Whats on your turntable tonight?

What the hey, can't sleep tonight and I haven't posted in forever...and judging by the LP stack here, I guess I *have* been tearing up the turntable a bit the past couple of days. In no particular order (and somewhat selective, that is to say, if I wasn't totally diggin' it, or just a cut or two, I ain't listing it!):

King Pleasure - "Mr. Jazz" (UA)
Barney Kessel/Harold Land - "El Tigre" (Charlie Parker)
Marvin Hamlisch - "The Swimmer" Soundtrack (Columbia)
Phil Woods - "Greek Cooking" (Impulse!)
Nelson Riddle - "Arranges & Conducts The 101 Strings" (Alshire)
The Impressions - "The Never Ending Impressions" (ABC Paramount)
The Bar-Kays - "Soul Finger" (Volt)
The Yardbirds - "Little Games" (Epic)
Betty Everett - "It's In His Kiss" (Vee Jay)
Peter & Gordon - "Sing And Play The Hits Of Nashville Tennessee" (Capitol)
Paul Odette/Hopkinson Smith - "Italian Lute Duets" (Seraphim)
Lex Eisenhardt - Fernando Sor Guitar Music (Etcetera)
Raymond Lefevre & Orchestra - "Soul Coaxing" (Kapp 4 Corners)
James Brown & The Famous Flames - "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" (King)
The Staccatos - "A Wild Pair" (Nimbus 9)
Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "Tonight" (Mainstream)
Ray Bryant - "Ray Bryant Trio" (New Jazz)
Fred Neil - "Fred Neil" (Capitol)
The Soulful Strings - "String Fever" (Cadet)
Duke Ellington - "New Orleans Suite" (Atlantic)
Jimmy Castor - "Hey Leroy" (Smash)
The Barracudas - "Drop Out With The Barracudas" (Voxx)
Joe Wilder Quartet - "Jazz From Peter Gunn" (Columbia)
Shuggie Otis - "Inspiration Information" (Luaka Bop)
William Bell - "Do Right Man" (Charly)
Sinatra/Hefti - "And Swingin' Brass" (Reprise)
Dizzy Gillespie - "Manteca" (Quintessence/Camden)

Last night, a shoot out between the 45, 33 rpm issues of Sonny Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus" with the 15 ips Tape Project version.

The tape is a mono transfer from the original analog masters and the piano is really recessed. It is almost as if the piano was not mic'd, but is picking up spill from other mics. Quite a different presentation from both LP pressings.

On first two listens, I think I prefer the LP versions better.

I think my post above was #1400. This thread has been going for 5 years.

I noticed that -- maybe that's why I was inspired to dip back in :-) Happy listening!

Hey Rushton, I have that Rites Of Spring. No doubt primarily *because* of the cover! You don't want to know (and I lost count long ago) how many goofy- or sexy-cover LP's I've accumulated down the years. None of them displayed, mind you, just sitting taking up space. But I've mostly reformed myself these days, leave 'em for the next guy. Well, maybe now I'll actually listen to that one sometime...

PS - I have a collecting buddy who's specifically amassed probably around a dozen vintage albums with a pre-stardom Mary Tyler Moore as the cover model (however no bare breasts in that group, unfortunately). A while ago I found a Tina Louise cover in a similar vein and naturally couldn't resist (not to mention she's seductively smoking a cig!), but did the brave thing and surrendered it over to him...