Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica, Mark Knoffler - Shangri La, Tony Rice Unit - Still Inside, JS Bach Kananten and possibly the Live Ry Cooder Album if I can get around to it.... |
"Marcel Dupre Organ Recital" Mercury SR 90169 (Speakers Corner reissue), simply a superb recording and reissue. One of the best organ additions to my collection in many years.
"Everybody Digs Bill Evans" Bill Evans Trio, Riverside 1129 (45 r.p.m. reissue from Analogue Productions)
Bach Organ Concertos, Richter on the Silberman-Arlesheim organ, Archiv 2533 170
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Hey, R_f, thanks. I love the record. Beautiful music, well recorded and pressed, played on a decent reproduction system, well, I think it's magic, pure and simple. |
Nick of Time
John Barleycorn
Rockin' the Fillmore
Tango in the Night
Long Player
I Can't Stand Still |
Ccryder, You do have the Classic records 33 1/3 with a red label. It will state on the back cover at the bottom "Manufactured under license..." but will not say "Classic" anywhere on the record or cover. Canadian records on RCA/BMG were German pressed and had Black labels with silver nomenclature and state "BMG Canada" on the back. You’re in great shape with that pressing. Enjoy! |
R f - the record I got on ebay was advertised as being a Classic pressing. Record label says RTH 8568, is RCA Red label, heavy vinyl, has Blue Moon on it. Jacket says BMG Entertainment. I am thrilled by the sound, but now I am curious about what I have. I suspect it's the Classic, but I'm no expert on how pressings are labled. Brief Google search seems to support the theory it's the Classic pressing, but not real clear. Can you shed any light on what I have? Many thanks! |
R f - I almost bought the 45's here on A'gon for $115 (and have seen them for $200), but just couldn't bring myself to that price point. I can't imagine this sounding better, although I am sure you're telling the truth. It is a beautiful piece of music. |
Ccryder, This is not meant to "one up you" in any way yet, if you like the RCA copy, try the Classic Records 33 1/3 or 45 for the ultimate expression of this album. These versions will take your breath away and so will the prices. I own all three and can attest to the Classic 45ips being the best in that it has greater surface blackness and much more dynamics. Happy Listening! |
Trinity Sessions/Cowboy Junkies RCA Red Label LP (with Blue Moon). Just got it yesterday via ebay. Wow, is it a great pressing of a great album. |
Music by Andrzej Panufnik tonight: Concertino for timpani, perc & strings Concerto Festivo Katyn Epitaph Landscape Sinfonia Rustica (Panufnik or Horenstein conducting the LSO, Unicorn label, recording engineer: Bob Auger. Exceptional music in superb recordings.) "The ideal is a composition in which poetic content is combined with perfection of construction... Music gets its eternal beauty from an ideal balance of emotion and intellect." — Andrzej Panufnik |
Richard Thompson -Front Parlour Ballads on Diverse
Neil Young -Prairie Wind on Classic
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals -Cold Roses on Lost Highway
...........................-Heartbreaker on Cooking Vinyl
Beth Orton -Trailer Park on Heavenly CD...(the less than perfect source for ever) |
the electric flag-second lp(self titled)....blues project-live at town hall |
doug macleod "come to find" on the audioquest label, "the essential doc watson" (a vanguard two-fer), and ray charles "together again on ABC-Paramount |
I sure agree to the above! My full set of subscription tickets for this seasons Haddonfield Symphony arrived by mail today. Center section, row F. October 29th is opening night with Rossen Milanov conducting Sibelius' Symphony No. 7 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Nothing like live music to calibrate one's ears! |
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R_f_sayles, yep! The audio system is for the dry spells. Right now we are in the height of the classical music live performance season: orchestra concerts on Saturdays and Curtis Institute of Music recitals on weeknights whenever the students and my schedule coincide! For us, it just doesn't get any better that sitting in a wonderful chamber music venue 15' from world class performers; or sitting in the concert hall in 1st Tier Box seats at the same height as the recording mikes with 105 (+/-) of the best orchestral players in the world arrayed in front of you.
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Rushton, Live music... probably the single sound that beats a great turntable, agreed?! Cheers! |
Played hooky again tonight and went to the the Curtis Institute's faculty concert instead: Arnold Steinhardt (first violin of the Guarneri String Quartet) and Anna Polonsky, piano, playing Beethoven, Janacek and R.Strauss. Outstanding!
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Tonight
Sibelius "Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 43" Ashkenazy/Philharmonia (London LDR 10014) Unfortunate early digital recording/pressing of a nice performance despite the fact that it was engineered by none other than Kenneth Wilkinson.
Bill Evans Trio "Moonbeams" (Riverside/Original Jazz Classics RLP-9428/OJC-434) Classic Records reissue |
yesterday into this morning:
otis redding "otis blue," "in person at the whiskey a go go," and "the dock of the bay," thelonious monk "brilliant corners" and "monk's music," dirty three "horse stories" and "ocean songs," lester young and harry edison "pres and sweets," and finally schubert's "great" c major sympyony on rca shaded dog LM-1835 |
"Trumpet & Organ Music Of The Baroque" Thompson/Diemer (Water Lily Acoustics WLA-WS-13)
"Autumn Yearning Fantasia" Wei LI/Fei SONG (First Impression Music FIM LP 003)
Mussorgsky "Pictures At An Exhibition" Reiner/CSO (RCA LSC-2201 Classic Records reissue 33 1/3 rpm)
Roger Waters "Amused To Death" (Columbia 471127 CD) |
Listening with a friend this afternoon, always the best way...
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Reiner/CSO, RCA 45rpm reissue from Classic Records
Crosby, Stills & Nash, CSN, 45rpm reissue from Classic Records (very nice)
Creedence Clearwater Revival Box Set 45rpm reissue from Analogue Productions (just a sampling)
Sonny Rollins, The Bridge, Speakers Corner reissue
Eva Cassidy, Songbird, S&P Records
Supertramp, Crime of the Century, Speakers Corner reissue
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Richard Thompson -The Old Kit Bag on Cooking Vinyl
-Pour Down Like Silver on Carthage
-Mirror Blue on (German) Capitol
-First Light on (English) Chrysalis
The GreenHornes _Dual Mono on Stereo*Phonic
Electrelane -the Power Out on too pure
...the rash of Thompson listening is due to just getting back from Chicago to see Richard playing the Park West and evidently not having my fill. Excellent show as always! |
Last Night:
End of the Innocence
Lamb Lies Down (sides 1 and 3)
Prisoner in Disguise
Songs for Beginners
Sgt. Pepper |
Started off with Love/Love their debut album on Sundazed. I'm listening to Kiss right now and probably follow it up my MOFI copy of Wheels of Fire the side with Spoonfull cause everyone has been talking about the CreaM DVD. |
Dave Brubeck, Time Out, Columbia CS 8192 (45 rpm Classic Records reissue) - Wow!
Crosby, Stills & Nash, CS&N, Atlantic (45 rpm Classic Records reissue) - yep, it sure out-distances my early pressing original Atlantic pressing.
Doc Watson, Home Again!, Vanguard 79239 (Cisco reissue)
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Albeniz, Suite Espanola, De Burgos/NewPhilO, King SuperAnalogue reissue of Decca.
Britten, Simple Symphony, Britten/ECO, King SuperAnalogue reissue of London CS 6618.
Elgar, Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Britten/ECO, King SuperAnalogue reissue of London CS 6618.
Wonderful music performances and sonics...
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Pictures At An Exhibition". Early Cotillion pressing. Tomorrow a later pressing from the Atlantic red/green lable.
Wynton Marsalis "Hot House Flowers" Columbia
Patricia Barber "Modern Cool" MFSL 45 rpm reissue. Stunning sonics if Barber is your cup of tea.
Stravinsky "Rite of Spring" Maazel/Cleveland. Telarc recording. The bass drum whacks on this recording will give any system a workout. |
John Renborn -Faro Annie on Transatlantic white label
Ellington -Jazz Party on MONO Columbia
Jimmy Giuffre 3 -1961 on ECM
Mozart -Clarinet Concerto in A major on Decca
Janos Starker -Bach: 6 Cello Suites on Speakers Corner
U2 -Achtung Baby on Island |
Last nite: Fritz Reiner/Chicago/Strauss: Don Quixote/RCA Victor. |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-'Nocturama'
David Sylvian-'Secrets of the Beehive' |
Bach's Suites for Solo Cello, Starker, Mercury (Speakers Corner reissue)
Bloch, Concerto Grosso No. 2, Hanson/EastmanRochesterSO, Mercury SRI 75017
Nina Simone ...And Piano, RCA LSP-4102 (Speakers Corner reissue)
Greg Brown, The Poet Game, Red House Records ARHR 68 (thanks for the recommendation, Tom!)
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Nightfly
In the Wee Small Hours
Highway 61
Come Away with Me
Lush Life |
Tonight we're playing:
Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, F.Slatkin/ConcertArtsSO, Capitol (Cisco reissue - very fine!)
Dohnanyi, Variations on a Nursery Song, (flip side of above LP)
Britten, Cantata Academica, Malcolm/LSP, L'Oiseau Lyre SOL 60037 (wonderful work for soloists, chorus and orchestra, with Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, and Peter Pears)
Keb Mo, "Keb Mo," Okeh label
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The Borodin Quartet/Shostakovich/Complete String Quartets/Vol.2 from 6-11/USSR |
Rushton, I just sat down to record write up my listening session this evening and read yours. I completed tonights listening with RR 23, Vivaldi side only: "Sinfonia in C", "Trio Sonata in G Minor", and "Concerto in E-flat". I haven't thought about this recording in months, then wind up playing it the same night you do (cue Twilight Zone theme here) In addition:
Eva Cassidy "Songbird" (S&P 501)
Ben Webster/Joe Zawinal "Soulmates" (Riverside 9476/OJC 109)
Webster's saxophone is so breathy and centered in the mix, with Zawinal's piano on the left, bass just right of center and Philly Joe Jones drums on the right. A wonderful recording of soulful, thoughtful music making. |
By the way... I'm back to this thread after a long period of the system being down for an amp upgrade and some remodeling work in the listening room. The amps are back and beginning to break in (about 150 hours now) and everything is sounding very promising. Just a few hundred hours more to go before they are fully broken in, but we're beyond the "only for background music" playing stage, and that makes for plenty of listening opportunity with lots of vinyl accumulated.
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Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Kondrashin, RCA reissue by Classic Records - a great performance and a clear example of early poor mastering effort by Classic Records. This LP demonstrates why so many got turned off by the Classic efforts early on. Contrast with...
Royal Ballet Gala Performances, Ansermet, RCA reissue by Classic Records - excellent performances with exceptional recording engineering by the great Kenneth Wilkinson (a Decca recording under contract wih RCA, as are most of the great "RCA" recordings). This LP demonstrates how EXCELLENT some Classic Records later mastering efforts are, simply superb sound quality. (Yes, I know there are "collectors" who disagree, but this LP is so true to the sound/timbre of instruments I hear live that I'll just have to differ.)
Janet Baker, Berlioz/Les Nuits d'Ete - why is the artist listed first and not the composer? If you know the incomparable voice and singing of Janet Baker, you will understand.
Vivaldi/Bach, Concerti, Schroeder/Ritchie/Fuller, Reference Recordings RR23. Truly fine period instruments performances captured in the recording as only Keith Johnson can - sound is a bit dry as most Reference Recordings tend to be, but the timbre of the instruments and soundstaging are spot on.
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Jeff Waynes Musical Version of ;The War of the Worlds,,,Sci fi and rock,with Phil Lynott and many others playing and singing,Richard Burton narrating! |
Leroy Jodie Pierson, Direct-to-Disc from Analogue Productions (The man can play the blues, and the d-to-d is mighty fine, but something's just not right in the miking of Pierson's voice on this LP.)
Roy Orbison, "Pretty Woman" single, 33rpm/45rpm, Classic Records (the 45rpm being clearly superior)
Handel, Anthem for the Foundling Hospital, Preston/AAM/Kirkby/Nelson (Emma and Judith sounding ravishing, as only they can), L'Oiseau Lyre
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neil young "mirrorball," little feat "dixie chicken" and "time loves a hero," buffalo springfield "again," vince guaraldi "jazz impressions of black orpheus" |
The Pentangle, Solomon's seal
Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
Tyrannosaurus Rex, My people were fair and had sky in their hair... But now they're content to wear stars on their brows
Patti Smith, trampin
Zero7, When it falls
Steely Dan, Prezel Logic |
Barber, Symphony No. 1, Hanson/EME, Mercury (mono)
Hanson, Symphony No. 5, Hanson/EME, Mercury (mono)
Tracy Chapman, Talkin' About a Revolution, Elektra
Vaughan Williams, Sancta Civitas, Willcocks/LSO, EMI
Vaughan Williams, Benedicite, Willcocks/LSO, EMI
Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orch, F.Slatkin/ConcertArtsSO, Capitol (Cisco reissue)
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Kiln House
Traveling Wilburys
Waves the Bossa Nova Sessions
Innervisions
Meddle
Astral Weeks |
Just finished Tom Waits' Alice, just started his Blood Money. Not for all times, not for all tastes, but when I'm in the mood, nothing else will do.
Brent |
.... after Alexander Nevsky, need some relax moment...
Albeniz/Suite Espanola/Rafael Fruhbeck de burgos/New Philharmonia. |
Shostakovich 5 is wonderful. Thanks for reminding me. I like the version with Bernstein/New York.
Anyway, for tonight: Prokofiev/Alexander nevsky/RSFSR Russian Chorus/USSR Symphony conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov. |
finally hooked back up again, the TT is spinning wynton marsalis "black codes (from the underground)." truly a desert island disc for me. |
Last night:
Shostakovich "Symphony No. 5" Bychkov/Berlin (Philips 420 069-1)
Rachmaninoff "Concerto No. 3" Cliburn/Kondranshin/Symphony Of The Air (RCA LSC 2355 2s/2s original pressing) Those who like the Byron Janis Mercury recording should give this one a try as well. I believe this work has also been re-released as a three channel SACD. The Cliburn is a live recording from Carnegie Hall 5/19/58 |
"Fine and Mellow" Ella Fitzgerald Jams ,,great sounding LP! |
