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

The Bad Ends / The Power And The Glory
2022 New West

Been playing this a lot lately

Fleetwood Mac (on YouTube)

- The Green Manalishi

- Albatross

- Black Magic Woman

 

Streaming Sibelius randomly right now. Fixed my NAD 5000 this PM w/ transport parts I bought ages ago... Tested w/ Jeff Buckley's Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk,  Last night was an Allman Bros. night, finished with Dreams (box set). Squeezed in Lucinda Williams at The Fillmore.

The Who-Tommy Side 4

Traffic-John Barleycorn Must Die Side 1

Three Dog Night-Naturally Side B

Paul Mauriat-Blooming Hits Side 2

Larry Vuckovich-City Sounds, Villages Voices Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Foreigner-4 Side 2

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass-Greatest Hits Side 1

Every recording had above average SQ but only Larry Vuckovich had Audiophile SQ along with superb 5* content.

@bslon   +1  Night Owl what a great overlooked album. With over 2 million in US sales its collecting dust in a lot of record collections. Both City To City and Night Owl are Top 100 "Classic Rock" recordings of the 1970's.

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan, the first LP

 Columbia reissue, believe early 70’s, originally 1962

Cage/Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra Nonesuch H-71202
Orff/Carmina Burana Telarc DG 10056/57
Talk Talk Laughing Stock Polydor B0024137-01
Loreena McKennitt - Nights From the Alhambra Quinlin Road QRLP110
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
 

Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto - Verve VG 8545
Bud Shank - Brasamba DOL 1064 HG
Sally Ofield Water Bearer Castle Classics CLALP 101
 

Phobe Snow-ST Side A SQ Audiophile

Gordon Lightfoot-Sundown Side 1 + 2

Karrin Allyson-Footprints Side A SQ Audiophile

Hank Jones-Hanky Panky Side 2

Dokken-Tooth And Nail Side 2

Diane Schuur-Timeless Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Rene and Angela-Street Called Desire SQ*(Grundman)

Mary MacGregor-Torn Between Two Lovers Side 2

All albums have been played during my ongoing 3 year project. I just did not feel like cleaning any unplayed vinyl tonight. SQ* Rene/Angela does have a digital edge but it’s pristine. Tough call between Allyson/Schuur but I will give the edge to Schuur a $10 album defeating a $100+ Audiophile recording(lol). Played both sides of Sundown in tribute to Gordon Lightfoot.

@ticat Thx. During the next several weeks I will be revisting Gord’s 1970’s recordings. Of his 8 70’s studio recordings I might be only missing one. When considering 1970’s singer/songwriters he’s right up there with Paul Simon and Harry Chapin.

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home 

Columbia reissue 1972, originally 1965

Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline

Columbia reissue, early-mid 70’s, originally 1969

Grateful Dead - ‘Skull and Roses’

Warner Bros 50th Anniversary 2LP gatefold 2021, originally 1971

Igor Stravinsky

Nine Masterpieces Conducted By The Composer Igor Stravinskyin

  • Le Sacre Du Printemps
  • Symphony Of Psalms (Revised Version)
  • Symphony In C
  • Firebird Ballet Suite (1945) (Revised Version)
  • Petrushka Ballet Suite
  • L'Histoire Du Soldat Suite (Columbia Chamber Ensemble)
  • Pulcinella Suite
  • Symphony In Three Movements
  • Apollo (Apollon Musagète) (Revised)
  • Portrait Of Stravinsky : Rehearsing And Reminiscing/A Revealing And Human Look Behind The Myth

Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 6 LP Box 1970

 

In honor of Brahms birthday. Was going to grab my Szell/Cleveland set, then decided differently…..

von Karajan conducts Brahms
The Four Symphonies

  • Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68
  • Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73
  • Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90
  • Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98

Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 4LP box reissue, 1974, originally 1964
German release

LPs -- Brahms' Second Symphony, Bruno Walter and whatever it was orchestra (L.A.? NY Phil?) on an old Odyssey LP. Good sound. Heart and humanity to spare.  A side from my Swinging Sexy Sinatra box set.

I've also been hitting my CD shelves, and binging on Qobuz & Idagio. Yeah, I've been listening to a lot of music, lately.

@edcyn 

That was, in all likelihood, Bruno with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. I’m betting.

A very good orchestra at the time. The Stravinsky box I played below was with the Columbia Symphony.

Last Night...

CSO/Reiner Mozart Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) - Haydn Symphony No. 88 RCA VICS 1366
Getz/Gilberto Verve VS 8545
Talk Talk Spirit of Eden Parlophone PCDX 105
Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse, Quinlan Road QRLP 109
 

Simon & Garfunkel-Bookends(KCS 9529 2 Eye/360) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Shaun Cassidy-Born Late Side 1

Michael Franks-Sleeping Gypsy Side 2

Gordon Lightfoot-If You Could Read My Mind(Early Repress) Side 2 SQ*

Harry James-Greatest Hits(CS 9430) Side 2

Joshua Rifkin-Piano Rags By Scott Joplin Side 2

Ahmad Jamal-The Bright, The Blue And The Beautiful Side 2

Mahler-Symphony NO.2 (Solti/LSO CSA 2217) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Slowly going thru my last 150+ unplayed albums condition and content will be the issue for many of these albums. Bookends played at Audiophile SQ, not bad for VG vinyl. SQ* would need a 2nd play to determine Audiophile SQ. Harry James was the only recording with subpar SQ. Mahler takes the SQ crown due to the excellent clarity and dynamics from this London box set.

György Lehel conducts Bartók

  • Symphonic Poem "Kossuth" Sz. 75a, Bb 31
  • Scherzo In C Major From Symphony In E Flat Major Dd 68, Bb 25
  • Scherzo For Piano And Orchestra

Magyar Rádió És Televízió Szimfónikus Zenekara w/Tusa Erzsébet, piano
Hungaroton 1971, Hungarian release
 

B W Stevenson "We Be Sailin""

Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic "Grofe, Grand Canyon Suite" (love that thunderstorm)

Václav Neumann conducts Martinů

  • Symphonies No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Symphony No. 5

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Supraphon 2LP gatefold 1982
 

 

The Bottles / S-T
1979 MCA

Released just one album..sadly…great power pop