Whats on your turntable tonight?

...Not all of us here in Detroit are at the super bowl...
After a day at the closing of the Claudel & Rodin exhibit "Fateful Encounter" in the DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts, tonight we're listening to:

The Dave Bailey Sextet -One Foot in the Gutter on Epic
(Grab this one while you still can. It's a great performance, and a beautifully dynamic recording.)

followed up by -2 feet in the Gutter on Epic (also)

Miles Davis -Kind of Blue on Columbia/Classic Records

Gene Ammons -Blue Gene on Prestige

Ben Webster -meets Oscar Peterson on Verve Records

Blue Michell -Blue's Moods on Riverside/AP 45's

Life is anything but blue tonight!

2-06-2006 Montepilot

I just acquired my first set of tube monoblock amplifiers from Israel Bloom at Coincident and a Manley Shrimp linestage. It is all beautifully sitting in place like someone all dressed up with nowhere to go. I am still waiting for some long enough inteconnect I ordered to finalize the connections. So for now it all sits in silence. Until the interconnect arrives my stack of vinyl is anxiously waiting in the wings for me to relish and hopefully contribute to these threads. This entire segment has been thoroughly enjoyable reading. I send my warmest regards to all of you.

Fellow audiophile,

montepilot

Montepilot, I look forward to your contributions once you're up and running!

Foster (R_F_Sayles), your comments about the Claudel/Rodin exhibition caused me to go look at the DIA web site. That was one we'd have enjoyed seeing, too! Now you've got me thinking about a visit to the Rodin Museum here in Philadelphia...

Regards,

montepilot, 2-07-2006
Thanks Rushton,

I have enjoyed all of your postings. I am now on the hunt for the Tallis Scholars performance of the Allegri Miserere and the Bach Peasant and Coffee Cantatas you have written about. After some intense internet searching I have come up with zilch. Anyway the cables arrived today. After a proper burn-in period of the new equipment I will be ready for some serious auditioning.

I am currently using a VPI basic scout with no upgrades and have followed slipknot1's upgrading strategy on his VPI with great interest. I may wish to tap into some of his experience later as I seek to improve my phono performance.

Kind regards to all,

Montepilot,

The Tallis Scholars performance of the Allegri Miserere is not particularly rare and I see it show up from time to time. You might consider monitoring the monthly fixed price sale lists from Mikrokosmos and Ars Nova.

And thanks for your kind comments about my posts.
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