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
1. Lee Morgan- the sidewinder (music matters)
2. John Lee Hooker- good feelin (orig polydor release)
3. Steve Miller band- fly like an eagle (orig capitol release)
4 Jimi Hendrix Experience- are you experienced? (Sony mono re-release)
5. Nirvana- nevermind (ORG)
6. Ella and Basie (1963 verve/MGM mono)
7. Andre Previn at the Piano (1951 rca-victor 10" mono lpm-34)

Listening to Ray Charles and Cleo Laine Porgy and Bess.
Original pressing on RCA.
Listening right now to a very nice Analogue Productions reissue of the classic RCA LP of the Rachmaninoff "Variations on a Theme of Paganini" with Rubinstein and Reiner/CSO. The flip side with the de Falla "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" with Jorda/SFSO is equally fine.
La Spagna, Gregorio Paniagua and the Atrium Musicae de Madrid, BIS LP-163/4
Listening to the original and comparing to the reissue from AudioNautes that was 1/2 speed mastered by the late Stan Ricker.

Later... I've now played the first track of the AudioNautes reissue - oh, yes! More open, more air around the instruments. Just a touch more clarity and resolution. I'd be happy with either one, but this reissue is really good.
The Bears - Self Titled

Adrian Belew + Psychodots = The Bears. Some of Cincinnati's finest.
Red House Painters - Songs for a Blue Guitar (re-issue Double LP)

Make Like Paper is a killer..........


If you like Neil Young or Wilco, check this out.
Listened to Red House Painters - Songs for a Blue Guitar again tonight. Good record. Nice quality double LP. The song "Make Like Paper" is at the top of my current favorites list.
Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound.

Recorded after the exit of Roger Hodgson, but is probably my favorite Supertramp record. More consistent than any of the other Supertramp records IMHO. I almost always listen to it all the way through. Not a clunker in the bunch.
Should you ever come across the 45RPM 12" single of 'Cannonball' from Brother Where You Bound, jump all over it.  Amazing sonics.
Pink Floyd "The Wall" in a Doug Sax, early U.S., pressing. Instantly cured me of new acquisition syndrome about the 2016 Bernie Grundman mastered reissue. 
rushton,

I too resisted the newest PF releases. I sprung for "Meddle" "Obscured By Clounds". "OBC" sounds smoother in a good way, has a more 3D character, but presents a very slightly softer transient response compared to my UK Harvest pressing. Overall, I like the new one. More pleasing to listen to.

Listening today:

Robert Plant and the Sensational Sound Shifters "lullaby and.. The Ceaseless Roar"
Sara Watkins "Young In All The Wrong Ways"
Love "Forever Changes"
Nick Waterhouse "Never Twice"
reubent,

Coincidence that on 10-08-16 I posted Red House Painters on the thread "Tune Of The Day". Also remember posting "Brother Where You Bound" somewhere around that time.

Good music!
FWIW: Today, I compared the new "Meddle" to my UK Harvest. A similar result from above.

The UK: presents as more detailed but this may be a result of it not sounding as smooth or warm as the new re-master. Has a more centralized soundstage.

The new re-master: Smoother sounding. Has a warmth that the UK lacks. A wider and more delineated soundstage. Better integration of lower bass region.

I prefer the new version for a more pleasing experience.
FWIW: I just finished listening to my 2011 "WYWH" remaster. This one has a similar overall character that jumps out at me, reminding me of my previous two comparisons. The soundstage is "more centralized". This can't be correct. After listening to "Meddle"& "OBC", noticing those differences, I will be ordering the new re-master of "WYWH".

I really love the wider, more delineated soundstage of the newer re-masters. It just sounds right.
Nine Inch Nails w/ David Bowie "Back In Anger Vol 2"

(somehow Bowie makes it work)
Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet - Mitropoulos/NYP - Columbia MS 3023 (Speakers Corner reissue) - just a marvelous performance.
FWIW: I just finished listening to my 2011 "WYWH" remaster. This one has a similar overall character that jumps out at me, reminding me of my previous two comparisons. The soundstage is "more centralized". This can’t be correct. After listening to "Meddle"& "OBC", noticing those differences, I will be ordering the new re-master of "WYWH".
Are you in the U.S.? If so, you may get a re-press of the 2011 Doug Sax release, not a Bernie Grundman re-mastering. Be sure to ask if you’re looking for the same qualities that you’re hearing in Meddle. See the Steve Hoffman Forum thread on the new reissues:
http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/new-pink-floyd-vinyl-reissues.523332/page-317#post-15209547


astro58go,

I bought Red House Painters - Songs for a Blue Guitar based on your post. Thanks....

However, I bought Brother Where You Bound in 1985! ;~) Been in regular rotation since then. 
palasr,

Thanks for your post about the 12" single of Supertramp's 'Cannonball". I took a look on eBay and found one in the UK. It's on the way to my house. Hopefully its the correct one. It is a 12" 45 RPM single. Side 1 is Cannonball (Direct to Disk Version) and Side 2 is Cannonball (Instrumental). Looking forward to hearing it.
DeerTick - The Black Dirt Sessions
Cure - The Head On the Door
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
up next..
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby

This morning I was craving some calming music to set the mood for the beginning of my day. Picked a perfect choice:

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat

Nice way to ease into the day........
  • Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Harry Edison, Louis Bellson and the Oscar Peterson Trio.  Jazz Giants 
  • The Howard Roberts Quartet.  H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player
  • Cat Power. The Greatest
  • Steely Dan. Two Against Nature
  • Peter Tosh.  Equal Rights
Great thread folks, thanks.
I am clearly out of step with the primary listening adventures being reported. Gives me much to consider in my every expanding explorations, thank you! Last night:

Hans Werner Henze: extracts from Elegie for Young Lovers, DGG 138876
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Kogan/MoscowSSO, Classic Records CR 2001 (second listen and this performance has grown on me - very enjoyable)
In addition to working my way through the Rolling Stones mono lp box..

Luna "Long Players 92-99" box

(FWIW, the Lennon box arrives today)... "and the beat goes on..."


reubent,

I meant to tell you, regarding "Year Of The Cat", I was recently gifted over 200 lps. This one was in the pile. As I listened (for the first time in over 20 years), a calm came over me. Not a bad sounding lp and certainly for around 40 minutes, I was taken back in time, in a good way.

Thanks for your post.