Whats on your turntable tonight?

Tonight...

Ben Webster, "Soulville" - Verve 8274 (Speakers Corner reissue) - yeah, it's great.

Skip James, "Today!" - Vanguard VSD 79219 (Pure Pleasure reissue mastered by Hoffman and Gray) - very clean and natural sound; recommended.

John Lee Hooker, "Sings the Blues (That’s my story)" - Riverside OBC-538 (Analogue Productions reissue)

John Lee Hooker, "Burnin' (1961)" - Get Back GET7502 (buy for the music not the sound, which is grainy and aggressive)
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Led Zeppelin, 200g Classic Rock pressing of "Houses of the Holy" :-)

Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
I just got a new and fairly ratty CBS pressing of this classic slab of proto-Punk ca. 1973. David Bowie rescued this imploding/exploding combo from drug-induced oblivion just long enough for them to wax this great, great record. I hear the inspiration for every Punk band from the Sex Pistols to the White Stripes. As Jimmy Miller used to instruct folks when listening to the Stones, this record should be played LOUD!!!

I can enjoy "played LOUD" but tonight has been a softer evening after last night's close with The Who's "Who's Next" played loud (Classic Records reissue, and it is really good). Tonight's softer listening has seen:

J.S. Bach, "Flute Sonatas" - with Simon Preston, Jordi Savall, and Trevor Pinnock in an excellent Bob Auger engineered recording on CRD 1014/5. (Bob Auger is another of a small cadre of recording engineers who consistently achieve outstanding and supremely natural sonic results from a minimalist and minimally miked recording technique. Of course, it certainly helps when recording world class performers such as Savall, Pinnock and Preston.)

J.S. Bach, "Suites for Solo Cello" - with Janos Starker, cello, on the superb Speakers Corner reissue of Mercury SR3-9016. (An outstanding 3LP set to get while you still can.)
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Allow me to reiterate this thought: if you love classical chamber music, you will never forgive yourself if you fail to get this 3LP set of the Bach "Suites of Solo Cello" while it is still available.

J.S. Bach, "Suites for Solo Cello" - with Janos Starker, cello, on the superb Speakers Corner reissue of Mercury SR3-9016. (An outstanding 3LP set to get while you still can.)