Whats on your turntable tonight?

noromance3,932 posts07-26-2020 2:23pm@elliottnewcombjr You sure the Earl Hines is 1954 mono? The link is to an 1981 RE.
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Mine is the 1981 reissue of the album, originally recorded in 1954 Mono.

It does not say mono or stereo anywhere on the Jacket or LP label. Played with my Grado Mono cartridge, sounds terrific.
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Yesterday I found and cleaned two Louis Armstrong in my collection. (many given to me or bought in thrift stores, many I never played before ).

One, ’Rare Items 1935-1944’, says ’enhanced for stereo’, then, it says in small print that Decca Stereo LP’s can be played on ’Today’s Monaural’ phonographs. I’ll play it today both ways, fearing enhancement of course.

https://www.discogs.com/Louis-Armstrong-And-His-Orchestra-Louis-Armstrong-Rare-Items-1935-1944/release/10514892

Other one, Vol IV, Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, big print: ’Digitally Remastered Directly from the Original Analog Tapes’ (1989 promotion copy), 1 track from 1927, 17 tracks from 1928.

https://www.discogs.com/Louis-Armstrong-Volume-IV-Louis-Armstrong-And-Earl-Hines/release/1364133

no mention, mono or stereo on jacket or lp label. small print: "every effort ... to preserve the integrity of the pre-stereo analog recordings".

then, 2 curious things:

1. these transfers from metal or shellac parts contain imperfections ...
2. original 78’s from the collection of ...

so, how from analog tapes???

I’ll listen tonight

Earl Hines, All Star Session (mono 1954)

@elliottnewcombjr I see what you did there. I'm not sure if it's protocol or simply the way I do it - but adding the year, to me at least, implies the date of the version you played rather than the year a recording was recorded.

noromance

see prior post, you might have missed my post I was editing while you were posting

Mine is the 1981 reissue of the album, originally recorded in 1954 Mono.

I did see it. Where you say " Earl Hines, All Star Session (mono 1954)", it looks like you were playing a 1954 pressing. 

Elliott.

It does not say mono or stereo anywhere on the Jacket or LP label. Played with my Grado Mono cartridge, sounds terrific.

You might want to be careful there.....

It is fine to play a mono record with a stereo cart.
It is not recommended to play a stereo record with a mono cart as movement is limited to one direction in a mono cart.