Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Christmas Album
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Sir John Barbirolli conducts Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.5 In D Major. Philharmonia Orchestra. Angel 1962
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Shelly Manne Daktari and Miles’ Jazz Track (mono)
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@sbank
Wow! What a great Christmas gift!
Very nice Spencer. Never heard that album before, but as an MJQ Fan, I should check that out.
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the awakening - mirage
malo s/t
david axelrod - songs of experience
the magnificent tommy flanagan
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams - Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) / In The Fen Country (Symphonic Impression). New Philharmonia Orchestra. Angel 1968
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@j_husker
I love the album. It’s my go to when life gets too stressed. I highly recommend getting the half speed master version.
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Nice list jerryg123!
The Fiery Furnaces / Blueberry boat
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Been desiring Williams recently, so, here goes….
Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 9. The London Philharmonic Orchestra. Everest repress, probably early 60’s, originally 1958.
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a bit in arrears:
Dylan and The Band - Planet Waves ( MoFi )
The Cars S/T …slower than i remember…
Amy Helm - Flood
Shawn Colvin - Uncovered
and a recommendation from Brian @noromance that is just superb, very talented tight band and an excellent recording / pressing..
Limehouse Jazzband - Rhythm is our Business
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@femoore12 Local Hero is one of my “go to” records that I put on when I can’t figure out what I want to listen to! I need to upgrade to that 1/2 speed mastered version one of these days.
Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 1974 ATCO “Porky/Pecko” press
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The The Infected.
King Crimson, Larks' Tongues in Aspic
The Pixies, Beneath the Eyrie
Tom Tom Club, Close To The Bone
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Wooden Wand + Vanishing Voice / Gipsy freedom
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Wow! What a great Christmas gift!
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Thanks for the Cars education, guys! I also burned out on them from too much airplay back in the day, and will do some hunting and dig in.
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Small Faces – Big Music: A Compleat Collection (They needed a better singer! hey, I'm trying)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
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Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
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Steve Conte / Bronx Cheer
2021 Wicked Cool
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The Hot Dogs / Say What You Mean
1973 Ardent
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Fleshtones / Roman Gods
1981 I.R.S.
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Roger Waters / Amused To Death
2015 Analogue Productions, orig. 1992 Columbia
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Destroyer – City Of Daughters (Merge 2018)
Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five – Come Back, Sweet Papa (Stomp Off 1989)
Franz Lehár - Kölner Rundfunk Chor Und Orchester – Paganini (RCA Victrola 1978)
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Two Coltrane albums: "A Love Supreme Live in Seattle" and "Ballads."
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The Golden Palominos / Visions of excess
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Caroline Spence
Mint Condition
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The Golden Palominos / OAO
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The Cars - Candy-O, Nautilus 1/2 speed mastered.
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Monty Alexander / Ray Brown / Herb Ellis - Trio. Concord Jazz 1981
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Great choices Brian!
Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Hanoi
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Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
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@boxer12
I listened to most of ‘How I Quit Smoking’, and then switched over to ‘Nixon’. Two very different but interesting albums. But it seems, all their albums may be different from one another to a degree.
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Blues Control / Valley tangents
Hey Brian (bkeske),
What Lambchop album or albums did you listen too?
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The Gene Harris Quartet with Jeff Hamilton, Ray Brown, and Ron Escheté. Listen Here! Concord Jazz 1989
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Blues Control / Local flavor
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piero umiliani - synthi time
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Just catching up... Wow, you guys have been playing some great music. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
Reubent, I lived kind of close to Clemson for a few years in the late 90's. Crazy little town. They seem to like football a little bit...
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Suns Of Arqa / Jaggernaut
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Heartbeat City is excellent, and I think that Panorama is, too. All of their albums are wonderful, but those two are my favorites. So glad I have them. They are surprisingly well done in all regards for SQ (mixing, mastering, Plating/pressing). I have Candy-O on Nautilus half-speed master as well. Pretty darn good!
Like some here I did get burned out on too much Cars played on the radio. Some years later, and played on a good high-fidelity system, they are now an entirely different level for me, both musically and sonically.
I accidentally hit Post without first checking the box that I'm Not a Robot. I think my computer may start to smoke or something...
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Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
The half speed Abbey Road master.
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Case / Lang / Veirs - album with Neko Case, K D Lang and Laura Veirs
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@big_greg Hey Greg, nostalgia definitely figures into our rankings. Me (and friends) about wore out their first 2 LPs when they came out. Seems HC did that for you, agree that the production was pretty slick. I moved SIU up the list over the years because the keyboard work sounds so good on my system. I like that you’re a fan too, as are others.
@sbank Spencer, I’ve seen a few of their shows too, the first time at the Portland Paramount Theatre as a promo for The Cars S/T by KGON FM 92 for 92¢. I wish they’d bring back those prices. 😂😭
BTW, spellcheck turned Ric to Rick earlier if you caught that…
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John Haley Sims, Harry Sweets Edison – Just Friends (Pablo 1980)
Aurora – A Different Kind Of Human, Step 2 (Glassnote 2019)
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Carolyn Hester – Carolyn Hester (Tradition 1961)
Pug Horton – Don't Go Away (Bodeswell 1979)
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@bslon Bill, for me, I would probably rank their albums like this:
1 - The Cars
2 - Heartbeat City
3 - Candy-O
4 - Panorama
5 - Move Like This
6 - Door to Door
7 - Shake it Up
When Heartbeat City came out I thought they had "sold out" with the slick production and pop songs. I got burnt out hearing so much of it on the radio and MTV, so let's say that I didn't have the same appreciation for it that I do now.
It's those very same things - the exquisite production and amazing songcraft that lead to so much enjoyment when I listen to it now.
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Saw The Cars/Derringer/Little River Band on what might have been the Cars first tour as headliner, ~’78-79 at The Spectrum in Philly, or as Billy Joel likes to call it, "The Rectum". It was promoted as a September "Back to School Special" concert for $3.50/ticket. Even inflation adjusted, that’s pretty cheap!
CSN&Y - So Far (best of)
Bach - Janos Starker – Suites For Unaccompanied Cello Complete
(Speakers Corner / Mercury Box)
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Spencer - Ya Man on the Ray Brown disc ( Jeton ) it is typically very pricey..but imo worth it.
Lindley / El Rayo-X - Win this Record
Jim
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