What LPs have you listened to recently?

jsaliga · « **Reply #700 on:** 7 Nov 2009, 07:43 pm »

I have a request. I would personally appreciate it if people would refrain from including images in their quotes -- please reference the album by name instead. I really don't need my browser to load the same image three or four times on the same page when once should suffice. I'm just sayin'.

--Jerome

jsaliga · « **Reply #701 on:** 7 Nov 2009, 08:12 pm »

Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky

Very enjoyable album. Many thanks to Laura for posting about it in the "Catch of the Day" thread.

Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study in Brown

180g Speakers Corner pressing. Absolutely perfect!

Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina - Loggins & Messina

Who needs fancy 180g vinyl when you have a nice minty original 1972
Columbia pressing handy.

Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona

One of my favorite rock albums. Tough as nails to find on vinyl but very
much worth the effort.

The White Stripes - Elephant

Pressed on one white and one red LP.

--Jerome

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #702 on:** 7 Nov 2009, 10:01 pm »

Bizet: Carmen
Bernstein, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Children's Chorus
The Manhattan Opera Chorus
DGG

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vinyl_lady · « **Reply #703 on:** 8 Nov 2009, 03:49 am »

Quote from: jsaliga on 7 Nov 2009, 08:12 pm

Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky

Very enjoyable album. Many thanks to Laura for posting about it in the "Catch of the Day" thread.

My Pleasure. I really like his last 3 solo albums as well as All the Road Running with Emy Lou.

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Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina - Loggins & Messina
Who needs fancy 180g vinyl when you have a nice minty original 1972
Columbia pressing handy.

Great album. I love it when I find an original pressing in my collection from the 60s/70s that didn't get abused in my wayward youth.

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Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
One of my favorite rock albums. Tough as nails to find on vinyl but very
much worth the effort.

The search starts now!

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--Jerome

thanks for posting these Jerome

Laura

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #704 on:** 8 Nov 2009, 01:34 pm »

Grant Green: Grantstand
Blue Note

Pops Staples: Peace to the Neighborhood
Pointblank

with contributions from Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner et.al.

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jsaliga · « **Reply #705 on:** 8 Nov 2009, 06:03 pm »

The Police - Synchronicity

This is a 1983 pressing and I've been thinking seriously about buying the Universal
Japan 200g pressing.

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat

Fleetwood Mac - Heroes Are Hard To Find

The other other Fleetwood Mac (the one with Bob Welch).

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3

Classic Records 200g vinyl. This is a very nice sound quality upgrade over
the original pressing.

--Jerome

pumpkinman · « **Reply #706 on:** 8 Nov 2009, 06:55 pm »

Phil Manzanera

Primative Guitars

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #707 on:** 8 Nov 2009, 11:47 pm »

Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler: Neck and Neck
CBS

... a Doug Sax mastering job ...

Eric Clapton: Just One Night
RSO Records

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pumpkinman · « **Reply #708 on:** 9 Nov 2009, 01:03 am »

Quote from: Toni Rambold on 8 Nov 2009, 11:47 pm

Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler: Neck and Neck
CBS

... a Doug Sax mastering job ...

Eric Clapton: Just One Night
RSO Records

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Both great choices.

jsaliga · « **Reply #709 on:** 9 Nov 2009, 06:56 pm »

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 4 (Security)

Classic Records 200g reissue. Very nice.

Suzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime

Classic Records 200g vinyl.

Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love

Classic Records 200g vinyl.

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

A 1996 pressing on Blast First.

Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat

Minty original 1971 A&M pressing.

--Jerome

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #710 on:** 9 Nov 2009, 10:55 pm »

America
Warner Bros. Records

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Loggins & Messina: On Stage
CBS

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Scottdazzle · « **Reply #711 on:** 9 Nov 2009, 10:56 pm »

I found what appears to be an early pressing of Gaucho based on the stamper codes and the "RL" initials at a used record store Saturday and bought it even though I have another copy. Wow! This one is a gem, details galore, great dynamics, tremendous range, and quiet surfaces. An amazing find, especially at $5. Better Records would sell it for 50 times what I paid.

This is one of Duke Ellington's last great works, recorded in 1970 on the Atlantic label. Worth checking out if you like any of Ellington's other work. Copies are around if you look hard.

I had a standard American pressing and a fancy Japanese pressing for a little homegrown shootout. The American LP had more extension on both ends of the frequency range spectrum but the Japanese pressing had slightly quieter surfaces -- probably a function of the original owners since I bought both used. I'm keeping the American. I hadn't listened to this one in a few years and had forgotten how loose, inventive, funky, and flexible Springsteen was in those days. SOOOO much better than the stuff he's selling now. He even played lead guitar and was pretty good. He obviously had spent some time listening to the Band and Van Morrison's St. Dominic's Preview.

pumpkinman · « **Reply #712 on:** 9 Nov 2009, 11:08 pm »

Quote from: Scotthobby on 9 Nov 2009, 10:56 pm

I found what appears to be an early pressing of Gaucho based on the stamper codes and the "RL" initials at a used record store Saturday and bought it even though I have another copy. Wow! This one is a gem, details galore, great dynamics, tremendous range, and quiet surfaces. An amazing find, especially at $5. Better Records would sell it for 50 times what I paid.

This is one of Duke Ellington's last great works, recorded in 1970 on the Atlantic label. Worth checking out if you like any of Ellington's other work. Copies are around if you look hard.

I had a standard American pressing and a fancy Japanese pressing for a little homegrown shootout. The American LP had more extension on both ends of the frequency range spectrum but the Japanese pressing had slightly quieter surfaces -- probably a function of the original owners since I bought both used. I'm keeping the American. I hadn't listened to this one in a few years and had forgotten how loose, inventive, funky, and flexible Springsteen was in those days. SOOOO much better than the stuff he's selling now. He even played lead guitar and was pretty good. He obviously had spent some time listening to the Band and Van Morrison's St. Dominic's Preview.

It's great when you find a $5.00 deal and as far as the Springsteen keep both copies nothing wrong with that
I have as many as 5 or 6 copies of lp's. Different pressings for different days

pumpkinman · « **Reply #713 on:** 10 Nov 2009, 01:21 am »

The Strawberry Alarm Clock

kenreau · « **Reply #714 on:** 10 Nov 2009, 06:09 pm »

Quote from: Scotthobby on 9 Nov 2009, 10:56 pm

I found what appears to be an early pressing of Gaucho based on the stamper codes and the "RL" initials at a used record store Saturday and bought it even though I have another copy. Wow! This one is a gem, details galore, great dynamics, tremendous range, and quiet surfaces. An amazing find, especially at $5. Better Records would sell it for 50 times what I paid.

I'm really interesetd in your Gaucho and on this same hunt. Could you provide the stamper/matrix info?

There is apparently a broad range of pressings. The advice below was from a recommendation on the SteveHoffman site.

By the way, not all RL's (even RL on both sides) sound the same. Some will sound better than others. And it is not necessarily the earlier copies that sound better. I have one with a bar code in the back of the cover that sounds better than an earlier one without the bar code.

Thanks
Ken

rajacat · « **Reply #715 on:** 10 Nov 2009, 08:01 pm »

Original pressing. Definitely a seminal album of the late '60s early '70s counterculture.
If you like beautiful harmony, this is for you. aa

-Roy

Scottdazzle · « **Reply #716 on:** 11 Nov 2009, 03:14 am »

I found what appears to be an early pressing of Gaucho based on the stamper codes and the "RL" initials at a used record store Saturday and bought it even though I have another copy. Wow! This one is a gem, details galore, great dynamics, tremendous range, and quiet surfaces. An amazing find, especially at $5. Better Records would sell it for 50 times what I paid.

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I'm really interesetd in your Gaucho and on this same hunt. Could you provide the stamper/matrix info?

There is apparently a broad range of pressings. The advice below was from a recommendation on the SteveHoffman site.

By the way, not all RL's (even RL on both sides) sound the same. Some will sound better than others. And it is not necessarily the earlier copies that sound better. I have one with a bar code in the back of the cover that sounds better than an earlier one without the bar code.

Thanks
Ken
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Ken,here you go:
SIDE a: MCA-2469-MD-1 MASTERDISK RL
SIDE b: MCA-2470-MD1 MASTERDISK RL

The RL initials are "etched" in smaller letters than the preceeding letters.

Scott

Scottdazzle · « **Reply #717 on:** 11 Nov 2009, 03:19 am »

Ken,

p.s. The difference in the codes is not a typo. Side b does not have a hyphen between the MD and the 1 like Side a has.

kenreau · « **Reply #718 on:** 11 Nov 2009, 06:18 am »

Quote from: Scotthobby on 11 Nov 2009, 03:19 am

Ken,

p.s. The difference in the codes is not a typo. Side b does not have a hyphen between the MD and the 1 like Side a has.

Excellent. Thanks very much, I will keep this on my wish list.

Kenreau

pumpkinman · « **Reply #719 on:** 11 Nov 2009, 12:34 pm »

The Gary McFarland Orchestra

The Jazz Version

Another nice Lp for a dollar