Whats on your turntable tonight?

Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 58; Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31
-- Edward Auer, Piano (RCA Japan RDCE-7, Direct-to-Disk)

Beethoven, Sonatas Op. 53 ("Waldstein"), 78, 90
-- Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano-forte (Astree AS73)

Regards,
Al

Al, welcome and congrats! I believe what may be your first post to this thread is also the 2,000th!

Zaikesman, thanks very much! You are correct on all counts.

My enthusiasm for vinyl has recently been revitalized by the retipping Peter Ledermann of Soundsmith did on my vintage Grace F9E Ruby cartridge. It is simply fabulous, although it's hard for me to compare it to its previous incarnation because some major system changes occurred in the interim.

I'm thus in the early stages of rediscovering my vinyl collection, focusing on recordings that I remember as being particularly good sounding. The two I listed and just listened to certainly qualify in that respect, as well as being excellent performances.

Thanks again. Best regards,
-- Al

The last 24 hours

Andrew Hill -- Grass Roots
Heartless Bastards -- All This Time
Old Canes -- Feral Harmonic
Budos Band -- III
Charles Mingus -- The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

The Guess Who - Best of (crappy RCA record club copy, great music though)

Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies, and Alibis

The Complete Buddy Holly

Radiohead - Pablo Honey (180g came with a bad warp, but the periphery ring makes that a non-issue)

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (still like Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down better from last year, but this is v good)