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
Cat Stevens 
Tea for the Tillerman
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Sonny Boy Williamson 
Keep It To Ourselves
OP
@noromance
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-- "(I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World"
It is on side C second song.U2 does "Until The End Of The World" D4
I like it (soundtrack) because there is a lot of different Artist and songs and it sounds damn good. It is 2019 RE Limited Edition Yellow Double LP.

Various ‎– Until The End Of The World (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)Label:Run Out Groove ‎– ROGV-025, Warner Records ‎– ROGV-025Format:2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Yellow
Country:USReleased:06 Dec 2019 ]
Tracklist
A1–Graeme Reve--Opening Titles
Cello [Solo Cello] – David Darling Producer, Written-By – Graeme Revell
A2–Talking Heads--Sax And Violins
Engineer – Richard Mainwaring*Keyboards – Wally Badarou Lyrics By – David Byrne Mixed By – Kevin Killen Music By – Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth Percussion, Cowbell – Brice Wassy Producer – Steve Lillywhite, Talking Heads Timbales – Nino Gioia
A3–Julee Cruise--Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Bass – Don Falzone Drums – Steve Hodges Engineer, Mixed By – Mick Guzauski Guitar [Guitar And Lap Steel Guitar] – Greg Leisz Guitar [Lead] – Dave Alvin Keyboards [Additional] – Angelo Badalamenti, Eric Drew Feldman Producer – Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch-Written-By – B. Weissman*, F. Wise*, J. Lloyd*
A4–Neneh Cherry--Move With Me (Dub)
Engineer, Mixed By – Jonny Dollar Producer, Keyboards, Programmed By, Vocals – Booga Bear, Jonny Dollar Written-By – Cameron McVey, Neneh Cherry
A5–Crime & The City Solution--The Adversary
Engineer, Mixed By – Ingo Krauss Producer – Crime & The City Solution Written-By – Hacke*, Adams*, Haas*, Harvey*, Bonney*, Stern*
B1–Lou Reed--What’s Good
Backing Vocals – Lou Reed, Michael Blair, Roger Moutenot Bass – Rob Wasserman Drums – Michael Blair Engineer – Roger Moutenot Guitar – Mike Rathke Mixed By – Lou Reed, Mike Rathke, Roger Moutenot Producer – Lou Reed, Mike Rathke Written-By – Lou Reed
B2–CanLast- Night Sleep
Engineer – Rene Tinner*Mixed By – David M. Allen Producer – CanWritten-By – I. Schmidt*, J. Liebezeit*, M. Mooney*, M. Karoli*
B3–R.E.M.--Fretless
Backing Vocals – Kate Pierson Engineer, Mixed By – Scott Litt-Producer – R.E.M., Scott Litt-Written-By – W. Berry*, M. Stipe*, M. Mills*, P. Buck*
B4–Elvis Costello--Days
Engineer, Mixed By – Kevin Killen Producer – Elvis Costello, Kevin Killen Written-By – Raymond Douglas Davies*
C1–Graeme Revell--Claire’s Theme
Cello [Solo Cello] – David Darling Producer, Written-By – Graeme Revell
C2–Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds--(I’ll Love You) Till The End Of The World
Engineer, Mixed By – Andre Giere*, Victor Van Vugt Producer – Gareth Jones, The Bad Seeds*Written-By – Nick Cave
C3–Patti Smith And Fred Smith --It Takes Time
Bass – Kasim Sulton Engineer – Guy Sheridan Gray* Percussion, Performer [Dumbex] – Hearn Gadbois Producer – Fred Smith Written-By – Fred Smith, Patti Smith
C4–Depeche Mode---Death’s Door
Engineer – Steve Lyon---Producer – Depeche Mode---Written-By – Martin L. Gore
C5–Graeme Revel---Love Theme
Cello [Solo Cello] – David Darling--Producer, Written-By – Graeme Revell
D1–Jane Siberry With k.d. lang---Calling All Angels
Engineer, Mixed By – Michael Phillip-Wojewoda* Guitar – Ken Myhr--Piano – Teddy Borowiecki--Producer, Written-By – Jane Siberry Viola – Ben Mink Vocals [Additional] – k.d. lang
D2–T-Bone Burnett--Humans From Earth
Engineer – Joe Schiff, Pat McCarthy Producer, Written-By – T-Bone Burnett
D3–Daniel Lanois Sleeping In The Devil’s Bed
Bass – Daryl Johnson Drums – Ronald Jones Engineer – Mark Howard Keyboards – Malcolm Bur* Mixed By – Daniel Lanois, Mark Howard -Producer, Written-By – Daniel Lanois
D4–U2---Until The End Of The World
Engineer – Flood Producer – Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois Written-By – U2
D5–Graeme Revell--Finale
Cello [Solo Cello] – David Darling---Producer, Written-By – Graeme Revell

I am actually playing it again this morning. I Like It.
The maiden performance of the Hagerman Trumpet...

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly. WB 1983

How am I suppose to get work done now?
Szell conducts Sibelius - Symphony #2. Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. Philips 1965 Netherlands pressing.
Rush - "Hemispheres" 

Again!

A friggin' MasterClass in "How to get it done"! 
The Edgar Winters Group - "They Only Come Out at Night"

A classic from my Yute..........
The Band  “Stage Fright”
Pure Prairie League “Bustin’ Out”
Beatles “Revolver”
Beatles “Abbey Road (Giles Martin)”
The Chicks “Wide Open Spaces”

It’s been a while! 
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe. Elektra 1987

@spiritofradio

Lets just say I’m pretty happy. It takes a few albums to realize just how large the subtle changes are, which means overall, not really subtle at all when you sit and listen. Even makes In My Tribe much more listenable. That’s why I put it on, to see how much difference, if any, there was.

Big notes: Everything has so much more weight & realism. The instruments have weight, as do the vocals. Lots of punch in the mids and mid-bass areas. Sharp defined punch. I was interested in how much more ‘holographic’ it may sound with the tubes, but that didn’t necessarily improve as much as I thought, but rather, the whole soundstage seems ‘knitted together’ while also providing and maintaining very good imaging, if that makes sense. Like the whole soundstage is much bigger, rather than sounds over here, and some over there. It’s all connected, but not a ‘big glob’ kinda way. Overall very natural sounding. I’m experimenting with a couple tube dampers on the 2 12au7 ‘front tubes’ not the main 100 gain 12ax7’s. It’s interesting how much difference that makes. Takes a bit of ‘air’ off the highs and mid-highs, but perhaps more natural and realistic. Fun to try stuff and see what I may end up with.

The more I play, the more I listen, the more that I realize what this thing is doing. That Szell Sibelius LP earlier today was incredible.
@bekeske
everything has so much more weight & realism. The instruments have weight, as do the vocals. Lots of punch in the mids and mid-bass areas. Sharp defined punch. I was interested in how much more ‘holographic’ it may sound with the tubes, but that didn’t necessarily improve.

It will only get Even Better with Time. I'll bet that after 100+ hours you will be even happier.
@spiritofradio

Thanks for the note.  Missed the leads on great music from all.  Did you ever make a move on a streamer and DAC?
Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart. I went out of town for a long weekend with my girlfriend and we were at a antique store that had some records. They had a couple of bins in the main area of the store where most of the records were overpriced and not in very good shape. They said "oh there are some more records upstairs". I found this in the $5 bin. The vinyl appears to be near perfect and is playing great so far. The cover is VG Plus.
@nicks25 Hey there, no, no new streamers lately - I’ve been pretty focused on analogue, buying many records. I also ordered some nice modest new speakers to try in the den (second set/second room) Tekton Perfect SET 2-10. Records are just so good right now and I’ve been rushing to flesh out the collection at the same time I’m spinning from all the distractions of new issues. Keep the posts coming.  How’z your arm ?  Healing up?
Sunday- Not everybody’s cup of tea, but Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot, Tull - thick as a brick. Zappa-Grand Wazoo. Wife and kids found some (any) place to go within 15 minutes. 
@bkeske, sounds great.  Very very pleased for you.  You write so well about it and you describe many similar effects and things I felt when I added a tube phono stage.  It was quite a revelation and really inspiring for me too.  Enjoy it brother.  
@just_asking,  Ha! You’ll find plenty of common interest around here with that set brother.   Keep ‘em coming.  
James, I really like it so far. I just started the second disc. I also have a white label promo of light as a feather in the on-deck bin.
@spiritofradio 

Thanks man. Just tried the dampers on the 4 preamp 12ax7 tubes, and took them off the au7’s, and man, what a change. That more holographic imaging appeared. Tubes are a funny thing. As Jim would say....’fun’
ha, Brian....now ya know, although i would repeat at 100 ish hour mark.... congrats, love at first listen it seems...
wrung out from 4 hour marathon zoom, no gas in tank - catch y’all tommorow. The end of the world LP sounds intriguing.....
best thread on audiogon, be good to each other......nobody knows everything, don’t be a lemming....
Tommy Guerrero - Sunshine Radio
Tommy Guerrero- Road To Knowhere
Tommy Guerrero- Perpetual 

@slaw  and All,

Fun stuff at lunch today. Was listening to Rush - "A Farewell to Kings", an album I've owned since it was released in 1977, and listened to hundreds of times. I heard something in the mix I never noticed before. An additional side/under tone in the orchestra bells at the beginning of "Cygnus X-1". Don't know if its the MyMat, or just a heightened awareness for some reason, but I never noticed this side/under tone before.

Oh, and I've been noticing better bass definition lately (since adding the MyMat). Bass lines are much easier to follow and bass tone delineation is better too.... 

I've really enjoyed listening to my LPs lately. MyMat was a recent addition and it's staying.....

Enjoy!
Thanks for the post Tom. It's very gratifying knowing the MyMat has benefitted so many.
Yes indeed, that is just what I found when adding two of the MyMat.  Bass lines were easier to follow and I also discovered some little nuances of musical information that I had not heard before (on a number of albums).  Really great!  Then I got the Degritter US RCM and that added another level to everything.  This sure is a fun hobby.

Brian, enjoy that phono stage.  And yes, after 80 to 100 hours those tubes will "bloom" into a more holographic presentation of the music.  Dependent on the recording, of course, but always will deliver better than you had previously heard the given album.

Peter Nero  'Summer of 42'  Great music and I have had this album since 1974.  Not the SQ that I remember, though.  Maybe my higher resolution system of today revealed what I could not hear on my first hi-fi system.

Atlanta Rhythm Section  'Champagne Jam'  I enjoyed that last week so played it again last night.

Love  'Forever Changes'  Rhino reissue, made in Germany.  Had this in 8th grade but that became thrashed.  Bought the well-reviewed reissue and, wow, what a great job they did.  Such memories...

@mammothguy54

Thanks man. Yea, there are a lot of conflicting info out there regarding tubes and if ‘burn-in’ is a reality with tubes. I’ve always been a solid state guy, so this is my first foray into a power or pre tube amp. One thing is for sure, it seems a lot of things can effect the sounds in regards to ‘tube power’. Little things like playing with dampers, has a pretty big effect.


Just finished with work for the day, so another round of LP’s and see what the night brings, and the days ahead.
I saw Arlo Guthrie in, I think it was 1971.  He was the opening act.  Next up was Linda Ronstadt (before she became uber-famous).  Next up was Dave Mason.  What a great concert!

My wife has to go to bed early tonight.  No music for me.  
To be continued...
Ludwig Van Beethoven 
Concerto Per Violino E Orchestra 
In Re Mach. Op. 61
Salvatore Accardo
Violin and Conductor 
Orchestra Da Camera Italiana 
fone 2015

Recorded in 2005 all analogue, analogue cutting and one-step production.  This recording captures dynamics and spatial effects very well.  Tones are rich but there’s something odd about the tone, especially the cellos and basses, and maybe a little hard edged treble.  Maybe it is true to the venue, not certain.   Very quiet vinyl.  Sweet rendition of the music but not completely certain yet how I feel about it.  Fortunately it wasn’t super expensive.    Will reevaluate after the 4th or 5th listen.  
Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring). Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1961
Ormandy conducts Charles Ives - Symphony No. 1 In D Minor & Three Places in New England. Philadelphia Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1968
Karajan conducts Sibelius - Finlandia · Valse Triste · Der Schwan Von Tuonela · Tapiola. Berlin Philharmoniker. Deutsche Grammophon (big tulips) 1967 German pressing