Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
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Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (complete) Artur Rodzinski, with the London Philharomonic

Journey - Escape

Joni Mitchell - Blue

Carol King - Tapestry

The Who - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncey

And a variety of Beethoween and Mozart from some great old records a friend brought over where her father is either the Concertmaster or Soloist. Very cool.
"Power of the Orchestra" - Leibowitz/RPO, RCA-VCS-2659 (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue) - Oh, yes! This is an amazing 45 rpm reissue, with all the power, extension, dynamic range and resolution that any of us on the lunatic fringe could ask for. This exceptional Kenneth Wilkinson / Charles Gerhardt recording can now be heard in all its sonic glory. Well worth the cost to acquire no matter how many other performances of "Night on Bare Mountain" and "Pictures at an Exhibition" one may already own.

Keep in mind that this performance of "Night on Bare ("Bald") Mountain" is not the traditional Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration you may be used to hearing. It is a different orchestration by Liebowitz that is very effective, and nicely different.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Couldn't Stand the Weather" - Pure Pleasure PPAN 39304 - another excellent mastering and pressing from Pure Pleasure; a great addition to the shelves both musically and sonically.
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Eric Dolphy, "Out to Lunch" - Blue Note 84163, Music Matters 45 rpm reissue. (With so many outstanding Music Matters Blue Note reissues to enjoy, this may be sonically the best I've heard thus far. Just scrumptious.)
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Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat"

Vaughn Willims Mass in G minor/Herbert Howells Requiem /Corydon Singers/Hyperion

Christy Moore "Voyage"

Chis Isaak "Heart shaped World"

Janet Baker/Baribirolli/
Elgar Sea Pictures
Mahler Ruckert Songs, Kindertotenleider

Jethro Tull "Broadsword and the Beast"