Whats on your turntable tonight?

Joni Mitchell  -  Blue   Rhino reissue of this Reprise album.

Joni Mitchell  -  Don Juan's Reckless Daughter   Japanese issue, with OBI Strip.

Beth Hart  -  A Tribute To Led Zeppelin   Recent, new release.

Female vocals day.  Two female artists at completely opposite ends of style.  Both are fabulous artists.  Blue sounds very, very good. Beth Hart album sounds good, but not excellent.  The Japanese issue of Don Juan's is superb and can easily qualify as a go-to for system demo.  My jaw was open for the entire album play.

Back to Eddie

Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild

2007/2010 MOV Reissue

Great movie also.

Bill Evans-Trio 64 2021 Verve RE

With a little luck and help from FedEx I’ll be listening to Trio ‘65 tomorrow night.

Steve Winwood-Talking Back To The Night Side 1

Michael Franks-The Camara Never Lies Side 1

Bad Company-ST Side 1

Dave Mason-Certified Live Side 2 SQ Audiophile

George Benson-White Rabbit(1979 2nd press) Side 1 SQ Audiophile

Heatwave-Central Heating Side 2

Maggie Rogers-Heard It In A Past Life Side A

Gary Moore-Victims Of The Future(Japanese pressing) Side 2

Could a "live" album win a SQ crown? Tonight it did. I'm aware that they "fix" live recordings, regardless its a great recording with top SQ and content. Maggie Rogers(2019) recording was not warped but scuffed it did have a sonic veil. Might purchase the CD to compare. Central Heating is a 5 star recording with near audiophile SQ if your a R&B fan check it out,

@tgilb, @slaw, i really liked ukelele songs, and i think the "into the wild" soundtrack is hugely underrated (though watching that kid tear up the $15k check makes me want to strangle him). "earthling", was a miss for me--like you say vedder's much better at the straight acoustic stuff than at the lavishly-arranged pop songs. today's picks:

sonny rollins, saxophone colossus--he can play the horn, but the real revelation here is max roach's drums, which are incredible

moby grape, s/t--apparently ongoing copyright disputes make much of these songs unavailable on spotify, but i'm still in awe of this album. bob mosley may have been the great white soul singer.