Whats on your turntable tonight?

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet 2007 Double Vinyl 

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - 2007 Virgin Double Vinyl

The La’s - The La’s (2016) Blue Vinyl

Elliot Smith - XO (2017)

Scott Walker - Scott 4 (2019)

…and I’m done! It’s been a fun day 🙂

Gene Krupa and his Orchestra - That Drummer’s Band Mono 1972 Epic 

Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka (2019)

Al Green - Greatest Hits (2009)

Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (2013)

Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson MFSL OMR #3178 180g Vinyl 

Gazpacho - Night (2013 kscope Double Vinyl)

Radiohead - Ok Computer OKNOTOK 1997-2017 Triple Vinyl 

Soundgarden - Superunknown 20th Anniversary Edition 2014 A & M Records Double 180g vinyl 

Legend - the best of Bob Marley & the Wailers 

The Beatles - The Beatles (2018)

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (Kevin Gray remaster) 2009 180g

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One 50th Anniversary Vinyl Edition (2020 Remaster)

A wonderful left field pop/rock record by a dead set rock legend.

With personal favourites ‘Vicious’, ‘Perfect Day’, ‘Satellite of Love‘, ‘Goodnight Ladies’ and of course the magnificent ‘Walk on the Wild Side‘, a gutsy exploration of the then taboo subjects of sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution and drug use, this quirky, personal, theatrical album never fails to put a smile on my face and is a glam rock classic.

Lou Reed - Transformer

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

The Steven Wilson Stereo Vinyl Remixes

Thanks all for the lovely welcome…I’m really happy I’ve come across this thread…I’ve been reading the equipment threads (for want of a better word) for a little while but not posting, I think I felt my knowledge of Hi-Fi and how to describe it was lacking compared to others…but I agree, this is by far the nicest thread on here 🙂 and I’m much more comfortable discussing the music.

I’m in Australia so my posts are probably going to be a little askew timeline wise, but I’ll do my best to keep up.

It’s morning here now, but I’m working from home with the bonus of being able to play the odd track or album whilst I do, so I couldn’t resist a little jazz to ease me into the day:

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else

An album where Miles Davis gets second billing is indeed “somethin’ else”

Happenstance? Todd Rundgren produced XTC’s Skylarking which I played last night…apparently it was an ‘ahem’ interesting experience for both he and the band:

XTC - Skylarking 

Opeth - Damnation

Portishead - Dummy 

The eponymous Rickie Lee Jones

I suppose I’d call myself a bit of a Hi-Fi nut, an audiophile if you will. That’s why I’m here I suppose. I think we’re thought of at a level slightly above train modellers.

But it’s always only about the music and so my pursuit of ‘perfect sound’ and the equipment that plays it has only ever been about trying to get as close as possible to the sound as the artist intended.

Sometimes a beautiful sounding album and a beautiful album are the same thing. There’s a few albums I own that fit that bill, albums that got the production and the musicianship that the material deserved.

An album made by a girl in a beret and the finest musicians in town and she’s got a voice so sassy, flirty, aching and touching that if she turned up on your doorstep you’d ask her to stay the night. 

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes

One of my favourite debut albums of the 80’s and frequently played . Great production too.

I was very fortunate to inherit this album as part of a collection which cost me the equivalent of a few beers from a good friend and now retired work mate named Doug McRae. 

I’d only ever heard individual songs from it previously but now it always gets played from start to finish. I definitely got the better deal Doug. Cheers 🍺