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

Ernestine Anderson-When The Sun Goes Down Side 2

Santana-Lotus(Mo Fi Gain 2 SIJP 46-8) Record 3 A

Mel Torme/Marty Paich-Reunion Side 2

Gordon Brisker-"About Charlie" Side 2

Cedar Walton-Soundscapes Side 2

Joyce Collins Quartet-Moment To Moment Side 2

The Yellowjackets-Mirage A Trois Side 2

Richie Cole-Alto Madness Side B

Felt like a "Jazz" night I wanted to avoid the obvious! There is much more to ’Jazz" then Miles/Trane and Brubeck. All recordings were Audiophile SQ level with performances to match. Could not determine the weakest SQ recording tonight, but Cedar/Yellowjackets stood out and are easily demo level recordings.

 

 

Fleet Foxes - first 'Helplessness Blues' then 'Crack-up'.  Both sound great, enchanting really.  A couple of the newer albums I have that sound very good!  Unlike most other new vinyl, unfortunately.

@bslon

Your last 3 posts are representative of a period during which I was buying very little new music. The 80’s seemed like a wasteland to me. I am open to re-education though and appreciate the ideas and recommendations from you and others here. I want to believe that there’s probably some good stuff from the 80’s that I missed.

@dayglow 

Cedar Walton-Soundscapes Side 2

I saw Mr. Walton play/leading a 6 or 7 piece band at Sweet Basil (NYC) in either late 85 or early 86.   Fantastic and very memorable set in large part because it featured Steve Turee out front on his bass trombone.   Turee also played his trademark shells on some charts.   This was my introduction to Turee and since then he’s been one of my favorite trombone players.   And, he’s featured on “Soundscapes”.   Thanks for posting that record - I didn’t know about it.   

@spiritofradio You missed out! :-) There were a lot of good New Wave-Power Pop bands in the late 70’s early 80’s. PDX was rife with these bands rolling through the Paramount Theatre, Euphoria, Foghorn, and other small venue taverns. Great times for cheap, entertaining shows (especially for a 20 something single guy) and I saw plenty, like U2 at the Foghorn (or was it called The Wreck Of The Hespiris then, cloudy smoky memories haha) when Boy came out—for a few bucks. I loved New Wave then (still do) and collected a bunch of LPs. A refreshing change-up from Classic Rock (was it “Classic” back then?) and Jazz-Rock CTI Fusion stuff which most of my buddies at the time preferred. My wife and kids got blasted with mix tapes on road trips and still talk about bobbing head memories of the Cars, Devo, Romantics, Cure, Cretones, Knack and others. Cheers!

@bslon

I think it was still the Wreck of the Hesperus, through the early 80s. I confess “refreshing “ is not an adjective I would have applied to New Wave during its time…

I’ve become open to agreeing that I did miss out, but like the friends you mention, as far as new music went I was either into continuing to favor the few 60s and 70s bands that survived or fusion. One of “those” guys I suppose.

@spiritofradio 

Thx for the kind words. "Soundscapes" has a very well balanced relaxed SQ. This recording is almost unknown to many audiophiles and collectors, $25 might be enough for a sealed copy?  If your not familiar with Yellowjackets "Mirage A Tois" its a "fusion" jazz album but performed in good taste with demo level SQ. You might be surprised with the amount of quality jazz in the 1980's...fusion/acoustic and vocals. 

@spiritofradio 

We like what we like, it’s all good.

If I may suggest a couple of the better power pop bands, on Spotify I found Sorrows/ Bad Times Good Times 2010 R/I of the orig. 80’s LP
The Knack/ Get The Knack
Dirty Looks/ Turn It Up which is both of their records. The first LP (S/T) is best, which would be the first 11 songs. Not to be confused with the metal band of the same name.

FWIW, your final sentence left me feeling that I may have offended. I sure didn’t mean to.

Bill

@bslon

 

We like what we like, it’s all good.

Yes, and apologize if my hasty and unskillful writing left you with any impression I was unhappy. Quite the contrary. I do so much appreciate the information I get here from you and the other members about what’s worth trying now in an older and more open minded frame of mind. Will try/re-try those recommendations.

in fact, even if I don’t wind up really liking things I still get a lot of fun out of trying and do enjoy the dialogue. You know what I mean.

@dayglow Thanks!   I’ve got a copy of “Soundscapes “ on order.  
 

I do know Yellowjackets pretty well and agree.  Fun music.   Have quite a lot of fusion and other progressive stuff generated in the 80’s.  I should have said that for me new offerings of Jazz & Classical never grew tiresome.   
 

I’m curious though.  We’ve read with interest about your most excellent record collection and your most admirable approach to getting through it relatively systematically, but are you buying many new records?   

@spiritofradio 

Mainly buying used or sometimes sealed original pressings from the 70's and 80's from all genres. My 90's to current music is 98%+ on CD which is fine. Many releases from the CD era 1992 and later do not sound any better on an OP or even when reissued/remixed on vinyl. The current problem with newer/recent recordings on vinyl is the availability(pre/back order) and then add cost/pressing and sound quality. 

FWIW-Have about 1600 vinyl records including duplicates/poor condition and no longer want. Eliminating these would drop it to about 1475. An estimate would be I have played close to 60% of at least 1 side of my entire vinyl collection.

Maxine Sullivan With The Ike Isaacs Quartet – Maxine Sullivan With The Ike Isaacs Quartet (Audiophile 1981)

Pepper Adams – Julian (Inner City 1981)

~ Great live jazzband in great acoustic.

Barbara Lea – A Woman In Love (Audiophile 1981, RP 1955 mono)

~ Super album.

@bkeske @bslon +1 Richard Thompson - Still and Waltz For Debby

@spiritofradio 80s suggestions: T-Heads(obviously!), XTC, Clash, Costello, Lowe, D.Edmunds, Pretenders, Stranglers, Tears For Fears, Smiths, Kate Bush, Joe Jackson. Most holds up pretty well, IMHO.

 

The Cardigans - Life

Jimmy Cliff - Soundtrack to The Harder They Come

The cure for that is to play both sides of the record.

An estimate would be I have played close to 60% of at least 1 side of my entire vinyl collection.

Zdeněk Košler conducts Dvořák. Symphony No. 7 In D Minor. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Crossroads 1967
 

k.d. lang – Shadowland (Sire 1988)

The Milk Carton Kids – Monterey (Anti- 2015)

Charles Munch conducts Ravel - Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales / Fauré - Pelléas Et Mélisande Suite / Berlioz - Damnation Of Faust (Excerpts). The Philadelphia Orchestra. Columbia/Odyssey 1970’s.

Got a small box of vinyl from Germany the other day. First up after a US cleaning is April Wine - First Glance.

I agree with the comments on 80s music.  There is a lot of really good stuff from that era.  I have quite a few in my collection and am very glad that I do.

I need to try the Yellowjackets.  Thanks for the good information.  

I love this thread😊👍

Spiritofradio,

Some 80's albums that come to mind:

Bob Dylan / Infidels 

Bob Dylan / Oh Mercy

Robbie Robertson / ST

Roxy Music / Flesh + Blood

Roxy Music / Avalon

Bryan Ferry / Boys & Girls

Grateful Dead / Go to heaven

Grateful Dead / In the dark

Grateful Dead / Built to last

Mickey Hart / Dafos

David & David

Brian Eno & David Byrne / My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

King Crimson / Discipline

King Crimson / Beat

King Crimson / Three of a perfect pair

Adrian Belew / Lone Rhino

Adrian Belew / Twang Bar King

Adrian Belew / Desire caught by the tail

Arian Belew / Mr. Music Head

The Bears / ST

The Bears / Rise & Shine

David Byrne / Rei Momo

The Sonic Youth / Sister

The majority of these are readily available. They are all real good IMO.

great setlist @dayglow …wow

i haven’t cued a record in 4 days…ears are clearing a bit…have a backlog to clear..

” The Eighties Reeducation of James “…. wasn’t that a movie ?

I would add only somewhat snarkily…

Tommy Tutone

Donnie Iris

Wendy O and the Plasmatics 

The Bud Powell Trio-Bouncing With Bud 2015 Storyville 180g RE

Regarding the 80’s new wave stuff, if I may chime in. Worked at record stores and radio stations for a numer of years late 80’s into early 90’s. Most of that stuff has lost its appeal to me, but occasionally I spin early REM, Echo & the Bunnymen, Roxy/Ferry, New Order. Some of the obscure stuff. I can’t stomach the Duran Duran, Fixx, Flock of Seagulls…pop new wave from that era.

and i just learned the new Aimee Mann - Queens of tge Summer Hotel available for preorder, due out 1/21. previous Mann LP,s on discogs go for insane $$$$$$. $27 and change at Bezos Rocket club.

sorry if this is old news…

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Elgar - Symphony No. 2 In E Flat, Op.63 / Falstaff - Symphonic Study In C Minor Op. 68. Hallé Orchestra. Seraphim 2LP box reissue 1960’s, originally 1964

Tears For Fears had two really great albums.  Holds well, to this day.

 

I saw Wendy O and the Plasmatics at Perkins Palace, in Pasadena.  And yes, they blew up a car on stage (signature performance stunt).  It was quite a sonic concussion.  And yes, she was wearing electrical tape over her nipples, otherwise topless.  

The Hollies “History of British Pop Vol. 9” Parlophone-Odeon year? (Incredibly good Dutch pressing.)

Sensations’ FX “Fragments of Light” Superior Viaduct 2013 reissue of Universal 1974 release

Swell Maps “International Rescue” Alive Records 1999

Stallions “Hey Baby, It’s The Stallions” Junk Records 1996

Debussy - Nocturnes, Afternoon Of A Faun: Ravel - Rapsodie Espagnole, Pavane For A Dead Princess 

Pierre Monteux, London Symphony