J...what's a vacation? Glad to see you again. Of course the vino!
Z....I put some foil inside the cigar box where my SUT lives and the noise floor dropped. Those buggers are susceptible to all kinds of hum but mine is pretty much under control.
Light listening tonight while doing Illustrator.....drag!
Dire Straits: "Making Movies"
Christy Moore: "Voyage" and "Unfinished Revolution"
Elton John: "Elton John"
Joni Mitchell: "Song to a Seagull"
Janis Ian: "Between the Lines"
done |
It's turning into a Martin Simpson evening here: Grinning in Your Face, Topic 12TS430 A Cut Above, with June Tabor, Topic 12TS410 Leaves of Life, Shanachie 97008 True Dare or Promise, Topic 12TS446 What, you don't know Martin Simpson? Perhaps the best finger style guitarist our generation has produced. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Simpson. |
Just got a new Proprius.
The well known
'Cantate Domino"
e |
Triggered by a thread earlier on AA...
Ella and Oscar |
Well, I had to return the SUT, after it became apparent (and carefully controlled tests proved) that the transformer in each channel did not sound the same as the other (I liked one, the other not as much). I'm currently plotting to try another...
Chucho Valdes - "Bele Bele En La Habana" [Blue Note CD '98] The energetically rhythmic Cuban piano virtuoso's Blue Note albums, featuring support by acoustic bass and hyper-kinetic drums + percussion, are poppin' sonic funrides when cranked up through a good system (if more CinemaScope-spread than audiophile-pure from a spatial perspective). Guaranteed to knock yer socks off and set yer booty bobbin', although IMO many of his keyboard excursions are more ascending/descending flash than substance
The Sundowners - "Captain Nemo" [Rev-Ola CD reissue '07, orig. '68] This largely forgotten, New York by way of the Sunset Strip, no-hit psychedelic-pop group nonetheless managed some TV series and movie appearances where they still might be caught in reruns, and snagged an opening slot on the legendarily misbegotten Hendrix-Monkees tour. Their lone album (released on Decca and rare), while somewhat uneven -- perhaps due to its wildly ambitious degree of stylistic diversity -- contains several solid and a few solidly-great tracks, featuring great group harmonies and complex orchestrations in addition to fine fuzz'n'folk guitar work of above-average intelligence |
Back from vacation, from which I need a vacation (and a diet!), and found these in my mailbox (won't get to listen to them until Friday or Saturday though - grrr, work and all that!):
Richard Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - Dr. Hook
Charlie Parker - Parker
I'm on the lookout for Galactic's "Ruckus" as well. |
Great new (to me) Chris Isaak- Heart Shaped Box
And the very hard to find Badfinger- Straight Up (perfect!) |
The Beatles Monos played with the Miyajima Mono BE-low in a FR-66s.
took me a day at the weekend but it feels wonderful... |
Z, that sounds like you had a problem. I would look for the Billings and Stevens TX 103s. Or pony up to the Coincident SUT.
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new Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown love it
Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down, seems better with each listen
The Beatles - White Album (from the MFSL box)
The Power Station (yeah, I admit it)
Badfinger - Straight Up (again, sorry can't get enough of this, I see their albums just came out on CD for the first time in years. One of the saddest stories in music, for what was an excellent pop band) |
Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down, seems better with each listen Great album Mac.If you don't have it,try Panic's Earth to America, I highly recommend it. |
M, don't you mean "Heart Shaped World"?
Great record and hard to find. I have it but would love to find a mint one.
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Emorrisiv, yes, you are correct. I was channeling my Nirvana, when I wrote that. Heart Shaped World. It is a great copy, no pops, no cracks, nada. Like new, bought from Greece on eBay, but it's a US printing? Pretty cool.
The Badfinger copy that I got was from a local dealer, and it's a German pressing. He doesn't sell much on eBay, and I glad he didn't sell this one there. It's so good it would have gone for 3 times what I paid him. |
Just reasonably burned in the Signature update on our Aesthetix Rhea and had the pleasure of some very rewarding analogue time...
Patricia Barber - Mythologies on MFSL 2-318/Capital EMI
Jacqueline du Pré - Haydn Cello Concerto on Angel S 36580
Jon Sholle - Catfish for Supper on Rounder 3026
Happy Listening! |
Very nice MacDadtexas. I got mine from Brazil,it has one "bad" spot but on the whole is very good.
Just upgraded the HMW19jr. to MKIII level.What a difference!
tonights spins:
Janis Ian: "Between the Lines", "Janis Ian"(made in 1966 when she was only 15!)amazing.
Christy Moore: "Unfinished Revolution","Strong Whiskey and Smoke"
The Beatles: "Sgt. Pepper's Loney Hearts Club band"
Dire Straits: "Dire Straits" |
Hey E, the other week Janis Ian's self-titled '67 debut LP on Verve/Forecast was in heavy rotation here. I don't really dig most of her stuff I've heard after that one, but I didn't realize that the title you mention, which was released in the mid-70's, contains early vintage material. Are they demos, do they feature a band? (BTW, I tried to email you thru the Agon system several days ago about SUT's but didn't receive a reply?)
Dan & Dale - "Batman And Robin" [Tifton LP '66]
Jan & Dean - "Save For A Rainy Day" [Sundazed CD reissue '96, orig. '66]
Bob James Trio - "Bold Conceptions" [Mercury LP '62]
Shelly Manne/Bill Evans w/Monty Budwig - "Empathy" [Verve LP '62]
Gil Evans Orchestra - "Great Jazz Standards" [World Pacific LP '59]
Ella Fitzgerald - "Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook Vol.1" [Verve LP '59]
Red Garland Trio - "Groovy" [Prestige LP '57] |
Z I sent off a reply today,but I had started it right after I recieved your email.Just got busy and I wanted to find a good web page for you.
As for Janis Ian, her Verve debut album mentions that she was 15 and after Wiki ing her birth date I just did the math.
Her "between the lines" came out about 1976 and is all contemporary stuff(to the best of my knowledge).I remember when it came out and "17"got lots of air time.Indeed,that is when I bought my copy that I have to this day.
I can understand how some may not care for her stuff;with all the self reflection on bad relationships.Joni Mitchell went down the same road, but less pathetically.
I personally was in your camp but lately have come to have more empathy and appreciation for women's plights in a male led society; especially in the 70's.
I hope you find the email I sent you helpful,and I hope that I piss off anyone with my last remarks.
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Sorry E, I obviously misunderstood your post of 11/08 -- didn't notice that you had written "Janis Ian" in quotes as a separate title, thought you were talking about the '70's Columbia album instead. (Which, if I was a fan of her 70's work, I would have known didn't contain old stuff, since as I have since realized it contains her biggest 70's hit, "At Seventeen".) Yes, that first album is an amazingly precocious debut for a young teenager, and what helps put it over the top for me is the production of Shadow Morton (of Shangri-Las fame). |
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign just got a sealed copy today. Then T-Bone Walker Stormy Monday Blues. |
Peggy Lee - "Black Coffee With..." [Decca LP '56]
Anita O'Day - "Swings Cole Porter With Billy May" [Verve LP '58]
Anita O'Day/Gary McFarland Orchestra - "All The Sad Young Men" [Verve LP '62]
Horace Silver Quintet - "6 Pieces Of Silver" [Blue Note LP '57]
Bill Evans Trio - "Portrait In Jazz" [Riverside LP '60]
The Modern Jazz Quartet - "Pyramid" [Atlantic LP '60]
Ravi Shankar - "The Sounds Of India" [Columbia Adventures In Sound LP '58] I believe this was his US album debut, replete with spoken introductions and demonstrations explaining the instruments, scales, modes and rhythms, and liners by the classical composer Alan Hovhaness
"The Adventurers" MP Sndtrk. - Comp. Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr. & cond. Eumir Deodato [Paramount LP '69] |
F.S.Blumm - Zweite Meer [Morr Music LP '05] |
Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down (my fav of 2010)
Van Halen - II
Van Halen - Women and Children First
Tchaikofsky Berlin Philharmonic - Nutcracker Suite (getting in the season)
Tears for Fears - Seeds of Love |
Coldplay- A Rush Of Blood To The Head |
Just spent some time doing azimuth adjustments with my Fozgometer (I re-leveled my table a bit).
After that:
Kris Kristofferson - Silver Tongued Devil & I, Border Lord
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
On deck:
Bruce Springsteen - The Promise |
A Charlie Brown Christmas- The Vince Guaraldi Trio
on Fantasy 45 RPM 2 record set.
I've been waiting since LAST CHRISTMAS to put this back on!!! Favorite Christmas album for sure, and a GREAT pressing to. |
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
The Who, Live at the Isle of Wight
Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks |
Santana-Caravanserai (original pressing)
Beck-Modern Guilt 180gram
REM-Document 180gram
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Fire Cat-(original pressing) |
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - "Sinatra-Basie" [Reprise LP '63]
Frank Sinatra - "Sinatra & Swingin' Brass" [Reprise LP '62] Arr. Neal Hefti
Don Elliott - "A Musical Offering By..." [ABC-Paramount '56] Arr. Quincy Jones
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding Trombone Octet - "J.J. & Kai + 6" [Columbia Jazz Odyssey reissue LP '81, orig. '56]
Jefferson Airplane - "Surrealistic Pillow" [RCA Victor LP '67] |
Elusive Disc holiday sale purchase already showed up:
10 cc - The Original Soundtrack
Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies and Alibis
Jane's Addiction - Ritual lo Habitual
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
George Michael - Faith
Madeliene Peyroux - Careless Love (MOFI)
Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Songs (greatest hits)
Green Day - Dookie
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
not a bad pressing in the lot, a diverse selection to dig into the next few days. |
Roy Buchanan, "Live in Japan"
Creatures of Leisure, "Mental as Anything"
Beatles, "Abbey Road" |
Well, today my wife bought me the Monk bio by Robin Kelley (great writing), so of course I immediately put on Monk's The London Collection: Vol II with McKibbon and Blakey.... |
Little Feat, The Last Record Album |
SRV Texas Flood on Pure Pleasure
Arlen Roth- Guitarist If you like really great gee-tar playin' picked cleanly, well, this is hard to beat. |
Sonny Clark Cool Struttin'
Neil Young Live Rust
Jethro Tull Thick as Brick
Roxy Music For Your Pleasure |
Yamashta, Windwood, Shrive "GO"
Santana "Abraxas"
Allan Parsons Project "Tales of mystery and imagination"
Clapton / Cale "The road to Escondido"
Nydia Caro "Nydia Caro"
Pink Floyd "Dark side of the Moon" 30th anniversary re release
Mandrill "Is" |
Richie Beirach Trio - Trust - Evidence - 1996
Richie Beirach - Piano
Dave Holland - Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums
Great disc. Percussion is well played and recorded. Cover of Wayne Shorter's "Nefertiti" is excellent. |
Schubert, Str Qnt in A, op114 ("The Trout"), Vienna Octet, Curzon -pf, Decca SXL 2110 (Speakers Corner reissue)
Bill Evans, Explorations, Explorations 9351-45 Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue
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Pat Metheny LP: Day Trip/Tokyo Day Trip Live. It's a 3-LP/2-CD behemoth I got on sale for $19.99. It's Metheny in a jazz trio setting, with bass monster Christian McBride and perfect-choice drummer Antonio Sanchez. These three present what one reviewer called a "telepathic virtuosity." The music is great, the musicianship is stunning, and the recording quality does both justice. It's the best jazz trio recording I have now and I'm looking forward to getting to know this music better, because it's stunningly good in every way. |
Foreigner - MFSL
Berlin Philharmonic - Nutcracker (full ballet)
Steely Dan - Aja
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
Madeline Peyroux - Endless Love (MFSL)
The Police - Outlandous D'Amour (Japenese Pressing)
Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down (sublime best of 2010).
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (v good, but I think just a bit over rated)
Girls - Album (excellent) |
Peter Gabriel, "So," especially "Don't Give Up" and "Mercy Street"
Sade, "Promise," especially "War Of The Hearts" and "Is It A Crime"
All sounding great with the lights turned off. :-) |
The Del Fuegos - Smoking In The Fields [BMG 9860-1-R]
$3 used, cleaned up real good, superb sonics.
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Rebbi, that Sade album is one of my fav's as well. |
The new remaster of XTC - "Skylarking" done at 45 RPM.
If you're a fan of the album, run, don't walk to get a copy. Well worth the price of admission. |
Palasr:
I LOVE Skylarking! Where do you get that remaster???? |
Amazon (via a third party vendor). No problems. |
Junior Kimbrough-All Night Long |
A snoozing cat. (the table is covered) |
Coltrane "A day in the life of John Coltrane"
Dexter Gordon "Dexter blows hot and cool" featuring Carl Perkins
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Ralph Towner "Batik" with Eddie Gomez |
Sade - Diamond Life
Van Halen - Diver Down
The Beatles - Hey Jude (Japanese)
Madonna - Celebration
Badfinger - Straight UP
Madeline Peyroux - Careless Love (MOFI)
Foriegner - (MOFI)
Chris Isaac - Heart Shaped World
Van Halen - Women and Children First
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual |
Mahler, Symphony No. 4, Maazel/VPO, Battle, Columbia
Mahler, Symphony No. 4, Reiner/CSO, della Casa, RCA
(where did the magic go? Better soprano for this music in della Casa, but missing the engagement that Maazel and Vienna created) |
