John Cale - Vintage Violence, Slow Dazzle
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks |
Breaking in my new phono pre (Zyx Artisan):
Miles - KoB
McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy
Ellington/Coltrane - Eillington/Coltrane
Mel Brown - Chicken Fat |
Tonight it's been:
Paul Simon - Graceland
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
U2 - Rattle and Hum
Muddy Waters - folk singer
and currently it is...
Stanley Kubrick's - Clockwork Orange |
Got my X-Ono phono back from Pass the other day. Wayne Colburn kicked it up a couple notches for sure.
Doug MacLeod- No Road Back Home
Arlen Roth-Guitarist-If you like really articulate guitar playing pick anything he does up
Beatles- Hey Jude
The Subdudes- Debut, I like pretty much all their stuff
Lyle Lovette- Debut & Pontiac
Coldplay- Parachutes Great modern rock band IMO |
Stockfish LP- David Roth Pearl Diver |
Mosaic's The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. 1, 23 LPs of sheer bliss. I've been listening most of the day, working my way up to Coleman Hawkins. Billie Holiday and Chu Berry are around the corner...
Thank you, eBay!
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Mott the Hoople - Mott
Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
Leonard Cohen - Songs of...
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (can't stop playing this one) |
Pat Benatar-Precious Time
Pink Floyd- DSOTM
Pat Benatar- Crimes of Passion
Pat Benatar- In The Heat Of The Night
Pat Benatar- Get Nervous
PB was sounding good so I went with it. Who treated her so bad? Sounds like everybody did... |
The Larry Page Orchestra Arranged By Ray Davies - "Kinky Music" [Rhino repro LP '83, orig. '65] Never released in US at the time, strictly for dancing fun but audaciously early in the band's career for an affair of this kind, the newest tune on the disk being the contemporaneous hit single "Tired Of Waiting For You" (and even stretching back to their earliest non-album single for "I Took My Baby Home")
The Sentinals - "Surfer Girl" [Del Fi repro LP '96, orig. '63]
Willie Mitchell - "The Hit Sound Of Willie Mitchell" [Hi LP '67]
Ray Bryant - "Lonesome Traveler" [Cadet LP '66] The followup to the classic "Gotta Travel On" album, reprising the same winning formula (right down to the title allusion) with the dual flugelhorns of Clark Terry and Snookie Young once again fronting the trio
Pete Rugolo - "Percussion At Work" [Mercury LP '57] Early stereo sound spectacular in a non-classical vein, featuring Andre Previn and Shelly Manne, the SR # is but a mere 80003 |
Tonight was ECM night! Ebhart Webber, Corea and Towner. |
Flaming Lips - Dark Side of the Moon for me tonight! |
Bobby Bland - "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" [MCA reissue LP '84, orig. Duke '64]
Nina Simone - "The High Priestess Of Soul" [Philips LP '67]
The Ramsey Lewis Trio - "Upendo Ni Pamoja" [Columbia LP '72]
Sun Ra - "The Magic City" [ABC/Impulse LP '73, rec. '60]
Skeeter Davis & NRBQ - "She Sings, They Play" [Rounder LP '85]
George Abdo & His Flames Of Araby Orchestra - "The Art Of Belly Dancing" [Monitor LP '73] Belly dancing instructions enclosed!
Sabicas - "Volume III" [Elektra LP '6?]
Vijay Raghav Rao - "Flute" [Tower LP '69]
The Gil Evans Orchestra - "Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix" [Bluebird CD '02, orig. RCA '74] |
Listening to some new acquisitions tonight:
Fairport Convention - Leige & Lief, What We Did On Our Holidays
Kris Kristofferson - Border Lord |
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Yes Album (180g)
Nirvana - Nevermind (180g)
The Beach Boys - Made In USA
Chet Baker - Chet is Back (180g)
AC/DC - Back in Black (180g)
The Power Station - japanese pressing
Journey - Escape (japanese pressing)
Billie Holliday - Lady Day |
Toto- Hydra
ZZ Top- Best Of, 10 Legendary Texas Tales
Doobie Bros.- Best of
George Thorogood- Better Than The Rest |
McCoy Tyner - Mosaic Select Boxset [Mosaic 3CD '07, orig. 4 Blue Note albums rec. '68 - '70] Went to see the McCoy Tyner Quartet w/Gary Bartz sax in concert the other night, both still gettin' it done (also we were quite blown away by Eric Gravatt on drums, ex-Weather Report)
Ed Thigpen - "Out Of The Storm" [Verve LP '66] Oscar Peterson's longtime drummer, with Kenny Burrell guitar, Clark Terry trumpet, Herbie Hancock piano, Ron Carter bass
Harold Land - "West Coast Blues!" [Jazzland LP '60] Wes Montgomery guitar, Barry Harris piano, Sam Jones bass, Joe Gordon trumpet, Louis Hayes drums
Lightnin' Hopkins - "The Herald Recordings" [Collectables LP, rec. '54]
Roy Clark - "Stringin' Along With The Blues" [Capitol LP '66] All-instrumental set has Howard Roberts and Barney Kessel on backing guitars with Earl Palmer drums and Red Callender bass
Neal Hefti - "How To Murder Your Wife" O.M.P. Sndtrk. [U.A. LP '65]
Luciano Sgrizzi - "18th Century Italian Harpsichord Music" [Nonesuch LP '6?] Solo Baroque works by Scarlatti and several of his 'workmen' (as the liners put it) contemporaries whose names are unfamiliar |
Eddie Costa's House of Blue Lights (I can't get over how much I LOVE the first track, and then the segue into the second)
Hank Mobley (BN 1568)
John Jenkins w/ Kenny Burrell (BN 1573)
Lee Morgan's Candy (1590)
J.R. Monterose (1536)
Sonny Clark Trio (1579)
'Round Midnight Claude Williamson's Trio (Bethlehem (Columbia Japan reprint 1992) mono)
A Garland of Red - Red Garland Trio (Prestige 7064 Japan pressing) |
Golden Earring's Moontan, often over looked but always enjoyed. |
Coldplay- Parachutes
Arlen Roth- Guitarist |
The entire MFSL Beatles Box
I know lots of Beatle vinyl-philes don't love this set, but man, it's the best sounding Beatles vinyls I have ever heard (well, I have heard some of the red vinyl Japanese set, and it's prob better, but I have not heard all of it0.
Loving the Beatles and Football on a rainy Sunday!! |
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Caravan - Riverside RLP 9428 -45rpm Analogue Productions (Oh yes, just amazing. Its hard to imagine that Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard were so young when they cut this record with Blakey.)
Loius Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald - Ella and Louis - Verve 4003 Speakers Corner (what joy! in this record)
Maria Callas - Callas Portrays Puccini Heroines - Angel 35195 (it's not the voice, it's the phrasing and ability to communicate the meaning. Love her or hate her, she's mesmerizing.)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Neruda Songs - okay, its a CD, but the music and her voice are marvelous.
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Tim Hardin - "The Best Of..." [Verve/Forecast LP '70, rec. '67] Writer of much-covered tunes such as "Reason To Believe", "If I Were A Carpenter", "Misty Roses" etc.
Roy Head & The Traits - "Treat Me Right" [Scepter LP '65]
Sweet - "Sweet Fanny Adams" [RCA UK LP '74]
Wes Montgomery - "The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of..." [Riverside/OJC CD '87, orig. '60] With Tommy Flanagan and the Heath brothers
Stanley Turrentine - "Joyride" [Blue Note CD '06, orig. '65] With big-band 'orchestra' arranged/conducted by Oliver Nelson |
Some MFSL acquisitions:
McCoy Tyner - Sahara
Allman Brothers - Idlewild South
Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits
Beck - Sea Change (this sounds particularly amazing)
And I just got my Grateful Dead LP reissue set (yay) - listening to American Beauty now. I'll leave the rest until the weekend, I think. |
I regularly spin older 45s but hardly ever list any, so here's some random titles culled from recent stacks, just as a reality check (and of course your reading pleasure)! These are mostly from the 60's with a few earlier and later exceptions here and there, in absolutely no order whatsoever...Let's hit the mono button and put the needle to the groove, at least until I get tired of typing :-)
The Wanted - "Big Town Girl" [A&M]
Alice Wonderland - "He's Mine" [Bardell]
Beau Brummels - "One Too Many Mornings" [Warner Brothers]
Wild Cherries - "Whistle Stop Revue" [Kapp]
The Jordan Brothers - "Gimme Some Lovin'" [Philips]
Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra - "Good Vibrations" [RCA]
David Rockingham Trio - "Dawn" [Josie]
The Shags - "Wait And See"/"It Hurts Me Bad" [Nuttr]
Johnny & The Expressions - "Where Is The Party" [Josie]
Buddy Lee & The Satellites - "Countdown"/"Way Out" [Columbia]
The Significant Other All-Girl Band - "What Is The Reason"/"Ode To Carrabassett 'Fats'" [Critique]
The Buchanan Brothers - "The Last Time" [Event]
The Tidal Wave - "Searching For Love"/"Sinbad The Sailor" [Buddah]
The Kitchen Cinq - "Ride The Wind" [LHI]
Bonnie & The Butterflies - "I Saw Him Standing There"/"Dust Storm" [Smash]
The Rollers - "Bonneville"/"I've Got My Eye On You" [Liberty]
Tony Kaye & The Heartbeats - "Hey Hey Little Orphan Annie" [GMC]
Willie Hobbs & The Dirte Four - "Gloria" [Mercury]
John Leyton - "Make Love To Me" [Atlantic]
The Nova Local - "If You Only Had The Time" [Decca]
Randy's World - "Over Again" [SSS International]
Brother Jack McDuff - "Theme From Electric Surfboard" [Blue Note]
The Vogues - "Humpty Dumpty" [TL]
Don & The Goodtimes - "Turn On"/"Make It" [Wand]
The Others - "Morning"/"My Friend The Wizard" [Jubilee]
The Arkades - "The P.A.L." [Julia]
Freddy Cannon - "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It" [Swan]
Chuck Jackson - "Where Did She Stay" [Wand]
Jack Scott - "Goodbye Baby"/"Save My Soul" [Carlton]
Jerry Reed & The Hully Girlies - "I'm Movin' On"/"Goodnight Irene" [Columbia]
The Pastels - "Been So Long" [Argo]
Chuck Berry - "Oh Baby Doll" [Chess]
Ruth Brown - "I Want To Do More" [Atlantic]
Flamin' Groovies - "Shake Some Action"/"When I Heard Your Name" [Line]
Louis Armstrong & His Allstars - "The Beat Generation" [MGM]
Cilla Black - "I've Been Wrong Before" [Parlophone]
Sam & Dave - "I Got A Thing Going On"/"I Found Out" [Roulette]
Warren Smith - "Ubangi Stomp" [Sun]
Them - "Mystic Eyes" [Parrot]
The New Breed - "I'm In Love"/"Green Eye'd Woman" [Diplomacy]
The Caper Brothers - "I Ain't Gonna Write You" [Roulette]
The Van Dykes - "Stupidity" [Atlantic]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Come Spy With Me" [Tamla]
Peter & Gordon - "To Know You Is To Love You" [Capitol]
The Newbeats - "Better Watch Your Step" [Hickory]
The Rolling Stones - "Dandelion"/"We Love You" [London]
Kane & Abel - "The Twist Is Back" [Red Bird]
The Dreams - "(They Call Me) Jesse James"/"Charge" [D.C. Sound Ltd.]
Elvis Presley - "Mystery Train" [RCA Victor]
The Bryds - "It Won't Be Wrong"/"Set You Free This Time" [Columbia]
Terry Black - "Say It Again"/"Everyone Can Tell" [Tollie]
The Yardbirds - "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor"/"Ha Ha Said The Clown" [Epic]
Yvonne Fair - "Just As Sure (As You Play, You Must Pay)"/"Baby, Baby, Baby" [Smash]
The Mad Lads - "Come Closer To Me"/"Sugar, Sugar" [Volt]
The Ambassadors - "A.W.O.L." [Arctic]
The Accents - "Tell Me" [Challenge]
Jerry Cole & His Spacemen - "One Color Blues" [Capitol]
Kenni Woods - "Can't He Take A Hint?"/"That Guy Is Mine" [Philips]
The Cookies - "Only To Other People" [Dimension]
The Entertainers - "Too Much" [Chess]
Kai Winding - "The Ice Cream Man" [Verve]
The Young Ones - "East Coast USA"/"Windy And Warm" [England]
The Ikettes - "Peaches 'n' Cream"/"The Biggest Players" [Modern]
The Fraggies - "I Wanna Love You"/"Stick With You" [Cameo]
The Sundowners - "Ring Out Wild Bells" [Filmways]
The New Order - "You've Got Me High"/"Meet Your Match" [Warner Brothers]
Mickey Dolenz - "Don't Do It" [Challenge]
The Transatlantics - "Run For Your Life" [Jubilee]
The Spotlights - "Dayflower" [Smash]
The Four Tempos - "Showdown (At The Union Hall)" [Rampart]
Darrow Fletcher - "The Pain Goes A Little Deeper"/"My Judgement Day" [Groovy]
The Distant Cousins - "Let It Ring" [DynoVox]
The Kinks - "Where Have All The Good Times Gone"/"Till The End Of The Day" [Reprise]
The Beach Boys - "Please Let Me Wonder" [Capitol]
Chad & Jeremy - "Teenage Failure" [Columbia]
The New Colony Six - "I Confess"/"Dawn Is Breaking" [Centaur]
Little Sonny - "Let's Have A Good Time"/"Orange Pineapple Cherry Blossom Pink" [Wheelsville]
The Beach Boys - "The Little Girl I Once Knew" [Capitol]
The Reflections - "You're My Baby (And Don't You Forget It)" [Golden World]
The Byrds - "Lady Friend" [Columbia]
The Contours - "That Day When She Needed Me"/"Can You Jerk Like Me" [Gordy]
Jim Doval & The Gauchos - "Mama Keep Yo Big Mouth Shut" [Diplomacy]
The Beatles - "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" [Capitol]
Love - "Seven And Seven Is" [Elektra]
Richard Terry - "Instrumental #1" [Nickel]
Syl Johnson - "The Love You Left Behind"/"Anyone But You" [Hi]
Bobby Patterson - "Right On Jody"/"If You Took A Survey" [Paula]
The Four Jewels - "Dapper Dan" [Checker]
James Brown - "Have Mercy Baby"/"Just Won't Do Right (I Stay In The Chapel Every Night)" [King]
Sir Walter Raleigh - "Tell Her Tonight"/"If You Need Me" [Tower]
Castle Farm - "Hot Rod Queen" [Farm]
The Poets - "Out To Lunch"/"She Blew A Good Thing" [Symbol]
The Staccatos - "Let's Run Away"/"Face To Face (With Love)" [Capitol]
The Balloon Farm - "A Question Of Temperature" [Laurie]
The Move - "Fire Brigade"/"Walk Upon The Water" [A&M]
Huey Smith & The Clowns - "Free Single And Disengaged" [Ace]
Slim Harpo - "Tip On In" [Excello]
Del Shannon - "Break Up" [Amy]
Tim Tam & The Turn-Ons - "Opelia" [Palmer]
Kenny & The Kasuals - "Journey To Tyme"/"I'm Gonna Make It" [United Artists] |
Wagner, Das Rheingold, Bohm/BayreuthFestivalO, Windgassen, Philips - playing now! Good stuff.
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Face Value - Phil Collins (excellent recording)
Security = Peter gabriel (also a very good recording. This was an early all digital recording as I recall. Assuming that true, this debunks the myth that early digital recordings were not very good). |
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Maag/LSO, Decca SXL 2246 -45rpm Speakers Corner reissue (just marvelous)
Miklos Rozsa, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Hendl/DallasSO, Heifetz. RCA LSC 2767 -45rpm Classic Records reissue
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The Stranglers - "La Folie" [EMI UK LP '81]
Hoodoo Gurus - "Stoneage Romeos" [Demon UK LP '84]
The Monochrome Set - "Fin" [el/Cherry Red UK LP '86]
The Real Kids - "Outta Place" [Star Rhythm LP '82]
Redd Kross - "Neurotica" [Big Time LP '87] |
zaikesman, great list(s)--you got good taste in tuneage |
Luther, as in Vandross. Ahh. What a crooner. He is sorely missed. |
Hi LJ, I remember you from the Alex Chilton thead. I try to keep my end up here, but this thread tends to die when we don't get enough interaction, such as Rushton and Emorisev have had. We just need more members posting here to reach a critical mass. I presume that all audiophiles do get around to actually listening to some (real world) music from time to time, so why not chat about it? You'd think a running list of what folks are playing at the moment should be a great jumping off point for discussion and further recommendations, but there's always been less back and forth here than I'd like or expected. To me this oughta be, day in day out, the most heavily posted-to thread on Audiogon. That it's not I can't help but find a bit telling. |
working my way through some stray jazz I picked up a little while ago.
Lee Morgan's Candy
John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell
Red Garland Trio's Groovy
Horace Silver Quintet's The Stylings of Silver |
Emerson Lake and Powell - same... |
Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Karajan/VPO, Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig, Kerns - London OSA 13110 (just a marvelous performance!)
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Sonny Clark Cool Struttin' |
Listening to some stuff I just picked up today:
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi
Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come
Moondog - Moondog (4 Men With Beards release)
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request |
The Allman Bros.. 'At Fillmore East' on theNautilus LP.. THE rendition of 'whipping post' IMHO.
Also was listening to Cat Stevens 'Tea for the Tillerman' on the Pink band Island UK label. Good sound, but my copy has a TON of background grunge..:0(
I'm going to try some new Gruv Glide to see if I can clean this LP up. BTW, I highly recommend Gruv Glide for you analog guys. |
Had to fix the preamp due to my poor soldering skills. Back up and sounding better. Thanks to Mike Morrow.
With that....
Sphere "Live"
Joni Mitchell "Clouds"
Dire Straits "Love over Gold"
The Police "Synchronicty"
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Hey E, sorry I misspelled your moniker above -- it was late and I was stupid ;^)
System apart on occasion of my better half rearranging the furniture (um, thanks honey, or something), so no listening to report :-(
On a brighter note however, I restrung one of my guitars that I've been neglecting for a couple of years ever since I got my last one and have been playing up a storm (that doesn't mean well, just a lot!) |
No worries Z. It is good to be back on this thread with you and Rush and Slipknot.
Just installed my Morrow Audio phono cable after Mike repaired it.What a difference! Also reset my SUT for 1/15 ratio which raises the load to about 200 from the previous 60.
Bass is still great but the mids and highs are sounding much more nuanced.
Brubeck: "Jazz Impressions of Eurasia" Columbia "six eye"
Dire Straits: "Making Movies"
Bach: "Magnificat"Proprius
Sphere: "Flight Path"
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Hey E, I'm shortly expecting my new -- and first ever -- SUT, which will have 9X and 16X ratios. I've got a 2 week audition period, and it will be interesting to compare it against resistive loading. I do know that my phonostage sounds best at its low (MM) gain setting, so we'll see... |
Z, the big question is what is the load that your MC cartridge requires. What kind of trannys are in it?
btw these things require a very long break in. The tiny voltage can take a year to get settled in.
I just built a new SUT tonight using Shure microphone trannies and so far they rock! The seller said that they had a 300 ohm secondary which is a little higher than my Beher trannys. But the big thing is that they are quieter.
Do you have a tube preamp with phono section? If so, I will bet that the MC setting uses Jfets. I would rather have a tube sounding phono by using a SUT with a tube MM section.
Edgard Varese "Offrandes/Integrales/Octandre/Ecuatorial"
Nonesuch
this is a weird (avante garde)piece that has very interesting and almost explosive sound.
Dire Straits "Dire Straits"
Al Stewart "Year of the Cat"
List "Les Preludes"
Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat"
Christy Moore "Voyage" |
Toto IV - wonderful harmonies on "I Won't Hold You Back". |
Right now,Steely Dan "The Royal Scam" is sounding pretty damn good. |
Hey E, loading is the main reason I'm trying an SUT. My phonostage offers plenty of MC gain on its own, however my current cart doesn't seem to get along well with the resistive loading it provides in terms of tonal balance, at any of the available values (including the one recommended by the cart manufacturer). The SUT seems to be an improvement in this regard, even when the nominal impedance product is essentially the same, however there may be losses in other areas. It's been a while since I had any tubes in my amplification chain. (Several years ago there was nothing but, however the phono was the first to go -- too susceptible to annoying and frustrating tube noise issues, no matter what varieties or how many different examples I tried. Maybe an SUT would have helped then.) As far as break-in goes, this manufacturer feels a mere few hours is sufficient for these particular trannies, but I'll give it more than that, as much as I can in the audition period I have.
Ahmad Jamal - "Chamber Music Of The New Jazz" [Argo LP '56]
Illinois Jacquet - "Swing's The Thing" [Verve LP '57]
Johnny Hodges - "The Blues" [Verve LP '57]
Dizzy Gillespie - "Have Trumpet Will Excite" [Verve LP '59]
Junior Mance - "Straight Ahead!" [Capitol LP '64]
The Four Freshman - "...And Five Guitars" [Capitol LP '59]
The Fireballs - "Gunshot!" [Sundazed comp. LP '96]
The Pretty Things - "Singles '64-'68" [Sundazed comp. 2LP '08] |
A day's worth of playing later and the new SUT shows virtually no losses now, which is impressive since there's another set of interconnects involved. I'm not sure yet if it sounds like an unequivocal, significant improvement on running straight into the phonostage, but it does sound perhaps a touch more relaxed and inviting in its presentation, but still well-defined, open and extended.
My assumption is that, as much as anything having to do with the SUT itself, this is probably a function of setting the phonostage to its MM defaults for lowest gain and highest impedance, the benefits of which (including, presumably, a somewhat better S/N ratio) apparently pretty evenly offset any losses from the added stuff in the signal path. Any other slight differences, especially in terms of tonality, can probably be mostly attributed to the fact that the available loading choices don't correspond exactly, although they're in the same zip code. I'm enjoying it; as far as I can tell based on this one sampling, an SUT isn't some sort of panacea, as certain proponents have seemed to claim, but it's definitely not an albatross either, as some SUT detractors have implied. But whether it's actually worth the expenditure for me is a question I'll have to answer within the week...
J.J. Johnson Quintet - "Dial JJ5" [Columbia LP '57] Dig the plain old 'modern' white desk telephone pictured life-size on the cover -- J.J.'s mustachioed mug smiling out from the center of the dial, cigarette elegantly in hand -- I guess then all the latest rage in fashionably chic telephony, what with its clean lines and newfangled coiled cord. Well it still stands up as an icon of the period, just like this swell, empathetic session, in warm 6-eye mono, featuring Tommy Flanagan piano, Elvin Jones drums, Wilbur Little bass, and the lesser-known Bobby Jaspar on tenor, flute and also clarinet. Great tunes and arrangements too -- I could listen to this one all day and practically have been, trying to break-in this transformer
Richard 'Groove' Holmes - "Les McCann Presents The Dynamic Jazz Organ Of..." [Pacific Jazz LP '61] With Ben Webster sax and McCann piano (love the combo of piano and Hammond organ together -- later one of the secret weapons of The Band in another context, if you ask me), supported by Ron Jefferson drums and a swinging guitarist with great tone named George Freeman
Carmen McRae - "Blue Moon" [Decca LP '57] Did you know that like Nat Cole, she actually started out as a pianist rather than a singer? Orchestra directed by Tadd Dameron on several cuts
Mary Lou Williams/Ralph Burns - "Composer-Pianists" [Jazztone LP '57] With Jimmy Raney guitar and Osie Johnson drums
Gerry Mulligan - "Presenting The Gerry Mulligan Sextet" [Emarcy LP '56] With Zoot Sims tenor, Bob Brookmeyer trombone, Dave Bailey drums
Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie!" [Verve LP '63] Composed and arranged by Quincy Jones
The Fireballs - "Torquay" [Dot LP '63] Forget cornball singer Jimmy Gilmer ("Sugar Shack"), whom the group sometimes backed, the Ventures-meet-Chet Atkins lead guitar stylings of George Tomsco are the attraction of their instro incarnation
The Everly Brothers - "Gone Gone Gone" [Warner Brothers LP '65] I'm a big fan of Don & Phil on WB throughout the 60's -- their torrent of chart toppers may have dried up for the most part by the time the British Invaders whose sound they helped inspire washed ashore (think of The Beatles and Hollies harmonies), but the brothers never stopped, and the self-penned title tune is one of their best
"Friday At The Hideout: Boss Detroit Garage 1964-67" [Norton comp. LP '01] Wanna know where Bob Seger and Glenn Frey got their starts as teenagers? Actually neither would I, but along with Suzi Quatro this contains the answer, and if you prefer hormonal rock and roll over Rock, it's cooler than a whole lot of what they did afterward |
Z: Glad to hear you are having good results from your SUT. My new DIY SUT is rocking for me.
Just got a few nice ones:
Mozart; "Requiem",,,Proprius
Paranagua : "Folio" Harmonia Mundi/Speakers Corner
Poulenc "Organ Concerto" Proprius
These are all sonic block busters and are amazing pressings.
The Folio, though weird is a lot of fun to listen to. The bull whip crack can make you come out of your chair!
The Poulenc is one of my favorite organ pieces. Big and Loud! The organ in this recording is superb.Great reeds and ample pedal.Lots of personality and well played.
The Mozart is the best Proprius I have heard yet. And that is saying something(I have a Cantate Domino coming).Add to that one of the greatest pieces ever written in Mozart's Requiem and it is a gem.
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Cole porter in percussion. Time magazine issue record 1960 on vinyl a bunch of covers. Stereo imaging is awesome for placement. |
Cole porter in percussion. Time magazine issue record 1960 on vinyl a bunch of covers. Stereo imaging is awesome for placement. |
Lots of interesting stuff here, Z/E.
I've been slow of late, work and all that. Also heading to New Orleans for a little vacation soon, so been listening to a lot of Nola music (very little of which I have on vinyl, so...).
Seeing Richard Thompson tomorrow night though (with his electric band - never seen his in this format before). So now listening to his new one (Dream Attic). After this, it'll be Pour Down Like Silver.
Oh and some vino, you know, just because... |
