Whats on your turntable tonight?

@slaw the other day you were saying how you thought you could write volumes about how much you loved a band, The Mountain Goats, if I remember right. I was actually thinking something similar about

Quincy Jones
Smackwater Jack
(On again)

How TV and Movie theme songs are somehow as “Americana” as many a contemporary hipster’s folk songs. This record is so sweet, like a confection of its time. Title song by Carole King, Qunicy’s infectious arrangements, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Sample!, Toots Thielman, Herbert Laws, plenty of Wha Wha pedal and a load of good humor. It’s the sweet sound of youth man and I feel like I could go on and on about it. Feeling part of it.

Not serious Jazz of course - Grey’s Anatomy says ‘this is jazzy - but it’s not Jazz’. She tires of my more angular music pretty easily. It’s commercial, yeah, heck, it’s TV themes. But man it’s sweet.

That’s cool buddy, love it.

BTW, up next is the Stevie Ray Vaughan"CSTW" MFSL UD1S

It was great to hear the Broken Bells lps again. Sounding fresh and better than ever.

James,

I wrote something similar recently about the "Maude" theme song, sung by Donny Hathaway.
I think he sung another as well.

So the SRV "CSTW" MFSL UD1S sounds fantastic!!! The problem with my copy is 80% visual & 20% audible. There are 1/4" fine surface scratches all over each side. In addition, there are many scuff marks. This translates to an unquiet pressing. In addition, side 4 was extremely dished.

Gonna put on my Pure Pleasure "Texas Flood now to compare at the same volume. Why "TF"? Because I passed on that UD1S release because at the time, my copy was one of THE best sounding rock albums I owned.

Listened to lp 1 of "TF". By comparison, it is less dynamic and muffled.

My job is done.