What LPs have you listened to recently?

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1200 on:** 17 Jun 2010, 02:39 am »

For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf- Original Broadway Cast (Buddah).

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1201 on:** 17 Jun 2010, 03:04 am »

Lene Lovich- Stateless (Stiff Records). Red vinyl I had totally forgotten about.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1202 on:** 17 Jun 2010, 03:20 am »

Quote from: jsaliga on 14 Jun 2010, 08:18 pm

Anita O'Day - Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day

Original 1957 Verve pressing.

--Jerome

The live record I have of hers, one of two, is so live sounding it could take a bunch of engineers to school! You know what we think about compressed recordings.

rajacat · « **Reply #1203 on:** 17 Jun 2010, 10:57 pm »

WORKING MAN'S DEAD...The Grateful Dead

jsaliga · « **Reply #1204 on:** 17 Jun 2010, 11:18 pm »

Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions

On two 180g LPs cut at 45RPM. From the Analogue Productions Bill Evans
Riverside Recordings boxed set.

The Complete Thelonious Monk At the IT Club

Excellent 4 LP boxed set on 180g vinyl. Listening to the last record in
the set at the moment.

Red Garland - Red in Bluesville

--Jerome

jsaliga · « **Reply #1205 on:** 20 Jun 2010, 12:31 pm »

Art Taylor - A.T.'s Delight

Analogue Productions Blue Note reissue on two 180g 45RPM LPs.
Remastered by Steve Hoffman.

Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty

Pure Pleasure Records reissue on two 180g vinyl LPs.

Anita O'Day - At Mister Kelly's

--Jerome

jsaliga · « **Reply #1206 on:** 22 Jun 2010, 01:02 am »

Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, Earl Hines, et al -- The Jazz Piano

I have been meaning to get this for quite some time. It is available
from Mosaic on CD and I was about to order it until I saw this
in an online record store that I frequent. It is pressed on heavy vinyl
and sports a thick, high gloss jacket. Very, very nice. The music
is simply spectacular. It's all here, from the stride piano of Earl Hines
to swing and the inimitable style of Duke Ellington. Recorded live at
the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival in 1965. The sound quality is terrific.

--Jerome

SteveFord · « **Reply #1207 on:** 22 Jun 2010, 01:13 am »

Todd Rundgren
Initiation (on Rhino, horrible)
(first pressing on Bearsville, really good)
Jeff Beck's Wired 180gm just came out today. The 180gm version of Blow By Blow is tremendous.

jsaliga · « **Reply #1208 on:** 22 Jun 2010, 09:29 pm »

Shelly Manne & his Friends - Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair Lady

Original Contemporary Records 1956 pressing. This one just came in today and it was in
just about perfect condition. Nice heavy vinyl with a high, glossy, shine and no spindle marks.
It had little, if any, surface noise. Lovely sound with rich, full bass. Previn's low piano registers
come though in a big way. It really put a smile on my face.

To me this is what being a
vinylphile is all about folks.

The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses

I'm definitely a Steve Wynn fan but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy this album on
vinyl. I've always been satisfied with the job that Rhino did on the CD remaster. But
an opportunity to snag this on vinyl presented itself recently and I just couldn't pass it
up. I've heard a lot of Dream Syndicate live performances (offical and bootlegs) but
somehow none of them captured the vibe and magic of the tune That's What You
Always Say that was laid down in the studo for this record. Not everyone will be able
to overcome the band's occasional use of dissonant feedback, but for those who can there
is some great music to be heard in the grooves of this record.

Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

--Jerome

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1209 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 05:09 am »

Random Abstract- Branford Marsalis (Columbia);
Checkmate- Shelly Manne and His Men (Contemporary);

Easter- Patti Smith (Arista). A modern poet extraordinaire, so called punk was just her environment and medium. By the time of Dream of Life she was no longer the darling of frustrated artists, she was fully realized and important. So sayeth this closet critic.

jsaliga · « **Reply #1210 on:** 26 Jun 2010, 02:50 pm »

Andre Previn and His Pals - West Side Story

1959 mono pressing on Contemporary

Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - Know What I Mean?

Analogue Productions reissue on two 45RPM 180g LPs. Remastered by Steve
Hoffman.

--Jerome

S Clark · « **Reply #1211 on:** 26 Jun 2010, 05:40 pm »

The 1954 Antal Dorati Mercury recording of the Tchaikovsky "1812" Festival Overture was the first to include muzzle loading cannons. The piece was originally to have been played with 16 cannons with the bells of hundreds of Moscow churches in the background, but the herculean effort never came to fruition. Dorati and Minneapolis Symphony recorded the brass cannons of West Point, vintage 1761, and the bells of Yale University. This historical recording still plays well today.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1212 on:** 27 Jun 2010, 09:35 pm »

Mahler no.2 "Resurrection"- Klemperer (Angel).

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1213 on:** 29 Jun 2010, 01:31 am »

Cat People- Giorgio Moroder (Backstreet).

Scottdazzle · « **Reply #1214 on:** 30 Jun 2010, 06:14 pm »

Fine songs and performances. Sound is adequate - sounds like small club venues. But the bad news is that it is packaged with a cd and dvd. Ordinarily that would be good news, but they are in a slip case and shrinked wrapped inside the record sleeve.

This extra cargo just about guarantees the record will be warped! Mine is warped but the VPI Classic tracks it just fine. If you have a finicky tracker, beware.

jsaliga · « **Reply #1215 on:** 2 Jul 2010, 05:26 pm »

The Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman

Japan mono pressing

Harold Land - The Fox

Japan stereo pressing

Charles Mingus, Hampton Hawes, and Danny Richmond - Mingus Three!

Japan mono pressing

--Jerome

bside123 · « **Reply #1216 on:** 3 Jul 2010, 12:21 pm »

I found an original release of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Self Titled" last week in a junk store. The vinyl had been little played, was in great shape as well as the jacket. I literally hadn't heard this album since the 70's! I burst out laughing as I was listening to "Lucky Man" when the Moog Synthesizer started panning back and forth between the left and right channels. It was quite a sensational effect as well as it was back then. I have to admit, I'd never heard the album sound so good as on my current hi-fi, but I was hit with a wave of warm nostalgia of how I remembered this album sounding on my record player back 1971. I don't think I'll listen to it often, but this was certainly great fun.

jsaliga · « **Reply #1217 on:** 4 Jul 2010, 02:28 pm »

Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven

Presented on two 180g 45RPM LPs. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling
Sound and pressed at RTI.

Julie London - The Best of Julie

Minty original Liberty pressing

Woody Herman - 1963

Minty original Philips pressing

Hampton Hawes - Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes

Minty Japan pressing from 1974

Bud Shank Quintet - Compositions of Shorty Rogers

Minty Japan pressing

Louis Smith - Smithville

Music Matters Blue Note vinyl reissue on two 180g LPs cut at 45RPM.
Remastered by Steve Hoffman. I was really glad to see Music Matters
reissue this title. It's a great session with Charlie Rouse, Sonny Clark,
Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor. Louis Smith didn't lead many sessions
for Blue Note, but he was a superb trumpeter with a forward tone
that sounded great. This one is very much worth checking out if
you're a jazz fan.

The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio

Groove Note reissue on two 180g LPs cut at 45RPM. Pressed at RTI.

--Jerome

orthobiz · « **Reply #1218 on:** 4 Jul 2010, 04:29 pm »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 17 Jun 2010, 03:04 am

Lene Lovich- Stateless (Stiff Records). Red vinyl I had totally forgotten about.

Fantastic record. One of my fav's. I can't remember if the red vinyl is the same as the Brit import. You know, the American v. British release have a lot of differences in the individual recordings...worth having both!

Paul

SteveFord · « **Reply #1219 on:** 5 Jul 2010, 03:34 pm »

The Kinks
Preservation Act 1
A Soap Opera

Great stuff from a bygone era.