Vandys where the eye opener that exposed me to true home hifi. Sometime in the mid to lte 80’s (bad memory) a friend invited me over to his brother-in-laws house to hear this system I had heard so much about. I think the components were CJ, but I can’t recall exactly because I was so blown away by the Vandys and the CD player. Up to that point I had owned or heard midfi stuff, and heard some awfully good gear at local hifi shops, but those absolutely got me. That was 30 or more years ago and I remember it vividly.
Jimmy Smith, I’m Movin On spinning right now. |
Second spin for this….
Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All The Rest. Warner 3LP gatefold 2020 |
Mahler
Symphony #5
Chicago Symphony
Georg Solti
1961
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Throw Me The Statue / Moonbeams |
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The Juliana Theory / Music from another room |
-Journey - Look into the Future”
-John Wetton (RIP)/Phil Manzanera |
Quiet afternoon out of the summer heat.
Gillian Welch - Revival |
Santana
Amigos
Columbia 1976
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Hindemith - Die 7 Kammermusiken. Concerto Amsterdam. Telefunken 3LP box 1969
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Ian Hunter - All American Alien Boy |
Michael Franks - Tiger In The Rain Direct Disc Labs issued this and is cut at half-speed from the original master tapes. Sounds great! Michael Franks has such a pleasant voice.
Tania Maria - Love Explosion I forgot how good this album is. Latin/Jazz/Fusion music that's really good and the SQ is really dynamic. The bass is fabulous, really deep and punchy. It's been a very long time since I listened to this album so I will have to listen to it again, very soon.
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Frédéric Chopin
Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 E-moll ∙ Krakowiak
Willem Van Otterloo
Concertgebouw Orkest
Stefan Askenase, Piano
Deutsche Grammophon (Tulips)
Stereo (Germany)
1965 repressing of a 1959 recording |
K. & J.J. : Israel
A&M orig press. |
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Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, S, R & Thyme
John Coltrane - Ballads |
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Reunions
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@j_husker, big +1 on the Kai and JJ |
And I forgot …
A test pressing of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressed by JVC Japan of
Pablo Cruise. Amazing sound and soooooo smooth on the VPI 40th through my Revel Ultima Salons |
PJ Harvey - White Chalk. So creepy and weird, in the most wonderful way! |
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@torhad5. what a sweet system. Very nice. |
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Michael Franks - Tiger In The Rain Direct Disc Labs issued this and is cut at half-speed from the original master tapes. Sounds great! Michael Franks has such a pleasant voice.
Tania Maria - Love Explosion I forgot how good this album is. Latin/Jazz/Fusion music that’s really good and the SQ is really dynamic. The bass is fabulous, really deep and punchy. It’s been a very long time since I listened to this album so I will have to listen to it again, very soon. +1 -- great taste in music... i too treasure those issues |
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@gardeners501 I've really been enjoying this Bill Evans three-record set I picked up on RSD Me too |
Gettin' my Clash on. Sandinista! |
+1 mammothguy54 Tania Maria gets very little mention here. If you don’t have "Forbidden Colors" 1988 Capitol release, please consider purchasing this 5 star audiophile level recording it could be her best. |
@dayglow Thanks for that information. I'll search for it, either new or on Discogs. I bought Love Explosion when it first came out, in 1984. I'm surprised that I didn't get her next album. Maybe today, though! |
@mammothguy54 Just want to let you know I have the vinyl version of "Forbidden Colors" do not know if the cd version has audiophile level sound quality. |
Have A Nice Life
Deathconsciousness |
Deer Tick
The Black Dirt Sessions
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Breath Owl Breath / Ghost |
Fight
A Small Deadly Space |
The Smithereens
Especially for You
Enigma 1986
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Magnolia Electric Co / What comes after the blues
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Mike Greene
Pale Pale Moon
The Ballroom Thieves
Deadeye
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Los Lobos
By the Light of the Moon
WB/Slash 1987 |
Alois Klíma conducts Prokofiev - Summer Day Suite, Op.65, Prague Chamber Orchestra & A Winter Camp Fire, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Crossroads, date unknown, but probably late 60’s
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Garcia Band-Cats Under the Stars
@spiritofradio Israel is an all time favorite jazz record, but it’s one of those I have to make sure I get 45 minutes of uninterrupted listening time for it. Darken the listening room, light a candle, and drop the needle. I really enjoy that record. |
Evgeni Svetlanov conducts Tchaikovsky - The Seasons. The U.S.S.R. Symphony Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks/Мелодия 1978. Demo/radio station copy. Beautiful recording.
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Mehta conducts Scriabin - Poem Of Ecstasy, Op. 54 & Schönberg- Transfigured Night, Op. 4 (1943 Revised Version). Los Angeles Philharmonic. London 1967
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@j_husker, I’ve got Kai and JJ in the on deck circle for later. For now around here it’s the sweetness of:
Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra
The Complete Roulette Recordings Of The Maynard Ferguson Orchestra
1994 Mosaic Records compilation
14 Records - unimaginably good sound
I love this band.
Record 1, recorded May of 1958 |
Lucinda - S/T
“I asked for water (He gave me gasoline)”
Love that song!
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Record 2, recorded December of 1958
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Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft
Ludwig van Beethoven Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester
Nr. 5 Es-Dur Op. 73
Wilhelm Kempff, Klavier
Berliner Philharmoniker
Paul van Kempen, Dirigent
18131 (Germany)1955 Mono (Tulips)
Generic gatefold sleeve with stitched edges. Sound is magical. Even without a mono cart and with the air conditioning situation.
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Kempff, wow. Makes this sound so effortless. |
