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
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Prokofiev "Love For Three Oranges Suite" (Mercury SR-90006) Thanks Rush!
Wynton Marsalis "Hot House Flowers" (Columbia FC 39530)
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson "Very Tall" (Verve V-8429) Original pressing with quite a few ticks and pops, but the music shines through
Mozart "Symphony No.41 in C Major, K.551 "Jupiter"" Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/London SO (Mercury SR-990184)
*Rickie Lee Jones -Traffic From Paradise on Geffen De

*Rickie Lee Jones -Pirates on first press WB
(forgot how good and dynamic this album was)

*Rickie Lee Jones -Flying Cowboys on Geffen white label promo

*Hi-Fi A La Espanola on Mercury/Speakers Corner 45RPM
...WoW! I can't beleive a new/sealed original of this record could sound better ...and one just went on ebay for the tune of about 540.00USD. Some body give me my medicine!
here's a little coincidence . . . I picked up Rickie Lee Jones "Pirates" this weekend. Tonight was the firts play. Mine is also the first press on WB. Really nice . . .
Dipping one toe back in the water...Past few days, sorry no commentary:

-----Elpees-----

Link Wray -- Great Guitar Hits [Vermillion, '6?]
The Beau Brummels -- Vol. 44 [Vault, '68]
The Kinks -- Face To Face [Reprise, '67]
Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds -- The Fabulous [Columbia, '66]
The Shadows -- More Hits! [EMI/Columbia (England), '65]
Hank Marvin -- S/T [EMI/Columbia (England), '69]
Roy Harper -- One Of Those Days In England (Bullinamingvase) [Chrysalis (Canada), '77]
The Raindrops -- S/T [orig. Jubilee, '63, reissue Murray Hill, '85]
Baby Washington -- With You In Mind [Veep, '68]
Blue Magic -- S/T [Atlantic, '74]
Ronnie Foster -- On The Avenue [Blue Note, '74]
Harold Betters -- Do Anything You Wanna [Gateway, '63?]
Johnny Hodges -- Used To Be Duke [Verve, '5?]
Johnny Hodges -- The Blues [Verve, '5?]
Johnny Hodges -- Perdido [Verve, '5?]
The Miles Davis Quintet -- Workin' With [orig. Prestige '59 (rec. '56), reissue Fantasy OJC, '87]
Lee Morgan -- The Rajah [Blue Note, '84 (rec. '66, unreleased)]
Doc Watson -- The Essential [Vanguard, '73]
Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton -- Forms And Fancies (Renaissance and Baroque Music for Two Lutes) [Oak Leaf, '83]

Plus many singles...

-----Ceedees-----

Dave Bartholomew -- Very Best Of [Bayou, '?? (rec. 50's)]
Link Wray & The Raymen -- "They're Outta Here," Says Archie [Rollercoaster (England), '04 (rec. '58, unreleased)]
Dee Dee Warwick -- I Want To Be With You (The Mercury/Blue Rock Sessions) [Hip-o, '01 (rec. '60's)]
Dee Dee Warwick -- The Atco Sessions [Marginal (Belgium), '95 (rec. 70's)]
The Searchers -- EP Collection [See For Miles (England), '89 (rec. 60's)]
Blue Ash -- Around Again [Not Lame, '04 (rec. 70's, unreleased)]
Listening now to the Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue of Bill Evans Trio: Explorations. Another great record in this series!

On the turntable earlier today have been:

Dave Grusin: Discovered Again, Sheffield LAB5 direct-to-disc

Gregorian Chant/Epiphany, by The Schola Hungarica, Hungaraton SLPD 12559

William Bird: Missa In Tempore Pachali | Mass: In Assumptione Beatae Mariae Virginis, performed by Chanticleer on Harmonia Mundi HMC 5182

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits, S&P Records S&P(2)-507 (if you like Orbison and you've not yet listened to this Steve Hoffman mastered 2-LP set, you're missing a huge treat - the music and sound quality puts a smile on my face!)

The Nylons: Happy Together, Open Air OA 0306

Linda Ronstadt: Hasten Down the Wind, Asylum 7E 1072 (wonderful vintage stuff here)

Coming up: William Walton's Facade Suite, with the Chicago Pro Musica on Reference Recordings RR16 (a superb performance as I recall)...
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