Whats on your turntable tonight?

Fountains of Wayne " Traffic and Weather" 

Don’t play too much Wagner, but have a desire today. Not wanting to spin a full box of one of the opera sets I have, deciding on this instead:

Szell conducts Wagner
Wagner Orchestral Music

• Prelude And Love-Death From "Tristan Und Isolde"
• "Die Meistersinger" Prelude
• Tannhäuser" Overture
• Overture To "The Flying Dutchman"
• A Faust Overture
• Prelude To Act 1 Of "Lohengrin"
• Overture To "Rienzi"
• Entrance Of The Gods Into Valhalla From "Das Rheingold"
• The Ride Of The Valkyries From "Die Walküre
• Magic Fire Music From "Die Walküre"
• Forest Murmurs From "Siegfried"
• Dawn And Siegfried's Rhine Journey From "Götterdämmerung"
• Siegfried's Funeral Music And Final Scene From "Götterdämmerung"

The Cleveland Orchestra
Columbia Masterworks 3LP box, 1973

The Serendipity Singers-We Belong Together(PHS 600-180) Side 2

Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti-Side 2

Phoebe Snow-Something Real Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile

Rosemary Clooney-Sings Cole Porter(CJ 185) Side 2 SQ*

Rory Gallagher-Against The Grain Side 1

Tedd Joselson/Eugene Ormandy(ARL1-0751) Side B SQ Audiophile

Lew Tabackin/Wayne Marsh-Tenor Gladness Side 2 SQ Audiophile

Jennifer Holiday-Say You Love Me Side 2 SQ*

With the Serendipity Singers I’m digging into about 40 M- 1960’s thrift store finds that will be played before years end. Plenty of Tijuana Brass/New Christy Minstrels to look forward to(lol) SQ* George Horn and Bernie Grundman rarely miss. Gallagher easily a Top 5 "Guitar God" of the 1970’s deserves more attention. Something Real(1989) is one of the most overlooked recordings of the 1980’s, played the entire album. My SQ champ is Tenor Gladness even with a slightly aggressive/forward edge.

The Jim Carroll Band / Catholic Boy
1980 ATCO

Jim Carroll, poet and serious Rock’n’Roller

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers / “Damn The Torpedoes”
1979 Backstreet