David Axelrod Songs Of Experience |
Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition - "Dark Night of the Soul"
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Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer "Not Dark Yet" |
Starting my Sunday morning right........
Pat Metheny Group - "American Garage"
A classic record and a great way to start a morning......
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Going back to a previous post... regarding "Is there such thing as a perfect album?"
When I wrote that I was listening to "Southern Accents" which brought that question to mind. To me, "SA" is a perfect album. I think it is my favorite Heartbreakers album as well.
It has everything.... first and foremost the albums’ title is the theme for the entire record that Tom so greatly expresses with his voice and his lyrics. I think this album set a very high bar for him going forward. An interesting tidbit is he brought in some brass and strings on an album entitled Southern Accents and it all works perfectly!
I replayed "Southern Accent"
Smashing Pumpkins "Machina/the machines of God". IMO, "Machina" is an overlooked record. And I'll go ahead a say it... I think it's every bit as good as "Siamese Dream". Especially from an artistic/technical perspective. It doesn't have the radio friendly and very memorable hits but a really great lp that no one talks about.
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OK, before the topic slips away, I want to add my $.02..... I'm firmly in the Son Volt camp, over Wilco. Just wanted to get that out there....... :~)
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Hole "Live Through This" original/first pressing |
Next up...…….
I had to flatten it.....
the second lp from The Flaming Lips "Embyonic"
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@folkfreak
Thanks for the follow up on the BOTW thread. Very detailed review, well done.
There are a couple of Classic Records that I have my eye on from Discogs that I feel more confident about moving forward on based on your impressions
Thank you
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@6t5-gto yes the Classic 45rpms are good but everyone I have is without exception warped so that the outer edges of the playing side are 1-2mm up. This is a function of them being blank on the reverse side. If you have a vacuum setup, edge clamp or a good flattened, or you can tolerate this issue go ahead but don’t let it surprise you.
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I thought Classic was (the first) to introduce what is now known as a non-
raised outer edge. Forgive me, as right now, I cannot think of the correct way of explaining this. |
Yes @slaw, correct they press (2 sided and one sided) without that lip. The issue with the one sided 45rpms is that being pressed on only one side they dish warp towards that side. I've never tried to take this warp out given the thickness of the vinyl, nor have I ever had any playback problems as it's a uniform warp but the buyer should be aware of this tendency |
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Thin White Rope - The Ruby Sea
The The - Mind Bomb
The The - Infected
XTC - (1st album, British pressing)
Yes - Fragile (German pressing)
Saint Saens - 3rd Symphony (Chicago/Barenboim/DG)
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Three different versions of In C.
The Terry Riley original.
The Africa Express version.
The new Meat Beat Manifesto interpretation on lovely yellow.
Tomorrow I'll probably do Drumming, Six Pianos, Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ by Steve Reich.
Yes, going through a minimal phase at the moment. |
Bob Marley - Exodus, my box set arrived today so I have all 11 of his Island Records albums to go through. I kinda jumped to Exodus first but now back to the start. |
Dave Mason - "Alone Together" MCA Remaster on 180 Gram Heavy Vinyl. Really, Really Good.......
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reubent---Alone Together is a FANTASTIC album! I have only the original pressing, the vinyl of which looks like a paint wheel---lots of splattered colors, gray being primary. I'll have to look for the MCA remaster. |
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire, Live, and Burning so far from the box set. Other than an odd sound between some tracks on Exodus I have been very impressed with the quality of the recordings and pressings.
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Mark Lanegan Band / Blues Funeral |
Ok this Bob Marley box may be the best $190 investment I have made in a while.
Natty Dread sounds incredible. The dynamics are awesome, it is the best I have heard this record. |
Steely Dan - Countdown to Esctasy, original German pressing that showed up in the mail today. 3 wet cleans later it is still pretty noisy but the sound quality is good.
Radiohead - In Rainbows
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Bettye Lavette - "Things Have Changed" - Just arrived today. Prep for her show on Oct. 13 at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch. Can't wait.....
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well for me it was Black Sabbath vol. 4
Grand Funk Red LP, AC/DC back in black/flick of the switch, Blink 182 Vinyl to me is the very best next to that for me would be reel to reel. love to see the reels spin around.
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Billie Holiday Lady In Satin 1st pressing |
an early morning wakeup call.......
Robert Plant - "The Principal of Moments"
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Warren Zevon "Sentimental Hygiene" ! |
Warren Zevon "Stand In The Fire" WLP |
Procol Harum "A Salty Dog" MFSL |
Cowboy Junkies "Whites Off Earth Now!!" MFSL |
Steely Dan "Everything Must Go" original German pressing |
"EMG" is a damn great sounding record.
The Doobie Brothers "What Were Once Vices are Now Habits"
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Getting ready to put on lps 3 & 4 of "How The West Was Won" |
@slaw - Thanks for your earlier post . I'm playing Doobie Brothers - "what were once vices are now habits". Really a great album, and perfect on a Friday night......
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@reubent,
The SQ is excellent. When I think of lps that bring all of the goodness of analog to the table (ha ha), this has to be one of them!
Happy Listening!
I almost forgot the reason I was going to post again... "How The West Was Won" . If any of you haven't heard this yet (on vinyl) do yourself a favor and buy it. So involving, SQ is excellent, vinyl is dead quiet.
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The Beatles "Revolver" Mono box set |
Ryan Adams "Ashes & Fire"
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The Black Angels "Death Songs" !! |
Michael Jackson "Thriller"
The Jayhawks "Mockingbird Time"
Elephant Stone "S/T"
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Pinback "Autumn of the Seraphs" |
Aimee Mann "Mental Illness" |
CCR "Mardi Gras" (comparing my AcousTech and my promo copy) |
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B B King "In London" original pressing...alive and full of energy! Yeah!
@reubent,
BTW, Bettye LaVette’s "Muscle Sholes Sessions" is out now. I have it in my cart.
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Greg Kihn Band "Kihntinued"
Interesting... the record label is Beserkely, distributed by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch. This lp is another of several hundred I was gifted a while back. SQ is very good, music is very enjoyable. (Would be great background music for an in-home party). Extremely enjoyable! |
Up next..
Spoon 'They Want My Soul"
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Deep Purple "Made In Japan" /OP/another gifted lp that shows much cover wear but the vinyl is in very good shape! Thankfully I have the equipment to bring out the best that’s in those grooves. Lovin' it! |
The SQ on the Deep Purple lp above is remarkable. Much, much better than I expected.
If you can find a clean early pressing, you should get it!
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@reubent
Thanks for the reminder on How the West Was Won, love that set and keep meaning to pick it up on Vinyl.
Today:
Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibration, Kaya and Babylon by Bus. Box set is awesome. Two records have some noise in between tracks but otherwise great.
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@slaw
I listened to Made in Japan a ton when I was younger, great record. My original copy got screwed up on a bad turntable and for some reason I have not picked up another copy |
