Richard Thompson -The Old Kit Bag on Cooking Vinyl
-Pour Down Like Silver on Carthage
-Mirror Blue on (German) Capitol
-First Light on (English) Chrysalis
The GreenHornes _Dual Mono on Stereo*Phonic
Electrelane -the Power Out on too pure
...the rash of Thompson listening is due to just getting back from Chicago to see Richard playing the Park West and evidently not having my fill. Excellent show as always! |
Last Night:
End of the Innocence
Lamb Lies Down (sides 1 and 3)
Prisoner in Disguise
Songs for Beginners
Sgt. Pepper |
Started off with Love/Love their debut album on Sundazed. I'm listening to Kiss right now and probably follow it up my MOFI copy of Wheels of Fire the side with Spoonfull cause everyone has been talking about the CreaM DVD. |
Dave Brubeck, Time Out, Columbia CS 8192 (45 rpm Classic Records reissue) - Wow!
Crosby, Stills & Nash, CS&N, Atlantic (45 rpm Classic Records reissue) - yep, it sure out-distances my early pressing original Atlantic pressing.
Doc Watson, Home Again!, Vanguard 79239 (Cisco reissue)
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Albeniz, Suite Espanola, De Burgos/NewPhilO, King SuperAnalogue reissue of Decca.
Britten, Simple Symphony, Britten/ECO, King SuperAnalogue reissue of London CS 6618.
Elgar, Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Britten/ECO, King SuperAnalogue reissue of London CS 6618.
Wonderful music performances and sonics...
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Pictures At An Exhibition". Early Cotillion pressing. Tomorrow a later pressing from the Atlantic red/green lable.
Wynton Marsalis "Hot House Flowers" Columbia
Patricia Barber "Modern Cool" MFSL 45 rpm reissue. Stunning sonics if Barber is your cup of tea.
Stravinsky "Rite of Spring" Maazel/Cleveland. Telarc recording. The bass drum whacks on this recording will give any system a workout. |
John Renborn -Faro Annie on Transatlantic white label
Ellington -Jazz Party on MONO Columbia
Jimmy Giuffre 3 -1961 on ECM
Mozart -Clarinet Concerto in A major on Decca
Janos Starker -Bach: 6 Cello Suites on Speakers Corner
U2 -Achtung Baby on Island |
Last nite: Fritz Reiner/Chicago/Strauss: Don Quixote/RCA Victor. |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-'Nocturama'
David Sylvian-'Secrets of the Beehive' |
Bach's Suites for Solo Cello, Starker, Mercury (Speakers Corner reissue)
Bloch, Concerto Grosso No. 2, Hanson/EastmanRochesterSO, Mercury SRI 75017
Nina Simone ...And Piano, RCA LSP-4102 (Speakers Corner reissue)
Greg Brown, The Poet Game, Red House Records ARHR 68 (thanks for the recommendation, Tom!)
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Nightfly
In the Wee Small Hours
Highway 61
Come Away with Me
Lush Life |
Tonight we're playing:
Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, F.Slatkin/ConcertArtsSO, Capitol (Cisco reissue - very fine!)
Dohnanyi, Variations on a Nursery Song, (flip side of above LP)
Britten, Cantata Academica, Malcolm/LSP, L'Oiseau Lyre SOL 60037 (wonderful work for soloists, chorus and orchestra, with Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, and Peter Pears)
Keb Mo, "Keb Mo," Okeh label
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The Borodin Quartet/Shostakovich/Complete String Quartets/Vol.2 from 6-11/USSR |
Rushton, I just sat down to record write up my listening session this evening and read yours. I completed tonights listening with RR 23, Vivaldi side only: "Sinfonia in C", "Trio Sonata in G Minor", and "Concerto in E-flat". I haven't thought about this recording in months, then wind up playing it the same night you do (cue Twilight Zone theme here) In addition:
Eva Cassidy "Songbird" (S&P 501)
Ben Webster/Joe Zawinal "Soulmates" (Riverside 9476/OJC 109)
Webster's saxophone is so breathy and centered in the mix, with Zawinal's piano on the left, bass just right of center and Philly Joe Jones drums on the right. A wonderful recording of soulful, thoughtful music making. |
By the way... I'm back to this thread after a long period of the system being down for an amp upgrade and some remodeling work in the listening room. The amps are back and beginning to break in (about 150 hours now) and everything is sounding very promising. Just a few hundred hours more to go before they are fully broken in, but we're beyond the "only for background music" playing stage, and that makes for plenty of listening opportunity with lots of vinyl accumulated.
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Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Kondrashin, RCA reissue by Classic Records - a great performance and a clear example of early poor mastering effort by Classic Records. This LP demonstrates why so many got turned off by the Classic efforts early on. Contrast with...
Royal Ballet Gala Performances, Ansermet, RCA reissue by Classic Records - excellent performances with exceptional recording engineering by the great Kenneth Wilkinson (a Decca recording under contract wih RCA, as are most of the great "RCA" recordings). This LP demonstrates how EXCELLENT some Classic Records later mastering efforts are, simply superb sound quality. (Yes, I know there are "collectors" who disagree, but this LP is so true to the sound/timbre of instruments I hear live that I'll just have to differ.)
Janet Baker, Berlioz/Les Nuits d'Ete - why is the artist listed first and not the composer? If you know the incomparable voice and singing of Janet Baker, you will understand.
Vivaldi/Bach, Concerti, Schroeder/Ritchie/Fuller, Reference Recordings RR23. Truly fine period instruments performances captured in the recording as only Keith Johnson can - sound is a bit dry as most Reference Recordings tend to be, but the timbre of the instruments and soundstaging are spot on.
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Jeff Waynes Musical Version of ;The War of the Worlds,,,Sci fi and rock,with Phil Lynott and many others playing and singing,Richard Burton narrating! |
Leroy Jodie Pierson, Direct-to-Disc from Analogue Productions (The man can play the blues, and the d-to-d is mighty fine, but something's just not right in the miking of Pierson's voice on this LP.)
Roy Orbison, "Pretty Woman" single, 33rpm/45rpm, Classic Records (the 45rpm being clearly superior)
Handel, Anthem for the Foundling Hospital, Preston/AAM/Kirkby/Nelson (Emma and Judith sounding ravishing, as only they can), L'Oiseau Lyre
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neil young "mirrorball," little feat "dixie chicken" and "time loves a hero," buffalo springfield "again," vince guaraldi "jazz impressions of black orpheus" |
The Pentangle, Solomon's seal
Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
Tyrannosaurus Rex, My people were fair and had sky in their hair... But now they're content to wear stars on their brows
Patti Smith, trampin
Zero7, When it falls
Steely Dan, Prezel Logic |
Barber, Symphony No. 1, Hanson/EME, Mercury (mono)
Hanson, Symphony No. 5, Hanson/EME, Mercury (mono)
Tracy Chapman, Talkin' About a Revolution, Elektra
Vaughan Williams, Sancta Civitas, Willcocks/LSO, EMI
Vaughan Williams, Benedicite, Willcocks/LSO, EMI
Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orch, F.Slatkin/ConcertArtsSO, Capitol (Cisco reissue)
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Kiln House
Traveling Wilburys
Waves the Bossa Nova Sessions
Innervisions
Meddle
Astral Weeks |
Just finished Tom Waits' Alice, just started his Blood Money. Not for all times, not for all tastes, but when I'm in the mood, nothing else will do.
Brent |
.... after Alexander Nevsky, need some relax moment...
Albeniz/Suite Espanola/Rafael Fruhbeck de burgos/New Philharmonia. |
Shostakovich 5 is wonderful. Thanks for reminding me. I like the version with Bernstein/New York.
Anyway, for tonight: Prokofiev/Alexander nevsky/RSFSR Russian Chorus/USSR Symphony conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov. |
finally hooked back up again, the TT is spinning wynton marsalis "black codes (from the underground)." truly a desert island disc for me. |
Last night:
Shostakovich "Symphony No. 5" Bychkov/Berlin (Philips 420 069-1)
Rachmaninoff "Concerto No. 3" Cliburn/Kondranshin/Symphony Of The Air (RCA LSC 2355 2s/2s original pressing) Those who like the Byron Janis Mercury recording should give this one a try as well. I believe this work has also been re-released as a three channel SACD. The Cliburn is a live recording from Carnegie Hall 5/19/58 |
"Fine and Mellow" Ella Fitzgerald Jams ,,great sounding LP! |
Thanks Kehut,sounds even better with some hours on it!Listening to all my Sade albums AGAIN!Also have Neil Youngs greatest hits on order,,,, |
A box.
It's packed away due to imminent house construction. The stylus guard and arm are taped down and a box is over the whole plinth for protection. Sitting on a shelf so nothing else can be placed on top accidently.
Enjoy yours - cause it's gonna be a while before I can again,
Bob |
Tom Waits -Spare Change on Asylum Lp
Spoon -Gimme Fiction on Merge Lp
13th Floor Elevators -Easter Everywhere on Get Back Lp
Velvet Underground -Loaded 1st Cotillion Lp
The Unique Thelonious Monk -Analogue Prod. 45's Lp |
Q- love Croce! Timeless songs that are beautiful and bring back nice memories indeed.
Ray- Conrgatulations! welcome to the world of ZYX! From the entry level models to the UNIverse..they are quite a great sounding a line of transducers!..Enjoy! |
Well i finally bought a new cart.(ZYX RS20) a few days ago!After a couple months without my TT ive been making up for lost time!I havent played a CD for a few days,,its 4:00 am and i cant get over how good my new cart. sounds,,,,,right now im listening to Tom Waits,Blood Money,,,,,,Gotta go flip the album! |
Did anyone write more beautiful love songs than Jim Croce?
Georgia on my Mind
Have to say I love you in a Song
Operator
Time in a Bottle
I got a Name
Next up a 180 gram pressing of The Ghost of Tom Joad one of my favorite Bruce Springsteen recordings in recent memory.
L8R |
Last night:
Mussorgsky "Pictures At An Exhibition: Reiner/CSO (RCA/ Classic Records reissue)
Antill "Corroboree" Goosens/LSO (Everest/Classic Records reissue)
"River Of Sorrow" (First Impression Music 45 rpm)
Gary Burton/Chick Corea "Crystal Silence" (ECM original pressing) |
Sprawled out on the sofa like a hot open turkey sandwich...I am spinning Getz/Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim..Verve V68545.Original 1963 LP in great condition..What a sound! |
Tonight:
Shostakovich, String Quartets 7, 13 and 14, The Fitzwilliam Quartet, L'Oiuseau Lyre DSLO 9 (astoundingly great music in classic performances by The Fitzwilliam Qt - a marvelous LP in every way)
Raff, Symphony No. 3, Kapp/WestphalianSO, Candide CE 31063 (if you're not familiar with the music of Joachim Raff, and you enjoy the music of Brahms, Carl Nielsen, Edvard Grieg, you owe it to yourself to at least explore Raff's music. Recommended starting point: his delightful Symphony No. 5 for which I'd recommend the performance by Herrmann/LPO on Nonesuch H 71287.)
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Ben Webster meets Coleman Hawkins on World Record(English pressing) Way excellent! |
Moondance
Planet Waves
Take Five
Fragile
Bookends
It's A Beautiful Day |
Beethoven, String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, Brandis Quartet, Harmonia Mundi
Beatles, Abbey Road
Blood, Sweat and Tears (1st album)
Wild Child Butler, Analogue Productions APO-004, direct-to-disk
Bothy Band, Old Hag You Have Killed Me, Green Linnett SIF 3005
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throughout the day - heifetz/munch w/ boston symphony mendelssohn and prokofieff violin concertos on rca shaded dog mono lm-2314, dylan "the times they are a changin'" on sundazed mono reissue, bob marley "natty dread," and "the fabulous johnny cash" on original columbia mono. |
Tonight so far:
Shostakovich, Music from the Bolt Ballet
Wagner, Orchestral Selections "Klemperer Conducts Wagner," Klemperer/PO, EMI SLS 5075
Music for Trumpet and Organ, selection of baroque works performed by Maurice Andre (trumpet) and Marie-Claire Alain (Organ), Musical Heritage Society, MHS 1176 (Erato)
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Tonight:
Grieg, Sym in C minor, Kamu/GothenburgSO, BIS LP200 (wonderful music by Grieg at the age of 21, before he found his grounding in Norwegian folk meolodies but showing the skillful orchestration that imbues his later music)
Grieg, Music from Peer Gynt, Beecham/RPO, EMI SXLP 30423 (a nice selection of the music from the complete work, with chorus and soloist)
Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, "Speak Love" Pablo D2310888 (from 1983, Ella in great voice still, with a wonderful rendition of "Georgia on my mind" among others)
Shostakovich, Sym 2, Blashkov/LeningradSO, EMI ASD 2747
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eric clapton "from the cradle," allman bros "brothers and sisters," stones "some girls," and arvo part "tabula rasa."
TWF, "mock tudor" was my intro to RT, and it never disappoints. i've got some catching up to do! he was a guest on world cafe about a week ago and i was cursing because i was in my vehicle deeper in the mountains and reception was sketchy. |
I love Richard Thompson. I told my husband that if Richard ever comes knocking on our door to take me away. I'd leave him in a second. His voice sends chills down my spine.
We just scored some old Richard & Linda records and played them last night.
Shoot Out the Lights & Pour Down Like Silver. |
richard thompson "mock tudor," janos starker dvorak cello concerto, faure elegie (on angel records), van morrison "veedon fleece" happy spinning everyone. |
Bare Trees-Fleetwood Mac
Four Seasons- Vivaldi
Songs for Distingue Lovers-Billie Holiday
Tarkus-ELP
Yesterday and Today-Beatles
The Bends-Radiohead |
stan getz and the oscar peterson trio on japanese verve |
ahmad jamal'a alhambra. saw him live once in a jazz dive in cincinnati. a guy behind us kept snapping flash pictures and shouting "AHMAD!!". then the girl i was with spilled beer all in my lap. it was a wonderful night! |
stones "12X5" japanese blue mono, dylan "blonde on blonde" sundazed mono, paul mccartney "CHOBA B CCCP" on melodia
i need to find my copy of speaking in tongues for when i feel like shaking my booty! such a great record! |
