Whats on your turntable tonight?

The Jim Carroll Band / Catholic Boy
1980 ATCO

Rolling Stones / Tattoo You
1981 Rolling Stones

1987 A&M

Norah Jones - Not Too Late, Analogue Productions 

I bought a good pile of used records recently.  These are a few of them that I played today.

The Moody Blues  -  Seventh Sojourn   One of the better recorded albums from the Moody Blues.  And a great album of music, too.

Al Di Meola  -  Splendido Hotel   An excellent group of musicians joined Al in making this very good double album.

Earl Klugh and Bob James  -  Two Of A Kind   This is a gold stamped "Promo" copy.  An excellent quality production and SQ.  Very enjoyable music, so easy to listen to and relax.  And I got it for just $5 plus shipping.

The Best of Delaney & Bonnie

Amadeus Quartett : Beethoven Streichquartette - String Quartets ‧ Quatuors A Cordes Op. 127‧130‧131‧132‧133‧135. Deutsche Grammophon 4LP box 1963, German release

Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

The Cars - Moving In

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman 

i always thought the records were underrated as a guitar band, and i prefer their (marginally) harder edged second  record (plus i can't listen to "teenarama" without cringing).

on my queue, in the same vein:

richard x. heyman, cornerstone

myracle brah, live on planet eartsnop

dm3, garage sale compendium

@bdp24 I enjoy your stories, thanks for sharing.

I much prefer that first record over their second, especially like how the cymbals come in at intervals on “Starry Eyes”. That really grabs me, you as a drummer maybe not so much. Excellent Power Pop for sure! Funny that you mentioned Moon Martin, I had that in last night’s queue but lost steam late.

Foreigner - 4  Just say NO to 4MWB

@bslon: Excellent! I too just found a copy of the Records' self-titled debut, as well as it's followup (which introduced new member Jude Cole, who had previously been a member of Moon Martin's band). Excellent Power Pop.

The Records' main songwriter/singer John Wicks was in the audience at the Emitt Rhodes live appearance I participated in (the 1997 Poptopia Festival in L.A.), and I ended up connecting with John and doing some shows with him in the following couple of years. A very sweet guy, and a damn fine songwriter. He unfortunately passed away a few years back.

The Records / S-T
1979 Virgin

@bdp24 ​​@bkeske , 

I didn't have the heart to say it but since Eric did ......... I learned my lesson too late on the Four Men With Beards releases. 

The Bus Boys / Minimum Wage Rock & Roll
1980 Arista

The Sinceros / The Sound Of Sunbathing
1979 Columbia 

A Drop In The Gray / Certain Sculptures
1985 Geffen

An outstanding record by a band you've never heard of…

Calexico – Algiers (City Slang  2012)

Roxy Music - Country Life. This is a half speed mastered at Abbey Road German import. Sound quality is very nice

@bdp24 

Ha! It was used, and actually got some of the higher ratings vs other releases on Discogs (including MOV), so took a chance. The pressing is fine, and pretty darn quiet. SQ-wise, it sounds fine, but to be honest, it has been years since I heard the original pressing, so it is very hard to compare.

Rush - "Presto"

Billy Preston - The Best

@bkeske: Uh oh. Have you opened the Burrito Deluxe LP yet? (Or is it used?). 4 Men With Beards are notorious for poor sounding LP reissues (low-rez digital sources, poor mastering and pressing quality).

Intervention Records has their repress of Burrito Deluxe scheduled for the 2nd quarter of 2022, mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI. Their reissue of the the first Burrito Brothers album is excellent (I have it and an original, bought at the time of it's initial release).

Rush - "Roll the Bones"

John Hiatt - Mystic Pinball. New West Records 1 1/2 LP 2012

Also just arrived…

Flying Burrito Bros. - Burrito Deluxe. 4 Men With Beards reissue 180gm 2008. Originally A&M 1970

Graham Nash/David Crosby - S/T

1972 Atlantic Records

My second Manassas LP arrived a little while ago. Cleaning and spinning next…

Stephen Stills / Manassas - Down The Road. Atlantic 1973

@loomisjohnson 

for a man of your impeccable taste

Good one! Especially since I almost ran with The Fugs last night! 😁

Enjoyable day off:

Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges - Back to Back

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs

Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler

Reece Wynans and Friends - Sweet Release

Now it's time for yard chores...

Peter Gabriel - (2) Scratch

1978 Atlantic Records

bslon, for a man of your impeccable taste grand funk and starship kinda throw me for a loop. gotta listen to the live butterfly, though.

Foreigner - Head Games

Grand Funk Railroad / Phoenix
1975 Capitol

@carlsbad Physics at Chicago: Now that’s legit.  I was at the GSB in 84 & 85.  Physics.  Cool.   Can you help me with my turntable arm…?

Tommy James & The Shondells / The Best Of
1969 Roulette 

Jefferson Starship / Red Octopus 
1975 Grunt

Iron Butterfly / Live
1970 ATCO

Rush - "Hold Your Fire"

Paul Simon - "Graceland"

Arca - kick iiii

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman

@spiritofradio  I did my time at the UofC in the late 70s graduating in Physics in 1980.  Remember Aliotta Haynes and Jerrimiah, Lake Shore Drive?

John Mayhall w/Eric Clapton (also John McVie on bass) - Blues Breakers. London reissue 1977, originally 1966

Yes - 90125

The Band - Music From Big Pink. Capitol 1968

Moby Grape - S/T

1967/ Late 80's Columbia Repress

A few of the songs are a bit bright on the highs but most of the songs sound pretty good other than those exceptions. 

John Mayall - Jazz Blues Fusion. Polydor 1972