Whats on your turntable tonight?

Brian - streaming Carolyn…i get the multi faceted…attraction…

@slaw I like it, but only one listen so far. 

“It Still Moves” still moves me.

Jane Morgan With The Troubadors – All The Way (London 1958 mono)

Simply magic.

Hi Jim!

@whatsaftumch

Welcome to this wonderful thread.  Your writing, which I copied and posted below, is spot on.  I am in full agreement with your words and thought.  You are a wise man!

Sometimes a beautiful sounding album and a beautiful album are the same thing. There’s a few albums I own that fit that bill, albums that got the production and the musicianship that the material deserved.

….must…NOT…lust after…wait for it……….

A mono cartridge…..

Whaaa???

Steve - I have been streaming many of @noromance mono picks……enjoying them a bit 2 much….

Jane Morgan With The Troubadors – Fascination (Kapp 1957 mono)

How can a 65 year old record sound better than current ones?

Just arrived, 

Aimee Mann "Queens of the Summer Hotel" 

Cat Power "Covers"

Jane's Addiction- S/T

Jean Martinon conducts Saint-Saëns - Morceau De Concert Pour Harpe Avec Accompagnement D’Orchestre, Op. 154 / Tailleferre - Concertino Pour Harpe Et Orchestre / Ginastera - Concierto Para Arpa Y Orquesta (Revidierte Fassung Von 1968). Orchestre ORTF, Paris. Deutsche Grammophon 1970 German release 
 

Thanks all for the lovely welcome…I’m really happy I’ve come across this thread…I’ve been reading the equipment threads (for want of a better word) for a little while but not posting, I think I felt my knowledge of Hi-Fi and how to describe it was lacking compared to others…but I agree, this is by far the nicest thread on here 🙂 and I’m much more comfortable discussing the music.

I’m in Australia so my posts are probably going to be a little askew timeline wise, but I’ll do my best to keep up.

It’s morning here now, but I’m working from home with the bonus of being able to play the odd track or album whilst I do, so I couldn’t resist a little jazz to ease me into the day:

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else

An album where Miles Davis gets second billing is indeed “somethin’ else”

@tomic601

A mono cartridge…..

Live large Jim, get one 😁 But, the Brinkmann, where? 
 

…….is a second table looming on the horizon? Too bad you sold the SOTA 🙃

@whatsaftumch 

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else

👍🏼 A fantastic LP, which I have, and others do here as well.

Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary (birthday) Celebration, Live from Lincoln Center.

Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman with The New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Zubin Mehta conductor.

Bach - Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins And Orchestra, BWV 1043
Vivaldi - Concerto In F Major For Three Violins, F. 1, No. 34
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante In E-Flat Major For Violin, Viola And Orchestra, K. 364

CBS Masterworks 1981

That is one of my favorite albums.  The music and performers are superb.  I bought it when it first came out.  Had to save up for it.  I will have to go find my copy.

@gajgmusic 

Agreed! I kinda bought it on a lark, but it is really fantastic. Those three get going and it’s incredible. 

Glad I picked it up.

@bkeske 

Brian, do you know this recording of the Saint-Saëns Op. 154?  Check it out.   

Schubert - The Fine Arts Quartet And Members Of The New York Woodwind Quintet With Harold Siegel - Octet In F Major, Opus 166 For Strings And Winds ( Concert Disk 1961)

@spiritofradio

James, no, never heard that one. The one I just played it really very nice. Really shows me how nice it is to have the new Belles Aria Signature pre. The harp sounds amazing with that new piece added to the mix.

Harp concertos are not an important type of music for me 🙂, but having that album in the collection is quite enjoyable.

But thanks, I’ll see if that one is in Tidal and save it for a future listen.

Edit: Found it and saved.

Been away from the listening room for a few days, but getting caught up today!

ZZ Top-Tres Hombres 1973 London

Dire Straits-Communiqué 2019 Mofi 45rpm

Bob Dylan-Planet Waves 1974 Asylum

Coltrane-A Love Supreme 2021 Impulse Acoustic Sounds Series

Which one of you uses a Nivico table? I know I've seen pics posted of it. Send me a PM please if this is you. Thanks

@bkeske  I am interested in that Isaac Stern Album.  I see on Discogs there are two versions, one is a digital process and the other is not.  The digital process is release 36692 and the analog (I believe that is the main difference) is 37244.  Which one do you have?  Any comments from anyone else, I am all ears.

Thank you.

Joel, mine is the 37244. But, on the back it does say it was ‘cut from the first generation analog copy of the digital master’

Very nice LP regardless.

@bkeske

it’s an exceptionally good recording. And I’m no judge of course but the harpist sounds quite enchanting. Nice warm tone. Harp can sometimes be tacky but not on this.

Vernon Handley conducts Sibelius - Konzertstücke Für Violine Und Orchester Op. 20. Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ralph Holms violin. Schwann Musica Mundi 1981 German release

Franz Schubert, Trio B-Dur Op. 99, Für Klavier, Violine Und Violoncello

1955 DG (Germany) Mono

No chance on TT #2 at the Condo….although for a fleeting microsecond..i imagined a Lederman special mono cartridge for the B and O….and tuck that away in the record storage cabinet….. then I came to my senses….whatever might be left…..

Steve - War Dept. so smitten by new Aimee Mann, she asked to spin that again….

Still going..

Jackie McLean-Jackie's Bag 2008 AP/BN 45rpm RE

Hope everyone is having an enjoyable evening.

@tomic601 

although for a fleeting microsecond..i imagined a Lederman special mono cartridge for the B and O….and tuck that away in the record storage cabinet….. then I came to my senses….whatever might be left…..

😁😂 I actually forgot you had that B&O Jim. And yes, Peter would make you a mono for it, no doubt.

Very nice James 👍🏼
 

And mono too! Hear that Jim?…..mono!

@j_husker 

I know I am. Welcome back!

@slaw , @tomic601 

War Dept. so smitten by new Aimee Mann, she asked to spin that again….

great record   

@bkeske , @tomic601 , @noromance 

And mono too! Hear that Jim?…..mono!

​​​​​​​See what I did there…

1955 Mint Condition Record with Old Style (folio?) jacket.  Did somebody mention this is a little like model trains…

@j_husker 

Oh Yeah.   I must say, you have some nice records over there.  

Mono, about as useful to..ME…as a Fish needing a……wait for it…….unicycle 

@spiritofradio thanks, I'm proud of my humble collection.

Last one of the night:

Steely Dan-Gaucho 1980 MCA Japan press

Mehta conducts Bruckner - Symphony No. 9. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. London 1965
 

Shirley Bassey-All By Myself Side 1

Rimsky-Korsakov(MS 6092) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

New England-ST Side 1

Paul McCartney-Band On The Run Side 1

Eubie Blake-The Eighty Six Years Of Eubie Blake-Side 3

Neil Diamond-The Jazz Singer Side 2

Randy Sabien Jazz Quintet-In A Fog Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Vern Gosdin-Chiseled In Stone Side 2

Diamond/McCartney and Gosdin were well above average in SQ. The SQ champ tonight goes to Randy Sabien. If you don’t find Shirley Bassey overly bombastic her version of New York State Of Mind might appeal to you.

Thanks Brian.  I ordered the correct copy, from Discogs.

My wife may even stay in the listening room for this one.

Curtis Amy - Katanga ( Blue Note Tone Poet )… just fantastic 

excellent graphic Brian….one slip and it’s fresh sushi !

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

The Steven Wilson Stereo Vinyl Remixes

The Allman Bros - Fillmore ( MoFi )

@mammothguy54 

Thanks Brian.  I ordered the correct copy, from Discogs.

No problem Joel, enjoy!

Brooke Waggoner – Originator (Swoon Moon Music 2013)

Buddy Tate / Humphrey Lyttelton – Kansas City Woman (Black Lion 1975)

Loudon Wainwright III – Unrequited (Columbia 1975)

A wonderful left field pop/rock record by a dead set rock legend.

With personal favourites ‘Vicious’, ‘Perfect Day’, ‘Satellite of Love‘, ‘Goodnight Ladies’ and of course the magnificent ‘Walk on the Wild Side‘, a gutsy exploration of the then taboo subjects of sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution and drug use, this quirky, personal, theatrical album never fails to put a smile on my face and is a glam rock classic.

Lou Reed - Transformer

I'm playing Chris Rea - Auberge 

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One 50th Anniversary Vinyl Edition (2020 Remaster)

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (Kevin Gray remaster) 2009 180g