Whats on your turntable tonight?

Sufjan Stevens.-Illinois.
Doctor John.-Gris gris.
Doctor John.-Plays MacRebennack.
Catpower.-The greatest.
Aretha Franklin.-Spirit in the dark.
Aerosmith.-Toys in the attic.

Been listening to some Steely Dan "Aja" and Clapton "The History of Eric Clapton", actually Tell the Truth is on as I write this. The recording quality between these two LPs are like night and day but both are great listening..

A lovely wet day here, and this evening we've heard thus far:

"Lute of the Renaissance", Kecskes -lute, Harmonia Mundi HMU 766

"Italian Music for Lute, Baroque Guitar and Harpsichord", Hubscher -lute, Gross -hpd, Klimo Open Window OW 003 (from a great, but sadly limited, series of baroque music recordings by the German audio manufacturer Klimo)

Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges | Scythian Suite, Dorati/LSO, Mercury SR 90006 (Classic Records 45 rpm reissue)

Next up: Malcom Arnold's "Duo to Two Cellos" courtesy of members of the Nash Ensemble on Hyerion A66171.
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miles davis "plugged nickel sessions" on mosaic (box set). this one had been gathering dust for a good while. excellent!

Stuck at work today, but unwinding tonight with:

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington "Recording Together for The First Time" (Roulette SR52074) Classic Records 200g reissue. And what a wonderful reissue this one is! Satchmo's voice is locked dead center with Ellington's piano on the left. Quiet surfaces and a lot of fun to listen to.

Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler "The Best Of...Private Investigations (Mercury Records 987576-7) Fairly new LP release. Curious effort this one. When I ordered it, based largly on the track listing, I thought I would be getting a remaster compilation pressed on heavy vinyl. These tunes are remixed, different presentation/performances of some of their most familar work. No judgement, as I want to give it more time to get my ears used to it.

Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade" Maazel/Cleveland (London CS7098) Nice performance of this warhorse. Not quite the sonic fireworks of the RCA/Reiner/Chicago.

Tchaikowsky "Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op.74 (Audio Fidelity FCS 50,002) One of those "Oh wow, an Audio Fidelity for 2.00 here in this junk store" moments. Record cleaner has not really been able to salvage this one. Too much surface noise getting in the way of the performance.