Bert Jansch & John Renbourn - "Stepping Stones" [Vanguard LP '68]
The Bryds - "Live in Stockholm 1967" [Swingin' Pig LP '89] Six songs plus studio chatter from radio recordings by the post-Gene Clark four-piece lineup, not great but fun
The Kinks - "...Are The Village Green Preservation Society" [Reprise LP '69]
The Kinks - "Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)" [Reprise LP '69] Amazing to think that most successful bands can spend an entire career coughing up an obligatory album every few years and never produce even one cut (much less a whole LP's worth of 'em) that's the equal of any of the best on these two from the same damn year
Donovan - "Barabajagal" [Epic LP '68] Superlungs indeed
Herman's Hermits - "Blaze" [MGM LP '67] The one to play when they all snicker at your HH collection
The Troggs - "Love Is All Around" [Fontana LP '68]
Lothar And The Hand People - "Presenting..." [Capitol LP '68] Presumably the only group in history named after its Theremin...the opening cut "Machines" effectively presages Devo, and was written by legendary hitmaker Mort Shuman of all people! Too bad none of the band-penned tunes are quite as interesting
Jefferson Airplane - "Crown Of Creation" [RCA LP '68] I have to admit, now that I've relegated this one to the discard pile as well in spite of "Lather" and the title track, I'm down to but a single original JA record that I really have any use for (the sainted second)
The Beach Boys - "Surf's Up" [Brother/Reprise LP '71]
Junkers - 4 song EP [GenPop 7" '10] Baltimore's newest 'Paisley Underground'-revival style sensations, now known as Fossil Eyes
"White Bicycles: Making Music In The 1960's/The Joe Boyd Story" [Fledg'ling CD compilation '06] A souvenier from producer Joe's recent, and possibly still ongoing, memoir-reading tour (which was musically annotated by Robyn Hitchcock doing solo acoustic covers of the likes of Fairport Convention, The Incredible String Band, The Pink Floyd -- as they were known in the beginning -- Nick Drake, The Move, Tommorow, etc.) |
Drive By Truckers- Brighter Than Creations' Dark
Musics' as good as the title! |
Mo-Fi Silver label reissues of:
Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth" and "Spiritchaser"
Buy them while you can, they are very well done. |
Just scored an unopened copy of Patricia Barber "Cafe Blue". It's about to go on. |
Erstrand-Lind Quartet......A tribute to The Benny Goodman Quartet
Count Basie......................Basie Jam
Joni Mitchell......................Ladies Of The Canyon
Dexter Gordon...................Gettin' Around
Harry James And His Big Band........Still Harry After All These Years
Lionel Hampton..................The Lionel Hampton Quartet
Used these to tune my system after putting a PAD Aqueous Anniversary PC on the LAP-150 Mk ll by mostly increasing toe in of speakers. Levels up to 95db were comfortable and without "ringing" etc...!!!! |
Cali dreamin'...
The Seeds - "Future" [GNP Crescendo mono LP '67] Although the cover illustration of their third album is a cool timepiece, and the equally flowery, everything-but-the-commune-sink instrumental ornamentation may be goofy fun -- and despite the fact that no less than about two and a half of the songs are nevertheless shameless musical rewrites of their breakout hit "Pushin' Too Hard" (amittedly standard operating procedure with these guys, mostly because that's what they were capable of) -- as the inclusion of the earlier leftover B-side of that single ("Out Of The Question") makes clear by comparison, the more tripped-out music here is ultimately a good bit less memorable than the succinctly unhinged, leering aggression of the first two albums
The Turtles - "Turtle Soup" [White Whale/Blimp LP '69] In me 'umble opinion, the Turtles' swan song (aside from the odd'n'ends collection "Wooden Head") is one of the underappreciated albums of its era, as good in its play-it-straight way as its more celebrated and flamboyant (and likewise self-penned) predecesor "Battle Of The Bands", but for a group known primarily as a singles act on the strength of their radio hits, in the end no number of great rockin' pop albums lacking that one hit single was gonna be enough to stave off the inevitable in a time when gorgeous three-minute symphonettes and witty playfulness just weren't where it was at, man
The Flamin' Groovies - "Flamingo" [Kama Sutra LP '70] Why the San Fran rockers couldn't break through remains a stumper, given how strong a case their second album for as many labels (hint hint!) makes for the original group's unvarnished balls-out greatness (which they capped on the next year's epochal "Teenage Head" -- drawing favorable press comparisons to the Stones' "Exile...", though it still didn't sell) |
03-10-11: Almarg
"Danses Anciennes de Hongrie"
-- Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi France HM1003) Good one one you! What a wonderful recording! That one sees a lot of play time on my TT, thanks to Rushton who played it for me the first time. |
"Danses Anciennes de Hongrie"
-- Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi France HM1003)
Piano Music of Chopin, Grieg, Debussy, Schumann, Beethoven
-- Kabi Laretei, Piano (Proprius 7793)
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Little Anthony & The Imperials - "Goin' Out Of My Head" [DCP mono LP '65]
The Grass Roots - "Let's Live For Today" [Dunhill stereo LP '67]
Gabor Szabo - "His Great Hits" [ABC/Impulse! 2LP compilation '71, rec. '62-'67] The cover shot shows the best view of his idiosyncratic guitar rig, a Gibson J-160E flattop acoustic with built-in magnetic neck pickup similar to the ones made famous by the Beatles, through the otherwise obscure but quite cool looking Toby "Sound Column" red Formica, cylindrical 2-12" solid-state amplifier (which a little research turns up was made by one Toby Guynn, still a small manufacturer of vehicle subwoofers and HT/stereo subs and speakers in the Fort Worth area, at toby.com)
Naif Agby & His Orchestra - "El Debke" [Audio Fidelity stereo LP '62]
Count Basie - "One O'Clock Jump" [Columbia LP '56, rec. '42-'51]
Buddy Cole - "Have Organ, Will Swing" [Warner Bros. stereo LP '58] Unusually, the jacket notes take the step of listing "Other organ albums suggested for your listening pleasure" by three other artists and their labels, all of which are totally unaffiliated with WB (they are: George Wright on HiFi; Wild Bill Davis on Imperial; Milt Buckner on Capitol)
Red Garland Trio + Ray Barreto, conga - "Manteca" [Status/Prestige reissue LP '58/?]
Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond - "Gerry Mulligan Meets Paul Desmond" [Verve mono LP '57]
Hank Crawford - "Dig These Blues" [Atlantic mono LP '65] |
The Guess Who - Best of (crappy RCA record club copy, great music though)
Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, and Alibis
The Complete Buddy Holly
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (180g came with a bad warp, but the periphery ring makes that a non-issue)
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (still like Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down better from last year, but this is v good) |
The last 24 hours
Andrew Hill -- Grass Roots
Heartless Bastards -- All This Time
Old Canes -- Feral Harmonic
Budos Band -- III
Charles Mingus -- The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady |
Zaikesman, thanks very much! You are correct on all counts.
My enthusiasm for vinyl has recently been revitalized by the retipping Peter Ledermann of Soundsmith did on my vintage Grace F9E Ruby cartridge. It is simply fabulous, although it's hard for me to compare it to its previous incarnation because some major system changes occurred in the interim.
I'm thus in the early stages of rediscovering my vinyl collection, focusing on recordings that I remember as being particularly good sounding. The two I listed and just listened to certainly qualify in that respect, as well as being excellent performances.
Thanks again. Best regards,
-- Al
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Al, welcome and congrats! I believe what may be your first post to this thread is also the 2,000th! |
Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 58; Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31
-- Edward Auer, Piano (RCA Japan RDCE-7, Direct-to-Disk)
Beethoven, Sonatas Op. 53 ("Waldstein"), 78, 90
-- Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano-forte (Astree AS73)
Regards,
Al
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Just woke up:
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
More after I caffeinate! |
The Wailers - "The Wailers Wail" [Golden Crest LP '59/'6?] The Wailers from Tacoma, WA, stompin' Northwest scene-mates of The Kingsmen, Paul Revere & The Raiders, and The Sonics
Booker T. & The MG's - "And Now!" [Stax stereo LP '66] This monster sounds so alive you can practically see down the throat of Booker T.'s Leslie horn
The Gloria Coleman Quartet featuring Pola Roberts - "Soul Sisters" [Impulse! mono LP '63] Gender-balanced Hammond organ group with Grant Green guitar and Leo Wright alto, Pola Roberts drums.
Cannonball Adderly - "...And The Poll Winners" [Riverside mono LP '60] With Ray Brown, Wes Montgomery, Victor Feldman, Louis Hayes
Bob Brookmeyer/Bossa Nova - "Trombone Jazz Samba" [Verve stereo LP '62] With Jim Hall & Jimmy Raney guitars, Gary McFarland vibes, Willie Bobo drums, Carmen Costa & Jose Paulo percussion
Gabor Szabo - "Dreams" [Skye LP '68] Hungarian psych-funk-jazz at its finest, from the genre's originator, master, and sole exponent! |
Great old records from the 1970s and 80s. For example, Fame, George Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven 9th (London ffrr), George Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky 5th (London ffrr), Loggins and Messina, Sittin In (Columbia), Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Beethoven 5th (Columbia). I forgot how good the old vinyl sounds!! Also, highly recommend the old London ffrr label -- extremely detailed and dynamic. |
Hi e,
I am truly fortunate to have music friends locally who are willing to explore music new to them. I love it because they also introduce me to music I never would otherwise have selected on my own!
Cheers,
Rush |
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Usually something by a lesser known, older, female artist. Tonite it is Sylvia Tyson. |
Horace Silver Quintet - "Silver's Serenade" [Blue Note LP reissue '63/'7?] Overall I'm preferring this to the RVG CD I also have on hand, primarily for its openess, texture, and more involving sense of communication (though I find my cartridge does rise inaccurately the top octaves), but how much of that preference is attributable to my gear, how much to the remastering, and how much to format I can't say -- something I believe is almost always true in these comparisons
Horace Silver - "Sterling Silver" [Blue Note LP compilation '79, rec. '56-'64] Unissued + alternate takes + 45rpm versions previously unavailable on LP, all but one are Quintet, most or all of which have since been appended to CD reissues as bonus tracks, a few of which I also have, and again I'm preferring the LP
Horace Silver - "The Trio Sides" [Blue Note mono/stereo 2LP compilation '76, rec. '52-'68] Great collection of Horace without the usual 2-horn frontline he helped popularize, and so really showcases his piano |
Rush: I started thinking about one of your last posts and after looking at your list you played with your friends visiting;wow, what a eclectic list! I dearly love the Walton and John Shirley Quirk. You must have great friends. When ever I play my English cathedral music for my friends;they just roll their eyes.
I hope we can meet up some day
e |
Drive By Truckers- Brighter Than Creations' Dark
Some good stuff here! |
Prokofiev, Lt. Kije, Tilson-Thomas/LASO, Coumbia
Brahms, Sonata 1 for Violin & Piano, Zukerman/Barenboim, DGG
Rodrigo, Concert-Serenade for Harp and Orchestra, Marzendorfer/BerlinRSO, Zabaleta -hp, DGG
Sullivan, Irish Sym, Groves/Royal Liverpool PO, EMI
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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - "Piano In The Background" [Columbia '6-eye' 1B/1B stereo LP '60]
Gerry Mulligan - "Jeru" [Columbia '360 sound' 1A/1B stereo LP '63]
Michel Legrand - "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" O.M.P. Sndtrk. [Philips 'Connoisseur' gatefold stereo LP '64]
Count Basie - "Afrique" [Flying Dutchman LP reissue '84/'72, rec. '70] Arranged & conducted by Oliver Nelson |
This evening with friends over:
Walton, Belshazzzar's Feast, Previn/LSO, Shirley-Quirk - EMI SAN 324 (Wilson AGAT reissue)
Walton, Violin Concerto
Stravinsky, Violin Concerto
-- Previn/LSO, Kyun-Wha Chung -vn - London CS 6819
Lee Morgan, Leeway - Blue Note ST-84034 (45rpm Analogue Productions reissue)
Eva Cassidy, Songbird - S & P Records SNP 501
Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall 1971 - Reprise 43328 (Classic Records reissue)
David Crosby, If I Could Only Remember My Name - Atlantic AATC 7203Q (Classic Records reissue)
Sonny Boy Williamson, Keep It To Ourselves - Alligator AL 4787
ZZ Top, Tres Hombres - London XPS 631 (Rhino reissue)
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Delroy Wilson - "Best Of (Anthology of Reggae Collectors Series Vol.6)" [U.A. LP '78, rec. '64-'6?]
The Standells - "Try It" [Tower LP '67]
Roger McGuinn - "Cardiff Rose" [Columbia LP '76] Produced by Mick Ronson of David Bowie fame, who also plays. Contains a song called "Rock And Roll Time", co-written in '74 by McGuinn with Kris Kristofferson and Bobby Neuwirth, that sounds fantastically and rather improbably like the Clash with Joe Strummer singing -- before the Clash debuted. I'm talking uncanny, dead-ringer here, right down to the Simonon-esque bass playing of Rob Stoner. Give a listen if you doubt me! (The same can hardly be said however of the more ordinary country-rock version on Neuwirth's own '74 debut.)
Thelonius Sphere Monk - "Monk's Blues" [Columbia LP '69] Arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson
J.J. Johnson Quartet - "A Touch Of Satin" [Columbia LP '61]
Tino Contreras - "Percusiones Mexicanas" [Capitol LP '61] |
I'm on a R.E.M. binge. "Life's Rich Pageant" (a gift from my 22yo nephew-vinyl!), "R.E.M. Live" and "Document". Got started on them during my CD era so only I only have a small portion of their stuff on vinyl- I'm working on adding to the vinyl. |
Lieutenant Kije on Chesky vinyl. I just scored a sealed copy and sacrificed its virginity last night. It was all that as far as I'm concerned. What an interesting piece of music. Spectacular instrumentation. I have a couple of the originals on RCA Living Stereo, shaded dog as well. The Chesky is better in a lot of ways, then again, I've never heard an original 1S that was sealed either so what do I know? |
Paul Simon Negotiations and Love Songs
1971-1986 |
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"Definitive George Shearing" way to remember him. |
Renee Olstead? Thanks for the info...I'm really happy you enjoy it. I have a pet peeve for a smokin' hot 20 something singing jazz/blues.
Give me horse faced Phoebe Snow and her honest angst any time...it seems more genuine to me. To me.
BTW, you got a bitchin' system! |
The Soft Boys - "A Can Of Bees" [Two Crabs LP '84]
Jimmy Cliff - "Follow My Mind" [Reprise LP '75]
Chico Hamilton - "Man From Two Worlds" [Impulse! LP '63]
Chico Hamilton - "El Chico" [Impulse! LP '65]
Chico Hamilton - "The Dealer" [Impulse! LP '66]
Bill Evans Trio - "How My Heart Sings!" [Riverside LP '64, rec. '62]
Paul Desmond With The Modern Jazz Quartet - "The Only Recorded Performance Of..." [Finesse LP '81, rec. '71] |
Nothing! My kids threw me out of the basement. |
The Outfield - Play Deep
The Producers - You Make the Heat
Little Feat - Time Loves a Hero
Rush - Permanant Waves (MOFI)
Frank Sinatra - Live in Paris (MOFI)
The Pixies - Bassanova (MOFI)
Badfinger - No Dice (Japanese Pressing)
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Trilogy (I'm an avowed prog-rock hater, but I have a soft spot for this album) |
Dave Brubeck - "Time Further out" |
Kalenda Maya, Songs & Dances 1200-1550 - Simax PS 1017
Gregorian Chant, 400-1400, Ruhland/Capella Antiqua Munich - Telefunken SAWT 9493
Haydn, Symphonies 43 (Merkur) and 59 (Feuersymphonie), Marriner/ASMF Philips 9500 159 |
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife. While I do listen to jazz 90% of the time, I also go to Starbucks every day and found their current release, then they appeared on NPR. The new album is good, but I really like this older disc. I wonder if they listened to Fairport Convention. |
Horace Silver, Song For My Father  BN 84185 (Music Matters 45 rpm reissue)
Grant Green, Solid  BN LT 990 (Music Matters 45 rpm reissue)
Exceptional sound quality on both! Musically, hmmmm... I found some of the individual cuts captured my interest, but overall not so much. OTOH, listening to Grant Green on Solid caused me to reappraise just how incredibly good an artist he was.
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Lrsky, Where did you find Rene Olstead on Vinyl. |
Well after my abortive initial foray into the world of SUTs (previous posts), a couple months ago I decided to simply upgrade my phonostage to a considerably costlier one with SUTs built-in. Both sonically and musically the new 'stage slays my prior ones, as it should, and the circuit itself is nicely quiet in MM mode, however the SUTs do add some low-level hum that I can't eliminate no matter what I do, and that the modestly-priced outboard SUT I tried didn't have. Still, the overall sound quality is the best I've enjoyed, and with my current medium-output MC I can use the lowest step-up ratio, where the hum level is so residual as to not be a problem even at realistically high volumes.
Joe Pass - "For Django" [Pacific Jazz/Capitol LP reissue '64/?] Two-guitar quartet date with John Pisano
Barney Kessel - "Let's Cook!" [Contemporary LP reissue '62/?] With Ben Webster, Shelly Manne, Victor Feldman, Jimmie Rowles, Hampton Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar, Frank Rosolino. Originally recorded by Roy DuNann in '57 in early stereo with notably high fidelity
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Kyoto" [Riverside/Fantasy LP reissue '66/?] With Art's cousin Wellington Blakey delivering the powerhouse vocal on "Wellington's Blues"
The Modern Jazz Quartet - "...& Orchestra" [Atlantic LP reissue '61/?] Gunther Schuller conducts
Dave Brubeck Trio Featuring Gerry Mulligan - "Compadres" [Columbia LP '68] With Jack Six and Alan Dawson
Chico Hamilton Quintet - "The Chico Hamilton Special" [Columbia/CSP LP reissue '60/?]
Art Van Damme Quintet With Johnny Smith - "A Perfect Match" [Columbia LP '63]
Al Kooper - "You Never Know Who Your Friends Are" [Columbia LP '69]
Elliott Murphy - "Aquashow" [Polydor LP '73]
UFO - "Phenomenon" [Chysalis LP '74]
Katrina And The Waves - "...2" [Attic (Canadian) LP '84] |
Renee Olstead,
Perhaps the greatest new talent in female jazz vocals I've heard.
She's only 21, but her phrasing, vocal control, styling, all transcend her age.
All I can say further is....WOW.
Larry |
Bach/The Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, played on cello and piano by Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould (both dead and gone). My turntable loves Bach. |
Last night with some friends over:
Jack DeJohnette, Zebra - MCA
John Coltrane, Crescent - Impulse
June Tabor & Martin Simpson, A Cut Above - Topic 12TS410
Julie London, Julie is her name - Liberty LRP 3006
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis - Verve 4003 SpeakersC
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis Again - Verve MG V-4018
Peggy Lee, Is That All There Is? - Capitol ST 386 PurePleasure
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Esquivel - "Cabaret Manana" [RCA/BMG CD comp. '95, rec. '58-'67]
Esquivel - "More Of Other Worlds, Other Sounds" [Reprise CD reissue, orig. '62]
Bill Holman - "Big Band In A Jazz Orbit" [V.S.O.P. CD reissue '87, orig. Andex '58]
Pink Floyd - "Soundtrack From The Film 'More'" [Digital Re-Masters/Capitol EMI CD reissue '95, orig. '69]
The Dells - "The Best Of The Vee-Jay Years" [Shout! Factory CD comp. '07, rec. '55-'65] |
Louis Prima..."The Wildest Show in Tahoe".....I live on the north shore... |
Martin Simpson, Leaves of Life - Shanachie 97008
Silly Wizard, Wild & Beautiful - Shanachie 79028
Mahler, Symphony No. 4, Szell/ClevelandSO, Judith Raskin -sop - Columbia
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The Decemberists - The King Is Dead [EMI 509996 42727 1 9]
First entrant for best of 2011. |
Late night free jazz session:
Ornette Coleman - Change of a century
Miles Davis - Call it Anything, live at the Isle Wight Festival (includes a star studded cast with Chick, Keith, JDJ, Airto, Dave Holland) |
