What LPs have you listened to recently?

orthobiz · « **Reply #6200 on:** 8 Mar 2013, 01:29 am »

Quote from: pumpkinman on 7 Mar 2013, 11:12 pm

I just put this on the table RIP Mr. Lee

Bob Lefsetz had a good piece on Lee today. Check out his blog at lefsetz dot com.

Paul

quietglow · « **Reply #6201 on:** 8 Mar 2013, 11:58 pm »

Just starting to get into Monk. Loving this one.

pumpkinman · « **Reply #6202 on:** 9 Mar 2013, 12:17 am »

Quote from: orthobiz on 8 Mar 2013, 01:29 am

Bob Lefsetz had a good piece on Lee today. Check out his blog at lefsetz dot com.

Paul

Thanks Paul
I'll check it out..........P-man

SteveFord · « **Reply #6203 on:** 9 Mar 2013, 02:58 pm »

180gm reissue, great stuff from the Winter brothers

pumpkinman · « **Reply #6204 on:** 9 Mar 2013, 05:12 pm »

etcarroll · « **Reply #6205 on:** 9 Mar 2013, 09:13 pm »

J.J. Cale‎– Troubadour

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6206 on:** 9 Mar 2013, 10:06 pm »

This guy said it better than me (from comments on Amazon):

"June Christy was one of the premier female crooners of the big band era, and it's easy to see why on these tracks. Her smoky voice is full, lush and sensual, and at the same time full of strength and power.

The songs here are excellent, and include some of the all-time best, like You're Blase, I'll Remember April, Get Happy, Everything Happens to Me, and many others. There isn't one weak song here.

But what makes these tracks irresistible is the gorgeous, loving and lovely renditions by this sultry princess of song. You can sink into this music, let it wash over you and massage your weary spirit, easing away all troubles. It's involving, it's lush; this music defines sultry, silky, smooth and soothing.

A superb album with great sound."

This album was released in 1995 so maybe the sound is even better that her 50's release of "Something Cool" which I have on vinyl. Hard to beat that one, tho. And Something Cool's song selection will be hard to equal let alone best.

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #6207 on:** 9 Mar 2013, 11:24 pm »

etcarroll · « **Reply #6208 on:** 10 Mar 2013, 12:54 am »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 9 Mar 2013, 10:06 pm

"June Christy was one of the premier female crooners of the big band era, and it's easy to see why on these tracks. Her smoky voice is full, lush and sensual, and at the same time full of strength and power.

JimG -
Thanks for the reminder.

Duet
Stan Kenton, June Christy | Format: vinyl

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6209 on:** 10 Mar 2013, 01:01 am »

Likewise, et. Thanks for the Kenton post. Had forgotten about that one.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6210 on:** 12 Mar 2013, 03:19 am »

Shostakovich Sym no. 8- Previn conducting the LSO (Angel). Produced and engineered by the two Christophers, Parker and Bishop. Beautiful passages and sound.

By Jove, I may have a collector's item here. I looked on Amazon for a pic. Twenty pages of the composer and no 8th that I could see. Certainly not this 8th.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6211 on:** 12 Mar 2013, 04:58 am »

Man, I had forgotten that I have this. I mean it's been a l-o-n-g time since I've played it: ENCORE- The Roger Wagner Chorale on M&K RealTime Direct-to-Disc Records. Made on location with the mic wide open with no compression nor hint of tape plate-ing to disc. Clean, clean, clean with unbelievable immediacy, sense of thereness and pure transients like nobody. Maybe one day this method of recording will experience a renaissance.

Miss Toni, you got this?

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #6212 on:** 12 Mar 2013, 06:53 am »

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neobop · « **Reply #6213 on:** 12 Mar 2013, 12:12 pm »

Quote from: quietglow on 8 Mar 2013, 11:58 pm

Just starting to get into Monk. Loving this one.

Man O Man, what a great album!!!
"Locomotive"
"I Didn't Know About You"
"Straight, No Chaser"
"Japanese Folk Song"
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
"We See"
Charlie Rouse tenor sax
Larry Gales bass
Ben Riley drums 1966 Columbia Records

Monk had a unique genius that's really fun to hear, making harmonics tickle, and cookin at the same time.
Monk was there at the beginning, be bop that is, along with Bird and Diz (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) and a few others, invented the genre. Can't say enough good things about Monk.

If you're just getting into Monk, I'd recommend "Underground" and "Criss-Cross" as two great LPs easy to love, of course there are a whole bunch more.
neo

quietglow · « **Reply #6214 on:** 12 Mar 2013, 01:35 pm »

Quote from: neobop on 12 Mar 2013, 12:12 pm

If you're just getting into Monk, I'd recommend "Underground" and "Criss-Cross" as two great LPs easy to love, of course there are a whole bunch more.
neo

I came to him by way of working back from the later guys and REALLY have been enjoying this album. Will keep my eyes out for those two as well!

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #6215 on:** 12 Mar 2013, 07:12 pm »

Quote from: Toni Rambold on 12 Mar 2013, 06:53 am

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Give me a misty day, pearly gray, silver, silky faced, wide-awake, very great smile

Thought you might. I knew you had former. Cheers

quietglow · « **Reply #6216 on:** 12 Mar 2013, 10:13 pm »

My favorite B&S album. Highly recommended.

catastrofe · « **Reply #6217 on:** 13 Mar 2013, 01:11 am »

Devil Doc · « **Reply #6218 on:** 13 Mar 2013, 08:49 pm »

quietglow · « **Reply #6219 on:** 14 Mar 2013, 10:20 pm »

Roscoeiii put me on to this (actually he put it in my hands in the record store and said "a present") and damn was he right. This twofer contains all the recorded material Monk and Coltrane did together, and it sounds fantastic. A massive bargain and vinyl only (why I have no clue).