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
@spiritofradio, @boxer12,

I mentioned this one last year...such a great record...

Sophia Pfister "Birdcage"

Available only through her website
Yes!  Steve, if you do a search you’ll see I actually posted about Sophia awhile back, even before you found her.  At the time, Tomic and I discussed her in contrast to some other more traditional audiophile oriented female vocalists.   I asserted that although she couldn’t be more different, the sound she achieves on (both) her albums is incredibly good.   It’s funny, I’m guessing you came across her through association with Dave Alvin.  And in fact I started paying more attention to him after learning he produced her record.   I really think it sounds good.  
Wasn’t hiding Fruit Bats. Just came out. Side one is sweet. Not too hipster. It has that sweetness, you know. It sort of puts me in mind of Clem Snide in a way (more than his earlier stuff I mean). 
This belongs on the top shelf with Iron & Wine.

Actually, I found her by accident, by watching some Stereophile videos with the Asian girl, their videographer. She mentioned "SP". Then I did my search.
Ah!  Then I guessed wrongly.  I’ll say though that Alvin knows how to get good sound out of a laptop recording.  
I think I first heard about her from a Fremer blurb.   Didn’t know stereophile put out videos.  Will check that out.  janna?  The one with the binaural dummy head? She had her own channel for awhile that was great.  Now I just see her on a couple other of those gear reviewers videos.