For me its the first or very early LP's of: Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South" Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer" and, Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
A Borders in our area is closing shop with everything discounted, it was pretty cleaned-out but I managed to pick up several CD expanded remasters and box sets on the cheap, about half of it stuff I already had in one form or another (but not all the booklets and bonus tracks):
Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" [Columbia Legacy '59/'98] The Legacy Mingus reissue I'd held off on the longest, since unlike this one I didn't already own the others on vinyl Oscar Peterson Trio - "...+ One Clark Terry" [Mercury '64/'07] A lot of the Verve Petersons sound better on remastered CD than they did on original vinyl for whatever reason (probably the mastering jobs), but good as this CD reish sounds, I wonder if the Mercury vinyl might give it a better run Big Mama Thornton - "With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966" [Arhoolie '66/'04] San Francisco studio recordings, the title pretty much says it all Yardbirds - "Roger The Engineer" [Great American Music Co./Airline '66/'0?] Mono + stereo mixes + the two Keith Relf singles The Who - "Sell Out" Deluxe Edition [Polydor 2CD '67/'09] Mono + Stereo mixes + related bonus tracks and outtakes Albert King - "Born Under A Bad Sign" [Stax '67/'02] Love - "Forever Changes" [Rhino/Elektra '67/'01] + bonus tracks, alternate takes/mixes Simon & Garfunkel - "Live 1969" [Columbia Legacy '08] Great followup to 2002's "Live In New York City 1967", if not quite as special as that concert, this one compiled from dates throughout their final tour peceding the release of the "Bridge Over Troubled Water" album and the duo's breakup Jimi Hendrix - "First Rays Of The New Rising Sun" [Experience Hendrix/Sony Legacy '10] The included documentary on DVD isn't all it could and should have been Iggy And The Stooges - "Raw Power" [Columbia Legacy 2CD '73/'10] With concert recording from the tour Big Star - "Keep An Eye On The Sky" [Rhino 4CD '09] A nice package for the completist, which I'm not really sure I am one -- demos, rehearsals, alternate mixes, original mixes, alternate demos, alternate lyrics, early versions, single versions, alternate single mixes -- whew! -- most previously unreleased + live in Memphis + fat booklet Ramones - S/T [Warner Archives/Rhino '76/'01] + bonus demos
Richard, it's a Rhino reissue. It sounds great, I'm 99% sure it is not a digitized remaster. It does not sound that way, nor does is say that anywhere. It is a huge imporvement over the nasty, surface noise vinyl from my 80's copy of this album.
Which pressing of the Yes Album is that, and is it any good? The AP reissue of "Fragile" is absolutely awful - certainly audiophile-y, but they sterilized (?digitized?) it to such an extent that the record sounds dead and lifeless and is easily surpassed by ANY 70's-era cheap Atlantic reissue. Alas, this is more the rule than the exception these days, so I ask questions before buying...
Mott the Hoople - Mott Van Morrison - Into the Music, His Band & Street Choir Lou Reed - Transformer Brian Eno - Music For Airports Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Rolling Stones - December's Children
James Newton Howard and Friends (Sheffiled Labs) Sea Level "Cats on the Coast" Mike Greene Band "Mirage" Gino Vanelli "Powerful People" Michael Franks "The Art of Tea"
Nice "introduction"! BTW, thank you again Rushton for your comprehensive list of recommended organ recordings on LP. I've managed to track down a half dozen or so, and they are all very fine indeed.
The local audio group is meeting this afternoon and members asked for "an introduction to classical music." Not wishing to teach music history class, a few of us put our heads together and decided to offer simply a sampler based "classical music we enjoy, perhaps you'll find something here that strikes your fancy..." We'll only be playing snippets, unfortunately. Nothing longer than 8 minutes. Here's the planned playlist, that will surely change based on requests...
I know some of the record afficiandos don't love this set, but to me it's sublime. I have wanted one since buying my first MFSL Beatle album, and I finally bit the bullet, bid up and got one for what I feel was a great price.
I couldn't be happier, the vinyl is in sublime shape.
No, it's not the Japanese mono versions, which I have heard a few of recently, but I still think they are stellar.
P.F. Sloan - "Here's Where I Belong/The Best Of The Dunhill Years 1965-1967" [Big Beat '08] Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff - "Kirk's Work" [Prestige '61/'07]
Shostakovich, The Bolt (RCA by Decca) Respighi, Church Windows (Reference Recordings) Rossini-Respighi, Overture to “La Boutique Fantastique” (RCA by Decca) Herold-Lanchberry, La Fille Mal Gardee Enescu, Violin Sonata No. 3 (Altarus and Wilson Audio) Vivaldi, Seasons (Fone and CRD) Laudate II (Proprius)
S-R-WoTen, I know, I love MFSL stuff and that is a great album. I'm not happy about it, I should have returned it when I first got it, but didn't get around to it then.
Oliver Nelson - "A Dream Deferred" [Flying Dutchman 2LP comp. '76] Modern Jazz Quartet - "Blues On Bach" [Atlantic '74] Bill Evans - "The Interplay Sessions" [Milestone 2LP '82, rec. '62] George Harrison - "Wonderwall Music" [Apple '68]
I loved Inglorious Basterds! Christopher Waltz steals the movie, and I am shocked by how good Diane Kruger is in that movie, she's great, as well as the beautiful French actress who plays the theater owner.
I need to rent that again, my wife didn't want to see it because of the violence, but I know the movie well enough to zip through the parts she will gross out at.
Dig the "Cosmic Wheels" Jaybo, "7-Tease" was another underrated hip later Donovan (though "Essence To Essence" in between was kind of a dog IMO...)
Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers - "That Motown Sound" [Motown '65] The Zombies - S/T [Parrot '65] The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - S/T [Elektra '65] 101 Strings - "Play Million Seller Hits Written By The Beatles" [Alshire '67?] John Barry - "Petulia" O.M.P. Sndtrk. [W7 '68] Gordon Lightfoot - "Back Here On Earth" [UA '68] The Clique - S/T [White Whale '69] Cat Stevens - "Very Young And Early Songs" [Deram/London '72, comp. rec. mid-60's] The Fleshtones - "Speed Connection II/Live In Paris '85" [I.R.S. '85] The Original Sins - "Self Destruct" [Psonik/Skyclad '90]
Donald Byrd - "Royal Flush" [Blue Note '61/'06] Sonny Rollins - "The Sound Of Sonny" [Riverside '57/'07] Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall -"Bossa Antigua" [RCA '64/'99] Buddie Emmons - "Steel Guitar Jazz" [Mercury '63/'05] Mosaic Select: McCoy Tyner [Mosaic 3CD '07, orig. issued on Blue Note albums "Expansions", "Cosmos", "Extensions" and "Asante" rec. '68-'70] Wayne Shorter Quartet - "Beyond The Sound Barrier" [Verve '05] Andy & The Bey Sisters - "'Round Midnight" [Prestige '65/'07] Abbey Lincoln - "Devil's Got Your Tongue" [Gitanes/Verve '92] Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - "Naturally" [Daptone '05]
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