Whats on your turntable tonight?

"Kalenda Maya - Songs & Dances 1200 to 1550" - Simax PS 1017 - one of those LPs that demonstrates that digital recordings on vinyl can sound great.

J.S. Bach "Fantasies" for Harpsichord, played by Alfred Gross in a superb LP from Das Ohr.
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Shadows: Foot tapper EP. One of the first records I bought. Still marvellously fresh, brings me right back to the early sixties.
And - not just tonight, but the last two weeks: the remastered 1970-75 Genesis box, expensive, but very good. To my ears, even more of a positive difference from the originals than with the remastered Doors box (partly, I guess, because the original tapes were in a better condition).

so far-

Pink Floyd "DSOTM" (Harvest SMAS-11163) Purchased in March 1973. A little noisy after all these years, but still my preferred pressing.

Stravinsky "Firebird complete Ballet" Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90226) 200g 33 1/3 rpm reissue

Next up:
Hugh Masekela "Hope" (Analogue Productions APJ 82020) 45 rpm

Slipknot - please note your impressions of the Hugh Masekela after you listen to it again.

On the turntable now:
Shostakovich "Symphony No. 6" - Berglund/BournemouthSO, EMI SLS 5177 (fantastic!) - coupled with Sym No. 11 which will be up next.
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Rushton-

I am listening to side 4 as I write this. It's a live recording and it includes an instrumental version of Masekala's best known tune: "Grazin' in the Grass". The quality overall of the recording is very good, perhaps a bit tipped up in the upper frequencies. It is very percussion oriented and the drums are very well reproduced, a good work out for your bass drivers. It's very natural sounding, with good sense of venue (a live recording after all). Each side is about 12 min. long, with an average of two songs per side. Highly recommended for fans. Prior to the purchase of this (based on Chad's insistence at RMAF last October), I was not familiar with Masekala's work beyond "Grazin'". I think will explore more of his music though.