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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Lorin Maazel conducts Sibelius - The Seven Symphonies
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 
DECCA 4 LP box 1972
 

 

St. Paul & The Broken Bones "Half the City" 

Live @ Avondale Brewing Company 

2021/Gotta Groove Records


Daryl Hall—John Oates / Abandoned Luncheonette
1973 Atlantic

No disappointments here.

Al Stewart / Past Present And Future
1973 Janus

Great songs, SQ, lyrics like no other. Many different instruments and musicians.

The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver / Lifeboat 
1973 Island

Most of Quiver’s members played on Past Present & Future. Thanks to Steve Winwood, produced by brother Muff Winwood.


Cat Stevens / Tea for the Tillerman
1970 A&M

Cover illustration by Cat Stevens.

Vladimir Horowitz 

  • Variations On A Theme By Clara Wieck
  • Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Columbia Masterworks 1970
Library copy
 

Fritz Reiner conducts Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Van Cliburn, piano. RCA Red Seal reissue late 60’s, originally 1962
 

Bernstein conducts 

  • Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1 With Trumpet Op. 35 with André Previn, piano
  • Poulenc - Concerto For 2 Pianos And Orchestra In D Minor with Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale, piano

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 1962
 

Started out with Beach Boys: "Holland" and "Pet Sounds"

Then: Pink Floyd: "The Dark Side of the Moon" (mofi) taking it home.

 


James Gang / james gang rides again
2017 MFSL #3651, orig. 1970

Classic rock ‘n roll, outstanding SQ. Back cover shown.

The Who / Who’s next
1971 DECCA

Fabulous album, maybe their best.
”My Wife”, great song, lyrics by John “Thunderfingers” Entwistle. “My life’s in jeopardy, murdered in cold blood is what I’m gonna be…”

Heart Magazine.  This one's the picture disc.  Not the best sound quality, as expected.

Alois Springer conducts 

  • Roussel - Piano Concerto, Op. 36b
  • Ravel - Piano Concerto In G Major

Hamburg Symphony with Maria Littauer, piano
Turnabout reissue early 1980’s, originally 1971

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


 

 

Fritz Reiner conducts Brahms - Violin Concerto In D, Op. 77. 
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Jascha Heifetz, violin
RCA Red Seal reissue, stereo early 60’s +/-, originally 1955
 

Hilary Hahn - Bach Concertos
Jeffrey Kahane conducting The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

  • Concerto For Violin, Strings And Continuo In E Major BWV 1042
  • Concerto For Violin, Strings And Continuo In A Minor BWV 1041
  • Concerto For 2 Violins, Strings And Continuo In D Minor BWV 1043
  • Concerto For Oboe, Violin, Strings And Continuo In C Minor BWV 1060

Deutsche Grammophon reissue 2018, originally 2003
 

Rare Silk-New Weave Side A

ELO-A New World Record Side 2

Freddie Hubbard-Sweet Return Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Mott The Hopple-Live Side 1

The Who-Who's Next(Decca 1971 pressing) Side 2

Rachmaninoff-Symphony No.2(RCA-ARL-1-1150) Side A

Europe-Out Of This World Side 2

Hank Williams Jr.-High Notes Side 1

Hubbard-Not only a solid Audiophile SQ recording but with 5* content. High Notes is one of the best pure country recordings of the 1980's. Mott a somewhat overlooked very strong 1970's live recording, SQ is decent. New Weave is a 5* jazz fusion album and one of my favorites in this genre.

+1 for Heart

Heart - Bebe Le Strange

1980 Epic Records

One of the great voices in Rock

 

Antal Dorati conducts Respighi - The Pines Of Rome & The Fountains Of Rome. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mercury 1963
 

Robert Hull conducts ‘Mediterranean Reflections’

  • Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco - Concertino For Harp And Chamber Orchestra
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau - 1st And 2nd Rigaudon (And Reprise)
  • Claude Debussy - Danse Sacrée Et Danse Profane

Arizona Chamber Orchestra. Klavier Records 1973

 

Raymond Leppard conducts Dvořák – "Legends" Op. 59. The London Philharmonic Orchestra. Phillips 1971, Netherlands release