The Divine your vinyl of the week

Here is my entry.

M-A Recordings new 2 disc limited edition LPs from Argentinian musicians, Sera Una Noche, entitled; La Segunda.

http://www.hpsoundings.com/2013/05/two-limited-edition-lps-from-m-a-recordings/

This release is a great listen. Wonderful sound quality and the music is wonderful. I have been enjoying it since I got it last week. I've played it with a modified Thorens 125 Mk2 with an Origin Live modified RB-250 and Ortofon OM20 Super cart. I've also played it on a Bob Shuster re-built Technics 1200 with a Ortofon headshell and Denon DL-110 cart.

My best record, that I regularly listen to is a decca sxl but re-cut
by Linn ,it is Ravel concerto in G major for piano and orchestra with J Katchen and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by I Kertesz.
The sound is incredible, you can imagine you are at the concert, you have the air around the players, the dynamic is terrific, width and depth is amazing.You are not at the first raw but in the life I am never at this place at a concert.
I own a lot of decca sxl but the job made by linn is impressive as few records I have are so good.
This version is a reference on music only so you have the bonus of an audiophile recording.
On the other face you have Bartok concerto n°3 for piano and orchestra.
I listen to this one with a heavily tweaked lenco with OL conqueror mkII tonearm and zyx airy 3

Doug Macleod, Come To Find

Audioquest Music AQ 1027, 1994

Well, when someone wants to listen to a vocal killer record, here it is. The Burner. Nothing new can match it, the Artists at the Mastering Desks are gone. A hyped Reissue is available but there are serious differences. It is pale and slow in comparison, the instrumental power in the original AQ Version is much, much more dynamic and overall it misses a lot of high frequency details. To say it very mildly: "Not the real thing..."

Sonny Boy Williamson, Keep It to Ourselves

Storyville SLP 4176, Denmark

Not the common "Shot-In-The-Back-From-A-Jealous-Husband" Blues, this is a top record when you come home after a tough day and you want to come down in 5 minutes. Excellent recording, countless nuances, great, cool, relaxed voice. That's the foot tapping blues record.

La Fille Mal Gardée

London CS 6052, ROHCG / Lanchberry 6W/5W

Very lively, fresh ballet music, loaded with endless Details. It is never boring, full of Power, Pressure, Dynamics, deep Bass, micro Detail, very airy Trumpets and clear attack in the Celli & Violins.
Arthur Lilley made the recording, a masterpiece from Kingsway Hall. a sonic impression to be inside the Hall, you can "see" the walls, you can hear the reflexions from the back. Outstanding.