Whats on your turntable tonight?

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I am constantly amazed at how our listening preferences seem to dovetail each others! I have the two Harmonia Mundi recordings you mention above, and "Danses Du Moyen-age" spends a lot of time on my turntable.

I will keep my eye out for a copy of "English Sacred Music of the 16th Century"

As my good friend Rushton just posted, I concur whole heartedly with his assesment of "Witches Brew" and "Power of the Orchestra". Two other reisuues that are seeing of lot of play right now at our house.

Ella Fitzgerald - Sings Cole Porter Songbook

New Order - Substance

Blondie - Best of Blondie

Elton John - Capt Fantastic

The Police - Outlandos D'Amour

Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedos

Led Zeppeline - Physical Graffiti

Ike & Tina Turner - "River Deep, Mountain High" [A&M '69, rec. '66]
The Everly Brothers - S/T [Rhino reissue '85, orig. '58]
Gene Clark - "Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers" [Sundazed reissue '00, orig. '67] The debut from the ex-lead singer/songwriter of the original Byrds is one the 60's greatest 'forgotten' albums IMHO, a must for any fan of the group and period folk-rock in general. This reissue of the rare LP improves on the original (as well as a prior inferior-sounding Columbia CD reissue) by adding a couple of previously-unreleased gems recorded a half year after the late-'66 album sessions plus a solo acoustic demo.
Peter & Gordon - "Hot Cold & Custard" [Capitol '68]
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - "Live Peace In Toronto 1969" [Apple '70]
The Hollies - "Moving Finger" [Epic '70]
Neil Young - "Time Fades Away" [Reprise '73]
Jacque Brel - S/T [Reprise '62]
Albert Collins - "Trash Talkin'" [Imperial '69]
Roy Meriwether Trio - "Soup & Onions" [Columbia '66]
Charlie Byrd - "Once More! Bossa Nova" [Riverside '63]
Duke Ellington's Spacemen - "The Cosmic Scene" [Columbia '59]
Ahmad Jamal - "Macanudo" [Argo '66, rec. '62] An atypical Jamal album in that his trio and usual pianistic introspection upon standards make way for exotique tunes and large-band Latin-orchestral arrangements by composer/conductor/bassist Richard Evans. The tiki cover is as groovy as the music (not to mention the sound).
John Eaton - "Electro Vibrations" [Decca '69?]

John Cale - Paris 1919
Miles Davis - KOB (I really don't ever get tired of this one)
Mel Brown - Chicken Fat

On deck:

Led Zeppelin II

Rush and Slipknot, your tastes are impeccable.

I am at the point where if it is a Harmonia Mundi it is going to be great, but add Alfred Deller and it is a no brainer.

Just got a copy of Vaughn Williams "The Sons of Light" and Hubert Parry's "Ode on the Nativity"/ Teresa Cahill,Bach Choir/Royal College of Music chorus/ London Phil./ Sir David Willcocks.
Mr. Wilkinson at work here, but no multi mikings. Indeed it has a wonderfuly wide and well defined sound stage. Sopranos left, altos right gentlemen in between.
These are pieces I am not at all familier with, probably because the VW is a secular text, and the Parry is fairly obscure, but wonderful all the same. The soprano solo is magical.

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