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
@bkeske Outstanding Recording. Attended many concerts at Severence Hall with Szell conducting in early 70s with the family.  Appreciate them more in retrospect than I probably did at the time.  Hendrix in the West  Polydor UK 1972
Outstanding Recording. Attended many concerts at Severence Hall with Szell conducting in early 70s with the family. Appreciate them more in retrospect than I probably did at the time.
Being in Cleveland (Lakewood) I’m a very biased Cleveland Orchestra ‘fanboy’, even today. But, no doubt it is very hard to replace the likes of Szell; one of the great conductors of all times. Maazel, Dohnanyi, and Welser-Most (and Boulez as well) are/were all very good in their own right, but hard to come after Szell, who essentially made The Cleveland Orchestra into one of the best in the world, and actually still are. Never saw the Orchestra with Szell, (my family moved out of Cleveland at that time), and am jealous you had that opportunity.
Welser-Most is actually doing some interesting things today, after his 18th year. He just created the Orchestra’s very own recording label, and if you check out his/their new and first recording under that label, it is quite impressive. If you have Tidal (or similar) I know they have portions of it. All very promising in continuing to keep The Cleveland Orchestra ‘on the world stage’.
Many friends still living in Lakewood. Â Spent my misdirected childhood in Rocky River. Â My parents subscribed to the Orchestra most of their lives including great shows at what is still my favorite location for any concert - Blossom Music Center. To many great memories. Â Bruckner Symphony No.3 Â George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
I used to live in Rocky River as well with my ex, then moved to Lakewood. All my family is from the East side, so I’m a bit of a ‘black sheep’ ;-)
I’ll keep it going....
Szell conducts Schumann. Symphony 1&2 (from a box set). The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia. 1971.
Wow, you guys have been busy! I had to scroll through three screens to catch up. I recently picked up a nice copy of Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway from my favorite Portland audio store. That's on the VPI right now.
No @tomic601, not that Musselwhite album. But speaking of Charlie, for a CD of great harp playing, look for an album by a Bay Area guy who studied with him. It's Up The Line by The Gary Smith Blues Band. Gary and I were in a band together straight out of high school, right after he had switched to harp from drums. He's been at it ever since, and is REALLY good, as is his band. His model is Little Walter, also my favorite harp player.Â
Back to travelling for next couple weeks. Guess have to pay for all the new records somehow...... Atlanta onto Columbus. Today is just travel though and have scoped out 2 or 3 record shops in Columbus to visit so.....😇😇
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