Whats on your turntable tonight?

I am breaking the rules and listening to digital tonight with the trick or treaters coming around.

The Bryston DAC is stellar, not analog mind you, but it does sound good. In fact I hate to admit, but the Norah Jones vinyl version I have of Come Away with Me does not sound as good as the digital file through my DAC.

I hate to admit it, but this is really convenient.

With friends over for several hours, a bit of this and a bit of that...

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No 3 - Dorati/LSO, Byron Janis, Mercury SR 90283

Arnold, English Dances - Arnold/LPO, Lyrita SRCS 109

Rossini, Overture to Barber of Seville - Chung/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia, Fone 016 -45

Verdi, Rigoletto - selections transcribed for String Quartet - Quartetto d'Archi della Scala, Fone 027J

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker Ballet - Ansermet/OSR, Decca SXL 2092-2 (Speakers Corner)

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy - Columbia CL 591 (Pure Pleasure)

Cannonball Adderley, Somethin' Else - Blue Note 1595-45 (Analogue Productions)

Various songs in comparative performances by Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, June Christy from various albums

Dave Grusin, Discovered Again - Sheffield LAB 5

Keith Jarrett, The Koln Concert - ECM 1064/5

ZZ Top, Tres Hombres - London XPS 631 (Rhino reissue)

Yuyachifca - Opus 3 7902
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Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Side By Side - Verve MGVS-6109-45 (Classic Records reissue - Oh, yes, this is a sonic treat to enjoy)

Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker, Ansermet/OSR -- (had to come back to this and play all of it after just a sampling on Saturday. Also cleaned it with Walker Prelude for a huge improvement in the sound quality. My wife, who listened on Saturday says: "What did you do to the system? This sounds so much better today than it did before." And the vinyl had been previously cleaned with Disc Doctor fluid. It all makes a difference...)

Elizabeth Machonchy, String Quartet No 5, Allegri String Qt - Argo ZRG 5329 (the more I listen to this work, the more I find in it and the more I like it)
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Smashing Pumpking - Siamese Dream

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Rosan Cash - The List

The Police - Zenyotta Mondatta

Chet Baker - Chet is Back!!

wife and kids are out tonight, so lots of loud stuff!!

Macdadtexas, Siamese Dream is a nice choice.

I spin their first album "Gish" more than once in a while. It was such a breath of fresh air in the summer of '91. Billy and Butch sure did their home work on this one!

Happy (classic-heavy-alt-metal-goth-glam-rock) Listening!