The New Black Eagle Jazz Band – The New Black Eagle Jazz Band (G.H.B 1972)
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Peggy Lee – Miss Peggy Lee At Basin Street East (Capitol 1961)
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Playing Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters. Might have to get a replacement, I’ve played it a lot!
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The Mitchell Trio – The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio (Mercury 1964 mono)
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The Police / Zenyatta Mondatta
1980 A&M
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Talking Heads / Naked
1988 Sire
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Listened to the reissue by Friday music of Chicago V on gold vinyl earlier today. Sound quality was quite good, vinyl had a light warp and a little bit of noise on side two but sounded better than a lot of new releases.
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...added a SACD player so spinning this at the moment...
SACD
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Funkadelic: Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Funkadelic
Recent English reissues
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Paavo Berglund conducts Sibelius
- Kullervo Symphony, Op. 7
- Swanwhite - Incidental Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra And Helsinki University Mens Choir
Angel 2LP box 1971
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts Nielsen
The Concertos Of Carl Nielsen
- Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57
- Flute Concerto
- Violin Concerto, Op. 33
- Symphonic Rhapsody
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Seraphim 2LP box 1975
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JJ Grey & Mofro "Country Ghetto"
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Henley - Cass County
Clapton and BB - Riding with the King
side note…another plus for Artful Dodger…..
On deck Blues Summit - MoFi
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Ultravox / Quartet
1983 Chrysalis
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The Church / Remote Luxury
1984 Warner Bros.
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Solti Edition Vol. 6
Sides 21 & 22
Brahms
- Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier G-dur, op. 78
- Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier A-dur, op. 100
- Andante Tranquillo - Vivace - Allegretto Grazioso
- Sonate Für Violine Und Klavier d-moll, op. 108
Georg Solti piano & Georg Kulenkampff violin
DECCA 18 LP box, 1981. German release
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Oingo Boingo / Only A Lad
1981 A&M
I see they’re releasing Boingo, the band’s finale album finally on LP. Haven’t played this in a long while, it sounds fantastic. Great cover of The Kinks “You Really Got Me”.
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Bernstein conducts Brahms
New York Philharmonic
Columbia Masterworks 1968
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Not sure why, but Fridays after a long week, I always seem to reach for Brahms
Szell conducts Brahms
- Double Concerto In A Minor
The Cleveland Orchestra with Mstislav Rostropovich & David Oistrakh
Angel reissue 1980’s, originally 1969 Мелодия
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I could listen to all the jazz recordings one time each for the rest of my life, yet still not come close to listening to all of them.
Tonight it’s the late great Hank Mobley’s Workout LP. A great and overlooked album. Mobley was a great artist. How many haven’t even heard of him?
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@mytthor, an Oracle? You are very privileged! I owned a MK3 at one time, but wanted a Mk5. Never did I know that the cheapest time to own one would be in 1999. A Mk6 was even available here for as cheap as $4500 here on AG 6 years ago. The seller wouldn’t ship it 2 states over from California. I didn’t blame him. Nice TT!
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@curiousjim glad you're enjoying artful dodger--they have a third major label record, babes on broadway, which is terrible, but the first two and the aforesaid "rave on" are the bomb.
further picks today:
rage to live, s/t--very intelligent 80s altrock w/some country & r&b overtones--the principal has a lot of range as a songwriter and fully half these tunes are classic.
robin lane & the chartbusters, s/t--jangly bar band sorta reminiscent of (and virtually as good as) the pretenders; i'm sorta surprised they never hit big.
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Pulled out my US of A after @middlemass posted it. Moved on to High Tide - Sea Shanties and then New Sound of Numbers - Liberty Seeds. Ended up being an electrified strings kind of session.
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The United States Of America - 1968
Haven't heard the OP on Columbia, but this 2017 reissue mastered by Kevin Gray on Sundazed Music - LP5211 has incredible sonics. Highly recommended.
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@loomisjohnson
I just streamed their title album and am listening to Honor Among Thieves now.
Good pick!
artful dodger, "rave on"-- swansong from a great, underappreciated guitar pop band somewhere between badfinger and the small faces (the singer sounds a lot like steve marriott). never on cd, afaik, but you can find it on youtube.
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artful dodger, "rave on"-- swansong from a great, underappreciated guitar pop band somewhere between badfinger and the small faces (the singer sounds a lot like steve marriott). never on cd, afaik, but you can find it on youtube.
grant lee buffalo, "mighty joe moon"--I've gone back and forth on him over they years, but "happiness" always makes me weep uncontrollably.
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Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
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Robbie Robertson 's first solo album and Jack Johnson " On and On"
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Celeste - Principe di un giorno
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Warren Zevon - "Stand in the Fire"
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Antal Dorati conducts Haydn
- Symphony No. 99 In E Flat
- Symphony No. 100 In G "Military"
Philharmonia Hungarica
London Records Treasury Series reissue 1976, originally 1974
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From my unusual Korean box set (1 of 2), ‘The Great Classical Music of The World’, ‘Apollo’ box
LP#1, Karajan conducts Haydn
- Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”
- Symphony No. 101 “The Clock”
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
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Dr.John -Gris-gris
David Sanborn -Hideaway
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Low - Double Negative
2018 Sub Pop RIP Mimi
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Joe Williams-Every Night Side B SQ Audiophile
Linda Lawson-Introducing...Side 2
Mel Torme-A New Album Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Marlena Shaw-Live In Tokyo Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Dick Haymes-Keep It Simple Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Carmen McRae-Live At Sugar Hill Side A SQ Audiophile
Harry Connick Jr.-20 Side 1
Rosemary Clooney-With Les Brown-Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Played Last night 2/14/23.
When playing jazz vocals you expect Audiophile SQ. With the 8 recordings I selected(2 Japanese pressings) I was not disappointed due to 6/8 reaching Audiophile status. Since Linda Lawson was a 1960 pressing and Connick Jr. 1988 both had slight issues common with each recording era. The SQ crown goes to Dick Haymes(Audiophile AP-200)maybe it was the calmness/flow of the music that gave it the edge over Marlena Shaw. Both IMO are demo level recordings.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter / The Dirt And The Stars
2020 Lambent Light Records
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Exploded View - Obey
2018 Sacred Bones
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AND —Little Feat -Waiting on Columbus-MFSL—
MY BEGINNINGS ON MARDI GRAS , Enjoy the season
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Billie Holiday Platinum White Vinyl
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Dave Brubeck Quart- Live in Amsterdam-1962-VERY NICE BIN FIND -Columbia
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Memphis Slim -At the Gate of Horn-Vee Jay—very nice
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Eubie Blake— The eighty six years of —Columbia , very entertaining
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Albert King/Otis Rush -Door to Door-Chess Records
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Paul Butterfield blues band -Music on Vinyl - nice copy
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Axis: Bold As Love
1967 Reprise
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Dire Straits / Brothers In Arms
2014 Mobile Fidelity 45rpm RE, orig. 1985
Nice SQ, slight groove noise, I can’t say it’s a big jump up in sound over my original pressing
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Bryan Ferry / Boys And Girls
1985 Warner Bros.
Great sonics, content
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I’m pretty excited about this set that arrived today. I already have a Stravinsky box set, just played it recently, and unhappy with its pressing, mastering, and/or sound quality overall. So I went looking for a replacement, and what better than a box set of Stravinsky’s works conducted by himself? This set is in pretty darn good shape, considering it has a silver reflective finish, and a great thick booklet within. This should be fun, hopefully, as I have big expectations.
Igor Stravinsky
Nine Masterpieces Conducted By The Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Le Sacre Du Printemps
- Symphony Of Psalms (Revised Version)
- Symphony In C
- Firebird Ballet Suite (1945) (Revised Version)
- Petrushka Ballet Suite
- L'Histoire Du Soldat Suite (Columbia Chamber Ensemble)
- Pulcinella Suite
- Symphony In Three Movements
- Apollo (Apollon Musagète) (Revised)
- Portrait Of Stravinsky : Rehearsing And Reminiscing/A Revealing And Human Look Behind The Myth
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 6 LP Box 1970
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Yes - Close to the Edge
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