Whats on your turntable tonight?


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
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New Riders of the Purple Sage "The Adventures of Panama Red"

2015/Columbia re/Real Gone Music 

Folk Jamboree-VA(CSP 205/Philco) Side 2

Brahms-Arthur Rubinstein The Brahms Collection 4 disc box Side E SQ*

Spinners-The Best Of... Side 2 SQ*

Scandal-Warrior Side 1

A Winter's Solstice-VA(Windham Hill WH-1045) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Carol Rosenberger-Schubert(Delos DL 15313) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Foghat-Live Side 2

Ernestine Anderson-Big City(CJ 214) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Dusted off 3 more unplayed albums! Brahms was great as expected but that WH 1045 just missed the SQ crown. The Jamboree gets tossed. Concord takes another SQ crown with 5* content. Played Rosenberger since I mentioned her in another thread. Foghat-Live just missed my Top Ten live Pop/Rock 70's list. Falls somewhere between 11-15.

Paul McCartney / S-T
1970 Capitol 

Debut album…Apart from occasional contributions by his wife, Linda, McCartney performed the entire album alone by overdubbing on four-track tape. (Wiki)

@slaw 

can't say, I haven't heard Golden Hour.  I liked Deeper Well.  Some songs seemed to be redundant but, hey, got to fill a record.  There is a track on side 2 that they effed up recording and still made it on the record but other than that really enjoyed it.

cleaning and auditioning the used record store crop:

Schubert -Friedrich Wuher "Sonata in C minor/ Sonata in B minor" Dover HCR-207

Vivladi-Moscow Chamber Orch/ Rudolph Barshai "Concertos for strings and oboes" Mercury SR90425

Orquestra De Conciertos De Madrid-F. M. Torroba  Hispa Vox HH 10-156

The New York Philharonic-- Karl Stein  "Beethoven's 5th Symphony" Coronet CX 114

RCA Victor Orch Highlights from Bizet's Carmen   RCA LM-1749

Vivaldi: Gloria/ Kyrie -- Robert Shaw      RCA LSC 2883

J Hayden "Paukenmesse" -- Academy of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields  Argo ZRG-634

 

 

Steely Dan-Katy Lied(ABCD 846 KENDUN) Side A SQ*

David Carroll-Let’s Dance Again!(SR 60152) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

The Monkees-Greatest Hits Side 1

The Rolling Stones-Emotional Rescue Side 2

The New Christy Minstrels- The Quiet Sides Of...Side 1

The Ramsey Lewis Trio-Upendo NI Pamoja Sise 2 SQ*

Rosanne Cash-King’s Record Shop Side 1

Boston-ST(Trauggot vs Zentz) Side 1+2

Knocked out 5 unplayed albums! Ramsey Lewis was clearly the best of the unplayed! Allen vs. Wally was close. Zentz had the claimed excessive treble energy but more dynamic/open with better note decay. Traugott was better balanced with deeper bass and tonality but lacking engagment on some tracks when compared to Zentz. Overall I slightly favor the Wally mastering for its tonality but neither are close to Audiophile SQ status. Both copies were VG/VG+ so far from perfect. Maybe the CBS Half/Speed is the definitive version.

It's not 'tonight', but Jean-Luc Ponty 'Aurora' right now.  Sounds great!  You can always rely on Ponty for excellent production value.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - "The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts"

@puptent...Yes, Michael Nesmith did Great solo work...very ingenious stuff. My new REGA P8 w/ Apheta 3 cart is unbelievably musical....last night a three hour listening session was one of the best I've ever had. Rich @ Signature Sound in Liverpool, NY.  THANKS.

Yeah Tom. I played this very copy many a time throughout the years. Always a great listen.

@slaw 

Supertramp "Brother Where You Bound"

Steve, You know I love that album! Fantastic album and really good sound. Yep, would love to hear it given the full audiophile treatment...