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
slipknot1

histoire de melody nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

Different..1971 mellow French rap..

I like it...well recorded.

had the pleasure of playing some records in a local bar tonight...not my turntables. but there was some heat played for sure. the last record i played was a cumbia version of rod stewart "if you think i'm sexy"


Steely Dan / Pretzel Logic
1974 ABC

Playing through my Dan LPs, do I ‘need’ UHQR reissues?  So far, quiet vinyl and wonderful SQ especially on “Thrill” and this LP so likely not. Four more LPs to go, shouldn’t be a hardship listening to this band’s great music.


The Cars / Heartbeat City
1984 Elektra 

You said it Steve!

@slaw "Heartbeat City" f.   Ing awesome!!!!

Sammy Hagar - Standing Hampton.  I haven't listened to this in a while and it's actually a lot better than I remember.

@bslon You can never have too much Steely Dan.  I do wonder about how much better their earlier albums could be.

@slaw Heartbeat City is one of my favorite records, great songs and the production... wow!

That's awesome Steve!  I sold my upgraded Herron 1 monoblocks recently.  When I set them up to demo for the buyer I realized they sounded better than the amps I decided to keep, so I reached out to Keith about buying another pair and having him "update" those.  He said he had parts around to make some M2 amps (using M1A cases) and offered me a great deal, so those will be arriving soon and I will be back to an all Herron system for pre, phono stage, and amplification.  I'm pretty excited!

On another note, you can skip side 2 of Standing Hampton.

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@nicks25 +3 "Tres Hombres" might be to "mainstream" for some clowns on Agon(lol)? Clearly a top 50 pop/rock recording of the 1970’s.

@dayglow - Big ZZ Top fan.   Have you ever seen the documentary on Amazon?

If not, would be worth your while to check it out. 

@nicks25 No, I have not but will look into it. IMO ZZ Top have 4 5* recordings... Tres Hombre/Fandango/Deguello and Eliminator.

@nicks25 Marshall Crenshaw/ST a top 25 pop/rock recording from the 1980’s. You are crushin' it today.

@nicks25 and @dayglow: Another big Marshall Crenshaw fan here! Have either of you seen him live? I saw him in ’82 in one of the big NYC clubs, when his brother was still drumming for him, and Graham Maby (Joe Jackson) was playing 6-string bass and singing harmony (Marshall, Robert, and Grahams 3-parts were perfect, not easy to do live. C, S, & N couldn’t do it). Fantastic! I then saw him a few years later at The Playboy Club on Sunset Blvd. in L.A., just a trio. Still good, but I liked the 5-pc version better.

If you haven’t heard it, Marshall’s album entitled #447 (Razor & Tie Records) is also fantastic (actually, all his albums are, right? ;-). He sings all the parts and plays all the instruments, and he’s an excellent drummer. Unfortunately released on CD only; hopefully someone like VMP will reissue it on LP.

@bdp24   When Marshall Crenshaw released his debut album I was only 17. Was not allowed to attend a rock concert until I was 19, my parents were very strict. Became more aware of his talents when I discovered Joni Mitchell/Van Morrison  and Gordon Lightfoot several years later.