What LPs have you listened to recently?

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #820 on:** 28 Nov 2009, 02:23 am »

Tom Petty - Wildflowers

Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark

My first DBT album. Pretty good all in all although there were a couple of tracks that got a little bit too country for my tastes. I'm ready for another. I believe Southern Rock Opera was recommended on this thread.

The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager

Mark Knopler & Emy Lou Harris - All the Road Running

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #821 on:** 28 Nov 2009, 04:48 pm »

Roomful of Blues (Island)
Chet Baker- Once Upon a Summertime (Artist House)
Tracy Nelson- Doin It My Way (Audio Directions).

Uptown Audio · « **Reply #822 on:** 28 Nov 2009, 05:45 pm »

Henry Mancicni: "The Pink Panther".

Elton John: "Captain Fantastic".

Hound Dog Taylor: "...and the House Rockers".

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #823 on:** 28 Nov 2009, 07:15 pm »

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (Accent).
Ketil Saeverud- Double Concerto for Flute, Guitar and Strings with The Stockholm Chamber Ensemble (Bis).
These are both SOTA recordings of chamber size groups and magical.

jsaliga · « **Reply #824 on:** 28 Nov 2009, 08:57 pm »

Louis Armstrong and Ocar Peterson - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson was so brilliant he could make a toy piano sound amazing.

Duke Ellington - Blues in Orbit

While this may not be Ellington's greatest record artistically speaking, this album finds
Duke and the band in top form in the 1950s. And you won't find a better recorded
version of Smada or C-Jam Blues anywhere. These cats really cut loose and tear
through the arrangements like there's no tomorrow. Amazing stuff.

Billie Holiday - Music For Torching

Speakers Corner 180g. Beautiful music.

--Jerome

pumpkinman · « **Reply #825 on:** 28 Nov 2009, 09:09 pm »

The Escape Club
Wild Wild West

Peggy Lee
Latin Ala Lee !

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #826 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 02:49 am »

The Lovin' Spoonful: Everything Playing
Kama Sutra

Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Varese Sarabande

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Delacroix · « **Reply #827 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 03:54 am »

Just spent a joyous 50 mins with my 8yr old, playing him a cleaned up, ebay-purchased LP of the original Star Wars, narrated summary. He sat there transfixed. Not my normal pleasure but a chance to show my son how that old technology worked

pumpkinman · « **Reply #828 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 02:12 pm »

Quote from: Toni Rambold on 29 Nov 2009, 02:49 am

The Lovin' Spoonful: Everything Playing
Kama Sutra

Boredom is my favorite Lovin' Spoonful track.To me this LP is there best effort.

pumpkinman · « **Reply #829 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 03:24 pm »

The Youngbloods

Elephant Mountain

Focus

Hamburger Concerto

jsaliga · « **Reply #830 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 05:15 pm »

Buena Vista Social Club - At Carnegie Hall

I bought this on CD several months ago, not realizing it was available on vinyl at the time.
This sprawling live set recorded at Carnegie Hall is on two heavy slabs of 180g vinyl.
Both the music and sound quality are divine. It comes in a beautiful tri-fold heavy
jacket with liner notes written by Jon Parless of the New York times. It is still available
in limited quantities from Acoustic Sounds and I strongly recommend it to anyone
who enjoys world musics. This is latin/Cuban music at its very finest and it just doesn't
get any better.

Otis Redding - In Person at the Whisky A Go Go

Sundazed reissue. Very nice.

The Jam - The Gift

The Rolling Stones - december's children (and everybody's)

I'll have to hunt myself down an original mono pressing one of these days.

--Jerome

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #831 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 07:39 pm »

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances & Vocalise
Johanos, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Turnabout Records

Danses Anciennes de Hongrie
Clemencic Consort
Harmonia Mundi

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #832 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 09:40 pm »

Toni- Your Rachmaninoff Dances is famous as I'm sure you know. I have it in stereo from Athena Records. Read somewhere it was recorded using 4 ribbon mikes. And no volume limiting which speaks for itself, dunnit. Think I'll take jsa's advice on BVSC. Thanks and good listening.

I have Arnold's Dances on Lyrita. Something tells me you do, too. Having moved my speakers and where I sit, this is all the more lucid and spacious. And the violins are sweeter, still. Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini (Munch directing the Royal Phil) on a Chesky remaster is almost as thrilling to me in its climaxes as the Rachmaninoff and I love the build up to them!

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #833 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 01:29 am »

Dear Jim,

The "Rachmaninov Dances" - Turnabout TV 34145S - is in stereo too,
pressed by Decca, UK on immaculate surfaces in 1968.
Robert Martino's Athena ALSW-10001 pressed on japanese JVC virgin
vinyl should be in the same league.
A review of the american and the Athena release can be found in TAS 66, page 148ff.

Regards Toni

Astor Piazzolla / Tango: Zero Hour
American Clave

... found another "yellow tango" in the tango box:

Yo La Tengo: May I Sing With Me ?
City Slang Records

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #834 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 02:32 am »

Thanks, Toni. Just finished listening to Serenade To Music (Vaughn Williams), Boult and the London Phil (EMI).

Last night, Eric Dolphy's Last Date (Limelight) a live date and a very good recording with sweet liner notes bout the man and his passion from Mingus.

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #835 on:** 1 Dec 2009, 12:36 am »

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini / Hamlet Overture
Stokowski, The Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York
dell' Arte

... this is a 45rpm Nimbus pressing re-mastered from a 35mm film recording by Everest Records in 1958.

Arnold: Symphony No.1 etc.
Arnold, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
EMI

rajacat · « **Reply #836 on:** 1 Dec 2009, 04:28 am »

A little OT but has anybody heard this double record set? I have a chance to purchase it in excellent condition. I'm looking for good representation of his body of work.

Jethro Tull Live...Bursting Out

-Roy

jsaliga · « **Reply #837 on:** 1 Dec 2009, 05:31 pm »

Roy,

IMO the two Tull albums you definitely should own are Aqualung and Thick as a Brick. After that you might want to consider Minstrel in the Gallery.

I don't think Bursting Out is the best place to start.

--Jerome

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #838 on:** 1 Dec 2009, 05:46 pm »

Quote from: jsaliga on 1 Dec 2009, 05:31 pm

Roy,

IMO the two Tull albums you definitely should own are Aqualung and Thick as a Brick. After that you might want to consider Minstrel in the Gallery.

I don't think Bursting Out is the best place to start.

--Jerome

I would agree with Jerome. I just saw Ian Anderson in concert and spent a couple of days listening to most of the Jethro Tull collection. In addition to Aqualung and Thick as a Brick, I would consider Benefit and Songs from the Wood along with Minstrel in the Gallery.

Laura

rajacat · « **Reply #839 on:** 1 Dec 2009, 06:18 pm »

Laura and Jerome,

Thanks, I'll keep my eye out for those albums. A local record store just purchased a 50,000 album collection and they're slowly adding to their display selection. I keep checking in for bargains and rare albums.

-Roy