Fleet Foxes new album, “Shore”, dropped on the services today. Record won’t be out for a few months. I’m on my second listen. Seems maybe more pet sounds than ever (was always there). Really nice though.
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Billie Preston - Wildest Organ In Town! (Capitol 1966 [RE year?]) The other care bear album is a Billie Preston organ rock out. While I’m not a big fan of the Hammond sound at 8am, unless it’s on a Leonard Cohen album, the drums and bass are awesome. I’ll save the other side for the other rig with the sub. Thanks again for the fun. |
Berliner Philharmoniker Bernard Haitink Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings 2020 Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin in May 2019. Limited Edition of 1884 copies. Limited direct to disc 2-LP box. Signed on the 4th side by the Conductor, members of the Orchestra, and all involved. Vinyl-Direktschnitt-Aufnahme Josephson-Mikrophonierung Mikrophonierung C700S, zwei C722s, zwei C617 Schallplatten-Schneidanlage Neumann VMS 80 Produziert von den Emil Berliner Studios Rainer Maillard, Sidney Meyer This is quite something. |
@spiritofradio Berliner Philharmoniker As a member (Digital Concert Hall/Berlin Philharmonic), I watched a special they produced on the making of this recording, showing how it was done, along with interviews. My goodness, you are very privileged to have such a fine recording, and complete package set. From what I saw, it looked beautiful. The only downside to me, personally, is I’m not a particular fan of Bruckner’s work. But Haitink is highly regarded in conducting his compositions. |
@tomic601 & @bkeske Jim, Brian, the Bruckner is a treasure. Talk about jaw dropping sonics. Whew! I am indeed blessed to have it. I don’t buy many fancy records but this, after Beethoven, is most important music to me. I actually like that it doesn’t really have a melody. The harmonics are Just transcendent. I’d been listening to a lot of Bruckner earlier this year, esp the 7th and the 8th. I have a Haitink conducted cycle (pretty good itself). Don’t remember if I saw the Presto Classical review or M. Fremer’s piece first but both got me interested. The BP web site (and The BP label) is fantastic. It was a little expensive but there is nothing like the sound of this album. |
@tomic601, if you want to hear Evan in a different setting, he joined the Austin band The Leroi Brothers for one album---Lucky Lucky Me. I found a sealed copy on Discogs for ten bucks, where currently there are a bunch of Mint copies for even less. Mike Buck, who was the original drummer in The Fabulous Thunderbirds, drums on all the Leroi Brothers’ albums. He and I met when he was working with Ted Roddy, and they and my band shared the stage at a now-closed Blues club in Long Beach (don’t recall the name). We couldn’t believe it when we saw each other’s drumsets---identical 1960’s Ludwigs! Champagne Sparkle 22/16/13, with a chrome over brass snare drum. He suggested we set up just one and both play on it, but I’m a lefty. Small world: Mike drummed on one album with Evan, as did I. Then we cross paths in Long Beach, CA. But at that point in time his stint with Evan was in the past, mine lay ahead in the future. Who knew?! Mike is now part owner of Antone’s Record Store. Hey, maybe they have a copy of Lucky Lucky Me! ;-) |
For the Charles Lloyd fans here: https://healdsburgjazz.org/lloyd-hussain-lage-trio-live-from-healdsburg/ |
Regarding @tomic601's impression of his pressing of After The Goldrush, what is a good copy of that album to look for? How about the Harvest album? Somewhere along the line I got rid of my originals, wanna get the best sounding LP versions available (even if out-of-print). I guess I should head over the Steve Hoffman Forums, ay? |