Congrats Tim - The Thales arms get high marks…
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The Kinks / Greatest Hits (mono) this album (a long lost copy) was in the basement stereo console at my Grandmothers house in Spokane when I was I wee lad . This was alongside The Best of The Animals, Meet The Beatles and Dino, Desi & Billy / I’m a Fool in her console. And there was a grand piano in the same room. The birthplace of my appreciation of music and a Kinks fan ever since.
David Bowie / Pinups
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Tim - how cool ;-) @sourpuss123 great story - my grandmother console an 18 wpc Fisher tubes , was polluted with Ray Connif….and worse…. |
I picked up the RSD copy of Oscar Peterson's Quartet - A Time for Love. I knew nothing of this album when I bought it, but when I saw Joe Pass was on guitar, I figured how could I go wrong. Sure enough the album is a barn burner from the opening number. The whole time I have been listening to this album, I keep thinking how intimidating it must be to play with Oscar, because that man is hard charging and moving fast! Joe Pass gets some great solos as well and his playing is very complimentary to Osacar's. |
@puffball08 as the 70’s Eagles sang… “ every form of refuge has it’s price “.. but oh so true… Linda Ronstadt turned me on to a great book about California water - The Dreamt Land - Chasing Water and Dust across California ( Pulitzer prize winning author Mark Arax |
@sbank I’m not sure what’s more amazing- that you got an average price of over $100 each, or that you could afford to part with so many collectibles!
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Straying dangerously afield from records on my turntable….. The late Marc Reisner in his 1986 book “Cadillac Desert” predicted with great clarity exactly what’s now happening in the western states. Everyone knew it was coming except (with a wink and a nod) greedy developers, chambers of commerce and the property tax collector. Since the ‘90s, hardly a year has gone by that California and Arizona (now Nevada too) haven’t been in court fighting over water rights. It has to do with “senior water rights” which date back to 1922. Basically, who got there first and took it. I live in a town not connected to the aqueduct from up north that depends solely on Lake Mathews which is fed by the Colorado River (and to a lesser extent, desalination). Thanks for the book recommendation. I will definitely check out Arax’s book.
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@puffball08 agreed. while in Calif, i live a scant half mile from a million gallon a day desalination plant…..i think it is expanding to 2m. Where are you at ? i am in Carlsbad. Stop by sometime! |
@puffball08 u are welcome anytime !!! |
@puffball08 yes, sent u reply + email |
Thanks for the insightful Oscar recommendation, @arize84 Yes, there was a time when OP didn't mean original poster! Looking forward to Tim's Thales setup pics on his system page. @noromance I had a couple of really pricey ones, e.g. Wildflowers OG >$300, Classic Records - KoB, Brandi - Give Up The Ghost >$200. With my UHQR KoB and plans to get Wildflowers & All The Rest, I couldn't justify keeping them...too many other good suggestions here(ya bastids)! |
First of two LP’s that arrived today. Mark Eitzel - Don’t Be a Stranger. Merge Records 2012. This is kinda special. I knew Mark in Columbus when he was in a band called The Cowboys, which he formed, then The Naked Skinnies afterwards, with another friend of mine on bass. The Skinnies left collectively for San Francisco, where they fairly quickly dismantled, and Mark formed The American Music Club. Who had great success. Mark was a real character, and it was always enjoyable to hang out with him. I believe this album was recorded following a long absence of music for Mark. As I understand he had a heart attack a couple years prior to this release. |
R Lee J - Pirates @slaw Happy belated birthday Steve :-) Enjoy the tunes ! |