Denny Laine "Holly Days" pp/Mint
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@bkeske, Second listen to "Thanks For the Dance" Can already tell my second cleaning helped bunches. My preconceived notions about this record colored my first impression somewhat. ( I always try to keep this in mind). Having said that, I’m enjoying this record more this listen. It’s almost like he’s reading poetry.... ...."I'm living on pills for which I thank God".... |
@slaw Thanks man. I should see if it is on Tidal. I’m just so smitten with my turntable right now, none of my digital sources, including CD’s, seem ‘up to par’ in comparison.😁 Leonard is alway a bit like listening to poetry. One of the reasons I like ‘Songs of Love and Hate’ so much is it has a fair amount of accompanying music and singers along with his ‘singing’. |
Had a couple new headshells arrive today, with weights, so I could mount my Ortofon Mono cart, and essentially be the same weight as my Soundsmith in its shell. Well, guessed right, and they are now both almost the exact same weight. So, makes swaping the heads much easier. Thus, now that the Mono cart is installed, figured I would play some mono LP’s —- George Little conducts the Montreal Bach Choir - Music of the Spanish Renaissance. VOX 1962 mono Interestingly, this was mastered by Rudy Van Gelder. |
@uberwaltz Now you can see how good mono can sound. I’m quite pleased. And glad I went this route instead of adding an external switch. I never had a huge problem with playing mono LP’s with a stereo cart, but knew I was missing a lot from studying about it. After getting the dedicated cart, the difference is striking, really. |
Moby Grape S/T 1967 original Mono on the Rega. Pretty sure it was bdp24 who commented on Moby Grape albums a little while ago. Said the 1st was good, 2nd poor, 3rd good etc. Well I can attest to the fact that the 1st that I am playing now is way better than the 2nd in every way. Much more musical and cohesive. |
@tomic601 Just to let you know, I picked up that Reiner Scheherazade album last night on Discogs, but got the original Living Stereo pressing from 1960. That darn album gets high praise, so looking forward to receiving it. Hopefully it is actually in ‘VG’ condition as advertised. But, for $12 it may be a steal at that. Even the old pressings go for a pretty high price. |
It’s almost like he’s reading poetry....He is. His son added the musicians to make a posthumous album. https://youtu.be/R4WAbmC5wag |