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
Friday is strictly, the blues: Last night I played Willie Dixon "Catalyst", B.B. King "King of the Blues", and Muddy Waters "Hard Again". That later at volume because it was recorded with so much punch!
Britten conducts Britten - Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68 & Haydn - Concerto In C For Cello And Orchestra. English Chamber Orchestra w/Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. London 1964
7" Saturday, I felt the up/down to flip/switch records to be worth the effort.
Chris Butler (Waitresses, Tin Huey among others) did a series of 7" recorded on various media other than traditional magnetic tape.
The Series was called "The Wilderness Years". Chris produced and released through his "Future Fossil" label.
Volume 1: "A Hole In The Sky/Davy's Sister's Home From College" Recorded on Edison Wax Cylinder by Pete Dilg.
Volume 3: "The Man In The Razor Suit/The Bottom of a Workingman's Beer" Recorded on a Webster-Chicago (Webcor) wire recorder.
The remainder were all released on Clone Records which was from Akron, Ohio. Clone released the remarkable (2) "Bowling Balls" 12" compilations of little known bands outside of the Akron/Kent, Ohio area. Most of us knew/know Devo, but there were a plethora of others waiting for their chance at discovery such as Rubber City Rebels, Tin Huey, Waitresses and Rachel Sweet. Rachel would be discovered by Lene Lovich when she was in Akron. Rachel got included on the Stiff Records Akron compilation (with the "scratch and sniff" tire that exuded the lovely aroma of Akron's air-according to the label) along with several other Akron area bands.
These rare 7" finds were courtesy of Dave Ignazio at Square Records in Akron.
John Rader "One Step At A Time/Get You Back" Clone 1979
Tin Huey "Puppet Wipes, Cuyahoga Creeping Bent/Poor Alphonso, The Tin Huey Story" Clone 1977
Tin Huey "English Kids/Sister Rose" Clone 1980
The Housekeepers "I Gotta Know/Down The Road" Clone 1981
Tin Huey "Robert Takes The Road to Lieber Nawash/Squirm Your Worm" Clone 1978
Harvey Gold (Tin Huey) "Keep A Close Watch/Armadillo" Clone 1977
I have the original pressing of Workingmans Dead, and think it is one of the best sounding recordings I have from that era.
Was actually thinking of spinning it earlier, but, remembered there was a live Berlin Philharmonic performance streaming today….so….that took precedent.
Before picking up the remastered Workingman's Dead I was tempted to look for a used original pressing but have been frustrated lately with sellers that don't understand the meaning of NM or NM-. I've also been unhappy with a number of remastered or new pressings of older albums when compared to my original copies from the 60's or 70's when I find that the new pressings don't compare to the dynamics of the originals. I guess you win some and lose some.
Ormandy conducts Sibelius - Concerto In D Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 47 & Karelia Suite, Op. 11. The Philadelphia Orchestra w/ Isaak Stern, violin. Columbia Masterworks 1970
+1 Tone Loc. He’s 55 and worth a couple of million. Stunned to see how much loot rappers have made. That twit West is worth $1.8bn. An 8 year old YouTuber is worth $160m. I don’t even know where I’ve gone wrong!
Sir Neville Marriner conducts Händel - Concerto No 1 In B Flat, Concerto No 2 In F, & Concerto No 3 In F. The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Philips 1980 Netherlands
….. have been frustrated lately with sellers that don't understand the meaning of NM or NM-.
I've also been unhappy with a number of remastered or new pressings of older albums when compared to my original copies from the 60's or 70's when I find that the new pressings don't compare to the dynamics of the originals. I guess you win some and lose some.
My Dead Head buddies really didn’t like that album when it was released. Perhaps the bit of ‘disco’ groove on a couple songs. Conversely, I liked it, and it is still one of my all-time favorite Dead albums.
You must have a verified phone number and physical address in order to post in the Audiogon Forums. Please return to Audiogon.com and complete this step. If you have any questions please contact Support.
