Dave Holland-Prism(Sony SICP 30410 Blu Spec 2). My vinyl night warm up in progress! |
Dave Matthews Band-Crash(CD) My vinyl warm up is in progress |
AM GOLD-1966(CD) Something easy on the ear/mind before vinyl night.
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Cher-Heart Of Stone(cassette 1989) Side 1
Lyle Lovette-Joshua Judges Ruth(cassette 1992) Side 1
Aerosmith-Get A Grip(cassette 1993) Side 2
As I push through my wife’s surviving cassette collection I decided to just play one side to get more cassettes played. Cher clearly had the best SQ and Lyle the best content. Get A Grip is a very solid Aerosmith recording with subpar SQ. The CD is also recorded to loud. Chad Kassem please revive this recording!
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Bliss-Quiet Letters(CD) Tuesday night vinyl warm up! |
Keiko Matsui-Wildflower(CD) A warm up for vinyl night! |
Jazz For The Quiet Times(VA)32 Jazz(CD)
Van Halen-OU812(CD)
Sunday pre-vinyl night starts with a great Jazz compilation and one of VH's best despite the SQ.
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Imogen Heap-Speak For Yourself(CD) A precursor to Billie Eilish? 21st Century music kicks off a 20th Century vinyl night!
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Blue Rodeo-Five Days In July(CD) An organic warm up for vinyl night! |
Nutty-Great post-Slayer-Seasons in the Abyss is IMO opinion the best Slayer recording. Not one weak song on the album which includes several of the best. Easily a top 25 all time metal recording!!! I will have to take a pass on Jason Aldean.
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Tom Grant-The View From Here(CD 1993) A great fusion/smooth jazz recording kicks off Sunday night vinyl.
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Frank Sinatra-Songs For Swingin' Lovers!(CD MFSL)
Phil Woods-& The Japanese Rhythm Machine(CD Japanese pressing)
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Beethoven-Symphony No.9(Abbado/Berlin) CD SK 62634 kicks off Friday night vinyl in grand style.
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Stanley Jordan-Cornucopia(CD) An adventurous, eclectic but grounded jazz recording kicks off a very late starting Friday night vinyl.
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Angela Winbush-ST(CD) Is soulful/sultry yet sophisticated warm up for vinyl night! |
Phil Woods & The Japanese Rhythm Machine(CD) Kicks off vinyl night! |
David Sanborn -Songs From The Night Before
Rita Payes-In New York
Janis Siegel-The Tender Trap
All 3 recordings are on CD, using a mint vintage Technics SL-P500(1986) with flagship Audio Magic Natural IC's. Creates a very quiet black background that's tightly midrange focused. Not as extended/resolving/spacious as my North Star Design Sapphire but the Technics has it's charms! Will switch to vinyl later tonight.
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Rebecca Pidgeon-Tough On Crime(CD) will close my vinyl warm up. |
Laura Fygi-Bewitched(CD) Sunday night vinyl starts on a mellow "Audiophile" vibe.
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Sammy Hagar-Standing Hampton(Japanese CD) Vinyl night gets a kick a** start! |
Copeland-In Motion(CD) was played prior to playing vinyl tonight.
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Anita Baker-Rhythm Of Love(CD) Kicks off vinyl night with a smooth vibe.
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Celine Dion-ST Epic ek 52473 CD
Warming up the system for vinyl night!
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Paul Simon-The Rhythm Of The Saints(CD)
Very hypnotic and relaxing at low volume. Great way to end a vinyl night. |
Getting ready for vinyl night, the CD player is warming things up.
Nancy La Mott- Listen To My Heart
Vivaldi-Eleven Concertos(Sony SK 62719)
Two very peaceful recordings in honor of almarg!
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Tony Bennett-Steppin' Out(CD) A vocal legend jumpstarts a vocally based vinyl night.
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Ann Burton-Blue Burton(SICP 30253) Japanese CD Pressing. A warm up for vinyl night! |
This Is Yacht Rock(Japanese VA pressing) Warner Music WPCR 1890/1 |
McLaughlin-Di Meola-De Lucia-Passion Grace & Fire Sony K2 HD +CD
My vinyl night warm up in progress. |
Ella Fitzgerald-The Best of the Song Books(Verve CD) Getting my vinyl playlist ready for tonight! |
No vinyl tonight just harder edged CD’s tonight since my wife is out takin care of work related issues.
In the middle of my play list...
Aerosmith-Get A Grip
Cinderella-Still Climbing
Arcade-ST
Silver Chair-Freak Show
Baroness-Blue Record
Have not listened to "Get A Grip" in it’s entirety for more then 10 years! A great classic Aerosmith recording better IMO then Permanent Vacation or Pump, clearly the last great Aerosmith album! "Freak Show" by Silver Chair is an overlooked very dark post grunge masterpiece. |
Matthew Sweet-Girlfriend(CD) is warming up my system for vinyl night. |
Peter Cincotti/ST(CD) A mellow but intense pop/jazz excursion! A great warm up for vinyl night! |
Angra-Secret Garden(Japanese CD VICP-65276 2012)
A Brazilian band very similar to Dream Theater with dynamics/tempo changes/spaciousness and extreme guitar solos. Easily a top 25 metal/prog recording over the last 10 years! |
Insomnium-Shadows Of The Dying Sun(Japanese CD MICP-11159 2014)
A Finnish metal band described as melodic death metal? IMO I hear symphonic metal but I’m not an expert in metal genre labeling. The lyrics are buried in the mix but you do notice a slight growl even with the clean vocals which should be non offensive to classic(only) metal fans. This recording would sound great on large "symphonic" type speakers, the Magnepan 20.7 comes to mind. Overall 4/5. |
David Sanborn-Songs From The Night Before
The Doobie Brothers-Livin’ On The Fault Line(SHM-CD)
A warm up for vinyl night as I clean several albums for tonight’s playlist. |
Jane Monheit-Taking A Chance On Love(CD) Kicks off vinyl night as I clean several of tonight’s performers. |
The Psychedelic Furs-Greatest Hits(CD) My vinyl warm up victim for tonight! |
Michael Buble-Christmas(CD)
Kicks off my vinyl Christmas nights! |
The Manhattan Transfer-The Christmas Album(CD)
Act 2 of vinyl Christmas night follows! |
Matchbox Twenty-Mad Season(CD) Kicks off vinyl night. |
Sheryl Crow-ST(CD) Jump starts vinyl night. |
The Mavericks-Music For All Occasions(CD)
Norah Jones-Feels Like Home(CD)
Tony Bennett-MTV Unplugged(CD)
Ann Burton-By Myself Alone(Japanese Pressing CD) |
Johnny Griffin-The Little Giant(JVC XRCD)
Mumford & Sons-Babel(CD)
Vinyl warm up off to an intense start. |
Norah Jones-Not Too Late(CD)
A mellow warm up for vinyl night. |
Soundgarden-Superunknown(CD Japanese pressing)
John Pizzarelli-After Hours(CD)
An extreme vocal vinyl warm up edition! |
Star Tracks(Erich Kunzel) Telarc CD-80094
A bombastic warm up for vinyl night. |
Johnny Hartman-Songs From The Heart(CD) Jump starts another diverse vinyl night.
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Shirley Horn-I Remember Miles(CD) Warms up vinyl night! |
