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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The Dictators / Manifest Destiny
1977 Electra

They get a little “out there” on “Disease”…👍

Rick James - Garden of Love.  I'm sure there was some funky stuff growing in that garden!

Hampton Hawes - This Is Hampton Hawes Vol. 2: The Trio

1956 original mono pressing on Contemporary

Anne Murray-Love Song Side 1

The Doors-ST(Tan Label) Side 1

All-Star Country(VA-RCA Custom Box Set) Record 7 Side 1

Marian McPartland-Portrait Of(CJ-101) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Heart-Bebe Le Strange Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Pachelbel-Corelli(Seraphim S-60271) Side 2

Earl Klugh-Low Ride Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Gary Moore-Victims Of The Future(Japanese Pressing) Side 1

Low Ride takes the SQ crown mastered by Bob Ludwig. The Canadian queen of the thrift store and dollar bins delivers with content and SQ on this album. If you have any interest in classical/baroque music consider Corelli "Christmas" Concerto for your X-mas play list.

Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds / S-T
​​​​​​​2015 MOV RE, orig. 1992 Geffen

Michael Jackson - Thriller, MFSL Ultradisc.  Sound quality is amazing and I like that they put it on one disc at 33 RPM.

Hey Greg, good on Thriller—it may be time to replace my original. I also prefer the 33’s.

Bill, it is such a well produced album that I wondered how much better they could make it, but I think they did a really fine job.

Just arrived, a replacement to my original copy.

180 gram reissue by Friday Music/Rhino/Rainbow pressing in 2012. Mastered by Joe Reagoso, and Kevin Gray cut the lacquer. Originally 1974

Herbie Hancock "Takin Off". with Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, Billy Higgins.

Yikes!

Counting Crows / August and Everything After
2013 Geffen RE 45 RPM 2LP, orig. 1993

Gregg Allman / Southern Blood
2017 Rounder

Mostly covers, done well. Captivating SQ. Brian, there’s JG’s “Black Muddy River”.

Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth.  Fantastic record, should be in your collection if you love jazz.

Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club

2021. A surprisingly dead quiet pressing; the grey variant on Interscope Records.

 

 

 

Raymond Leppard conducts Handel

  • Concerti Grossi Op. 3
  • Concerto Grosso In C Alexander's Feast
  • Ouverture In D
  • Hornpipe In D
  • Overture In B Flat

Bonus inclusions :

  • Lotario
  • Estner
  • Admeto
  • Alcina
  • Orlando
  • Poro
  • Partenope
  • Ottone

English Chamber Orchestra
Philips 3 LP box, 1971
 

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Elgar

  • Symphony No. 2 In E Flat, Op.63
  • Falstaff - Symphonic Study In C Minor Op. 68

Hallé Orchestra
Seraphim 2LP box reissue, late 60’s, originally 1964

Leonard Bernstein conducts Vaughan Williams

  • Symphony No. 4 In F Minor
  • Serenade To Music. 

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 1968
 

The Music Group Of London; Vaughan Williams

  • On Wenlock Edge (From "A Shropshire Lad"—A.E. Housman)
  • The Water Mill 
  • The New Ghost 
  • Ten Blake Songs For Voice And Oboe

Eileen Croxford cello, Janet Craxton Oboe, Christopher Wellington viola, Frances Mason & Hugh Bean violin, David Parkhouse & Jennifer Partridge piano, Ian Partridge Tenor
EMI/Odeon 1971
 

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Vaughan Williams

  • Symphony No.5 In D Major

Philharmonia Orchestra
Angel 1962
 

Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams

  • Symphony No. 6 In E Minor
  • The Lark Ascending. 

New Philharmonia Orchestra with Hugh Bean, violin. 
Angel 1968
 

The Human Condition With Beverly Grant ‎– Working People Gonna Rise (Paredon 1975)

Joe Val And The New England Bluegrass Boys – Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys (Rounder 1975)

Happy birthday Jean. You left us with incredible music which will live on ‘forever’.

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

Netania Davrath – Baroque Cantatas Netania Davrath with The Wiener Solisten (Vanguard 1967)

Larry Coryell - Philip Catherine – Twin-House (Elektra 1977)

Superb guitar work and a fine recording. 

Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing (A&M Records 1987)

Bought when released. Sounds very good. Great recording.

Saturday Looks Good To Me – All Your Summer Songs (Polyvinyl Record Company 2005 [RE 2003])