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
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We missed ya spinnin', @slaw 

 

Joni - Blue, Ladies of the Canyon from Reprise Box

The The - Soul Mining Box

Pretenders - Learning to Crawl MOFI

'Trane - A Love Supreme (AS)

 

UHQR Jimi arriving today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The Handsome Family -- "Singing Bones"

Strata Institute -- "Cypher Syntax" (Steve Coleman and Greg Osby on alto sax) a very nice record indeed

Nectar - A Tab in the Ocean
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair
Lamb - What Sound
George Crumb - Lux Aeterna for Five Masked Musicians
George Crumb - Four Nocturnes
George Crumb - Dream Sequence
 

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love

1967 Reprise Records

My original copy with just a bit of background noise in a few spots but absolutely great SQ. Thinking of picking up the remaster from QRP but concerned  it won't match the great sound of my original copy.

Well, it’s been an eventful last couple days. Finally decided to purchase a couple Belles MB200 mono blocks to replace my old 400A. Sent the money to the seller this afternoon, so hopefully they arrive next week.

So, on to music…

Richard Thompson - Rumor and Sigh. Capitol/EMI 1991 European pressing.


 

@tgilb 

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love

Awesome record, played the other night and realized I bought it new 55 years ago <sigh>. It still sounds fantastic and past memories flood back, love it!

@bkeske Nice amps Brian!

Brian, the face plates are reminiscent of Pass. Hope they sound incredible!!

Thanks Steve and Bill. Had a great talk with the seller yesterday, he’s had most everything David Belles has sold except his newest stuff. So, after a nice talk, I have a pretty good feeling about these, their capabilities, and why I should not consider any older Belles I was looking at. Probably won’t make Johnny Rutan happy as I was talking to him about new Belles models. Just could not stop thinking of these.

Fingers crossed!

ELO - Eldorado 

2022 MFSL 33-1/3 RPM pressing.

Can't get enough of this one. Or should I say "Can't get it out of my head".

"Georgia Blue" is incredible, musically! Some of their interpretation were surprising...surprisingly good! I think that sonically not their best but the high quality songs/performances are superb.

@bkeske 

I waited a long time to replace my original copy of Eldorado and to my ears and on my system can't say enough about the new MFSL pressing.

I also prefer 33 RPM pressings so was happy to see they released it on 33 prior to their 45 RPM release.

I'm hoping they release Face The Music next but there is no word yet. I also searched Discogs for this one but no luck yet.

I have very early pressings of Face The Music and A New World Record.  I love them both, musically, and sonically they are pretty darn good.  I never owned Eldorado but should probably get it on MFSL 33rpm while it's still available.  Darn it, tgilb, you just made me tap into the monthly vinyl budget early in the month.  That's a good thing, though.😃

I bought Axis Bold As Love a couple of years ago, the reissue that's the Authorized Hendrix Family Edition.  It's pretty good.  I bought the album when it first came out in 1967 but that was thrashed during high school years.  I bought it again in 1973, just out of high school and after getting my first real hi-fi.  Therefore, it's a fairly early repress.  I didn't realize that I had it in excellent condition when purchasing the Hendrix Family Edition a couple of years ago.  In the Degritter it goes and I will play it later, tonight.  Should be some fun for a Saturday night.

@noromance spun this a few days ago, and couldn’t believe he had it. Dug my copy out…

Lamb - Cross Between. WB 1971

Just installed a custom length OL belt on the SOTA Eclipse motor on my Classic 3. 

Low frequency presence and depth is obvious. It will loosen up in a while. To be revisited 

New Riders of the Purple Sage - S/T. Columbia 1971

To say this LP has been well played is an understatement.

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers "First Flight to Tokyo" 

2021/Blue Note

bkeske (Brian), Congrats on the mono amps. David has a great reputation. I'd be surprised if you were anything but impressed.

Steve, +1 for "Ada Lea" (You may have introduced me to her work)

 

Oneida / Romance

Not sure about that Tim? In any case, I enjoyed that lp tonight, more than before.

@boxer12

Thanks Tim. I’m hoping to be pleased. As much as I loved my old Belles 400A, I’m sure this will take things to yet another level, and still pair well with my new Belles Sig pre. Probably better.

Seller already shipped it out today. Should have them Wednesday.

@bkeske congrats! The Belles stuff is so beautiful. Hope to hear some of it someday!

Jaco Pastorius-Jaco Pastorius 1976 Epic

Carlos Santana-Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! 1972 Col

Love Santana, seen him live several times and the performance with Buddy is excellent. The sq on this record leaves much room for improvement though. Has anyone heard the Speakers Corner remaster?

@noromance 

It’s what I remember. I actually have spun it within the last year of so. It’s one of those albums that has a handful of good songs, and many that don’t do much for  me, (the SQ varies some too). It might have something to do with her voice on a couple tracks. I picked that up years ago bin diving at my fav used record store. If there was an unknown band, and they were from the San Francisco area at the time, I would most always pick it up to check out.

And yea, thanks re: the monos. More fun after a loss. There is always another corner….

@j_husker 

Thanks! Looking forward to them, that is for sure. At least I now have a back-up amp should another failure happen (knock on wood).