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Whats on your turntable tonight?
@noromance I’ve heard the name, but never listened. Should stream them for a sample. EDIT: Already had them saved in Tidal. Have you heard The Innocence Mission?  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts  Piston Symphony No. 2 Schuman Concerto For Violin And Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 1971, German release     
Whats on your turntable tonight?
György Lehel conducts Bartók Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta The Miraculous Mandarin - Concert Suite Budapest Symphony Orchestra Hungaroton - Bartók Béla Complete Edition, Orchestral Music 8, 1967, Hungarian release      
Songs with excellent advice?
John Mayall - Accidental Suicide  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@noromance  Brian, what's the Natalie Merchant album like?  Brian, I streamed it a couple times before purchasing. I like it, but it seemed a bit themeless with a few various styles the first time I listened all the way through vs her other re... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Natalie Merchant - Keep Your Courage Nonesuch 2023 2LP gatefold  
Ahmad Jamal passes.
@charles1dad  Well said, one of my all time favorites. His music will live on for quite some time in my home. Special talent.  
What is the proper loudness for listening?
I agree with Paul McGowan. I don’t pay attention to db levels as my guide. My guide is what the particular music should be played at to be in proportion if it were live, and per where I am ‘sitting’ for the performance. Of course, I play a lot of ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Sibelius Academy Quartet : Sibelius String Quartet In A Minor String Quartet In B Flat Major, Op. 4 Finlandia 1985      
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Taneyev The Taneyev Quartet of Leningrad - Quartet No. 9 for Two Vilions, Viola, and Cello in A Major Мелодия 1979, USSR release   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Juilliard String Quartet & Aaron Copland (piano) Copland Quartet For Piano And Strings Sextet For Clarinet, Piano And String Quartet ‘Vitebsk’ Trio For Violin, Cello And Piano (Study On A Jewish Theme) Columbia Masterworks reissue 1970... 
Vintage turntable with a modern phono stage, is it worth it?
Absolutely worth it. I bought an older mid-80’s SOTA Sapphire, and still had a Mani as well. Great phono stage for the money. But, then purchased a new Hagerman Trumpet tube phono pre, and it took vinyl play to another level…..especially after so... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Fantastic LP Janáček Quartet : Martinů  String Quartet No. 5 Vlach Quartet : Martinů String Quartet No. 7 Supraphon 1980, Czechoslovakian release   
The one, the only Garth Hudson.
@bdp24 Yeah Bill, especially that of Richard Manuel, whose suicide brought me to tears. The only death of a musician I’ve cried about. I was lucky, so to speak, to see The Band at the Columbus Agora the night, or two, before Manuel committed ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Cleveland Quartet Barber - String Quartet, Op. 11 Ives - String Quartet No. 2 Ives - Scherzo For String Quartet RCA Red Seal 1976