Whats on your turntable tonight?

Johnny Cash - American Recordings/Unchained

Just made some tweaks to the VPI HMW19. If you want more "prat" from your old war horse, send me a email.

Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade" London/Decca LA Phil. Mehta

Christy Moore "Voyage" Atlantic records

Joni Mitchell "Hissing of Summer Lawns" Reprise

Sphere "Flight Path" Musician

Dire Straights "Communique" Warner Brothers

Dave Brubeck "Impressions of Eurasia" Columbia "six eye", "Greatest Hits" Columbia

cheers

e

What a nice eclectic listening session, e!
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Snooks Eaglin - "Possum Up A Simmon Tree" [Arhoolie LP '7?, rec. '58] The great New Orleans blind street guitarist/singer, and one of the most knockout performers I ever saw at the Jazz & Heritage Festival there
Quincy Jones - "The Great Wide World Of..." [Mercury mono LP '60] Less gimicky than some of his later arranging, alternately powerhouse and evocative with tons of recorded atmosphere and slam, liners by Dizzy Gillespie
Archie Bell & The Drells - "There's Gonna Be A Showdown" [Atlantic LP '69] Whatever happened to blue sharkskin suits?
Colours - S/T [Dot LP '68] With bassist Carl Radle, soon of Derek & The Dominos fame
Brotherhood - S/T [RCA LP '68] With bassist Phil "Fang" Volk, guitarist Drake Levin and drummer Mike "Smitty" Smith, all late of Paul Revere & The Raiders fame
Alex Chilton - "Like Flies On Sherbert" [Aura LP '80]

Power of the Orchestra, Leibowitz/RPO, RCA VICS 2659 -45rpm reissue. Perhaps sonically the best orchestra recording in my collection. Another amazing recording job by the great Kenneth Wilkinson.

This One's for Blanton, Duke Ellington & Ray Bown, Pablo 2310-721 -45rpm reissue
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