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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Crosby/McGuinn/Hillman/Clark/Clarke (Byrds) - Preflyte. Together Records, promo 1969. Compilation album of demos recorded in 1964, pre-Byrds.
Now for something completely different...

Yes - Close to Edge. Atlantic reissue, release unknown, but think 1975.

Its very strange. This album I picked up just out of curiosity ’way back in the day’. Used to listen to it very rarely, and basically it gets shelved in the sections of albums I basically ignore. The last time I ‘tried’ to play it not all that long ago, the SQ, IMO, was terrible, and took it off the TT before getting too far. And had to ask myself, ‘why is this album still popular and well regarded’? Tonight, it doesn’t sound too bad, at all. The SQ is much better. Could the Hagerman Trumpet actually allow this album to sound listenable to me?......mmmmmmm