Whats on your turntable tonight?

@bkeske,

Yeah, they lost me at starship….  but Hot Tuna, oh yeah.  

know what you mean about the imperfections - they are part of listening memory - until more recently (mostly since coming under the bad influence of the record fanatics on this thread….) I could count on one hand the number of original and period vinyl records I’d replaced with new and improved reissues.  I love my old records.  I am amazed at how most have stayed really quite clear of serious damage.  I mean, I have a few records that I’ve played at least 300 times that are just fine.   I can only think of three that I’ve simply worn out and had to replace, Montrose I, Camel - The Snow Goose, and Pat Metheny - First Circle.  Worn down and maybe dinged up from when I used to tote them around proselytizing the music.   There are a few on the shelf like Aerosmith - Get Your Wings that are completely thrashed from hundreds of plays during school days that are, well I still like them, but they're maybe not worth replacing.  

I’m probably not a very pure or true audiophile.  I don’t even have a fancy pressing of Dark Side of the Moon.   I like my old one.

When filling in pre-CD era stuff that I’m missing I sometimes go for the audiophile grade reissue.  Mixed results on that though.   I suppose part of record collecting is or should be learning which labels put out vinyl with SQ that stands the test of time and knowing which new and re-issue producers make replacing records worthwhile.  Before now I haven’t had the bandwidth for that.  Learning more about it now though.  

Hey, and thanks for the direction on the few classical records we’ve discussed lately.  I sure need and appreciate that kind of help.  Hope it can continue.

Enjoy your day of listening.

- James

@tomic601 , you must then have a voice.  Nice.

Isbell show (and the rescheduled date) one of the dozen or so cancelled tickets I had.  Cryin’ shame.

Grateful for this album though.  I suppose it’s fairly popular but doesn’t it seem like at the same time it’s brave personal expression and communication coming through.  Already composed fan letters to him/them in my head about the record but probably won’t send anything because he doesn’t need that.  Not from me anyway.  Haven’t done that kind of thing since “King of America” came out.

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Hot Tuna
Burgers
PP

Absolutely love "All The Colours of the Dark",
Wonderful SQ!

Did a deep clean on Sides 1 & 2 of "Shangri-La" yesterday....up now.

@spiritofradio

I concur about ‘worn’ or well used albums. Heck, I will still play my Meet The Beatles bought by my parents when it first came out. We kids just trashed that album, but ya know what? It still sounds pretty good, and all those imperfections bring back memories.

Hey, and thanks for the direction on the few classical records we’ve discussed lately. I sure need and appreciate that kind of help. Hope it can continue.

Be more than happy when I can. To be honest I’ve only really dived into classical seriously over the last three to four years, and finding it most satisfying and my collection has grown incredibly in a very short time. But, I have so much more to learn. People that have been into classical for lots of years know so much more more about the nuances, and how the interpretations have changed over the years. More than anything, it was probably my interest in Jazz that got me more interested in classical, especially The Modern Jazz Quartet.


I never really understood classical in terms of, OK, there are these ‘handful’ of composers, and you have hundreds of orchestras playing the same thing over and over for decades. How could that possibly be interesting? Well, I have realized it can indeed be incredibly interesting, and now have many many different recordings (and many composers I had no knowledge of) of the same compositions, and find it incredibly interesting to hear the differences; How it was conducted, played, live vs not, the various periods that were created over history, etc. But most importantly I love the music, the instrumentation, the sound, and the history behind the symphonies, the conductors, and most importantly the composers. It’s quite fascinating.

BTW, I haven’t received it yet, but you got me to buy a vinyl version of Beethoven’s piano concerto #5 for myself (As I had no copy). Arthur Rubinstein with the Boston Orchestra recorded in 1964. And ya know, it probably won’t be my last version of it either.