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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Eileen Jewell "Down Hearted Blues" 

2017/Signature Sounds Recordings 

Jack Jones-Without Her(LSP-3911) Side 1

The Monty Alexander Quintet(CJP-124) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

The Jeff Healey Band-See The Light Side A

Son Seals-Chicago Fire Side B

Mahler-Symphony No.1(Walter MY 37235) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Peter Frampton-Where I Should Be Side 1

Procol Harum- With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Fleetwood Mac-Rumours(KP/Capitol pressing) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Rumours takes the SQ crown tonight!

 

 

Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart

  • Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 20 D-moll KV 466
  • Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 12 A-dur KV 414 (385p)

The London Symphony Orchestra With Rudolf Serkin, piano 
Deutsche Grammophon 1982

 

Erich Leinsdorf conducts Beethoven 

  • Piano Concerto No. 5 In E-Flat, Op. 73 ("Emperor")

Boston Symphony Orchestra w/Arthur Rubinstein, piano
RCA Victor Red Seal, reissue possibly late 60’s, originally 1963
 

Bernstein conducts 

  • Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1 With Trumpet Op. 35 with André Previn, piano
  • Poulenc - Concerto For 2 Pianos And Orchestra In D Minor with Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale, piano

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 1962

 

CD night

Buddy Guy "Feels Like Rain" Silvertone D101264 ( BMG club)

Miles Davis "'Round About Midnight" Columbia CK 40610

The Interpreters "Back in the USSA"  FreeWorld 61422-31147-2 demo

The Dear Hunter "Migrant" Equal Vision

Minnesota Symphony Osmo Vanska "Sibelius Nos. 3, 6, 7"  BIS-2006 sacd

The Heifetz & Piatigorsky Concerts With Primrose, Pennario And Guests

  • Mendelssohn - Octette In E Flat Major, Op. 20

Jascha Heifetz, violin
Joseph Stepansky, violin
Israel Baker, violin
Arnold Belnick, violin
Virginia Majewski, viola
William Primrose, viola
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Gabor Rejtö, cello

  • César Franck - Piano Quintette In F Minor;

Jascha Heifetz, violin
Israel Baker, violin
William Primrose, viola
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Leonard Pennario, piano

  • Schubert - Quintette In C Major, Op. 163

Jascha Heifetz, violin
Israel Baker, violin
William Primrose, viola
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Gabor Rejtö, cello

  • Brahms - Sextette In G Major, Op. 36

Jascha Heifetz, violin
Israel Baker, violin
Virginia Majewski, viola
William Primrose, viola
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Gabor Rejtö, cello

  • Mozart - Quintette In G Minor, K. 516

Jascha Heifetz, violin
Israel Baker, violin
Virginia Majewski, viola
William Primrose, viola
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello

RCA Victor Red Seal, The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts Series
3LP box 1962

Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs "Sunday Run Me Over" 

2012//A Brokeoffs Production

Nick Lowe - Nick The Knife

Yep Roc Records reissue/remaster w/45rpm single included. 2107, originally 1982

Grateful Dead - Mars Hotel

Friday Music 180g reissue 2012, originally 1974

Cedar Walton-Eastern Rebellion(Music On Vinyl 829) Side B SQ Audiophile

Debbie Boone-You Light Up My Life Side 1

Ernie Ford & Glen Campbell-Ernie Sings/Glen Picks Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Sibelius/Grieg-Finlandia/Peer Gynt-Ormandy MS 6196 Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile

Genesis-And Then There Were Three Side 2

Woody Herman-Woody And Friends(CJ 170) Side 2 SQ Audiophile

A slightly condensed Sunday night session, blame the NFL. Very difficult to select a SQ winner on the next day but the edge goes to Ford/Campbell for a very natural sounding recording. No, the Debbie Boone recording is not as bad as perceived but will NOT be making any of my Top 100 lists.