |
E: Dunno about "Expecting..." as fave NY period for me, but with BS, maybe so -- certainly the most distinctive (ignoring the production on "Broken Arrow"). "I Am A Child" on that last LP ain't too shabby either however... |
