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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gidon Kremer - Edition Lockenhaus. 2 LP live set. Franck, Rabinovitch, Caplet, Poulenc, Janacek, Stravinsky, Schostakovich. ECM German release 1986 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@uberwaltz what? I can’t hear you well from down here. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw My inexpensive Pro-Ject Carbon Debut, with the add-on acrylic platter, and Grado Red cart.I bought it after digging out my old Kenwood 2055 from the mid-70’s, and realizing there were more problems with it than I was ready to deal with, and ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@slaw I don't know why but something about how you worded the last sentence gave me a belly laugh. That has to be recognized.😁 Especially for a chamber orchestra recording. But it indeed does. Britten was not only a good composer, but also one hel... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Finally done with work for the day, trying to catch-up.Britten conducts English Music for Strings. Purcell, Elgar, Britten, Delius, & Bridge. English Chamber Orchestra. London 1969This album kicks some rear 
Whats playing on your system today?
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman. Recording to tape.Cassette 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Pablo Casals plays Schubert String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163. Recorded live. Turnabout/VOX 1971very nice 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
It’s always at its best when feisty Steve 😁 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Barenboim conducts Elgar’s violin concerto. London Philharmonic w/Pinchas Zukerman. Columbia Masterworks 1976 
Need help finding a phono/preamp
The Schiit Mani is hard to beat for the $$. That said, I almost replaced mine, actually considered a used Parks ‘original’ phono stage, not the Puffin. But decided to gamble a bit, and bought a Chinese LPS unit for the Mani for $120 as I had read ... 
What are you streaming tonight?
@slaw thanks Steve. I’ll have to check that out. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Well, the nice thing is, I’ve found with many high cost older LP’s, you can often find a cassette version in highly rated condition at a fraction of the cost. It’s nice to have a tape deck 👍🏼 
What are you streaming tonight?
@uberwaltz That's sort of funny bkeske.Kinda sucks as that LP is fetching high prices on Discogs.But....found a reissue on cassette supposedly in VG+ condition. So, of course, I bought it 😁 
What are you streaming tonight?
Deneve conducts Roussel - Symphony #1. Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Naxos 2009Tidal 
What are you streaming tonight?
Bob Dylan - Blood on the TracksMy hard drive/serverNot sure what happened to my vinyl. Have the cover, but LP is missing. What the hel.....Oh well, at least I have a copy until I replace it.