Whats on your turntable tonight?

A evening with mono...

Duke Ellington - Ellington Uptown - Columbia ML 4639 (Pure Pleasure reissue)

Duke Ellington and Rosemary Clooney - Blue Rose - Columbia CL 872 (Pure Pleasure reissue)

Brahms - Symphony No. 1 - Walter/NYP - Columbia ML 4958

Bartok - Violin Concerto No. 1 (1908) - Dorati/MinnSO, Menuhin, vn - Mercury MG50140
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"Oversteps" by Autechre.

Heart- Dreamboat Annie. A stellar rock recording with a wide range of songs tempo and style wise (for the rock genre). By far my favorite Heart LP. The opening note of Magic Man lets you know this is a special spin indeed.

Bjork, Selmasongs the soundtrack to the Lars Von Trier movie Dancer in the Dark. I picked the the Little Indian reissue, direct metal mastered on 200g vinyl.

This is one of many titles I picked up this weekend during the Montreal Audio Show. Out of all them this is the biggest surprise. I already owned the CD of this recording but was never impressed by the sound quality. But the vinyl blew me away.

Other picks were:
Keith Jarret - Yesterdays, double LP on ECM. Fabulous and Musical! It was a costly addition to my collection so I had high expectations, and my expectation were easily met.

Blue Rodeo's new album, sounds good but not terribly impressed by the music. There are a few good tracks. I bought for my wife mostly. I prefer Five Days in July.

I also picked up various other used titles on ECM, and some classical titles as well. I'll save my comments on those for future posts!

Dave Brubeck "Gold"

Sphere "Flight Path"

Joni Mitchell "Song to a Seagull"

Poulenc "Organ Concerto" Michael Murray/Atlanta Symphony/Robert Shaw/ Telarc