*Rickie Lee Jones -Traffic From Paradise on Geffen De
*Rickie Lee Jones -Pirates on first press WB
(forgot how good and dynamic this album was)
*Rickie Lee Jones -Flying Cowboys on Geffen white label promo
*Hi-Fi A La Espanola on Mercury/Speakers Corner 45RPM
...WoW! I can't beleive a new/sealed original of this record could sound better ...and one just went on ebay for the tune of about 540.00USD. Some body give me my medicine! |
here's a little coincidence . . . I picked up Rickie Lee Jones "Pirates" this weekend. Tonight was the firts play. Mine is also the first press on WB. Really nice . . . |
Dipping one toe back in the water...Past few days, sorry no commentary:
-----Elpees-----
Link Wray -- Great Guitar Hits [Vermillion, '6?]
The Beau Brummels -- Vol. 44 [Vault, '68]
The Kinks -- Face To Face [Reprise, '67]
Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds -- The Fabulous [Columbia, '66]
The Shadows -- More Hits! [EMI/Columbia (England), '65]
Hank Marvin -- S/T [EMI/Columbia (England), '69]
Roy Harper -- One Of Those Days In England (Bullinamingvase) [Chrysalis (Canada), '77]
The Raindrops -- S/T [orig. Jubilee, '63, reissue Murray Hill, '85]
Baby Washington -- With You In Mind [Veep, '68]
Blue Magic -- S/T [Atlantic, '74]
Ronnie Foster -- On The Avenue [Blue Note, '74]
Harold Betters -- Do Anything You Wanna [Gateway, '63?]
Johnny Hodges -- Used To Be Duke [Verve, '5?]
Johnny Hodges -- The Blues [Verve, '5?]
Johnny Hodges -- Perdido [Verve, '5?]
The Miles Davis Quintet -- Workin' With [orig. Prestige '59 (rec. '56), reissue Fantasy OJC, '87]
Lee Morgan -- The Rajah [Blue Note, '84 (rec. '66, unreleased)]
Doc Watson -- The Essential [Vanguard, '73]
Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton -- Forms And Fancies (Renaissance and Baroque Music for Two Lutes) [Oak Leaf, '83]
Plus many singles...
-----Ceedees-----
Dave Bartholomew -- Very Best Of [Bayou, '?? (rec. 50's)]
Link Wray & The Raymen -- "They're Outta Here," Says Archie [Rollercoaster (England), '04 (rec. '58, unreleased)]
Dee Dee Warwick -- I Want To Be With You (The Mercury/Blue Rock Sessions) [Hip-o, '01 (rec. '60's)]
Dee Dee Warwick -- The Atco Sessions [Marginal (Belgium), '95 (rec. 70's)]
The Searchers -- EP Collection [See For Miles (England), '89 (rec. 60's)]
Blue Ash -- Around Again [Not Lame, '04 (rec. 70's, unreleased)] |
Listening now to the Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue of Bill Evans Trio: Explorations. Another great record in this series!
On the turntable earlier today have been:
Dave Grusin: Discovered Again, Sheffield LAB5 direct-to-disc
Gregorian Chant/Epiphany, by The Schola Hungarica, Hungaraton SLPD 12559
William Bird: Missa In Tempore Pachali | Mass: In Assumptione Beatae Mariae Virginis, performed by Chanticleer on Harmonia Mundi HMC 5182
Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits, S&P Records S&P(2)-507 (if you like Orbison and you've not yet listened to this Steve Hoffman mastered 2-LP set, you're missing a huge treat - the music and sound quality puts a smile on my face!)
The Nylons: Happy Together, Open Air OA 0306
Linda Ronstadt: Hasten Down the Wind, Asylum 7E 1072 (wonderful vintage stuff here)
Coming up: William Walton's Facade Suite, with the Chicago Pro Musica on Reference Recordings RR16 (a superb performance as I recall)...
. |
ZZ TOP-DEGEVELLO , (germany) |
Metallica's Black album, 200g, it is Sad But True, yikes! |
Yes, the William Walton "Facade Suite" on Reference Recordings was exactly as good as I remembered: an absolutely outstanding performance, recording and pressing (from my 03/04 post above). One of Reference Recordings' best.
William Walton's Symphony No. 1 - a great piece of 20th century orchestral music - Previn/LSO, RCA (recorded by Decca).
Robert Lucas: Usin' Man Blues, Audioquest 1001 (a Kavi Alexander recording, and very special sonically because of that)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Verve MGV 4001/2, Speakers Corner reissue (Well, it sounds more like Ella than Cole Porter, but the remastering is well done sonically, and Ella is always Ella)
Marin Marais: "Works for 2 Viols and Harpsichord", Sarah Cunningham, et al., ASV GAU 112. (I enjoy Baroque music, and Marais' writing for viol is always worth listening to, but I confess to taking it in small doses because I find a sameness from piece-to-piece that I just can't get around. This is an excellent record, and shows just how good a digital recording on LP can sound.)
. |
I know these pieces show up in my postings a lot, but I use them as references to help tell me what my system is doing. Right now, I am evaluating the Walker Reference High Definition Links on my speakers. I suspect after the past several listening sessions with them, they will be staying..
Holst "Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda" Imogen Holst/English Chamber Orchestra/Purcell Singers with Janet Baker, Thomas Hemsley, Robert Tear (Argo ZNF 6)
Rachmaninoff "Piano Concerto No. 3" Byron Janis/Antal Dorati/London Symphony (Mercury SR90283) Speaker's Corner reissue
Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue" (Columbia CS 8163) Both Classic Record's reissues: 33 1/3 rpm 200g and 45 rpm 200g
|
Since my wife Rhonda is away for the weekend I'm dipping into my 20th century composers records this evening and through the weekend. This Friday evening I begin with the Gerhard Concerto for Orchestra (Argo ZRG 553) Rich palette of diverse percussion instruments w/harp & strings. Sumptuous.
Edgar Varese, Arcana and Ionisation. Mehta. Decca SXL 6550 A sonic delight. In regard to "Ionization" the liner notes say: "...the piece seems to evoke the sounds and harsh reality of city life, in contrast to the sounds of nature." Varese uses sirens that sound off at various times during the performance. I can relate to this music since moving from the quieter Bay Area in California to the city of Boston a few years ago.
Jay McShann, Just A Lucky So And So, Sackville reords. Joyful blues, what more can I say. Needed this to settle my mind after an initial foray in Bartok's Bluebeards Castle. After Judith goes through the first door to discover Bluebeards previous widow, I could'nt handle anymore 20th century composers in one sitting. Will have to resume later. BTW the recording is with Solti conducting the LPO. Decca SET 630. My copy is a bit beaten up and I am looking for a replacement. When I am up to it I want to compare it with a Hungaroton recording with Janos Ferencsik I acquired more than 20 years ago when I was first introduced to this work. Although it is a digital LP I remember it being quite vivid in my memory.
Have a great weekend all of you,
Kind regards,
|
Tonight our listening has a common thread... any idea what it is???
Led Zeppelin ÂLed Zeppelin on JP Atlantic
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends w/ Eric Clapton -On Tour on Atco
The Steve Miller Band -Sailor on Capital
Eagles ÂDesperado on Asylum
John Hiatt -Stolen Moments on A&M
Rolling Stones -Beggars Banquet on JP London FFSS
The Who -Who by numbers on MCA
Pete Townsend & Ronnie Lane -Rough Mix on Atco
Traffic ÂTraffic on UK Island
Joan Armatrading -S/T on A&M white label
So much vinyl, so little time... Happy Listening! |
R f sayles,
HMMMM- My guess is that these LP's were all issued in the early 80's, perhaps in the same year?
Tonight, so far:
"Il Cornetto, Works Of Italian and British Composers of the 16th & 17th Century" (Klimo Edition Open Window OW 004)
Baroque era music performed on original instruments including the cornett, viola da gamba, harpsichord/chamber organ and lute/baroque guitar.
Liszt "Sonata, Piano Works By Franz Liszt" Robert Silverman
(Stereophile STPH008-1) |
R f,
I have to append my answer: They weren't all issued in the same year, or in the early 80's. I didn't take into account "Beggar's Banquet" and a couple of others. My other guess would have been that each LP was the second effort for each artist, but the Led Zep is their 1st LP, right? I give up. What is it? |
A very entertaining Impulse! 3-LP set called The Saxophone, A Critcal Guide. Don Byas is playing All The Things You Are right now. Great stuff. |
A clue is: they contain one key player in all of these recordings.... |
Nicky Hopkins playing piano? |
Montepilot, good to see your list of music! Nice to have more classical music listed for those like me who live mainly in that world.
Slipknot, any reactions to "Il Cornetto"? Hope I didn't lead you down the path of "it must be an acquired taste" on this LP...
Tonight here has been:
John Lill playing Schuman's "Fantasia in c, op 17" on a beautiful all analog recording produced in 2004: Green Room Productions 4001. This is recording engineer Tony Faulkner's label and reflects his return to analog tape for his own productions. A lovely 1964 Steinway piano captured by Neuman M50 tube mikes into a Studor A80 tape deck, then half speed mastered by Stan Ricker and pressed at RTI. Outstanding performance by Lill, captured in outstanding sonics by Faulkner.
Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps performed by Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Decca SXL 6691 (the Speakers Corner reissue sounds very good! besting my original Decca in many respects).
. |
Rushton,
My first reaction to "Il Cornetto" is how delicate and airy the lute/guitar passages are as they weave through the soundscape. A lot of people may pass this recording by fearing the "acquired taste" of harpsichord, but the combination of the lute, cornett, chamber organ/harpsichord are just right IMO. Very easy on the ears, nice late night listening at lower volumes, and a tremendous recording from a production standpoint. Thanks for bringing this one to my attention! |
Thanks, Slipknot, glad to hear this report. For me, this LP captures accurately some very difficult to reproduce textures and harmonic shadings. It's a real test of the resolving capability of one's system, plus being very attractive musically.
. |
OK Slipknot1, Evidently there are no other takers to this challenge of rock trivia. So you have taken an avid stab at it and deserve to know the answer I was looking for. Glyn Johns. Glyn either engineered and or produced each of these recordings. He has a long list of credits that would leave anyone proud and most of his work have a sonic signature of clarity and detail as you may well know by listening to these albums. Happy Listening! |
Good one! I stared at his name on "Rough Mix, "Who By Numbers" looked over Led Zep but missed his name. I was gonna say Clapton cuz of the Delaney & Bonnie ref and Clapton played a lot of the lead parts on "Rough Mix".
That was fun. Maybe we should start posting thematic evenings of music and quiz folks on what the commonalities are... |
Gentleman, Please tell me about the ÂIl Cornetto it sounds fascinating. I am but a classical neophyte at this point and truly looking to expand my horizons. I love classical or folk music with ancient instrumentation. Would this fit into that classification? So please, do tell and is it available on vinyl?!
As always, Happy Listening! |
Foster, the "Il Cornetto" LP is a recording of Baroque music that features the Cornett, a 16th century wind instrument made of wood or ivory, with woodwind style fingering holes like a recorder but with a brass instrument type mouthpiece. Because it's played like a brass instrument, yet with the body of a woodwind instrument, it has a unique sound that I find complex and full of interesting overtones. It's unusual to hear it played today. This LP is from a limited series of extraordinarily well recorded Baroque music recordings made by the German tube equipment manufacturer Klimo in the 1980s, now long out of print. I have all of the LPs from this limited Klimo Open Window series, and this is one of my favorites (another being an LP of music for baroque violin performed by the renowned Swiss baroque violinist Chiara Banchini, Klimo OW 002). The primary point is that I recently discovered that Elusive Disc still has this "Il Cornetto" LP available. . |
Rushton, I find your explanation of the instrumentation only heightens my interest in hearing this recording and many of the others. I checked with Elusive Disc and they are currently listing it as out of stock. I went ahead and entered an order (it let me) in the hope that I might be fortunate enough to see it restocked, we'll see. Thank you again for the thoughtful words. With a little looking around I found a HiFi+ review of the Italian Violin Music 1600-1750 Open Window OW 002, they suggest it as one of their favorites also. Also found a Chinese website that describes six different albums of this series. Very intriguing. Sounds as though this path of music exploration just never ends... Bravo! |
Foster, I'm sorry this LP is now out of stock at Elusive Disc. Slipknot and another member of our local audio group just ordered it last week, but I was afraid that whatever supply Elusive Disc might have was limited. I've seen LPs from this series show up every now and then on Mikrokosmos' monthly lists. . |
I too am sorry to hear that Elusive disc is listing it as OS. I must have gotten one of the last copies. Mine arrived within 3 days of placing the order. "Il Cornetto" is indeed a very delicate recording. I really allows you to hear texture and tonal shading of these early instruments if your system is resolving of this kind of intricate detail. |
Thank you again gentlemen, I will keep looking around and they will show up eventually. I'm sure that it is just a matter of time until one surfaces. I appreciate very much knowing that they are out there, thanks to you. In doing a little research I have know read about six records in this catalog. And all is not lost, apparently I have the last copy elusive disc had of the German harpsichord music coming my way. I look forward to that. Best regards, Foster |
Khachaturian's "Gayaneh Ballet", Tjeknavorian/NPO, RCA RL25035 (excellent job by recording engineer Bob Auger, English pressing)
"Il Cornetto" - after all the discussion, I had to pull it out for a listen!
Creedence Clearwater Revival, selections from the 45 rpm reissue box set from Analogue Productions.
. |
R_f I understand your disappointment in not being able to acquire a record that has so many high recommendations. However to help you regain heart I recommend pursuing a number of the recordings on Harmonia Mundi that Rushton has written about over the course of these post. Many show up frequently on ebay and in used record stores. He occasionally mentions recordings on that label by the Clemencic Consort and his evaluations of those disk are spot on. I think you will find that series quite enjoyable from both a musical and audiophile perspective.
Rene Clemencic specializes in playing various flutes and recorder some quite old and unusual he being a collector of this instrument. The Clemencic Consort, of which he is founder and director, performs music of the medieval, Renaissance and baroque periods on authentic instruments. The cover of HM 497 "De Hongrie Et De Transylvanie" by the Clemencic Consert has a picture of some unusual looking instruments the musicians are playing. Incidentally this is a record Rushton had on his turntable in an earlier post no too long ago.
If you browse back through some of Rushton's post you will see various selections from this label. I would begin pursuing them now as I feel they still show up regularly enough on ebay to acquire, however I don't think many of the more popular from this series will continue to be so easy to find.
Regards, |
Classic rock tonight;Beatles,Let it Be;Neil Youngs Greatist Hits;Gregg Allman,Laid Back;Jimi Hendrix,First Rays of the New Rising Sun;Mick Ronson,Slaughter on 10th Ave.,,,,,,put a bid on a NM copy of Wet Willie,Keep on Smilling,,anyone remember them? |
Montepilot, Thanks for the Clemencic Consort recommendation. Upon a brief search to gain a little background it appears this will be a rather interesting undertaking as well. I will take your suggested heed to the timing for finding these recordings. René Clemencic looks to be a rather interesting fellow with quite the resumé.
Happy Listening! |
RF and Montepilot, the Clemencic performances are always reliable and enjoyable. If this genre appeals, I'd also recommend any of the recordings by Gregorio Paniagua (Atrium Musicae de Madrid).
My favorites among the Clemencic recordings are:
The Carmina Burana series (5 volumes)
Dances Anciennes de Hongrie & Transylvanie
Dances Du Moyen-Age
Feast of the Ass
Roman de Fauvel
Danses de la Renaissance
...all on Harmonia Mundi.
Of the recordings by Gregorio Paniagua, I'm very fond of:
Villancicos (an instrumental collection of 15th-16thC Spanish Songs)
Tarantelle (collection of Italian ancient dances)
Musique de la Grece Antique
Musique Arabo-Andalouse (Music of Arabic-Spain of the 9th-13th Centuries)
La Folia (collection of Spanish Renaissance Dances, with some wild additions)
...all on Harmonia Mundi
Plus "La Spagna" on BIS LP163/164 (a desert island LP for me).
Cheers! |
"Dances Anciennes de Hongrie & Transylvanie" and Dances Du Moyen-Age" are two recordings that spend a great deal of time on my turntable. (Rushton introduced these to me - and I have his duplicate copies)
In addition, more music in this vein that is well worth pursuing is "Trumpet and Organ Music Of The Baroque" on the Water Lily Acoustics label. Kavi Alexander did a marvelous job of capturing these two instruments and the space in which they were recorded.
The Mercury Golden Import of Respighi's "Ancient Airs & Dances" spins a lot at my home too.
While not early music, the following recordings also offer the type of atmosphere we are discussing:
Both on the Argo label
Holst "Choral Songs Of The Rig Veda" and "Savitri"
Holst "Hymn Of Jesus"
Wonderful examples of small ensemble choral and instrument music. |
Rushton and Slipknot1, I write bearing very interesting news apparently Elusive Discs' server said the album "il cornetto" was out of stock. Truth was, one copy remained and by entering an order anyway (yesterday), I will receive this last copy. I called to confirm the email that had me on the edge of my seat today! Let this be a lesson to all of us in ordering from Elusive Disc, some times if the record is still listed, there is one left regardless of the notation to the contrary. I'm elated to share in the experience of this sound recommendation from you. I would also like to thank you both again for all of the recommendations most recently. I will research each of these and hopefully find a few nice copies to expand on my classical catalog and mostly on our enjoyment here in Detroit. Winter's not over yet and with a set of ten Sylvania NOS 6SN7 GTBÂs for my AtmaÂs in the mail to me it sounds as if next weekend will be a grand one.
Happy Listening. Cheers! |
Great news about this LP, Foster! What a surprise, I'll be interested in your reactions to it. As Slipknot cautions, it is fairly quiet and subtle.
Congratulations on the Sylvania NOS 6SN7 GTBs for your Atma-Sphere. I run these in my MA-2s and love what they do for this amp.
. |
A favorite teacher of mine in high school was fond of gently pointing out my errors in papers I submitted. He had various sized stamps with the word "BONEHEAD!>>" on them that he would use to subtly mark my papers. The more egregious the error, the bigger the stamp. I think the biggest I saw had 1" block letters.
Well, last night I just awarded myself the 5" tall BONEHEAD!>> stamp as I managed to snap off the cantilever to my beloved Magic Diamond cartridge. Oh, was it ever so easy! and ever so quick! A moment of carelessness, a misplaced waive of the hand, and zip - gone! Snapped clean off.
We're ordering a replacement, but vinyl will sit quiet around here for a while until the replacement arrives. Take what lessons you will for your own purposes, my friends.
. |
|
How many of you have had an LP in your collection that you thought was just mediocre until you played it on some different equipment?
This just happened to me yesterday as I listened to the Khatchaturian "Gayenah Ballet" listed in my post above. I'd always enjoyed the music on this LP, but consistently thought the sound quality was indifferent, if not decidedly disappointing: muffled, indistinct, completely lacking is resolution and transparency. Definitely not what I expected of a Bob Auger engineered mastertape! I remember being sooo disappointed when I first got it years ago.
Well, not any more...
In listening to this LP last night for the first time on the current turntable, what I now hear is a very low-level signal encoded on the disc (typical of many English pressings), but with incredible resolution, detail, soundstaging and harmonic integrity. The former turntable simply was not capable of resolving the magic that was really on this LP.
For me, put this in the category of "lessons repeatedly re-learned..."
. |
DANG! Rushton, my deepest sympathies go out to you on the cantilever mishap. Perhaps a great test of ones caricature to not start jumping up and down cursing at an inanimate object like Yosemite Sam from the WB cartoons. I must admit I would have failed the test and commenced to shootÂin something! (at least verbally). Ouch! To hear you reflecting on a more whimsical moment in time when what you did or more importantly, didn't do had seemingly lesser consequences shows perspective.
And yes there have been albums lately I find to come alive with my current TT set up and the tube amps. I formerly had SS and as good as it was it never revealed the sense of depth and texture, almost aliveness that is in my living room today. So many recordings have fleshed out to become a real sonic landscape and emotionally connect us with the music that I couldnÂt list them all. One thing that has remained in the system though is my Linn Sondek Lp12 from 1983. Now sounding better than ever with a new Akiva cartridge. After hearing your story I will try to remember to be focused, focused, focused when at the ready to spin some wax. Hope to hear that your up and running soon.
There is an interesting irony in that your beloved Magic Diamond cartridge brought you closer to the Khatchaturian "Gayenah Ballet" just before you lost it. Best regards |
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" 180gm 45 rpm. Christopher Cross "Sailing" (never knew this album was recorded so well) and Illinois Jacquet |
selections from the bill evans riverside sessions box set after hearing the terry gross interview with paul motian on npr. |
Sorry to hear about the broken cart. It happens, and I remember standing there thinking is this real - did I just trash hundreds of dollars in the blink of an eye. This audiophile stuff can turn brutal quick. So, I upgraded so that I wouldn't feel like I wasted money even though I did ;) |
just out of storage: kenny burrell "guitar forms" on original-yet-NM verve, wes montgomery and jimmy smith "the dynamic duo" ditto, albeit a stereo copy, coltrane "stellar regions" on impulse reissue, kenny burrell and john coltrane OJC reissue, wes montgomery "full house - live at tsubo" OJC reissue, charlie byrd "blues sonata" japanese mono and lastly herb ellis "softly....but with that feeling" on japanese verve |
Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle -One From The Heart (Soundtrack)of the Francis Ford Coppola movie, on Columbia
If you don't have this record, it's a beauty, maybe you should do yourself a favor before their all gone...
Tom Waits -Small Change on Asylum
Tom Waits -Bone Machine on NL Island Records
Tom Waits -Mule Variations on Epitaph
Happy Listening! |
Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings + Please Don't Touch |
Rushton, My sympathy on your mishap. It has happened to me too. It was a number of years ago when I could hardly afford it, having squeezed all the juice out of my finances to purchase it. I had a Sota turntable with MMT arm and an Audioquest 404B cartridge. I loved that cartridge. The synergy with everything else was just right. I remember shouting something a little more severe to myself than 'BONEHEAD". When I attempted to replace it, it was no longer made having been replaced with another model. The newer model never measured up to my beloved 404B. Your experience just brought back this long buried painful memory. It sounds like you are still able to replace your cartridge. That's a good thing. In the end its still only money. As ancient King Solomon put it "there is nothing better for a man than to rejoice and to eat and drink and see good for all the hard work which the Lord has given him to do." The love of music and having the audio tools to bring this pleasure to life is costly but eminently rewarding.
BTW I don't recall ever seeing in any of your past post that you own a CD player. Do you have one as a backup?
Also I hear that on the Klimo label there is an all Harpsichord album. Do you have it? If so is listening to this harpsichord only record endurable? This is one instrument it is not usually easy for me to sit through. I've only forced myself to endure it when listening to my favorite flute player Jean Pierre Rampal when he performs duets with Robert Veyron Lacroix on harpsichord.
Kind regards, |
Thanks to each of you who've expressed your concern. It's certainly helped my angst!
As Montepilot says, the good news is that its only money: no one was hurt, the cartridge can be replaced. (And thanks for sharing your story, Montepilot.) The better news is that a replacement cartridge is on it's way.
Regarding CD, I actually do have a CD player: a 15+ year old Rotel RCD 855. Completely inoffensive and far outclassed by current technology. The CD collection here is for sure the more limiting factor: 4,000 LPs, but at best only 50 CDs.
As to the Klimo harpsichord LP (Klimo Open Window OW001), I find it very enjoyable: an interesting selection of music, very well played by the inimitable Alfred Gross on three different harpsichords (each pretty different in character than the other), and very naturally recorded. This is certainly one of the better harpsichord records in my collection.
Another solo harpsichord LP I think is well recorded and listenable (and that is still available from Acoustic Sounds and perhaps others) is the Reference Recordings LP of Ramaeu performed by Albert Fuller (RR 27). Unlike the Klimo, this is a very close-up recording, which has its pluses and minuses. But it well captures the tonality of this instrument.
. |
Montepilot,
I read of your interest in the Klimo Open Window Edition of the all harpsichord music. I tend to agree with you that LP's like this can be an acquired taste. But, if you are so inclined, I would like to recommend another that I have found very enjoyable and not at all tedious: It is an LP of works for the harpsichord and flute by the Baroque era composer Boismortier and it is on the Northeastern University Records label. I see used copies of it turn up from time to time as I believe it may be out of print. (I am away from my record collection as I write this so I cannot give you more details). It is well worth seeking out. |
Slipknot1
Thank you for the recommendation. Northeastern University is not far from me here in Boston. There is a local music store here, Rayburn's, that sells and repairs intstruments for the Boston Symphony and many famous jazz musicians who pass through. They also carry Northeastern's catalog of CD's. I am going to see if they can assist me in locating the Boismortier on vinyl. A long shot I know but I will still try.
Regards, |
Montepilot,
I worked for Northeastern University from 1979-1986, while living in Wayland, MA. At that time of course, their entire catalogue was in vinyl. If you find yourself near Huntington Ave, I would even suggest you contact the Music Department, or better yet NU records directly. It would not surprise me if there may be some of the vinyl still kicking around. Many of the recordings on their label were very well done. Best of luck in your quest! |
Rushton and Slipknot1, Yesterday I received both my 6SN7GTB's from andy at Vintage, my copy of "Il Cornetto" and "Stationen deutscher Cembalomisik" from Elusive Disc. Need I suggest it was quite the evening.
First off, the replacement of the Chinese Electron tubes was nothing less than stunning in every way. The smoothness and control of those old Sylvania valves from top to bottom was a huge step forward. They show consistent attention to detail throughout the presentation with a much nicer resolve of the tonality. I should have done this a long time ago! My Atma's sound gorgeous.
On to "Il Cornetto", Thank you gentlemen. The Klimo records are truly of excellent pressing quality and were nicely mastered. The performance was an unusual mix of instruments in tonality and texture (new to my ears) very pleasing and gently engaging. The acoustics were very nice, intimate but of a large enough scale to let all the instruments breath adequately. On both the third and seventh track on the first side I was struck by the clean, clear brassiness and scale (like that of a flugelhorn possibly?) of the lute. The contrast of the harpsichord and chamber organ played together is something I have not heard before and liked very much. Overall for me the experience was one of pleasure in the juxtaposition of musical caricatures and the interplay. Wow! Do I wish I had been there for the live performance. So often large scale symphonic works are lost on these ears. I donÂt get it and they donÂt move me, conversely these little gems are a joyful treasure IMHO. Cheers! |
