Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
and,
Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
slipknot1
"Building the Perfect Beast"

Neither of these had ever been US cleaned. I steamed them both, then listened. Will US clean later. "BTPB" is way more open at the same volume level now. It is recorded hotter as well.
(I've US cleaned the Don Henley lps now. Upon closer inspection "TEOTI" lp/1989, surprisingly has no bar code, and happens to have 1A at the beginning of it's index #s in the dead wax on each side. "BTPB" lp/1984, my copy is a RCA Music Club pressing, with bard code. Given these findings, this comparison isn't a great one.)