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
slipknot1
Rushton I played the Wall by coincidence around 7 o'clock tonight and WYWH also
Playing now:
Pink Floyd: "Wish You Were Here" - Mejames, thanks for the added encouragement... I can't believe how GOOD this early Columbia pressing sounds! I was expecting to find sonic mediocrity, but no way. This pressing sounds really good: clean, open, dynamic. Columbia PC 33453; Deadwax: AL 33453-1A (2A handwritten next to it).

The Who: "Who's Next"
Hmmm... also better sounding than I was expecting from this MCA label issue (MG7-12888-W3). Makes me wonder what a first pressing Decca pressing would sound like?

Just goes to show that increasing the resolution of one's system does NOT make one's ancient well-played LPs sound worse: these never sounded better.

Coming up:
Suk, String Qt 2, Suk Qt, Supraphon 1111 3370
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Just finished:
Respighi "Church Windows" (Reference Recordings RR-15 45 rpm)
Louis Armstrong "Satchmo Plays King Oliver" (Audio Fidelity AFLP 1930)
Bach "Suites For Unaccompanied Cello" Janos Starker (Mercury SR3-9016 reissue)
Upcoming:
Pink Floyd "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" (Columbia PC2 44484)
Pink Floyd: "Ummagumma" in an early EMI/Harvest pressing ("Gigi" cover). Some folks don't care for this album, imo its their loss. Early PF showing a lot of where they were headed over the next several years.

Eric Bibb: "Good Stuff" Opus3 LP 19603 - 45rpm 2LPs - A nice bluesy mix, with good instrumentalists backing Bibb's vocal and guitar. Recorded "in the moment," no editing after the fact, no overdubbing, in a natural acoustic environment. All-analogue with minimal processing in that classic Opus3 style of great sonics.
http://www.opus3records.com/lp_list.html
http://www.redtrumpet.com/software/item.php?item=9936&sid=1075172361

Muddy Waters" "Sings Big Bill Broonzy", Chess LP-1444 Speakers Corner reissue. If you like the blues, Get This!
http://www.redtrumpet.com/software/item.php?item=20635&sid=1075172361
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Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Dinner
Great Live performance of Tom Waits, pretty good recording as well...makes you think you are there sitting across from Tom and his piano