Zaikesman, thanks very much! You are correct on all counts.
My enthusiasm for vinyl has recently been revitalized by the retipping Peter Ledermann of Soundsmith did on my vintage Grace F9E Ruby cartridge. It is simply fabulous, although it's hard for me to compare it to its previous incarnation because some major system changes occurred in the interim.
I'm thus in the early stages of rediscovering my vinyl collection, focusing on recordings that I remember as being particularly good sounding. The two I listed and just listened to certainly qualify in that respect, as well as being excellent performances.
Thanks again. Best regards,
-- Al
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The last 24 hours
Andrew Hill -- Grass Roots
Heartless Bastards -- All This Time
Old Canes -- Feral Harmonic
Budos Band -- III
Charles Mingus -- The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady |
The Guess Who - Best of (crappy RCA record club copy, great music though)
Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, and Alibis
The Complete Buddy Holly
Radiohead - Pablo Honey (180g came with a bad warp, but the periphery ring makes that a non-issue)
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (still like Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down better from last year, but this is v good) |
Little Anthony & The Imperials - "Goin' Out Of My Head" [DCP mono LP '65]
The Grass Roots - "Let's Live For Today" [Dunhill stereo LP '67]
Gabor Szabo - "His Great Hits" [ABC/Impulse! 2LP compilation '71, rec. '62-'67] The cover shot shows the best view of his idiosyncratic guitar rig, a Gibson J-160E flattop acoustic with built-in magnetic neck pickup similar to the ones made famous by the Beatles, through the otherwise obscure but quite cool looking Toby "Sound Column" red Formica, cylindrical 2-12" solid-state amplifier (which a little research turns up was made by one Toby Guynn, still a small manufacturer of vehicle subwoofers and HT/stereo subs and speakers in the Fort Worth area, at toby.com)
Naif Agby & His Orchestra - "El Debke" [Audio Fidelity stereo LP '62]
Count Basie - "One O'Clock Jump" [Columbia LP '56, rec. '42-'51]
Buddy Cole - "Have Organ, Will Swing" [Warner Bros. stereo LP '58] Unusually, the jacket notes take the step of listing "Other organ albums suggested for your listening pleasure" by three other artists and their labels, all of which are totally unaffiliated with WB (they are: George Wright on HiFi; Wild Bill Davis on Imperial; Milt Buckner on Capitol)
Red Garland Trio + Ray Barreto, conga - "Manteca" [Status/Prestige reissue LP '58/?]
Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond - "Gerry Mulligan Meets Paul Desmond" [Verve mono LP '57]
Hank Crawford - "Dig These Blues" [Atlantic mono LP '65] |
"Danses Anciennes de Hongrie"
-- Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi France HM1003)
Piano Music of Chopin, Grieg, Debussy, Schumann, Beethoven
-- Kabi Laretei, Piano (Proprius 7793)
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03-10-11: Almarg
"Danses Anciennes de Hongrie"
-- Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi France HM1003) Good one one you! What a wonderful recording! That one sees a lot of play time on my TT, thanks to Rushton who played it for me the first time. |
Cali dreamin'...
The Seeds - "Future" [GNP Crescendo mono LP '67] Although the cover illustration of their third album is a cool timepiece, and the equally flowery, everything-but-the-commune-sink instrumental ornamentation may be goofy fun -- and despite the fact that no less than about two and a half of the songs are nevertheless shameless musical rewrites of their breakout hit "Pushin' Too Hard" (amittedly standard operating procedure with these guys, mostly because that's what they were capable of) -- as the inclusion of the earlier leftover B-side of that single ("Out Of The Question") makes clear by comparison, the more tripped-out music here is ultimately a good bit less memorable than the succinctly unhinged, leering aggression of the first two albums
The Turtles - "Turtle Soup" [White Whale/Blimp LP '69] In me 'umble opinion, the Turtles' swan song (aside from the odd'n'ends collection "Wooden Head") is one of the underappreciated albums of its era, as good in its play-it-straight way as its more celebrated and flamboyant (and likewise self-penned) predecesor "Battle Of The Bands", but for a group known primarily as a singles act on the strength of their radio hits, in the end no number of great rockin' pop albums lacking that one hit single was gonna be enough to stave off the inevitable in a time when gorgeous three-minute symphonettes and witty playfulness just weren't where it was at, man
The Flamin' Groovies - "Flamingo" [Kama Sutra LP '70] Why the San Fran rockers couldn't break through remains a stumper, given how strong a case their second album for as many labels (hint hint!) makes for the original group's unvarnished balls-out greatness (which they capped on the next year's epochal "Teenage Head" -- drawing favorable press comparisons to the Stones' "Exile...", though it still didn't sell) |
Erstrand-Lind Quartet......A tribute to The Benny Goodman Quartet
Count Basie......................Basie Jam
Joni Mitchell......................Ladies Of The Canyon
Dexter Gordon...................Gettin' Around
Harry James And His Big Band........Still Harry After All These Years
Lionel Hampton..................The Lionel Hampton Quartet
Used these to tune my system after putting a PAD Aqueous Anniversary PC on the LAP-150 Mk ll by mostly increasing toe in of speakers. Levels up to 95db were comfortable and without "ringing" etc...!!!! |
Just scored an unopened copy of Patricia Barber "Cafe Blue". It's about to go on. |
Mo-Fi Silver label reissues of:
Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth" and "Spiritchaser"
Buy them while you can, they are very well done. |
Drive By Truckers- Brighter Than Creations' Dark
Musics' as good as the title! |
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn - "Stepping Stones" [Vanguard LP '68]
The Bryds - "Live in Stockholm 1967" [Swingin' Pig LP '89] Six songs plus studio chatter from radio recordings by the post-Gene Clark four-piece lineup, not great but fun
The Kinks - "...Are The Village Green Preservation Society" [Reprise LP '69]
The Kinks - "Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)" [Reprise LP '69] Amazing to think that most successful bands can spend an entire career coughing up an obligatory album every few years and never produce even one cut (much less a whole LP's worth of 'em) that's the equal of any of the best on these two from the same damn year
Donovan - "Barabajagal" [Epic LP '68] Superlungs indeed
Herman's Hermits - "Blaze" [MGM LP '67] The one to play when they all snicker at your HH collection
The Troggs - "Love Is All Around" [Fontana LP '68]
Lothar And The Hand People - "Presenting..." [Capitol LP '68] Presumably the only group in history named after its Theremin...the opening cut "Machines" effectively presages Devo, and was written by legendary hitmaker Mort Shuman of all people! Too bad none of the band-penned tunes are quite as interesting
Jefferson Airplane - "Crown Of Creation" [RCA LP '68] I have to admit, now that I've relegated this one to the discard pile as well in spite of "Lather" and the title track, I'm down to but a single original JA record that I really have any use for (the sainted second)
The Beach Boys - "Surf's Up" [Brother/Reprise LP '71]
Junkers - 4 song EP [GenPop 7" '10] Baltimore's newest 'Paisley Underground'-revival style sensations, now known as Fossil Eyes
"White Bicycles: Making Music In The 1960's/The Joe Boyd Story" [Fledg'ling CD compilation '06] A souvenier from producer Joe's recent, and possibly still ongoing, memoir-reading tour (which was musically annotated by Robyn Hitchcock doing solo acoustic covers of the likes of Fairport Convention, The Incredible String Band, The Pink Floyd -- as they were known in the beginning -- Nick Drake, The Move, Tommorow, etc.) |
Johnny Cash - American Recordings/Unchained |
Just made some tweaks to the VPI HMW19. If you want more "prat" from your old war horse, send me a email.
Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade" London/Decca LA Phil. Mehta
Christy Moore "Voyage" Atlantic records
Joni Mitchell "Hissing of Summer Lawns" Reprise
Sphere "Flight Path" Musician
Dire Straights "Communique" Warner Brothers
Dave Brubeck "Impressions of Eurasia" Columbia "six eye", "Greatest Hits" Columbia
cheers
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What a nice eclectic listening session, e!
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Snooks Eaglin - "Possum Up A Simmon Tree" [Arhoolie LP '7?, rec. '58] The great New Orleans blind street guitarist/singer, and one of the most knockout performers I ever saw at the Jazz & Heritage Festival there
Quincy Jones - "The Great Wide World Of..." [Mercury mono LP '60] Less gimicky than some of his later arranging, alternately powerhouse and evocative with tons of recorded atmosphere and slam, liners by Dizzy Gillespie
Archie Bell & The Drells - "There's Gonna Be A Showdown" [Atlantic LP '69] Whatever happened to blue sharkskin suits?
Colours - S/T [Dot LP '68] With bassist Carl Radle, soon of Derek & The Dominos fame
Brotherhood - S/T [RCA LP '68] With bassist Phil "Fang" Volk, guitarist Drake Levin and drummer Mike "Smitty" Smith, all late of Paul Revere & The Raiders fame
Alex Chilton - "Like Flies On Sherbert" [Aura LP '80] |
Power of the Orchestra, Leibowitz/RPO, RCA VICS 2659 -45rpm reissue. Perhaps sonically the best orchestra recording in my collection. Another amazing recording job by the great Kenneth Wilkinson.
This One's for Blanton, Duke Ellington & Ray Bown, Pablo 2310-721 -45rpm reissue
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MC5 - "Back In The USA" [Atlantic LP '70] Curse you, Jon Landau
Hal Blaine - "Psychedelic Percussion" [Dunhill mono LP '67] They spent so much time calling in every exotic instrument rental in LA for this wacked-out session that they forgot to write any tunes
Ahmad Jamal - "The Piano Scene Of..." [Epic mono LP '59]
The Small Faces - "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" [Compleat LP reissue '85, orig. '68]
Terry Reid - "Bang Bang, You're Terry Reid" [Epic LP '68]
Terry Reid - S/T [Epic LP '69] If this British guitarist/singer had never chosen to attempt aping the Small Faces' Steve Marriott he might have been okay. As it is, each of his original albums contains one fine original (including "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace", as covered to great effect by Cheap Trick), several lesser originals, and a clutch of mostly well-chosen but laughably inept covers he destroys with overwrought vocal histrionics and wrongheaded arrangements courtesy his organ-based power-trio (including what may be the worst version of "Summertime Blues" ever waxed), the single notable exception being Lorraine Ellison's wrenching soul classic "Stay With Me Baby", which actually suits his, um, style fairly well. |
Listening to some recent acquisitions, while I try out a new interconnect between my phono stage and preamp (now have Cardas Golden Reference all around - this final one arrived today - yay):
Heath Brothers - Passin' Thru
Heath Brothers - Brothers & Others
Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull F*ck)
All 3, original pressings (with Brothers & Others still in shrink). Gonna be a fun night! |
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love (Stereo) |
The Mountain Goats - "All Eternals Deck" on Merge. 180g. Great music, great storytelling, great recording.
James Blake - "James Blake" on Atlas. 180g double LP. Trip -Hop, but more organic and unique. Also a great recording. |
An Eduard Tubin afternoon thus far: Sonata for Saxophone & Piano, (1951) Sonata for Violin & Piano in phrygian key (1949) Ballade pour piano en forme de chaconne sur Sur Un Theme De Mart Saar (1945) BIS LP 269, with Savijoki -sax, Pontinen -pf, Sparf -vn Suite from the Ballet "Kratt" Symphony No. 5 BIS LP 306, with Jarvi/BambergerSO . |
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Listening to jazz on freshly cleaned lps.
First, Pres and Teddy and Oscar (Verve reissue twofer). Lots of good music here worthy of close listening, but recording or pressing is thin sounding as one might expect of and 1952 and 1956 recordings. Interestingly, the 1952 recording with Oscar Peterson is a bit hotter and fatter sounding.
Usually I listen to early modern jazz on cd these days because I can't afford excellent old vinyl or excellent high-priced reissues. Plus, a lot of early 50s recordings just aren't that hot to my earsI know, I know: wait till I hear some hot stamper vinyl of Lester Young...
Second, Joni Mitchell, Hegira. Wow, what a fine album! And my old vinyl stands up to this material and deliver sweetness and depth (with mere Rega tt and vienna acoustic speakers and Linn amp). This album is an ad for vinyl over cd.
Third, John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell, an old vinyl two-fer. Much of this vinyl is noisy (even after intense cleaning), but some of the music is out of sight. I would spring for better vinyl of this: any suggestions? |
Hank Mobley, Quartet – BN 5066 (45rpm reissue from Music Matters) (just luscious!)
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I'd forgotten just how magical this recording can be:
La Folia, Paniagua/Atrium Musicae de Madrid, Harmonia Mundi HM 1050
Played it late last night and just immersed myself in it's marvelous rendition of instruments, soundstage, and craziness! The musicians really had fun with this recording and it's infectious.
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Hey Paanders, old 'found' vinyl, sometimes scratchy, is where I mostly live too, along with less than the utmost in playback gear (and would even if I had the money to burn).
The Electric Prunes - S/T [Reprise mono LP '67]
The Monkees - "Head" O.M.P. Sndtrk. [Colgems LP '68]
Phil And The Frantics - Rough Diamonds: The History Of Garage Band Music/Volume Three [Voxx LP '85]
"Get Off My Back" - Unissued Sixties Garage Acetates/Volume One [Norton LP '09] |
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concertos 1, 2 and 3 - Previn/LSO, Ashkenazy -pf, Decca SXLF 6565/7
Yet another superb engineering job by Kenneth Wilkinson.
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I just got my turntable yesterday!!!!!
Bought 5 lp's to celebrate
The Faces A Nod's As Good As A Wink
The Decemberists The KIng Is Dead
Bon Iver For Emma, forever ago
Blind Faith
John Coltrane My Favorite Things.
They have all had a great workout today..a couple of times each at least.
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Gkella,
Congratulations on your turntable! Best wishes on your journey with vinyl.
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Dead Can Dance - "Spritchaser" Mofi- I've got the original 4AD release and the Mofi release is as good if not better.
Kenny Burrell - "Midnight Blue". Acoustic Sounds 45 RPM - really rich sound with "in the room" quality
Muddy Waters - "Folk Singer" Mofi - a tireless classic.... |
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The Who - Who's Next
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
The Doors - The Soft Parade |
Just got my sub back from repair. My new (used) turntable took out my sub on first hookup! 4 weeks without my Fathom F113 and speakers that only go down to 50HZ :(
So first up was Shiny Toy Guns "Season of Poison" followed by David Gilmoure "Live in Gdansk". Finished with Neil Young Chrome Dreams II. The song "Ordinary People" got me and my Dad clapping at the end of the song. |
@Desalvo- Sounds like you got some woofer pumping going on....Have you checked for this? |
I had some friends over and we spun Jeff Beck "Emotion and Commotion" maybe that's backwards. Then we listened to Hugh Mastekela Stimilea on 45rpm lp. |
Good to see you here Nate. |
Love those Rach concertos Rush.
Just got a bunch of "Shaded dogs" including the Van Cliburn Rach 3.
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Thanks AP, I missed you...
Tonight has Jethro Tull "Bursting Out" spinning |
Well, it would be last night.
Neil Young "Old Ways"
Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour"
Bryan Ferry "Boys and Girls" |
Ian Hunter - S/T [Columbia LP '75]
Bee Gees - "Odessa" [Atco 2LP '69]
Badfinger - S/T [WB LP '74]
Ike & Tina - "'Nuff Said" [UA LP '71]
The Hollies - "The Other Side Of...Plus" [See For Miles LP comp. '90, orig. rec. '63-'70]
V/A - "The Rock-A-Round: Hair-Raising Rock N' Roll From The Vaults Of The National Recording Corporation 1958-60" [Norton LP comp. '97]
Charlie Byrd - "The Guitar Artistry Of..." [Riverside mono LP '63]
Barry Harris - "Stay Right With It" [Milestone 2LP comp. '78, rec. '60-'62] |
Just went through The Wall (new acquisition to replace the horribly scratched version I bought when I was a kid). Sounds excellent!
Now, Rod Stewert - Never A Dull Moment. |
Destroyer - "Kaputt". Great music and recoding on Merge.
Fleetwood Mac -"Rumours". 45 RPM double LP reissue. I must concur with others, this pressing is incredible! |
chicagos fist album a 180 gram from rhino. |
The Chicago "CTA" is a first class debut album! A friend and I listened to last Sunday.... |
Picked up a Robin Trower album for $1.00.
It's called Passion.
I think I played it 5 times today. Awesome. I remember I had this LP 30 plus years ago but don't know what happened to it.
Wife loves it too. Play "No time" even if you don't..
Excellent recording to boot! |
The Challengers - "Surfbeat" [Vault mono LP '63]
The Challengers - "K-39" [Vault mono LP '64]
Aki Aleong & The Nobles - "Come Surf With Me" [Vee Jay mono LP '63]
Charlie Byrd - "Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros" [Riverside/Fantasy-OJC LP reissue '8?, orig. '62]
Chuck Wayne - "Morning Mist" [Prestige stereo LP '65]
Sonny Fortune - "Awakening" [Horizon/A&M LP '75]
Gene & Jerry - "One & One" [Mercury LP '71] That would be Chandler and Butler |
Mink DeVille - Return to Magenta, Cabretta
Allman Brothers - Idlewild South
And some Dogfish Head 90min IPA - not a bad Thursday night! |
Schubert, String Qt 14 in d, "Death and the Maiden" - Hollywood SQ - Capitol P 8359
John Taverner, Western Wind Mass, Higginbottom/ChNewCo, CRD 1072
Holst, A Somerset Rhapsody, Del Mar/BournemouthSO, EMI ASD 3953
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Great selection Rush! Love Taverner, and Tavener too. lol
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