Whats on your turntable tonight?

Hey James, 

How'd you like Joan Shelley's latest?

Hey Bill, 

Been meaning to ask you about the Kurt Vile. My sister saw him live last weekend in NM. 

@bslon @sbank I beg to differ.   Lines has the best cover.  

@sbank I also have Fantasy Girls, Lines, decent enough but as you said not at the same level…
Definitely not as good on the cover art 😎

Kurt Vile / (watch my moves)
2022 Verve

Been playing this double LP a little too much lately. Life is good!

@spiritofradio +1 on Tommy Bolin.  I have a few of his records.

And this video ends with exactly my opinion, too.  "Teaser" is the epitome of Tommy Bolins' solo career.  He passed away much too soon.  Bolin was excellent!

@bolson @spiritofradio 👍

That Charlie album just grabs me, one of just a few I own where I almost always listen to both sides 

Yeah, No Second Chance is a gem IMHO! Songs that get "stuck in your head" all day. Fight Dirty isn't bad, but not at the same level. 

From Wiki:
"Poor Man's Moody Blues" was written after a journalist angered the band by referring to Barclay James Harvest as a "poor man's Moody Blues".^[2] In response, guitarist John Lees wrote a song which sounded like the Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin", but in fact was cleverly not the same - the words would not fit. Justin Hayward was not pleased; meeting him years later, bassist Les Holroyd apologised for it.

Ok, I know I can go on and on about Tommy Bolin guys and I apologize but if you have not checked him out you really should.  His leads are right where it’s at for heavy 70s guitar.   

@bslon yes! And gone to earth is my favorite.  That 12 string sounds so cool.  
“poor man’s moody blues”?   Did I say that?   I often think “moody blues: poor man’s doors”…

@spiritofradio 👍

That Charlie album just grabs me, one of just a few I own where I almost always listen to both sides instead of one and then going on to the next record. I know you’re a fan James, of BJH too (Poor Man’s Moody Blues, haha!). Good stuff!

@loomisjohnson 

+1 on Bobby Sutliff

Love those Windbreakers albums. I need to devote more time to his solo records. Thanks for the tip.

@spiritofradio Thx for the quick reply. I will look for the 1959 Terre Haute stereo pressing. You might like Ruth Price With Shelly Manne... its a live recording from 1961(Contemporary S7590). One of my favorite jazz/vocal recordings from the 1960’s. Plan to spin it on Friday and report the SQ.

bobby sutliff, only ghosts remain--in a parallel universe this guy'd be a big star--he's a guitar hero and a very good singer with excellent, jangly songs + a killer cover of richard thompson's "small town romance"

micronotz, 40 fingers--on first blush this is garden variety thrashy punk with a better-than-average singer. listen closer and you'll notice how hooky the songs are; most of them are still embedded in my cranium 30+ years after hearing 'em

poco, cantamos--unfairly overshadowed, imo, by the likes of csn, eagles, etc., but they're better musicians and less cringeworthy overall

Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band

featuring Tommy Bolin

@dayglow 👍

@bslon Hey Bill, how do I press like on all four in your late nite set? +4?!  easily could have been my choices too. Incidentally, I think maybe you and I and @sbank may be the only Charlie fans around.

@mammothguy54     Thx!  I love the ability to find obscure "budget" vinyl with great content and Audiophile SQ. 

@dayglow thanks.   It was my 1973 Stereo Terre Haute repress.  I also have the later repress with the different cover that I think sounds better but my copy is very scratchy.  Not my scratches, btw….

@spiritofradio     +1 Lambert Hendricks & Ross   What version(pressing) did you play?

The Gab Band - III

Charlie / No Second Chance
1977 Janus

Barclay James Harvest / Gone To Earth
1977 MCA

Cat Stevens / Tea For The Tillerman
1970 A&M

Dire Straits / Brothers In Arms
1985 Warner Bros.

@mammothguy54 

Al Di Meola  -  Splendido Hotel   Al surely is a great guitarist!

+2  

@big_greg 

 I love the smell of Montrose in the morning.  Or something like that.

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - The Hottest New Group In Jazz

Count Basie Orchestra - On The Road

Balmorhea - Clear Language

Balmorhea - Stranger

Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La

I just bought the Tim Weisberg - 4 album.  NM for only $4.61 plus shipping = $8.  May as well make my Weisberg collection more complete.  I trust your evaluation of SQ as Audiophile.😃  Should be fun, thanks again for all of your work and reporting.

@mammothguy54      Bernie Grundman mastered 4. What I like about Tim Weisberg is his music is difficult to categorize. Was it rock/jazz/folk or just some type of new fusion? I even detect (pre) new age?

@dayglow   I have a few other Tim Weisberg albums and they are all really great sonics.  I saw him perform at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, back in 1979.  Small venue, about 350 people, and a wonderful show.

@mammothguy54   +1 Splendido Hotel and for being the first to post in over 10 hours here!

Earl Klugh-Crazy For You Side 2

Yes-Yesshows Side 2

Johnathan Edwards-ST Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Teddy Pendergrass-Love Language Side 2

Three Dog Night-Seven Separate Fools(Probe UK) Side 1

Cedar Walton-Eastern Rebellion(repress) Side B SQ Audiophile

Tim Weisberg 4-Side 1 SQ Audiophile

BTO-ST Side 1

Was not planning a vinyl night it just happened. Weisberg 4 gets the SQ crown due to being more liquid(organic) then Eastern Rebellion and more relaxed then Edwards but all 3 have solid Audiophile SQ. BTO SQ was OK but the upper treble was MIA. Seven Separate Fools what a great discovery for me, since I only knew some of the Top 40 songs when I was in grade school. Midnight Runaway might be my favorite song from them.

The Police  -  Outlandos d' Amour    It didn't take me long to play this one.  Great album, darn good sonics.

Al Di Meola  -  Splendido Hotel   Al surely is a great guitarist!

Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins  -  Bluesey Burrell  AP/QRP issue.  I still find it hard to believe how much excellent sound was made in recording studios so many years ago.  And AP gets these master tapes and gets every bit of information out of them.  Excellent mastering, plating, and stamping.  Excellent music!

+1 Fountains of Wayne

@loomisjohnson  - "radiation vibe" is incredible.

Agreed. I love that kind of pop rock. Solid hook. Makes me sing, really loud...

thin white rope, "exploring the axis"--you hear a bit of velvet underground and krautrock influence, but this is mostly very unique-sounding

fountains of wayne, s/t--this sort of clever-pop can sound smarmy in the wrong hands (i.e. weezer), but these guys do it really well, with big hooks and a great guitar sound. "radiation vibe" is incredible.

roy loney, "out after dark"--ex flamin groovie runs out of steam a bit on side 2, but side 1 is as tough a rockabillyish set as you'll ever hear

Gamma 1.  I love the smell of Montrose in the morning.  Or something like that.

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

Motown Collected, double LP
2021 Music On Vinyl #2948

Highly enjoyable assortment of Motown hits. Decent or better SQ, depending on the cut. Makes me regret not collecting Motown back when. Just a fun album!

@mammothguy54 

You must be getting anxious about the loudspeakers…I would be!

@reubent Only digital Tom. Wish I had the records.

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The Best Of The Count Basie Big Band (Pablo)

Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Maag/LSO/ORG)

David Gray - "Mutineers"

I like David Gray. I've had "White Ladder" in my semi-regular rotation for 20 years and bought the anniversary deluxe box-set when it came out last year. However, after listening to "Mutineers" more lately, I think I prefer "Mutineers" over the classic "White Ladder".

Any of you guys have either of these albums?

+2 on Outlandos d’Amour.

Jim Hendrix - Crash Landing

1975 Reprise Records 

Green Day, “Dookie”, their best.

@big_greg +1 on Art 🌶

@dayglow +1 on Casino 🎰

Sunday (in arrears) on LP:

Joan Shelley - The Spur

Skúli Sverrisson • Bill Frisell - Strata

Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere 

Covet - technicolor 

Franz Schubert - Streichquintett C-dur (Amadeus/Pleeth)

And Presently:

Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates   

Count Basie Orchestra - "88 Basie Street"

@bslon   I agree with you about Outlandos d' Amour.  I played that a few months ago and it is just fabulous, as you stated.  Time to play that again, very soon.

Count Basie  -  Basie Jam #2

Count Basie  -  Basie Jam #3

I have Basie Jam (the first of this 3 series album set) and like it so much that I bought the other two, which just arrived.  They are all wonderful, but I think that I am quickly placing #3 as the best of them.  Excellent performance and really good sonics.  Highly recommended.

Janis Joplin - Pearl

1971 Columbia Records