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
slipknot1
A wonderful recording I picked up today at a used store: "We're All Together Again for the First Time" Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond,  Alan Dawson, Jack Six. Recorded live  in Berlin, Paris, and Rotterdam, the guys were really fired up by the enthusiastic audiences. This record is a new treasure for me.
@dayglow Nice stack (as usual).  
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New Kings of Leon double album out today. Streaming it now and it’s rockin true to form, true to sound.
@gardners501    Nice!   Don’t you love it when that happens.   I mean so many years since it was issued and it was still out there to find.  Kinda thing that Keeps me going.  
@boxer12 Hope all goes well and your wife makes a full recovery. 

How is the phono cable going?
Christian Löffler
Lys

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@boxer12  You’ve probably been aware of this already but just in case not and you might be interested, “Future Days” is getting a “repress” (gold vinyl).  Since I don’t have that record (it’s so good) I plan to order it through elusive disk.  (SKU:MUTLP93856)

@tomic601 Yes! Saw that! Planning on it.  Maybe check in during the show.  You probably saw, their record isn’t in the new package.   Digital only.   I’m guessing the label might have decided their music wouldn’t quite fit in with the other stuff they put out site unseen and unheard to subscribers.  Not certain.  Will hope for a separate release.  
Joe Cocker "With a Little Help From My Friends"  I just got a very clean NM condition copy through Discogs.  Brings back great memories.

Albert King "Blues For Elvis"  Spiritofradio mentioned that about 10 days ago and got me thinking I should add that to my collection.  I got a very clean NM condition copy through Discogs.  Could have had better bass on the recording/mastering, but what a great album, musically.  Thanks for the good suggestion.

Linda Ronstadt "Greatest Hits"  

Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group, Live.  What a great album.  The majority of this album are songs from Blow By Blow.  SQ is about average for live recordings, not bad but not great.  The music is fantastic.  I have an OP of Blow By Blow and last year I bought a new copy of Blow By Blow at 45RPM, Analogue Productions/QRP.  If you are a Jeff Beck fan, and particularly like that album, I highly recommend getting the 45RPM copy.  It is absolutely stunning!
@mammothguy54  - I really like -  Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group - "Live". If you like that record, you might like The Jan Hammer Group - "Oh, Yeah?". A fantastic album from that period, IMHO.
@reubent  I'll check into that album, searching first on Discogs for a NM/M- copy.  I do enjoy that genre of music. 

All along I had thought that my copy of Jeff Beck "Truth" was the original I had in high-school.  Believing that as the case I had thought for sure it was thrashed from parties, playing on the Magnavox console at home, etc.  I just now looked at it and realize that it is a replacement copy I probably bought after getting my first real hi-fi system in 1973 (graduated high school in 1972 and immediately worked to save and buy a rather good hi-fi system which was the most bad-ass system in my college dorms).  I'm sure to have played it many times but as all my early albums are of that era were very well cared for, it is in perfect condition.  A good cleaning today and on the turntable it will go, probably before dinner.  Yeah!
Patrick Sky ‎– Reality Is Bad Enough (Verve Forecast 1968)

Did I comment on this before? A mash of Donovan and Syd Barrett.
Lots of football over the last couple days for this Ohio boy.....but finally getting the SOTA cranked up....

Charles Dutoit Conducts Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oy, Le Tombeau De Couperin, and Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales. L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal. London 1984
The Lennon Sisters ‎– Our Favorite Songs (Pickwick/33 1965)

Delicious vocals and recording. Play this at a show and silence the Krall bores. 
Willie Nelson - "Willie and Family Live" 

This is a fantastic record. Great performance and excellent SQ. My favorite Willie record.....
Billy Vera & Judy Clay ‎– Storybook Children (Atlantic ‎1968)

Reviewed by Billy Vera on Amazon!
"A great album by this ground-breaking duo. Judy Clay of the Drinkard Singers gospel group and hit songwriter Billy Vera made history when they appeared at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1968, one month after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. Yet they played to standing ovations as the first racially integrated duo to ever sing love songs."
Paul Kletzki conducts Mahler’s Symphony #1. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Angel, late 70’s reissue, originally 1962
Hank Locklin ‎– Bummin' Around (RCA Camden 1965)

Classic country. Crystal clear recording.
Ira Ironstrings ‎– Ira Ironstrings Plays With Matches (Warner Bros. 1959)
@spiritofradio 

Go Browns!

Oh yea!!! It’s been a very very long time. Something about this (my) team. Very special.
Zubin Mehta conducts Tchaikovsky’s 4th. Los Angeles Philharmonic. London 1967.
Japan Pressing of Jeff Beck - Live.

James I will miss tonight, have another zoom call conflict..argh....choices...
Kay Starr ‎– Kay Starr Sings Volume 2 (Coronet 1962)
Side 2

Josh White ‎– Sings Ballads - Blues (Elektra 1957)
Yehudi Menuhin-Romances For Violin And Orchestra Side 2 SQ 4.4
Art Garfunkel-Breakaway Side 2 SQ 4.4
Foreigner-Double Vision Side 2 SQ 4.3
ABBA-Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Side 2 SQ 4
Barbara Cook-At Carnegie Hall Side 2 SQ 3.9
Barbra Streisand-Superman Side 2 SQ 4.3
Connie Smith- Miss Smith Goes To Nashville(RCA LSP-3520) Side 2 SQ 4.2
Reiner conducts Tchaikovsky- Excerpts From The Nutcracker, Op. 71. The Chicago Symphony. RCA Victor reissue, originally 1960.
@spiritofradio 

@reubent that Abercrombie record is mighty nice.

Yes it is! Especially the title track, which is the album closer. One of the best closers ever!
Antal Dorati Conducts Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Le Co D'Or Suite & Prince Igor Excerpts. London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Mercury Golden Imports 1973, Italian pressing.
Mark Hollis


Man this record kills me. It’s new to me in the last year but stirs up feelings as if it were a familiar record from school days. He and whoever recorded this sure knew how to get an effect.