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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rushton, My turntable is no where near the status of your Walker however the 45 rpm Ravel, "Rapsodie Espagnole" in my system is every bit as dynamic and detailed as the Prokofiev,Scythian Suite 45 rpm of which I have. I would not be surprised if y... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ravel, Rapsodie Espagnole-Paray/Detroit Symphony (Speakers Corner 45 rpm) After several months I finally opened to listen tonight. WOW WEE! The Habanera & Feria movements will knock your socks off! The reason it took so long to open this recor... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks very much for the recommendations. Time to pull out the checkbook again! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I started at the very beginning of this thread to review all the entries made over past couple of years and came across some excellent selections. One entry was Rushton's recommendation of IL Cornetto. This generated great interest at the time, on... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Arturo Delmoni: Songs My Mother Taught MeBill Evans Quintessence Analogue Productions 45 rpm, esp. Sweet DulcineaProkofiev: Love For Three Oranges Suite, Classic Records 45 series.Has anyone heard the Buck Clayton album "How Hi the Fi" on Pure Ple... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Zaikesman,Interesting to hear of the Roland Kirk all flute recording I was not aware of it. I am going to look for it. My favorite R.K. album is Kirkatron a Warner Bros. LP.Regards, | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tarentule-TarentelleAtrium Musicae de MadridGregorio PaniaguaHelped to restore my sanity after being caught in the Jet Blue airline fiasco trying to get home from vacation this past weekend. This ancient recording reminded me that there is life be... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II John,Thanks for your response and for drawing attention to the Byron Janis article in WSJ. I was able to access the article online this morning and print out. A cogent article in regards to ears vs. instruments. Now another Lenco question. Have yo... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hello John,I may have missed it somewhere but as best as I can surmise you do not use any kind of speed controllers on either your Lenco or Garrard. Do you think it is unnecessary with these tables? I am having a plinth built for my Lenco right no... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rushton,found the Miss Julie thread and the link to the site describing the play which the music is based on. You said the recording brought the performers into the room, I guess that is a good enough recommendation.Regards, | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Slipknot1, Thanks much for the suggestion. BTW have you recieved your new turntable yet? I am looking forward to hearing your impressions on previously familiar recordings with the new rig.Tonight I am listening to Ornette Coleman & Charlie Ha... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rushton, I thought in a previous thread you mentioned listening to Miss Julie, the 2 Act Opera on Lyrita. I cannot find the thread. If indeed you have listened to this recording would you mind giving a synopsis. Since I still have not found the Al... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Slipknot1Thank you for the recommendation. Northeastern University is not far from me here in Boston. There is a local music store here, Rayburn's, that sells and repairs intstruments for the Boston Symphony and many famous jazz musicians who pass... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rushton, My sympathy on your mishap. It has happened to me too. It was a number of years ago when I could hardly afford it, having squeezed all the juice out of my finances to purchase it. I had a Sota turntable with MMT arm and an Audioquest 404B... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? R_f I understand your disappointment in not being able to acquire a record that has so many high recommendations. However to help you regain heart I recommend pursuing a number of the recordings on Harmonia Mundi that Rushton has written about ove... |