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
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John Hiatt-"Bring The Family"

MOFI, Anadisq 200, Limited Edition, 200 Gram

(What a GREAT album!)

Carole King-"Tapestry"

MOFI, 2LP, 45RPM, Limited Edition, 180 Gram/SuperVinyl, BoxSet

Steve Winwood-Arc Of A Diver Side 1

Al Cohn-Standards Of Excellence(CJ 241) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Luciano Pavarotti-Mamma Side 2 SQ*

Delia Bell-ST Side 2 SQ*

Megadeth-The Sick The Dying...And The Dead Side 3

Nancy Wilson-Nancy(ST 148) Side 1

Bruce Hornsby And The Range-A Night On The Town Side A

George Adams-Nightingale Side 2 SQ Audiophile

CJ 241 takes the SQ Crown with a very strong(content) effort. Ms. Wilson has over 50 studio albums not all are keepers, this one is! Megadeth The Sick...is a decent later(2018) release but far from the band’s last masterpiece(Endgame 2009). SQ was an improvement tonight over Friday will let IC’s settle in until month’s end.

 

Absolutely @mofimadness!

Bring The Family is an all-time Top 10 album for me. I have in on a USA original, the UK pressing on Demon Records (with a bizarre alternate cover), and the MoFi.

The MoFi One-Step of Tapestry is the only version of that classic album that doesn't sound horrible. It was produced by Lou Adler, who obviously has no idea of how to record this type of music. He ran the meters deep into the red when recording Carole's vocals. Her piano also sounds pretty lousy.

  

@arizonabob ,

I must have misread your initial post. I agree that a true mono cartridge will sound better on mono recordings than a stereo cartridge summed to mono elsewhere in the signal chain.

@reubent Stone Roses guitarist John Squire has a new album out with Liam Gallagher (Oasis) called Liam Gallagher & John Squire…it’s definitely worth a listen.

Frank Black and The Catholics/The Complete Studio Albums box

"All My Ghosts" ...clear vinyl

2003/Cooking Vinyl

SQ isn't the best 

@mofimadness ,

Realized while listening to Frank Black, "Show Me Your Tears" was released on Diverse Records.....back when that label was great I own that 🤠

The Jayhawks "Tomorrow The Green Grass"

1995/American Recordings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doug MacLeod "There's A Time"

Reference Recordings/half-speed/45RPM/200 gram

The Velvet Underground "Loaded"

Analogue Productions/Atlantic 75 series/45RPM 

second listen 

Kool and The Gang/12" EP/45RPM

1982/PolyGram

"Let’s Go Dancing (ooh la la la)"

"Get Down On It"

...this is stunning..... extremely dynamic!

Neil Young "Time Fades Away"

2023/Warner Records/NYA/50th Anniversary/clear vinyl

w/ bonus track..."The Last Trip To Tulsa"

@slaw...if it's alright, I'm going to play off of your lead (again)?  I have everything that Reference Recordings has done on vinyl, (I was a dealer), but haven't played any in quite awhile.  I'm going to resolve that:

 

Blazing Redheads-"Blazing Redheads"

(Direct To Two-Track, Pure Analogue Recording, Half-speed mastered.)

Ok with me @mofimadness . I have that Blazing Redheads as well. I've never had a bad experience with Reference Recordings lps.

The Electric Prunes "Underground"

Reprise/Jackpot Records/AAA/Cohearant Audio

"Professor Johnson's Astounding Sound Show"

Reference Recordings, Direct To Tape, 45RPM

(One of the first "Dealer Demo" records)

The Butterfield Blues Band "The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw"

pp/Elektra

Red Norvo Quintet-"The Forward Look"

Reference Recordings, 45RPM, 200 Gram, UHQR

(One of the first UHQRs)

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "Live Alive"

1986)CBS

not the best SQ but Includes 

😃 "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

Mickey Hart/Airto/Flora Purim-"Dafos"

Reference Recordings, 45RPM, Pure Analogue

(One of the first Audiophile used for System Evaluation records)

 The next set taken for a spin;

1.  Stravinsky Conducts 'Firebird Suite' w/Columbia Symphony Orchestra Columbia MS 7011 1967 

2.  Mahler 'Symphony 9'  Solti w/London Symphony Orchestra London CS 6560/61 1967

3.  Beethoven 'Symphony 5' Karajan w/Berliner Philharmoniker  Deutsche Grammphon 138 804  1963

Classy night, no disappointment in the audio, just as I remembered, only better. 

Dee Bell-One By One(CJ 271) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

The Doobie Brothers-The Captain And Me Side 2

Bobby Short-Celebrates Rodgers & Hart Side 3 SQ*

Queen-The Game Side 1 SQ*

Gene Watson-Between This Time & The Next Time Side 2

Art Blakey-New York Scene(CJ 256) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Michael McDonald-If That's What It Takes Side 1 SQ*

Lynyrd Skynyrd-One More From The Road Side 4

My wife was not pleased hearing "Freebird" after 11pm! The SQ crown is between Concord Jazz recordings, where Blakey takes the crown. Need/want a better SQ version of The Captain & Me, maybe Nautilus? 

 

Matt Catingub (Featuring) Mavis Rivers-"Your Friendly Neighborhood Big Band"

Reference Recordings, Pure Analogue, 45RPM

(What a terrific record and recording)


Generation X / Valley Of The Dolls
1979 Chrysalis 

Not the greatest in sonics but it’s Billy Idol and band

recent acquisitions:

ALAN VEGA                       "After Dark"                     In The Red    ITR 356

KRONUS QUARTET          "Black Angels"       nonesuch  (RI)     7559790680

SML    "Small Medium Large"     International Anthem Recording Co.  IARC 0085

FRANCOIS MECHALI           "Le Grenadier Voltigeur"      NATO          nato 70

THE RED KRAYOLA             "Hazel"                            Drag City    DC 98

OSAMU KITAJIMA                "Osamu"                          Island      ILPS 9426

JAN JELINEK                      "Kosmischer Pitch"           faitback 06 (RI)   LC-19038

THE NIGHT JANITOR   "Raspberry Chocolate Souffle"  Sinking City   SCR-003

 

 

 

 

case/lang/veirs-"case/lang/veirs"

UK, 180 Gram, White Vinyl

(I went crazy with this release and bought it in White, Blue, Orange & Clear)