Whats on your turntable tonight?

Prokofiev, Lt. Kije
Stravinsky, Song of the Nightingale (wonderful!)
- Reiner/CSO, RCA LSC 2150-45 (45rpm Classic Records reissue)

Stravinsky, L'Histoire du Soldat, Suite - Markevitch/EnsembleDeSolistes, Jean Cocteau/Peter Ustinov, Philips 6500 321
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Bobby Jaspar & Herbie Mann - "Flute Flight" [Prestige mono LP '57] With Tommy Flanagan piano, Joe Puma guitar, Doug Watkins or Wendell Marshall bass, Eddie Costa vibes, Bobby Donaldson drums

Terry Gibbs Quartet - "Plays The Duke" [EmArcy mono LP '58] With Pete Jolly accordian, Leroy Vinegar bass, Gary Frommer drums, Gibbs play marimba and xylophone in addition to vibes. Got that big mono sound to love, and I don't believe this has ever been released on CD.

Donald Byrd With Clare Fischer & Strings - "September Afternoon" [Discovery stereo LP '82, orig. rec. '57] Originally done for Warner Brothers but, as per Fischer's liners, "the company started to release the album and then withdrew it and stuck it in the can where it has remained about twenty five years", calling it "...in essence a time-capsule -- made, buried, lost and finally recovered." Then he actually apologizes for the fine early stereo sound, which to me is far preferable to the sound of most albums recorded at the time of his writing. Now of course long since OOP and I don't believe has ever been made available on CD.

Gary McFarland - "Soft Samba" [Verve mono LP '64] This is good for a disbelieving chuckle: Inside the gatefold liners where producer credit is listed, Creed Taylor's familiar trademark signature appears on a small sticker placed over where his name presumably is also printed underneath sans script, which I guess must not have been good enough, maybe even violated terms of his contract, meaning Verve must've had to go to this retroactive trouble for every copy shipped

Freddie McCoy - "Peas'n'Rice" [Prestige stereo LP '67]

The Challengers - "California Kicks" [GNP Crescendo promo mono LP '66]

Charlie Rich - "Sings Country & Western" [Hi promo stereo LP '67]

Deep Purple - "Shade Of..." [Tetragrammaton LP '68]

Julian Bream & George Malcolm - "Sonatas For Lute And Harpsichord" [ RCA Red Seal LP '69] Bach and Vivaldi. It never occured to me before how similar these two instruments can sound.

Original Shaded Dog 1s 1s pressing of LSC 2241.....1812 Overture with Reiner and the Chicago. Cannon front copy, which IMO sounds WAY better than the later itinerations.

Worth getting your hands on a copy of this sweet LP if you can.

Zaikesman, I always enjoy your descriptions of the music you list. Thank you! You prompt me to be better at offering a bit of commentary and not just a list. :-)

Oh, what shall it be? I feel like the sailor charged with KP duty and told to sort several bushels of potatoes into small- medium- and large-sizes. Hours later he was to be found with his head in his hands and bushels of potatoes yet to be sorted. When asked why he'd not made more progress, he responds: "Decisions! Decisions! Too many decisions to make!"

I have an opportunity to go listen to an audio system with a complement of equipment I very much look forward to hearing. The host tells me, "Please bring some vinyl you'd like to hear." Yikes! What do I choose?

My listening partner says, "It doesn't matter. Whatever we listen to, we'll know in about 15 seconds what we think the system is doing or not doing. Let's just listen to something our host enjoys." Oh, don't I wish for those ears of hers sometimes!
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