Whats on your turntable tonight?

The Pop / Go!
1979 Arista

J. Geils Band - Nightmares ...and other tales from the vinyl jungle

Made an amazing discovery today. I played the very impressive sounding Telarc  CD of Frederick Fennell conducting Gustav Holst’s Suites for band. Then I played the digital LP of the same performance. The record sonically totally blew the CD away in every way even though it was a digital original.

The Clientele / Bonfires On The Heath
2009 Merge

Nice ! @rvpiano 

@rvpiano

Vinyl Rules!!!

Sonny Rollins  -  Saxophone Colossus   AP/QRP Prestige Series, mono reissue.  Outstanding, in every way!

Tania Maria  -  Forbidden Colors   Really a fun album.  Great SQ and a fusion of Latin/jazz/samba.  Excellent bass, really deep with great imaging and very wide soundstage.  Highly recommended.  Available on Discogs in NM condition ranging from $4 to $10.  Be sure to get the Capitol Records issue, C1-90966

Russ Ballard / At The Third Stroke
1978 Epic

 Emitt Rhodes / S-T
1970 Dunhill

Jules And The Polar Bears / got no breeding
1978 Columbia 

The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot

The Mountain Goats - Dark in Here

Marshall Tucker Band - S/T

Fleetwood Mac - S/T - 45rpm

Eagles - Desperado

I don’t usually chime in here but took the afternoon to spin some new vinyl and am floored by Sarah Vaughn on Emarcy one of the acoustic sounds verve series records mastered by Ryan smith at sterling sound. This is jazz vocals at their best with an incredibly vivid sound straight from the studio in 1955. A must if you like this genre or want a compelling introduction.

Last Night:

Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Loreena McKennitt - Live in Paris/Toronto
Dead Can Dance - Labyrinth
Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
Luciano Berio - Sinfonia
Luciano Berio - Visage/Circles
New Music Ensemble - Logothetics: Culmination

 

Szell conducts Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major. The Cleveland Orchestra with Leon Fleisher, piano. Columbia Odyssey reissue 1973, originally 1962 mono (which I also have).

Ignaz Moscheles : Michael Ponti, piano

• Piano Concerto In G Minor, Opus 58 with Philharmonia Hungarica, Othmar F. M. Mága conducting
• Etudes, Opus 70 (Selected)
• Characteristic Etudes, Opus 95 (Selected)

Candide 1969

@nicks25

Hey Nick, how are the new speakers sounding now, with some hours on them?

Jimbo Mathus - "Incinerator"

New today, after a trip to Plaid Room Records...

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love

Vernon Handley conducts Sibelius

• Zwei Stücke Op. 77
• Serenaden Op. 69
• Sechs Humoresken Op.87 / Op. 89

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with Ralph Holmes, violin
Schwann Musica Mundi 1981, German release
 

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Watch"

Barenboim conducts Elgar

• Cello Concerto, Op. 85, The Philadelphia Orchestra with Jacqueline Du Pré
• Enigma Variations, Op. 36, The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Columbia Masterworks 1977
 

Elvis Costello - "Imperial Bedroom"

Best of the J. Geils Band

By the way, the R.H.C.P. Unlimited Love album last night was a treat. Really well produced and some of their best music in a long time and great dynamics.

The wonderful set of the Haydn “London” Symphonies with the Concertgebouw conducted by Colin Daivis on Philips.

@mammothguy54 

Starting to sound better Joel!  Still need another 100 hours to be fully broken in.  

Flag Day Soundtrack

again. 

Probably said it before but this lp is sooo good!

The Who - The Who (Polydor 1968)

Glen Hansard "It Was Triumph We Once Proposed" 

the songs of Jason Molina 

2015/Overcoat Recordings 

Recommended!

Sarah Vaughan – After Hours With Sarah Vaughan (Columbia 1955 mono)

Glen Hansard "Between Two Shores"

2018/Plateau Records/ANTI-

Been a while since a Hansard fix

Lou Rawls  -  All Things In Time

Lightnin' Hopkins  -  Goin' Away   AP/QRP reissue.  

Muddy Waters  -  Folk Singer  AP/QRP 45rpm   What depth in this recording.

Michael Hedges  -  Aerial Boundaries   Just got this, NM condition.  Windham Hill  label.  They sure know how to make a recording.  This is just fabulous.  If you can find one, very highly recommended.

The Delines "The Sea Drift" 

2022/El Cortez Records/Jealous Butcher Records 

just released!

@mammothguy54    +1   Aerial Boundaries is one of the great recordings of the 1980's. Have you spun Weisberg 4 yet? 

Szell conducts ‘Two Favorite Suites’

• Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite, No. 1
• Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1966

Bee Gees "Spirits Having Flown"

2020/UMe/Capitol 

Their albums would have been greater if done as D2D.

Brian,

I am not using my 10 db boost now. I like it so far. Supposedly less noise?, the unit is pretty quiet anyway. Sounds more natural.

Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company, RSD gold vinyl. This was the only record that caught my eye from the June RSD drop. 

Well how's the SQ Greg?

Steve, it's good but not great. The recordings are really good. There are two discs with only three songs on each side so that's good. There's a little distortion and a little surface noise in spots on the vinyl but overall it plays good.

@dayglow

Weisberg 4 is still in route.  The Holiday Weekend played a role in that.  It is on schedule for Saturday arrival.  I'll play it Saturday night.

Last weekend for my Dynaudio Contour 60i speakers.  They are being picked up by FedEx Freight later next week, bound for TMR (The Music Room) in Colorado, for sale on consignment.  My new speakers should be shipping any day now (possibly tomorrow), and I hope they arrive by end of next week.  That would all be good timing.🤞

@big_greg @slaw - I have that Ray Charles album on the original Monster "Super Disc" set that included a stereo 2-channel CD and a high definition multi-channel surround disc. The CD sounds pretty good, although Ray seems just a bit past his prime. Never really listened to the high-definition surround disc and I don't even have a multi-channel rig anymore. I was going to buy the RSD vinyl, but it was sold out at my indy shop.

For me, the winner from the most recent RSD was "Sweet Relief - A Benefit for Victoria Williams". Was lucky to find a copy a few days after I missed RSD. It's a great selection of Victoria Williams songs by various artists. There are some really good interpretations on that album.

The Green Pajamas "Summer of Lust" .

1989/GreenMonkeyRecords 

Hey Joel, 

You gotta really break those speakers in now!

Greg, .

It's a shame when you need to disclose all of the faults on a new record.

BTW, I just listed to my old CD copy of "Genius Loves Company". It's better than I remembered it being. Thanks for the reminder Greg...

Steve, my vexperience with RSD releases is hit and miss, especially when on colored vinyl. I'm not disappointed, it was an enjoyable listen. Just a few minor distractions. 

Marvin Gaye "What’s Going On"

2022/Tamla/Motown/UMe

Ok, there are two new versions featuring the Detroit Mix. The best is supposedly the version pressed at Precision, Kevin Gray mastering. This is that. It helps that I got  great deal on it.

My local friend and I both have the MFSL One-Step. He told me about this version with lots of love for it. Here we go ....