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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Václav Neumann conducts Martinů - Symphonies 3,4,&5. 
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Supraphon 2LP gatefold 1982. Czechoslovakian release.
 

Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues

on a recommendation of Brian @noromance 

a fantastic LP…..

Darius Milhaud - Athena Ensemble – Music For Wind Instruments (Chandos 1980)

Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis - Overseas Special. 
Recorded live at the Satin Doll Club, Tokyo 

Concord Jazz 1984

Emma Kirkby – Portrait Of Emma Kirkby (L'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium Series 1982)

Bought this when it came out and it gets more exquisite the older I get.

A Sam Cooke double LP, "Portrait Of A Legend", Rare Earth ,"Ecology" and an OP of Chilliwack, "Lights In the Valley". Pop night.

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold

1982 - Vertigo Records

I’ve always thought that all of my early original Dire Straits pressings sounded great but this record is special. Outstanding sound quality. Probably their least commercial or radio friendly album that doesn’t hurt either. Fantastic album.

Aeolian String Quartet :
Haydn - Volume Eight, String Quartets 1-6 Op. 3 & The Seven Last Words
London 3LP box 1981
 

 

Robert Craft conducts ‘The Music of Arnold Schoenberg’ Vol. 1.
Washington Opera Society Orchestra, CBC Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, & Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Columbia Masterworks 2LP box reissue 1970’s, originally 1962

  • Erwartung
  • Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
  • Pierrot Lunaire
  • Die Glückliche Hand
  • A Survivor From Warsaw

 

Thanks Brian - excellent season but it’s over up North anywayyyy….

Second play thru in as many days… Nagra 70 th , jury out on absolute value but certain bits are excellent sonics…  

Nat King Cole – A Many Splendored Thing (Longines Symphonette Society 1965)

Classic Sixties. Sounds so much better than every post-tube desk edited recording ever pressed.

Snuffy Jenkins & Pappy Sherrill – 33 Years Of Pickin’ And Pluckin’ (Rounder 1971)

Juilliard String Quartet 

Schoenberg, The Five String Quartets

Columbia Masterworks 3LP box, 1977

  • Quartet No. 1 In D Minor Op. 
  • Quartet No. 2 In F Sharp Minor For Strings And Soprano Op. 10
  • Quartet No. 3, Op. 30
  • Quartet No. 4 Op. 37
  • String Quartet In D Major

Grateful Dead - Steal Your Face

Grateful Dead Records 2LP gatefold 1976

Recorded live at The Winterland