Whats on your turntable tonight?


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
slipknot1

Counting Crows / August And Everything After
2012 Analogue Productions 45rpm, orig. 1993

Amazing SQ going on here

Roy Clark-Family & Friends Side A

Robin Trower-Victims Of The Fury Side 1

Seals & Crofts-Greatest Hits Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Van Morrison-Beautiful Vision Side 2 SQ*

Christine McVie-ST Side 1 SQ*

Margie Joseph-Margie Side 2

Black Sabbath-Heaven And Hell Side 1 

The Partridge Family-Up To Date Side 1

Albums were all played last night. Rotated IC's resulting in a lower noise floor but gave less of a jump factor, the cables might need time to reset. 

Crack The Sky-"Crack The Sky" (Debut)

US 1st Pressing

 

( In 1975, Rolling Stone declared their first album the "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan.)

Sparks-"A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing"

Friday Music, RSD Limited Edition, Blue Vinyl

Frijid Pink-"Frijid Pink"

Repertoire Records UK, Limited Edition, Pink Vinyl

Last night I was listening to Two against Nature , Analog Productions 45 RPM A more recent release. sounding exceptional! 

@firberger...I have that same copy and it is indeed very good.  Did you get any of the Steely Dan UHQRs?  I have them all and they are by far the best I've heard.

Steely Dan is my favorite band of all time!  MAJOR FanBoy here!!!

@mofimadness The only SD UHQR I have is AJA . Was thinking of getting the Royal Scam .

Interesting enough I have AJA in a Mobile Fidelity Original Master recording as well Purchased from Sam Goody back in the day for $14.99 . Still has the outer sleeve and sticker.

& Yes The Dan is absolutely my all-time favorite band.

The Best Of New Riders Of The Purple Sage.

I was in such a foul mood, now I'm feeling happy! 

Try it and see if it works for you. 😃

 

Earth, Wind & Fire-"The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. I"

Japanese, Limited Edition, Orange Vinyl

Lightnin’ Hopkins "Last Night Blues"

2024/Bluesville/Craft/Acoustic Sounds series

AAA

Albert King "Live Wire Blues Power"

2024/Craft/Acoustic Sounds/Bluesville series

AAA

Been looking forward to this.....

The Delines "Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom"

2025/El Cortez Records/Decor

...Amy Boone sure can convey her songs in a way that just draws me in 🥰

SQ is great.

@slaw...I had never heard of the Delines until you posted them earlier on, in this thread. What album(s) would you recommend to start with? I see they have (6) albums. Thanks!

@mofimadness ,

I thought I own all 12" vinyl ( I may be wrong) and think I now have 5 total. I’d start in chronological order.....you won’t be disappointed.

IMO, they have some of the best song writing I’ve heard in a while.

Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band-"Night Moves"

MOFI, Limited Edition, Half-Speed

Starflyer 59 "The Changing Of The Guard"

Burnt Toast Vinyl/Tooth & Nail Records

Iron Butterfly-"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"

MOFI, Gain 2, Ultra Analog, Limited Edition, 180 Gram/SuperVinyl

Chuck Prophet "Wake The Dead"

2024/YepRoc 

a favorite from last year...

Joe Walsh-"The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get"

Analogue Productions, Limited Edition, 200 Gram

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "The Last DJ"

2002/Warner Bros

..a forgotten, great effort...

 

Got caught up, busy with business, and out of my rut.

Elvis Presley  S/T 1956  Original Issue (RCA LPM-1254 Mono)

Miles Davis  'Kind Of Blue' 1959  (Columbia CL 1355 Mono) RTI HQ-180 RI

John Coltrane 'Blue Train' 1958  (BLP 1577 Mono) Speakers Corner RI

Thought I'd try out my new toy with some Mono pressings. I know, I'm aware, not even a 2 channel MC cart could do them justice. My curiosity got the best of me. Disappointing but not unlistenable. Was still great to hear these titles.  

 

 

 

With the Friday night Mono's out of the way, Saturday nights' selections were;

Rolling Stones  'Now!' 1965 Original Issue (London PS 420) 

Joni Mitchell  'Court And Spark' 1974 Original Issue (Asylum 7E-1001)

Paul Simon  'Graceland'  1986 Original Issue (Warner Bros. 25447-1)

No revelations in the titles listed so far, but I felt the need to play my favourite titles. Please bare with me, my new MC cartridge is calling me and insisting that I play the ones I like best without repeating artists. If I'm boring some of you sorry, I'm having a great experience hearing them "for the first time". If you're staying tuned for some obscure titles, they'll come later.  AB

@slaw, I love them too, that's why I have them. I'm just thinking that pushing the mono button of my amp isn't going to sound the same as a good mono cartridge. Maybe I'm wrong?