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
Franck - Quintet In F Minor For Piano And Strings
Caplet - Conte Fantastique D’Après Une Des Histoires Extraordinaires D’Edgar Allan Poe
Poulenc - Zwei Lieder Aus, Two Songs From, Deux Mélodies Extraits De Fiançailles Pour Rire
Janáček - String Quartet No. 1
Stravinsky - Concerto En Ré
Shostakovich - Two Waltzes For Flute, Clarinet And Piano
Shostakovich - Two Pieces For String Octet Op. 11
As my wife is of Ukrainian decent we will listen tonight and pray for her relatives. She leaves for Warsaw Monday as her family makes their way through Romania.
The Rolling Stones country album! Some don’t know of this gem but "Let It Bleed" is definitely country and 4 kids from England can get it! It's brilliant and if you haven’t experienced it you must! Love me some Stones! Pull me out of whatever funk I'm in!
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer Analogue Productions, 45rpm. Awesome!!!
Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus A lot of great music and tremendous SQ considering the date of recording. Same is true regarding the album, above.
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours. I had this in my discard file and decided to give it a US cleaning and a second chance. It sounds pretty good now! I have the 45 RPM release, but it has some issues and it's nice to be able to sit for 20 minutes or so and not have to get up every 2 or 3 songs to flip the record. not to mention the copy I paid 6 bucks for a few years ago is now selling for $30 - $50. Back into the collection it goes.
@mammothguy54 - Joel and All, I remember when I first heard "Chuck E.'s in Love" on the radio in 1979 when I was in college. Went out and bought the record and was absolutely blown away. My roommate listened to jazz, and this was some sort of jazz I guessed, but it just struck me differently. Still don't know what genre it is, but that's not important. Anyway, here we are 40+ years later, and I'm still listening to it. I agree, my favorite is "The Last Chance Texaco", but many/any of the other songs on the album could have been my favorite if TLCT was not on the album...
I can't imagine why 4 consecutive posts were removed from this thread (see above). Everyone is so civil here. Hmmm...
Well, I should join the bandwagon. Yes indeed, The Last Chance Texaco is probably the best song on that album. It really is something special, as is the entire album. Glad that I started this conversation, LOL.
What a fine group of people here!
Though I will be playing some vinyl tomorrow, my heart is with the people of Ukraine. This is a very sad situation.
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