Out Of The Blue-Inside Track Side 1 SQ*
Carley Simon-Boys In The Trees Side 2 SQ*
The Judds-Greatest Hits Side B
The Brothers Johnson-Blast Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Wynton Marsalis-Levee Low Moan Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Tanita Tikaram-Ancient Heart Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Sting-The Dream Of The Blue Turtles Side 2 SQ*
Cat Stevens-Foreigner Side 2 SQ*
Great night for SQ 3 Audiophile and 4 near misses. The Judds is a very solid SQ recording but finished last in a very strong SQ night Close race between all 3 Audiophile recordings but Blast(Sax/Reece) has an organic edge. Both Sting/Tikaram are easily Top 50 recordings of the 1980's. Foreigner is an overlooked "Cat" recording that might be his 3rd best behind Teaser/Tillerman.
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Allison Russell "Outside Child"
2021/Fantasy
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Steely Dan ""Everything Must Go"
AS/QRP/45RPM
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Songs:Ohia "Ghost Tropic"
Secretly Canadian
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Bonny Light Horseman "Keep Me on Your Mind"/"See you Free".
2024/JagJaguwar
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Jane / Live At Home
1977 Metronome
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Art Farmer-To Duke With Love Side 2 SQ*
Bob Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home(2021 Repress) Side 2
Loudness-Thunder In The East Side 1
Maggie Rogers-Heard It In A Past Life Side A
Bill Evans-At Shelly's Manne-Hole(Repress() Side 2
Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66-ST Side 2 SQ*
Willie Nelson-Shotgun Willie Side 2 SQ*
Micheal Franks-One Bad Habit Side 2 SQ*
None with Audiophile SQ status tonight but 4 near misses. I gave the edge to Franks over the other 3. Shotgun is clearly worth an Atlantic 75 pre-order. mine will be placed in the very near future. Don't sleep on Brasil 66(any album) that could be in the budget bins.
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David Crosby "If I Could Only Remember My Name"
Atlantic 75 series/45RPM/Acoustic Sounds
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Stone Temple Pilots "Core"
Atlantic 75 series/45RPM/Acoustic Sounds
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Booker T. & The MGs "Hip Hug-Her"
2024/Jackpot Records/AAA
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Booker T. & The MG's "Doin' Our Thing"
2024/Jackpot Records/AAA
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Funkadelic "Maggot Brian"
2017/Westbound Records. remaster
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Alquin / Nobody Can Wait Forever
1975 RCA
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Ambrosia / S-T
1975 20th Century Records
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The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot
1977 Arista
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Bruce Springsteen-Born In The U.S.A. Side 1
Shooting Star-Hang On For Your Life Side 1
Bob Seger-Beautiful Loser Side 1
Henry Lee Summer-ST Side 1
Grand Funk Railroad-E Pluribus Funk Side 1
Michael Stanley Band-Heartland Side 1
Cheap Trick-Heaven Tonight(2013 Repress) Side 1
John Cougar Mellencamp-The Lonesome Jubilee Side 1 SQ*
Thought "Heartland" Pop/Rock would be an honorable tribute on Memorial Day. Nothing had remarkable SQ but no recording did disservice to the music. IMO Mellencamp had the best SQ but excessive treble energy kept it from Audiophile status.
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AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Side 1
The Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy(MS 6081 6 Eye) Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Ray Charles/Cleo Laine-Porgy & Bess Side C SQ*
Played last night got distracted and failed to finish my playlist. Cat/Gino and Ormandy were all very close in SQ but I will give the edge to "Brother To Brother" due to the dynamics.
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Goats head soup, original pressing from the day it was released.
I bought a box of 25 and gave them to my friends. I still have three sealed copies.
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Cat Stevens-Buddha And The Choclate Box Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Doris Day-The Love Album(Craft repress) Side 1
Thin Lizzy-Jailbreak Side B
Gino Vannelli-Brother To Brother Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Marcus Roberts-Deep In The Shed Side B
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Aoife O'Donovan "plays Nebraska"
2022/YepRoc
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Liz Stringer "First Time Really Feeling"
2021/Milk Records
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Jerry Garcia "Reflections"
1976/Round Records
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Patty Griffin "S/T"
2019/Thirty Tigers
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The Mountain Goats "Jenny From Thebes"
2023/Merge
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Iron & Wine "Beast Epic"
2017/SUB POP
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Kurt Vile "Watch My Moves"
2022/Verve
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The Decemberists"The Crane Wife"
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Joe Walsh "But Seriously Folks"
1978/Elektra/Asylum
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Suzanne Vega "99.9 F°"
1992/A&M/EU
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Hilary Hahn Bach.Concertos
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffery Kahane
Deutsch Grammophone
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Iron & Wine "Archive recordings, Series 5
Tallahassee Recordings."
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John Hiatt "Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns
2011/New West
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I found a MINT copy of this LP a few weeks ago which didn’t break my monthly vinyl budget (much) and have been playing it a LOT.
My son, a multi-instrument musician and drummer (ahem) has also given a listen on several occasions despite it being “antique music.”
Here’s power.
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The Delines "Colfax"
2014/Decor Records
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Andrew Gold "What's Wrong With This Picture?"
1976/Elektra/Asylum
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Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "100 Days 100 Nights"
Daptone
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A couple that followed Richard….both recent reissues
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@bkeske Cheers, Brian. I may splash out!
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Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (Columbia 1977 first pressing)
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@noromance
I heard some of it on YT. Sounds great. What's the vinyl like?
It’s really nice Brian. Didn’t clean mine first, as I was anxious to hear it. A slight bit of crackle between songs, but that may minimize further or go away after a cleaning.
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Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Hear Music 2009)
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@bkeske I heard some of it on YT. Sounds great. What's the vinyl like?
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Patti Page – The East Side (Mercury 1959)
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New Richard Thompson (finally) arrived today
New West
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The Grateful Dead - American Beauty (RE, 180 Warner Bros. 2011)
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Randy Newman – Born Again (Warner Bros. 1979)
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Little Feat / Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
1974 Warner Bros.
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The Band / S-T
2019 Capitol 50th Anniversary 45rpm RE, orig. 1969
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