Whats on your turntable tonight?

Eno - Another Green World

Island 1975

Eno - Before And After Science

Island 1977

Mozart, Jack Brymer, Hubert Barwahser, Osian Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis – Concertos For Clarinet / For Flute And Harp (Philips 1964)

Allan Taylor – All is One (Stockfisch 2013)

Sir Adrian Boult Conducts String Music Of Vaughan Williams

• Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
• Concerto Grosso
• Partita For Double String Orchestra

The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Angel 1976
 

My monthly (it seems) spin of this. One of my favorite Williams composition.

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Vaughan Williams

• A London Symphony

Hallé Orchestra. Angel, 1968

Pop Evil, Pop Evil

Beauty and The Beard

 Ann Margaret and Al Hirt.  And this also has the sexiest version of Baby It’s Cold Outside ever recorded.  Believe it.

Tátrai Quartet with Csilla Szabó, piano:

• Bartók - Quintet For String Quartet & Piano

Bartók Béla Complete Edition, V. Posthumous Works 4
Hungaroton 1971
Hungarian release 
 

Szell conducts Mozart

• Concerto No. 15 In B-Flat Major For Piano And Orchestra, K. 450
• Concerto No. 17 In G Major For Piano And Orchestra, K. 453

Members of The Cleveland Orchestra w/Robert Casadesus, piano
Columbia Masterworks 1969
 

Ignaz Moscheles : Michael Ponti, piano

• Piano Concerto In G Minor, Opus 58 with Philharmonia Hungarica, Othmar F. M. Mága conducting
• Etudes, Opus 70 
• Characteristic Etudes, Opus 95 

Candide 1969
 

Daniil Trifonov

Bach: The Art Of Life

• Sonata No. 5 In A Major, Op. 17/5 
• Polonaise No. 8 In E Minor Fk 12/8
• Rondo In C Minor Wq 59/4 (H283) 
• Allegretto Con Variazioni ("Ah, Vous Dirai-je, Maman") Wf 12/2
• Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
• Chaconne In D Minor For The Left Hand (Piano Studies No. 5) Anh. 1a/1
• The Art Of The Fugue 
• Jesu, Joy Of Man‘s Desiring

Deutsche Grammophon 2021 3LP gatefold

Poco / Legend
1978 ABC

Carole King / Tapestry
1971 Ode

Debussy* – Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam* , Bernard Haitink - La Mer / Prélude À L'Après-Midi D'un Faune / Rhapsodie Pour Clarinette / Marche Écossaise

Url: https://www.discogs.com/release/1934560-Debussy-Concertgebouw-Orchestra-Amsterdam-Bernard-Haitink-La-Mer-Pr%C3%A9lude-%C3%80-LApr%C3%A8s-Midi-Dun-Faune-

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So far this evening:

Art Pepper - Art Pepper + Eleven "Modern Jazz Classics"

Url: https://www.discogs.com/release/22910555-Art-Pepper-Art-Pepper-Eleven-Modern-Jazz-Classics

Grieg* , The London Symphony Orchestra , Fjeldstad* - Peer Gynt

Url: https://www.discogs.com/release/13334131-GriegLondon-Symphony-Orchestra-Fjeldstad-Peer-Gynt

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Just Mustard - Heart Under

2022 Partisan Records

Placido Domingo-Christmas With Placido Domingo(FM 37245) Side 1 SQ*

Alabama-Christmas Side B SQ*

Carpenters-Christmas Portrait Side 2

The Wonderful World Of Christmas-VA Side 2

Frank Sinatra-The Sinatra Christmas Album Side 2

Bing Crosby-Merry Christmas Side 1

Amy Grant-A Christmas Album Side 2 SQ Audiophile

John Denver-Rocky Mountain Christmas Side B

Played some of my favorite Christmas albums and saved my favorite for last(John Denver). Amy Grant/Merry Christmas is also a 5* album with 5* SQ(Doug Sax), with any luck a dollar bin find. 

Movietone - Peel Sessions

2022 Textile Records

Death Angel - Act III

William E. McEuen Presents Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Stars And Stripes Forever (United Artists 1974)

Eric Bogle – Scraps Of Paper (Flying Fish 1980)

This album made me laugh and cry. Excellent.

10,000 Maniacs – In My Tribe (Elektra 1087)

Joan Sprung - Ballads And Butterflies (Folk-Legacy 1976)

Anne Murray-Somebody's Waiting Side 2

Rick Wakeman-Journey To The Center Of The Earth Side 1

Patti Austin-The Real Me Side 2 SQ*

John Williams-Star Wars(Damil SGA-1000) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Styx-The Grand Illusion Side 1 SQ*

Larry Carlton-Friends Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Brahms-Stern/Mehta(M 35146) Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile

The Alan Parsons Project-I Robot Side 1 SQ Audiophile

4 recordings with Audiophile SQ and 2(SQ*) near misses makes for a very enjoyable night. Just a note, I rarely wax poetic over recording content because assume what I play I like. My focus on SQ could help if one is indecisive about a vinyl purchase. Parsons gets the SQ crown without any comments needed. 

Evgeni Svetlanov conducts Borodin

• In The Steppes Of Central Asia
• Symphony No. 2 In B Minor, Op. 5
• Polovtsky March From "Prince Igor". 

U.S.S.R. Symphony Orchestra
Melodiya/Angel 1968

Karajan conducts Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite & Romeo & Juliet. 

Side A - Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a

• Miniature Overture
• March
• Dance of the Sugur a Plum Fairy
• Trepak (Russian Dance)
• Arab Dance
• Chinese Dance
• Dance Of The Reed Pipes
• Waltz of the Flowers

Side B - Romeo & Juliet 

• Fantasy Overture 

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
London-Jubilee reissue mid-1980’s, originally 1961

The Soundcarriers - Wilds

2022 Phosphonic

Peter Gabriel us

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - "Live at KEXP!"

Funky Organ Soul Jazz......

 Jimmy Rushing And The Smith Girls – Bessie - Clara - Mamie & Trixie, The Songs They Made Famous (Columbia 1961 mono)

Tim Blake – Crystal Machine (Egg 1977)

Deep Purple ‎– Machine Head (Purple 1972)

F ingers - Awkwardly Blissing Out

2017 Blackest Ever Black

Last one…for some reason, could not get it pasted

Decided to spin all my recently purchased Beatles remaster/remixes today for a second spin. Nice to have some downtime heading into the Christmas Holidays

Tempest by Bob Dylan

Rolling Stones / Beggars Banquet 
1968 London

Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Brain Salad Surgery
1973 Manticore

The Doors / The Soft Parade
1969 Elektra

Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time

1975 US Pressing on Atco

Last Night:

Loreena McKennitt - Troubadors on the Rhine

Bach - The Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould

Yes - Fragile

Symphony No. 41/S No. 88 - Fritz Reiner CSO

Gong - Expresso ll

Freddie Hubbard - Breaking Point! Tone Poet. Fantastic.

+1 for The Healer. 

Muddy Waters - Hard Again

1977 Blue Sky Records

Great version of Mannish Boy with Johnny Winter yelling in the background.

Menace Beach - Ratworld

2015 Memphis Industries

John Lee Hooker / the healer
2022 Craft Recordings, orig. 1989

All analog reissue on Craft, very nicely done.