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
A 2-CDR comp I made of my favorite Walker Brothers featuring Scott Walker. Kinda like Spector/Righteous Brothers but sans most of the 'blue-eyed soul' pretentions, transplanted to England and injected with pretentions of pathos and Brel instead.

The latest ('03) CD by The Romantics (yes, that Romantics, they never went away). Bought the disk, entitled "61/49" (supposedly a reference to the route numbers of the Mississippi Delta crossroads of blues lore), at their great show here a couple weeks ago. There's some really outstanding stuff on here, showcasing their prime 60's influences but minus the 'new-wavey' inflections of their '79-'84 heyday, resulting in a heavier Detroit meets British Invasion power-pop rock'n'roll. Guests include drummers Johnny "Bee" Badanjek of Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and Clem Burke of Blondie fame.
Slipknot1, It sounds like an amazing performance that you witnessed. It would favor more of us to reference our listening to a live experience. Some times we (I) get all caught up in the cables, tubes, and widgets, and things, when it's not really all about that, is it? ;^)
A dear friend and I had the rare fortune Tuesday, of getting tickets to our Detroit Masonic Temple to see Van Morrison. It was not acoustic of course but, an excellent performance just the same. And I would have to say between the thrill of a live performance and the sound of that beautiful old auditorium, it nicely challenged what we listen to at home.
There is no wonder why he is referred to as “Van the Man”. Happy Listening!
Bright Eyes " noise Floor", Orbital " Blue album", Yo la Tengo's new record. Bjork's Gling glo?" and Tokyo Shubert string quartet.
Last night - Porcupine Tree "Deadwing" amazingly good.
also, Verdi "Requiem";
and John Abercrombie/John Scofield "Solar"