Whats on your turntable tonight?

Hi, Larry (Cello). No, I only use the highest quality stereo catridge I can afford. I can hear a difference for the better using a comparably high quality mono cartridge, but I'd rather spend those resources elsewhere on the system at this point. Also, the Walker TT is, at least for now, a one tonearm table.
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buddy holly, 49yrs since "the day the music died" feb 3 1949

Quartango by Musica Viva 1985. It's a fun album. Very lively and well recorded. MV1014

Falla, "Three Cornered Hat" - Ansermet/OSR, Decca SXL 2296 (Speakers Corner reissue)

Greg Brown, "The Poet Game" - Red House RHR 68

Billy Joel, "An Innocent Man" - Columbia QC 38837

Copland, "Appalachian Spring" - Susskind/LSO, Everest LPZ 2034 (DCC reissue, Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray remastering) (truly excellent sonics in this DCC remastering; betters the orginal in many respects)

Ravel, Rapsodie Espagnole-Paray/Detroit Symphony (Speakers Corner 45 rpm) After several months I finally opened to listen tonight. WOW WEE! The Habanera & Feria movements will knock your socks off! The reason it took so long to open this record is that I've owned the CD version when it first came out years ago and it always bored me. I could never listen through the entire piece. Now I know it was the CD recording, not the music. Highly recommended in Vinyl format especially the 45 rpm version.

Grieg: "Peer Gynt" Oivin Fjeldstad/London Sym. Decca (Speakers Corner Reissue)

Sonny Rollins: "Our Man In Jazz"-Classic Records Reissue. Listened to side one, Oleo,25 minutes long. Vivid live Jazz recording. Great improvisation.

It is so gratifying when good music & sound come together to put a warm satisfying smile on your face.

I recommend opening new records that you intend to keep for personal listening soon after purchase for inspection. I recently ordered the Great Jazz Reunion with Armstrong & Ellington. I rarely open records to play when I first receive them because of time constraints. Fortunately in this case I did. The record looked like it had been stepped on with golf shoes. I cannot imagine how this record could have ever been put into a sleeve and shipped. I did return it to Acoustic Sounds for a replacement. However what would have happened if I kept it unopened as long as the Mercury record listed above? What if it had gone out of print in the meantime? Buyer beware!