Whats on your turntable tonight?

Dipping one toe back in the water...Past few days, sorry no commentary:

-----Elpees-----

Link Wray -- Great Guitar Hits [Vermillion, '6?]
The Beau Brummels -- Vol. 44 [Vault, '68]
The Kinks -- Face To Face [Reprise, '67]
Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds -- The Fabulous [Columbia, '66]
The Shadows -- More Hits! [EMI/Columbia (England), '65]
Hank Marvin -- S/T [EMI/Columbia (England), '69]
Roy Harper -- One Of Those Days In England (Bullinamingvase) [Chrysalis (Canada), '77]
The Raindrops -- S/T [orig. Jubilee, '63, reissue Murray Hill, '85]
Baby Washington -- With You In Mind [Veep, '68]
Blue Magic -- S/T [Atlantic, '74]
Ronnie Foster -- On The Avenue [Blue Note, '74]
Harold Betters -- Do Anything You Wanna [Gateway, '63?]
Johnny Hodges -- Used To Be Duke [Verve, '5?]
Johnny Hodges -- The Blues [Verve, '5?]
Johnny Hodges -- Perdido [Verve, '5?]
The Miles Davis Quintet -- Workin' With [orig. Prestige '59 (rec. '56), reissue Fantasy OJC, '87]
Lee Morgan -- The Rajah [Blue Note, '84 (rec. '66, unreleased)]
Doc Watson -- The Essential [Vanguard, '73]
Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton -- Forms And Fancies (Renaissance and Baroque Music for Two Lutes) [Oak Leaf, '83]

Plus many singles...

-----Ceedees-----

Dave Bartholomew -- Very Best Of [Bayou, '?? (rec. 50's)]
Link Wray & The Raymen -- "They're Outta Here," Says Archie [Rollercoaster (England), '04 (rec. '58, unreleased)]
Dee Dee Warwick -- I Want To Be With You (The Mercury/Blue Rock Sessions) [Hip-o, '01 (rec. '60's)]
Dee Dee Warwick -- The Atco Sessions [Marginal (Belgium), '95 (rec. 70's)]
The Searchers -- EP Collection [See For Miles (England), '89 (rec. 60's)]
Blue Ash -- Around Again [Not Lame, '04 (rec. 70's, unreleased)]

Listening now to the Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue of Bill Evans Trio: Explorations. Another great record in this series!

On the turntable earlier today have been:

Dave Grusin: Discovered Again, Sheffield LAB5 direct-to-disc

Gregorian Chant/Epiphany, by The Schola Hungarica, Hungaraton SLPD 12559

William Bird: Missa In Tempore Pachali | Mass: In Assumptione Beatae Mariae Virginis, performed by Chanticleer on Harmonia Mundi HMC 5182

Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits, S&P Records S&P(2)-507 (if you like Orbison and you've not yet listened to this Steve Hoffman mastered 2-LP set, you're missing a huge treat - the music and sound quality puts a smile on my face!)

The Nylons: Happy Together, Open Air OA 0306

Linda Ronstadt: Hasten Down the Wind, Asylum 7E 1072 (wonderful vintage stuff here)

Coming up: William Walton's Facade Suite, with the Chicago Pro Musica on Reference Recordings RR16 (a superb performance as I recall)...
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ZZ TOP-DEGEVELLO , (germany)

Metallica's Black album, 200g, it is Sad But True, yikes!

Yes, the William Walton "Facade Suite" on Reference Recordings was exactly as good as I remembered: an absolutely outstanding performance, recording and pressing (from my 03/04 post above). One of Reference Recordings' best.

William Walton's Symphony No. 1 - a great piece of 20th century orchestral music - Previn/LSO, RCA (recorded by Decca).

Robert Lucas: Usin' Man Blues, Audioquest 1001 (a Kavi Alexander recording, and very special sonically because of that)

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Verve MGV 4001/2, Speakers Corner reissue (Well, it sounds more like Ella than Cole Porter, but the remastering is well done sonically, and Ella is always Ella)

Marin Marais: "Works for 2 Viols and Harpsichord", Sarah Cunningham, et al., ASV GAU 112. (I enjoy Baroque music, and Marais' writing for viol is always worth listening to, but I confess to taking it in small doses because I find a sameness from piece-to-piece that I just can't get around. This is an excellent record, and shows just how good a digital recording on LP can sound.)
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