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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Joel, It's great your speakers are only a few weeks out now! 

Steve, I'll be streaming "The Third mind". Didn't realize Dave Alvin was part of that. 

My system is sounding really good!!! The new phono cable really is performing wonderfully! 

Doris Day And Harry James-Young Man With A Horn(CL 582) Side 2

Melissa Manchester-Greatest Hits Side 2

Weather Report-Heavy Weather Side 1

Jimmy Roselli-Core Spezzato Side 1

Kreator-Live Kreation Side C

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-ST Side 2 SQ*

Bette Midler-Broken Blossom Side 2

Journey-Evolution Side 1

Might be the first time without an Audiophile SQ recording? Power quality is not the best on Friday evening but Flack/Hathaway SQ* were close. After playing Kreator which has decent SQ for extreme metal(wife now knows what extreme metal is). On "Broken Blossom" Tom Waits(I Never Talk To Strangers)plays and sings with Ms. Midler.

Hey Steve, I don't doubt for a second that you mentioned it. My short term memory loss seems to have extended with age. 🤔

This phono IC has the ability to make any well balanced system sound better. 

+1 For "The Third Mind" This is really different than his (Dave Alvin) solo albums

 

Up Next (Streaming)... Terry Allen / Smokin the dummy 

So far this beautiful evening:

Al Hirt "Latin in the Horn" arr. and cond. by Lalo Schifrin;

"Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins";

Sarah Vaughan "Duke Ellington Song Book One";

Joe Pass "For Django"

Kenny Burrell and Coleman Hawkins "Bluesy Burrell"

 

@bslon stirred up memories of summer skiing at Snowbird and crashing in a lift operators house in ‘83. She made me a cassette cassette copy of…

INXS / Shabooh Shoobah (1983 / Phonogram a Netherlands reprint).

 

also in todays mail….

The Psychedelic Furs / Mirror Moves (1984 / CBS an Italian copy).

oh, the good ‘ol daze!

 

 

 

 

Arrived this week.

Graham Nash : Live. Songs For Beginners/ Wild Tales

2022 Proper Records

Really impressed with this release. SQ is great, the band is great and the pressings are dead quiet when they are supposed to be quiet.

I have early pressings of both studio albums and the live versions are close to the originals but with a fresh new sound.

@slaw What phono cable did you get?  I must have missed when you mentioned it.

OK ….turning on the TT now that i have > 100 hours on those difficult to breakin Teflon caps in the high pass filters….

Warming up with; Jimi Hendrix Experience: Paris 67 ( RSD Black Friday )

 

…..what short term memory ?

Last night...

Tangerine Dream- Zeit (original CDN pressing) Only 2 sides. Made me sleepy.
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus The appeal of this album is diminishing with age...
Jade Warrior - Jade Warrior (Wilson remaster) What a great album!
 

Beatles - Sgt Pepper

1967/2017 Parlophone Capitol - Giles Martin Stereo Remix

Giles did a great job on the remix. Much better than the original stereo version.

A+ on the SQ and remix.

Thanks Steve. I recently bought an Audience cable and am not sure it's any better than the stock Jelco cable I have. 

Greg, if you haven’t already, go to their website. Interesting in how they’re made. 

I forgot to mention that I had been listening to a Bob's Devices mid line cable, which is good but not as refined at every level as the Zavfino.

Chris Rea "Wired to the Moon" 

1984/Magnet Records/UK 

Chris Rea "Auberge" 

1991/Magnet Records/UK

George Szell conducts Schumann - The Four Schumann Symphonies. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Odyssey 3LP box 1971

Lyle Lovett "12th of June"

2022/Verve

That hair man! Don’t know who was first, Lyle or Kramer. It has worked well for both.

Shelby Lynne "Just a Little Lovin’"

AP/33rpm

Haven’t experienced tape bleed in years. I am now.

Thankfully it’s minimal. 

A slow steam is forthcoming.

Oliver Nelson  - The Blues and the Abstract Truth 

Yusef Lateef    - The Doctor is in…and Out

Harold Farberman conducts Charles Ives - Orchestral Works : Robert Browning Overture For Large Orchestra / The Circus Band March / Set For Theatre Orchestra / The Unanswered Question. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Vanguard 1967

Joanne Shaw Taylor "The Blues Album"

2021/Keeping The Blues Alive Records

the Blues and tubes go well together. Sadly the SQ isn’t the best. An 8 out of ten is stretching it. 

Still enjoyable!

Gary Burton - Who Is Gary Burton?
1976 RCA (Japan)

Redux of 1963 Original showcasing  a 19 y/o Burton and a big band.  With Clark Terry, Tommy Flannigan and the fantastic jazz writer and trombonist Chris Swanson. 

A varied mix of music today.

The Moody Blues  -  To Our Childrens, Childrens, Children

The Crusaders  -  Chain Reaction  MoFi Original Master Recording.  Fabulous!

Rickie Lee Jones  -  it's like this   AP/QRP 45rpm  Holy molly, WOW!!!

The Jimi Hendrix Experience  -  Are you Experienced   AP/QRP UHQR   I heard musical information today that I have never heard before.  And I have been listening to this album since 1967.  I do feel the lower midrange is a little thin, though.  I brought up the crossover on my sub from 30hz (where I typically have it at) to about 65hz and that added some, for my taste.  But really, this is a special addition to my collection.  I am glad that I got one.

Starting the long weekend off with a box set marathon. Pleasantly surprised by the SQ on this release.

George Szell conducts Schumann - The Four Schumann Symphonies. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Odyssey 3LP box 1971

@bkeske +1  

 

Egberto Gismonti Group - Infância
 

This is one of my favorite albums on ECM.  

Colter Wall "S/T"

2020/La Handa Records

This is one I’ve been searching for. From Morrow Records.

Burgers by Hot Tuna. Simply fantastic album recording. Water Song is the pinnacle but Sunny Day Strut is probably better. The whole album just works and flows seamlessly. It really is a wonderful production. I also just love the album art and the photograph on the back side. It just reflects happiness in the moment of a wonderful era.