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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The Joe Jackson Band / Beat Crazy
1980 A&M

Great cover art, music, sonics.


Talking Heads / Naked
1988 Sire

Many guest musicians here including Johnny Marr (guitar on 4 cuts) and Eric Weissberg (pedal steel guitar, dobro), most known for his banjo solo in “Dueling Banjos”. Nice SQ, more of a “worldbeat” style than More Songs About, Remain In Light.

First vinyl pressing. The good...RL mastering, the bad...United Pressing Plant

Barbra Streisand-Lazy Afternoon Side 1

Humble Pie-The Best Side 1

Shelly Manne-Perk Up(CJ 21) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Eagles-Eagles Live Side 3

Schumann-Carnaval(LSC-2669 Red Seal) Side 1

London Grammar-If You Wait Side B SQ*

Rush-2112 Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Brenda Russell-ST Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Another Concord Jazz takes the SQ Crown! Nothing had below standard SQ tonight. SQ* London Grammar(2014) Had a static hiss on side C so I spun side B which had very good SQ for a newer release but rated last in SQ tonight. Unless a new recording is on an Ultra Hi/End label its best avoided or buy the CD version. Very few play Streisand here? Lazy Afternoon is clearly her best 1970's album when regarding content and SQ. 2112 original press(1976) is much better than the original CD. Was I a little lenient giving it Audiophile SQ status maybe?

Pere Ubu - Dub Housing. Fire Records reissue/remaster 2018. Originally Chrysalis 1978

Michael Franks  -  The Art Of Tea   I haven't played this one in many years.  It's a very good Franks album.  Glad to have spun it today.

Marvin Gaye  -  What's Going On   Awesome album, and so with the times.

Stomu Yamashta Steve Winwood Michael Shrieve  -  Go   This album will take you on a ride to outer space.  

Rickie Lee Jones  -  it's like this   AP/QRP 45rpm and this album is great.  All of it is quite good but the absolute standouts, for me, are Show Biz Kids and Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys.  Superb recording with dead center vocals.

Talking Heads "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" 

1982/Sire 

recommended!!

 

Jennifer – I Can Remember Everything (Parrot 1968)

Jennifer Warnes awesome first album. 

Finishing up Foo Fighters "In Your Honor" 

2005/Roswell Records/45 RPM box set

Another for its second spin….

The Cleveland Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman, viola & Bernard Greenhouse, cello 
Brahms - The String Sextets Op. 18 & 36
RCA Red Seal 1982, 2 LP gatefold 
 

Second time listening….

Pablo Casals & Rudolf Serkin
Beethoven - The Complete Cello Sonatas
Vinyl Passion Classical 2LP gatefold 2018

Sonatas Nos. 1,3,4,5 recorded in France at the Casals Festival in Prades in 1951; sonata No. 2 recorded in France at the Casals Festival in Perpignan in 1951.

Beautiful release
 

Edo de Waart conducts Hindemith - Die 7 Kammermusiken
Concerto Amsterdam. Telefunken 3LP box 1969. German release
 

Faces "Ooh-la-la"

2015/Rhino box/"from the master tapes"

Sounds really good.

Art Pepper / Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section
1988 Fantasy remaster, orig. 1957