Both are new pressings. The Soundgarden is on 200 g vinyl, and is a current "special issue' that I have wanted for a year but didn't want to pay the high cost. I finally broke down and bought it, glad I did. I never owned the CD, only a few digital songs from it, but it is one of the best albums from that era. Like I found something new.
The STP album sounds great. One of my favorite albums.
On the Beatles Mono's, the version of Revolution, on the Past Masters disc, is amazing. Very hard rocking. |
Macdadtexas-Great choices!!! Were the STP/Soundgarden original pressings? How would you rate the sound quality of these 2 "grunge" vinyl recordings? |
Beatles - Mono Box
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin (new 200g pressing, and it has a scratch!)
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple |
I'm nutz today morning. I brought one of my stock DJ Technics 1200 to basement, hooked up to old vintage Grundig RTV6000 receiver and vintage Infinity monitors, played disco and some electronic dance music (EDM) during workout. Swapping records was not burden at all and made workout more interesting including some cool singles I used to DJ. Now I found use of my DJ EDM collection |
I'll have tonight comedy non-music on my TT.
George Carlin for few hours,
Than Dave Mason and some Lily Tomlin. |
It has been a long time since I have played Wynton Marsalis ,,I think it is his debut LP. I had forgotten what a beautiful Lp it is! I will play it again tonight .He was only 19! |
had indie night yesterday:
Joy Division: Closer
Fear: The Fear Record |
Supertramp Breakfast in America. What a fun listen. |
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Copland, Appalachian Spring - Steinberg/PittsburgSO - Command (a really nice performance, well engineered by C.R. Fine in his days post-Mercury)
Beethoven, Serenade in D for flute, violin and viola - Zoeller/Brandis/Ueberschaer - DGG
Bloch, Concerto Grosso No. 1 - Hanson/EastmanRochesterSO - Mercury SRI 75017
Kabalevsky, Major-minor Etudes for Cello & Piano op67 - Ojebo -vc, Zaharieva -pf - Opus 3 7708
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Lennox Berkeley: Sextet; Palm Court Waltz - Nash Ensemble - Hyperion A66086 (another masterful engineering job by Anthony Howell)
Debussy: Children's Corner Suite - Michelangeli - DGG 2530 196
Beatles: Mono Masters
Count Basie: One O'Clock Jump - Columbia CL 997
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CCR Bayou Country analogue production reissue 200g |
Correction to the above... Wilkinson's work for Lyrita was apparently not freelance. Lyrita contracted with Decca for their recordings (as did RCA and Readers Digest) and Lyrita's owner, Richard Itter, always requested Wilkinson to engineer the recordings. See this Wikipedia article for more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Wilkinson. |
Russ, I absolutely agree about the Malcolm Arnold English Dances, Lyrita SCRS 109. Wilkie nailed this one. It is one of 2 or 3 most natural and accurate representations of a full orchestra in my collection. When people want to understand soundstaging, I pull out this LP. The other LP I bring out is Power of the Orchestra (RCA VICS 2659), also recorded by Wilkinson under contract between RCA and Decca.
For those who may not know: "Wilkie" was Kenneth Wilkinson, recording engineer famous for his work with Decca in the '60s and '70s. His work for Lyrita was freelance and no credits appear on the Lyrita album covers, but he did much of his best work (as in natural sounding, more minimally miked) for that label.
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Vaughan Williams, A Pastoral Symphony/In the Fen Country--Boult, New Philharmonia Orchestra-EMI ASD 2393
Exotic Dances from the Opera--Oue, Minnesota Orchestra--Reference Mastercuts RM-1505
Rodrigo, Concerto de Arajuez--Romero, Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields--Philips 9500 563
Arnold, English Scottish Cornish Dances--Arnold, London Philharmonic--Lyrita SCRS 109--HP was right, probably in the top three orchestral recordings I have on vinyl. |
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 - Browning/Leinsdorf/BSO - RCA LSC 2897
Alwyn Fantasy-Waltzes (1956) - John Ogdon - Chandos ABRD 1125
Debussy Jardines sous la Pluie - Ivan Moravec - Connoisseur Society CS 2010 Athena reissue
Holst Planets - Mehta/LAPO - Decca SXL 6529 ORG 45rpm reissue
Maria Callas - Callas Mad Scenes from Anna Bolena, Hamlet, Il Pirata - EMI SAX 2320 Testament reissue
In memory of HP: Dusty Springfield, The Look of Love - Colgems 45rpm Classic Records reissue
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Hilliard Ensemble, Cipriano de Rore: "Le Vergine" - Harmonia Mundi HM 1107 (another beautifully engineered recording from Jean-Francois Pontefract)
Italian Madrigals of the 14th Century, Jacopo da Bologna, performed by the Ensemble Project Ars Nova, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi HM 738
A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Fantasy 8431 (45rpm Analogue Productions reissue)
Dexter Gordon, Our Man in Paris, Blue Note ST-84146 (45rpm Music Matters reissue)
Dexter Gordon, Dexter Calling , Blue Note ST-84083 (45rpm Analogue Productions resissue)
Cat Stevens, Tea for the Tillerman, Island ILPM 9135
Linda Ronstadt, Heart Like a Wheel, Capitol ST 11358 (Cisco reissue)
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I suspect that will come out sometime tomorrow, Russ. :-) |
What else but the Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas", Fantasy F-8431! Happy Holidays, Rush! |
A Stan Getz evening...
Getz/Gilberto, Verve V6 8545
Stan Getz Plays with , Verve UCJU 9014 Japanese reissue
Jazz Samba (with Charlie Byrd), Verve V 8432 |
Talk Talk
both Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock tonight. |
Heifez - Munch/Boston Symphony/Beethoven violin concerto in D major/RCA-Victor, shaded dog 1959 first press stereo... I'm motionless indeed! |
Wes Montgomery, Full House |
Johnny Preston, "Running Bear". Got nostalgic. |
Pythagoras After the Silence
Radiohead OK Computer |
not really my genre, but "benjamin booker" is very good--raw, loose blooznboogie. nothing groundbreaking, but the kid's a natural and has a real way with the big, melodic hook. |
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Punk Rock and post punk will be played today:
Never Mind Bollocks(already played)
Lou Reed "Transformer"
Husker Du(didn't pick album yet)
Fear "The Record"
Luc Van Acker "Heart and Soul"
Elo Omoe;
Absolute Whores;
Nina Hagen "Unbehagen", "Nunsexmonkrock". |
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Yes Czar ..... it's their self titled debut album. I always fondly refer to it as the "Sultans of Swing" album, as I will forever associate the album with the song. |
Adam, Did Dire Straits have "Sultains of Swing" album? I thought it's self-titled one. |
Dire Straits .... the "Sultans of Swing" album.
Deep Purple .... "Made in Japan."
Cat Stevens .... "Teaser and Firecat."
Sonny Rollins .... "Way Out West."
Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan .... "Together Again for the First Time."
Joni Mitchell .... "Blue." |
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Rbrowne, do you actually photoshoot Christie?
Not only she was married to Billie Joel, but frequent visitor of opera and symphony.
I wouldn't drop the fact that Christie met or knew Egberto personally.
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...loaned a cassete tape of it many years ago by Christie Brinkley ... Who knew supermodels had such good musical taste? lol, she married billy joel so her taste in "music" is suspect |
REM Live Unplugged 1991 and 2001 - great vinyl, great band, great songs, great recording
Eric Clapton - Slowhand - great Clapton record! Listen to this time and time again |
Rbrowne - great story. Who'd a thunk it? |
Danca das Cabecas was my introduction to Gismonti's music and probably my favorite of his albums. I was loaned a cassete tape of it many years ago by Christie Brinkley while on a photo shoot in Mexico. Who knew supermodels had such good musical taste? |
Egberto Gismonti - Danca das Cabecas (amazing guitar playing and excellent sonics on the LP)
Ralph Tower - Blue Sun |
southside johnny, "men without women"--live remake of little steven's late 70s lost classic. pretty great--johnny's a much better singer than ls and the horns, in particular, are spot-on. the songs are classic. really.
boris and michio kurihara, "rainbow"--intoxicating stuff; a japanese metal/post punk band (sorta sonic youthy) teamed up with a wacked-out guitar shredder who plays these searing, atonal solos over the surrprisingly melodic tunes. i can't stop listening to it... |
Absolute Whores, the local punkabily band from Toronto. Direct to disc live recording. |
Koyaanisqatsi - Phillip Glass.
Magico - Haden, Garbarek, Gismonti.
Started with side 2, first track, "Silence"...seemed appropriate. |
(2) 1970's pop/rock masterpieces, Doobie Brothers -Toulouse Street and Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band-Night Moves! |
Black Keys - Turn Blue
Led Zeppelin II - new 180g pressing where Jimmy Page turned the bass WAY up. I still like my 1969 Japanese pressing better, but this is good.
AC/DC - Back in Black
Heart - Greatest Hits
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife (wife wanted to hear it, but I must admit, I was signing along) |
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