Strawbs -- Ghosts, Bill Bruford -- Gradually Going Tornado
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Rushton- I am listening to side 4 as I write this. It's a live recording and it includes an instrumental version of Masekala's best known tune: "Grazin' in the Grass". The quality overall of the recording is very good, perhaps a bit tipped up in the upper frequencies. It is very percussion oriented and the drums are very well reproduced, a good work out for your bass drivers. It's very natural sounding, with good sense of venue (a live recording after all). Each side is about 12 min. long, with an average of two songs per side. Highly recommended for fans. Prior to the purchase of this (based on Chad's insistence at RMAF last October), I was not familiar with Masekala's work beyond "Grazin'". I think will explore more of his music though. |
so far- Pink Floyd "DSOTM" (Harvest SMAS-11163) Purchased in March 1973. A little noisy after all these years, but still my preferred pressing. Stravinsky "Firebird complete Ballet" Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90226) 200g 33 1/3 rpm reissue Next up: Hugh Masekela "Hope" (Analogue Productions APJ 82020) 45 rpm |
Shadows: Foot tapper EP. One of the first records I bought. Still marvellously fresh, brings me right back to the early sixties. And - not just tonight, but the last two weeks: the remastered 1970-75 Genesis box, expensive, but very good. To my ears, even more of a positive difference from the originals than with the remastered Doors box (partly, I guess, because the original tapes were in a better condition). |
That same thing happens to Technics DD tables when one of the antique electrolytic caps fail. The good news is new caps are inexpensive, you should probably replace all of them when you go into the unit. I did that to my MK2 and I'm having it done to my MK3. I suspect your P3 is suffering from the same problem. |
Thanks Albert, the lineup just seems to accumulate as I find pieces to try out. Gotta start tossing some back. I have not re-plinthed anything like you have done with your Technics (though the DP80 is not an original plinth). The P3 is the one accelerating. I pulled it off the shelf a few days ago in order to listen to it again and imagine my surprise. I tried again just now and I am scared to let it go for more than a few seconds - I don't think I have seen a consumer product that heavy spin that fast - I have new respect for the power of the motor.... :^) In any case, I'm taking it into the local Pioneer Service Center tomorrow morning. Any thoughts? Ever heard of that happening to a DD motor? |
45s, because my DD TT starts spinning incredibly fast (and continues accelerating - it's really quite scary) when I push 'Start' on 33. Aaaaaargh!!! So it's been a bit o' Miles, a bit o' Bill Evans, and my only George Benson record, which is a 45. Once I forget about the indignity of the machine trying to create tornado vortices in my living room using a small spiral vinyl groove, they sound quite nice. |
The Miyajima Mono cartridge has breathed new life into my jazz mono recordings. This evenings fare: Cookin' The Miles Davis Quintet. My second issue blue label prestige outplays the Analog Productions reissue. 50's jazz at its best. June Christy, Something Cool. Life like vocals. Listen to her sing the title track Something Cool and I Should Care. A nice Ella counterpart. Capitol records reissue by Cisco. Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy. Both joyful and uplifting even after listening to the worlds woes from the Jim Lehrer news hour. Louis sings and plays his heart out. Highly recommended. Sarah Vaughan, Emarcy records, Speakers Corner reissue. Up front stunning recording. All star lineup with Clifford Brown, Herbie Mann, Roy Haynes and others. Listening to Sarah sing Lullaby in Birdland and April in Paris will steal your heart. This renaissance in jazz and classical vinyl is an uncommon pleasure of life. |
The Radiators--Law of the Fish The Producers--The Producers Pete Fountain--Pete's Place The Black Keys--Thickfreakness Godspeed You Black Emperor--"Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven" The last on the list was something introduced to me a couple of months ago by a college student working at the local music/head shop a few hundred feet off the campus of Tulane University. I figured what the hell--I'll try it. It reminds me a little of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here"--it is very mellow and flowing. What a great recommendation! I have listened to it about 10 times already and it gets better with each play. It is a double LP on Constellation Records out of Canada (cst012). It seems to be from the year 2000. Pepe |
A favorite listening partner, a glass of port and great music playing. Tonight in honor of the work of the great recording engineer, Marc Aubort: Ravel, "Valses nobles et sentimentales" - Skrowaczewski/MinnO - Vox recording by Marc Aubort reissued by Reference Recordings, RM 1004 Ravel, "Pavane pour une Infante Defunte" and "Le tombeau de Couperin" - Skrowaczewski/MinnO - Vox recording by Marc Aubort reissued by Reference Recordings, RM 1001 Gershwin, "Catfish Row Suite" [arranged by Gershwin from the music of "Porgy and Bess"] - Slatkin/StLouisSO - Vox recording by Marc Aubort reissued by Reference Recordings, RM 1005 Gershwin, "An American in Paris" - Slatkin/StLouisSO - Vox recording by Marc Aubort reissued by Reference Recordings, RM 1005 Great stuff!! With each side, my listening partner goes: "Oh, this sounds really good..." and for good reason. These are outstanding recordings, made even better by the outstanding remastering for Reference Recordings by Doug Sax. Read Michael Fremer's recently published interview with Marc Aubort, plus some good recording history: Elite Recordings: A Conversation With Freelance Recording Engineer Veteran Marc Aubort . |
Stravinsky chamber music works played by the Boston Chamber Players on DGG 2530 551. DGG's chamber music recordings almost always sonically sonically outclass their orchestral recordings -- this one is excellent! - Concertina for 12 Instruments - Octet for Wind Instruments - Pastorale for Vn and Qt of Wind Instruments - Ragtime for Eleven Instruments - Septet (1953) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: "A Night in Tunisia" -- Blue Note 84049-45 -- Another gem from the Music Matters 45 rpm reissue series. . |
Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden -- "Blues, Ballads and Jumpin' Jazz" - Analogue Productions APR 3001. Great music making by these long time blues musicians. The interplay between them in the studio will make you feel like they've walked into your music room and settled down on the couch. Jackie McLean, "Bluesnik" - Blue Note 84067-45 -- yet another superb Music Matters 45 rpm Blue Note reissue. Hearing these two records come alive on one's system makes all the effort worthwhile. . |
Let's see if we can kick this thread back to life... Nat "King" Cole "Penthouse Serenade" (Pure Pleasure Analogue PPAN T332) Nat Cole playing the piano with a trio. Only a couple of vocal cuts on the entire LP. Chad Kassem insisted that I include this with my purchases at RMAF last year, and I am grateful that I listened to him. A beautiful album. Duke Ellington and Ray Brown "This One's for Blanton" (Pablo 2310-721) Analogue Productions "top 25 jazz" 45 rpm reissue. |
Whew!!! Three Guitar Virtuoso's. Al Dimeloa, John McLaughlin & Paco Delucia. "Friday Night In San Francisco" Philips Records. Speakers Corner Reissue. Stellar recording musically and sonically. Want to test the speed of your system? This is the tool. Fun listening how DeLucia & Dimeola transition from playing sketches of Pink Panther theme and sliding right into a funky blues. Thorens 125th Anniversary Album. Tonight side 5 the theme is Jazz. Excellent. Again recommended as I indicated above. |
Great to be back. Finally obtained a new front end rig. Currently breaking in a new cartridge. This recent setup did not get in the way of a new record I recieved today. Thorens 125th Anniversary 3 record set. First of all let me say the packaging of this set is phenomenal. A beautiful tri fold cover that when fully open reveals excellent color photographs of Blue Heaven Studios and the birthplace & photograph of Hermann Thorens. This evening I played only one side which contains all blues selections. The recorded quality of the music and selection of songs were top notch. For me listening to this one side made me forget about audio and just revel in the music. Looking forward to hearing the other sides over the next couple of days. I want to savor this delectable treat. Highly recommended. |
Rush- Welcome back! I hope you had a good time! Tonight so far: Stravinsky "Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments" Ansermet/Magaloff/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (London STS 15048) Chet Baker "Chet" (Analogue Productions APJ016) 180g reissue of the Riverside Analog Tape: Hindemith "Violin Concerto" Oistrakh/Hoernstein/London Symphony (TP-006) 15ips Tape Project tape from the Decca SXL 6035 masters. One of those gems from London's Kingsway Hall, recorded by Kenneth Wilkinson |
Spending a final day of vacation listening to some marvelous recordings that demonstrate the value of the time and effort we put into getting our systems to sound as good as we can get them to sound: Beethoven, Symphony No. 7, Kajski/PolishChmPO, Tacet L 149 (yet again) Sibelius, Finlandia, Mackerras/LondonPromsO, RCA LSC 2336-45 (Classic Records 45 rpm reissue) Crosby, Stills & Nash, S/T, Atlantic SD 8229-45 (Classic Records 45 rpm reissue) Nanci Griffith, The Last of the True Believers, Philo PH 1109 Pierre Cochereau, Triptych Symphony for Organ, played on the organ at Boston Symphony Hall, Aeolian Skinner, Volume XII (mono) John Coltrane, Blue Train, Blue Note 1577 -45 (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue) . |
