Whats on your turntable tonight?

Bob Dylan -Nashville Skyline on Columbia 360 Sound

Martha Reeeves & the Vandellas -Greatest Hits
on Tamla Motown

Dr. John -Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack on Clean Cuts

Jesse Sykes & the Hereafter -Reckless Burning
on Devil in the Woods Records

Yusef Lateef -Eastern Sounds 0n TransAtlantic Prestige

Rushton, I'm sure the 45rpm Pictures at an Exhibition/Reiner is one of the BEST outthere. Enjoy listening!

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
...Henderson/LSO, Beatrice Lillie -narrator, Decca SXL 2218 SpeakersCorner reissue (delightful, character-filled performances of these works in excellent sound)

Handel: Trio Sonatas for Violin and Continuo, L'Ecole D'Orphee, CRD 1075/6 (another outstanding recording engineered by Bob Auger! The CRD label is an often overlooked label full of stylish performances and outstanding sonics.)


Linkoping, the Classic 45rpm reissue of the Reiner/Pictures is indeed on of the best performances of this work in my collection and sonically is "top drawer". As usual, the 45 handily outperforms the 33 sonically. The 45rpm reissue of the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony (Sym No. 3, with Munch/BSO) is similarly superb.
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- Seiji Ozawa/Chicago Symphony/Rimsky Korsakov/Scheherazade/Angel
- Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra/Shostakovich 5/RCA Gold Seal
- Kubelik/Boston Symphony/Smetana/Ma Vlast/Deutsche Grammophon
- Bernstein/New York Phil./Shostakovich 9/Columbia

R.Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Reiner/CSO (Classic Records 45rpm reissue - unfortunately not an improvement over the 33rpm reissue in terms of string tone: it shreds my ears and no amount of VTA adjusting can cure it. But other aspects of the sonic picture have great impact and power. However, the strings are hard and steely, reflecting the worst of the early Classic Records remastering efforts.)

Handel, Sonatas for Oboe, cello and continuo, L'Ecole D'Orphee, CRD 1077/8 (another outstanding performance by L'Ecole D'Orphee, and another marvelous engineering job from Bob Auger)

Herold-Lanchberry, La Fille Mal Gardee (excerpts), Lanchberry/ORylOpera, Decca, SXL 2313 (45rpm Speakers Corner reissue - an absolutely superb performance, recording and reissue. The 45rpm version vastly outclasses the earlier 33rpm reissue from Speakers Corner.)

Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, MCA 2-10003 (an early US pressing, with unfortunately hard, edgy, bright sonics. Is the Speakers Corner reissue materially better?)

Cat Stevens, Teaser and the Firecat (Mobile Fidelity reissue - quite good sonically, with natural timbre and detail. Tom Port claims this is the "worst sounding version of all time." I'm listening to #0898 and if Tom's listening to the same series pressings, he and I clearly don't agree on the sound of this reissue.)
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