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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Queen-Sheer Heart Attack Side 1

Glenn Frey-No Fun Aloud Side 1

Uriah Heep-Demons And Wizards Side 1

Lynyrd Skynyrd-Gimme Back My Bullets Side 1

Rosemary Clooney-With Les Brown(Aurex EWJ-80268) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Pink Floyd-Meddle Side 1

Dave Brubeck-WATAFTFT(Atlantic SD 1641) Side 2

Billy Joel-Turnstiles(MoFi Gain 2 No. 1121) Side 2 SQ*

Repositioned my speakers and rotated IC's/Powercords which created a noticeable SQ change. The only recording that was just average in SQ was Skynyrd might not be an OG pressing. SQ* Joel was tough to analyze maybe due to cable changes but my guess is an original pressing has better SQ. I'm sure some don't want/need/hear another version of Take Five but a 16 minute live version could be of interest.

@loomisjohnson They have a couple cuts on a 2012 various artist’s compilation called Buttons: Starter Kit. Didn’t know about an album, nice find!

here's a record so obscure that even @bslon has (probably) never heard of it--the sponsors, "sponsors". angsty sorta power pop, with terse, fantastic songs. from the tiny bit i've found on the web, they were from nyc and made only this one album; their singer (who is incredible) was allegedly 14 years old. you can find this on discogs or youtube:

Primary

Franz Joseph Hayden Cello Concertos 

Christophe Coin

The Academy of Ancient Music 

Christopher Hogwood 

Jan Hammer Group - "Oh, Yeah?"

I've been jamming on this album since I first discovered it after hearing Jan Hammer on Jeff Beck's live album - "Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer Group Live" back in 1977. Love the Jeff Beck live album, but I play this one more often...

@loomisjohnson I agree on Big World’s SQ, and you wouldn’t know it’s a live recording as the invited audience is silent. The music was mixed live from microphones on each musical instrument, then sent directly to a two track stereo digital tape recorder. It’s a double album but side 4 is blank, made for CD.

BTW, your picks… nice.

@bslon i'm not a big joe jackson guy (he's a vg musician but a lousy singer), but "big world" is one of the best-sounding recordings you'll hear. also the rare live album which has only new songs (jackson browne's is the only other one to come to mind).

my picks:

pg six, starry mind--really good, richard thompsonish folkrocky/jammy stuff

the neats, crash at crush--genuinely great singer + the songs are mostly there

scenic, acquatica--guitar-instro music which sometimes drifts off into the ozone, but they always have beautiful album covers

 

 

Roxy Music / S-T
1972 Reprise

Hard to not post the cover with model Kari-Ann Muller, but the gatefold’s pretty cool too.

Karajan conducts Beethoven

  • Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester D-dur Op.61

Berlin Philharmonic w/Christian Ferras, violin
Deutsche Grammophon reissue 1979, originally 1967
 

Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel

  • Ma Mère l'Oye 
  • Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
  • Le Tombeau De Couperin
  • Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales

L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
London 1984
 

@bslon: Josie Cotton's Convertible Music! I've had the album since it's initial release (love her hairdo, makeup, and outfit, and the T-Bird she's sitting in on the cover ;-), as well as the 12" 45 of "Johnnie Are You Queer" on Bomp Records that preceded it. Cool chick!

Berlin / Count Three & Pray
1986 Geffen

Terri Nunn…singer, actress, poser for Penthouse…whatever, great record

Gordon Lightfoot-Summer Side Of Life Side 2

The Rolling Stones-It's Only Rock 'n Roll Side 1

Aretha Franklin-Who's Zoomin' Who? Side 1

James Williams-Images(CJ-140) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

America-ST Side 1 SQ Audiophile

It's A Beautiful Day(UK pressing)-ST Side 1 SQ*

Bob James-One Side A SQ Audiophile

Fleetwood Mac-ST Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Added about 30 albums to my collection, several were played tonight. SQ* would need another listen to IABD to possibly give it Audiophile SQ status. Bob James takes the SQ crown with a recording that also comprises top level content.

Jimmy Rushing - Bessie - Clara - Mamie & Trixie, The Songs They Made Famous  (Columbia 1961 mono)

Clyde Bernhardt & Jay Cole Harlem Blues & Jazz Band – More Blues & Jazz From Harlem (400 W.150 1973)

Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band With Buddy Guy – Hoodoo Man Blues (Delmark 1965)

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Harry Chapin-Living Room Suite(White/Promo) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Vickie Sue Robinson-Never Gonna Let You Go Side A

Al Cohn-Standards Of Excellence(CJ 241) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Styx-Equinox Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Gordon Lightfoot-Cold On The Shoulder Side 1

Rimsky-Korsakov-Le Coq D’or(6 Eye MS 6092) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Linda Ronstadt-Silk Purse Side 2

Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds Of Fire Side 2 SQ Audiophile

With 5/8 having Audiophile SQ makes for a great listening session! Picking the best SQ album tonight is difficult. I will go with Equinox due to its one of the great 70’s classic rock recordings with top level SQ(Doug Sax) that very few possess.

 

 

 

@willkimbrough, coincidentally i was listening to sandanista the other day--it’s a lot to wade through but i think it’s unfairly maligned, with fully 75% of it being close-to-genius, albeit in a drugged out way. you also prompted me to revisit "funky kingston"--he’s the only guy who can get me to listen to a john denver song.

my random picks:

roseanne carter, "interiors"--really frickin depressing record. "dance with the tiger" is a perfect pop song.

salem 66, "a ripping spin"--they can just barely play their instruments, but they’re much smarter than your average riotgirls and the songs are there.

swervedriver, "future ruins"--most of these reunion albums blow, but these guys were always more tuneful than the norm and this is as good as their early 90s stuff.

 

Kertész conducts Dvořák

  • Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 10
  • "Hussite" Overture, Op. 67

The London Symphony Orchestra
London 1967