Whats on your turntable tonight?

Mea culpa: McHenry Boatwright as Crown and John Bubbles as Sportin' Life. Somehow didn't think what I'd written above looked right.

The pop and rock music is coming out of boxes and onto shelves over the past few days, so tonights listening has been sampling from the past:

Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records (mono RCA reissue - poor sonics, but what a performer!)

Willie Nelson - Stardust (Columbia JC 35305) (I really enjoy Willie's voice, but the arrangements on this LP are the definition of "boring")

Queen - A Night at the Opera (just the standard US Elektra pressing, still not bad and a lot of fun to hear)

Keb' Mo' - S/T, Epic 478173 (Absolute Analogue reissue, some great sonics, at last!)

Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (Columbia PC 9913) We lost her too soon.

Janis Joplin - Pearl (Columbia PC 30322)

Weepin' Willie Robinson - At Last On Time (Analogue Productions APO 2009) (rest in peace Mr. Robinson - Glad Chad was able to capture what he did, wish there was more)
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing Schubert's Die Winterreise, with Jörg Demus on piano, Deutsche Grammophon 2707 028

Recorded in a studio and close miked. Fischer-Dieskau's baritone is crystal clear as is the piano that accompanies him. It's as if both were about 6 ft away in your living room, doing the parlor thing like you see in the movies.

Magical.

David

Very cool, David. It has amazed me over the years how well Deutsche Grammophon recorded vocal recital and small chamber music when compared to the hash they often made of orchestral recordings after the mid-'60s. Great to learn of another good example. Thanks!
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Last night was more jazz and pop. I think tonight will have to be a return to classical music. At any rate, the particularly interesting records from last night were all well recorded vocal:

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Impulse GR-157 on a Speakers Corner reissue.

Mary Stallings, "Fine and Mellow" on Clarity CNB 1001, mastering by Tim de Paravicini, a really great job of capturing her, particularly on side 1.

Eva Cassidy, "Songbird" on a S&P Records reissue (SNP 501). My wife always enjoys hearing the Cassidy's rendition of "Fields of Gold," the first cut on side 1. Tonight she wanted to listen all the way through the side. Another outstanding Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray mastering job.

Anyone know of any Jane Monheit on vinyl?
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