Whats on your turntable tonight?

Last night, a shoot out between the 45, 33 rpm issues of Sonny Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus" with the 15 ips Tape Project version.

The tape is a mono transfer from the original analog masters and the piano is really recessed. It is almost as if the piano was not mic'd, but is picking up spill from other mics. Quite a different presentation from both LP pressings.

On first two listens, I think I prefer the LP versions better.

I think my post above was #1400. This thread has been going for 5 years.

I noticed that -- maybe that's why I was inspired to dip back in :-) Happy listening!

Hey Rushton, I have that Rites Of Spring. No doubt primarily *because* of the cover! You don't want to know (and I lost count long ago) how many goofy- or sexy-cover LP's I've accumulated down the years. None of them displayed, mind you, just sitting taking up space. But I've mostly reformed myself these days, leave 'em for the next guy. Well, maybe now I'll actually listen to that one sometime...

PS - I have a collecting buddy who's specifically amassed probably around a dozen vintage albums with a pre-stardom Mary Tyler Moore as the cover model (however no bare breasts in that group, unfortunately). A while ago I found a Tina Louise cover in a similar vein and naturally couldn't resist (not to mention she's seductively smoking a cig!), but did the brave thing and surrendered it over to him...

Joy Division "Closer" never heard it before, great album.