Whats on your turntable tonight?

I unashamedly admit to loving many, many of his songs, despite generally weak lyrics. I wonder what might have been if he had had a lyricist as Burt Bacharach did.

I was looking around and noticed that Webb got the Rhino Handmade 5-disk box-set treatment of his 70's albums -- 2,500 copies, all sold out, but brief soundclips are online (a copy is on ebay now for $277, set sale -- basically a $200 markup). Hard to tell from this if I'd really care to follow that deeply however; he's still pretty MOR, and I suspect that for my tastes the cream may have largely risen to the top with his 60's hits and selections from the two Richard Harris LP's, but I still wouldn't mind finding his first two solo LP's from '70 and '71. Here's a link to the liner notes from a reissue of the first LP.

Lots of music playing today during our local audio group's gathering - a true vinyl fest! Here are some of the LPs playing while I was in the listening room (versus chatting in the room next door):

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Reiner/CSO, RCA (Classic Records reissue)

Rossini: Overtures, Gamba/LSO, Decca SXL 2266 (Speakers Corner reissue)

Music of the Baroque: Oslo Consort, Simax PS1006

Dave Brubeck: Time Out (Classic Records reissue)

Count Basie: 88 Basie Street, Pablo 2310-901 (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue)

Led Zepplin I (Classic Records reissue)

Creedence Clearwater Revival (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue)
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Rushton, I'm afraid we might be birds of a feather in that more than not when my area Hifi group gets together it is predominantly a social gathering not unlike many (none) classical music concerts these days. I find the friendships great and the talk is often stimulating yet somehow many never sit down and really listen to the music (or the systems). Seems a little odd... I try to show up with a bag full of records that beacon the listener. So far I'm having modest success. There is a time and place for everything and I'm tring to promoting some focus. Happy Listening!

Foster, our groups share many similarities! Folks are having so much fun just visiting with each other and talking that it's been a little challenging for those who want to do some serious listening. So, we've worked pretty diligently each of the last two meetings to separate the "listening room" from the "conversation room." Since we meet in each other's homes, and most listening rooms can't accomodate 20+ people at one time, rotating out has been working pretty well to allow everyone who wants to a chance to listen. Normally we're 16-20 at any given meeting, but today we had about 32 people: our largest gathering yet. That Lloyd Walker hosted the meeting may have had something to do with the larger turnout. ;)
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