Whats on your turntable tonight?

Stanley Clarke / School Days
1976 Nemperor

Porcupine Tree "Up the Downstair" 

2008/Snapper Music/KScope

Curtis Mayfield "Curtis Live" 

At The Bitter End 

Rhino

Arnold Katz conducts S. Taneyev

• Concerto-Suite For Violin And Orchestra

Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra w/Igor Oistrach violin
Мелодия 1980, USSR release

Antal Dorati conducts 

• Rimsky-Korsakov Le Co D'Or Suite
• Borodin - Prince Igor Excerpts

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Mercury 1973

Bystrík Režucha conducts Rimsky-Korsakov

• Night On Mount Triglav (Symphonic Picture)
• Pan Voyevoda (Suite)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Records International 1986

A classic recording….

Reiner conducts Rimsky-Korsakov

• Scheherazade

Chicago Symphony Orchestra w/Sidney Harth, violin
RCA Victor Red Seal 1960

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "Hypnotic Eye" 

BG mastered 

Alice Cooper "Welcome to My Nightmare" 

Dbl/lp 45RPM Atlantic series 

CS&N (couch album) 

Dbl/lp 45RPM Atlantic series 

The. Animals / Retrospective 
2022 ABKCO RE, orig. 2004

@slaw  +1 I have the original and it sounds great. How is the 45RPM version?

Alice Cooper "Welcome to My Nightmare"

Dbl/lp 45RPM Atlantic series

@noromance  I didn't compare but it's very fresh, like it was just recorded.

Good to hear. Hope it was worth the (Vincent) price.

🤣

KilbeyKennedy "Inside We are the Same" 

Joni Mitchell - Clouds

Reprise reissue 1976, originally 1968

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate

Columbia 1971

Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline 

Columbia reissue, probably mid-70’s, originally 1969

Garbage "No Gods No Masters"  

2021/Stun Volume

Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief

Island reissue 2014 180g, originally 1969

Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and The Ravens

Island reissue 2022 180g, originally 1971

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies 3lp signed deluxe version that I just got.  This is one of the records I have had quite a few different pressings to get the best sounding one, the one I've kept is a fantastic sounding (US) white label promo - this one sounds almost as good!

Kottke’s first recording

Leo Kottke - 12 String Blues

Recorded live @ the Scholar Coffee Shop in Minneapolis.

Oblivion 1969

Leo Kottke - Ice Water

Capitol 1974

Rolling Stones / Through The Past Darkly
2019 ABKCO RE, orig. 1969

Steve Miller Band / Fly Like An Eagle
1976 Capitol

Eric Clapton / 461 Ocean Boulevard 
1974 RSO

Barbara McNair-Here I Am(Motown 644 Stereo) Side 2

Bee Gees-Main Course Side 1 SQ*

Giuffria-Silk + Steel Side Silk(1)

Branford Marsalis-Renaissance Side 1 SQ*

Vikki Carr-The Golden Songbook Side 3

Ravel-Karajan Conducts(Angel S-36839) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Bebop And Beyond(CJ 244) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Cleo Laine/John Williams-Best Friends Side B SQ Audiophile

Played last night only Giuffria/Bee Gees were previously played. All 3(SQ Audiophile) recordings were very close in SQ but I will give the award to "Best Friends" since it's a vocal recording.

Beecham Bon-Bons

Sir Thomas Beecham conducts :

• Léo Delibes - Le Roi S'Amuse : Ballet Music
• Debussy - L'Enfant Prodigue - Cortege Et Air De Danse
• Saint-Saëns - Samson Et Dalila - a) Danse Des Pretresses De Dagon Act 1, b) Bacchanale Act 3
• Fauré - Dolly (Suite Op.56)
• Gounod - Romeo Et Juliette - Le Sommeil De Juliette
• Berlioz - Le Corsaire (Overture Op.21)

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre National De France (Fauré only)
Seraphim 1968-1974, exact date unknown

Right now it's Pink Floyd The Wall. America was the previous album. Not sure what's next or if I'll be done for the evening?

Get this record

Turn on the subs

Start dancing (shake the rust off ya)

Breaking into one of my Solti boxes for the evening….


Solti Edition Vol. 6

Sides 11-13
Brahms 

• Ein Deutsches Requiem

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bernd Weikl bass
Kiri Te Kanawa soprano 

Side 15-16
Stravinsky 

• Oedipus Rex

London Philharmonic Orchestra 
John Alldis Choir
Alec McCowen
Benjamin Luxon baritone 
Donald McIntyre & Stafford Dean bass
Meyer mezzo-soprano 
Peter Pears & Ryland Davies tenor 

DECCA 18 LP box, 1981. German release
 

The Cars / Candy-O
2024 Rhino RE no. 2023, orig. 1979

Lemonheads / It’s A Shame About Ray
2022 Fire 30th Anniversary RE, orig. 1992

Rilo Kiley / Under The Blacklight
2007 Warner Bros.

The Psychedelic Furs / S-T
1980 Columbia

Ultravox / The Collection 
1985 Chrysalis 

Split Enz / Waiata
1981 A&M

John Denver-Seasons Of The Heart Side A SQ*

Ian Hunter-You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic Side 2

The Concord All Stars(CJ 348) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Get Dancin’-K-TEL TU 3110 Side 2

Ice Castles-Soundtrack Side 2

Art Garfunkel-Angel Claire Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Grace Slick-Dreams Side A

All 7 recordings have not been previously played. Might have played all my 80’s vinyl with the exception of a few sealed albums. Concord gets the edge over Garfunkel due to a liquid/relaxed flow that many live Japanese recordings possess. If you only want one 1980’s Denver studio recording consider "Seasons". Recently acquired Grace Slick-Dreams a must for Starship or even Airplane fans.

Polyphony - Without Introduction

James Varda – Hunger (Murmur 1988)

Roy Harper – Loony On The Bus (Awareness 1988)

Faith Petric – Faith Petric (Bay 1979)

Loudon Wainwright III – Unrequited (Columbia 1975)

Frank Zappa And the Mothers of Invention – One Size Fits All (Discreet 1975)

@noromance

Great selection. I have been listening to that record quite a bit the last few weeks.

The Rolling Stones – England's Newest Hit Makers (London 1964)

Patsy Cline – I Can't Forget You (Sears 1966)

Current 93 ‎– All The Pretty Little Horses, The Inmost Light (Durtro 1996)