What LPs have you listened to recently?

woodsyi · « **Reply #140 on:** 26 Jul 2006, 03:18 am »

Django Volume 1: Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli -- The Quintet of the Hot Club of France (1936-1937)

Always awe inspiring.

Wardsweb · « **Reply #141 on:** 25 Aug 2006, 04:30 am »

If you ever get the chance to listen to or buy the B&W (BOWERS & WILKINS) "Very Audiophile New Recordings", do yourself a favor and do. I have the 180g vinyl but it is also available on SACD. Sara K. singing "Turn My Upside Down" has the most incredible imaging of any album I've ever heard. This direct metal master vinyl is some of the best produced vinyl I own. Not only sonically but it plays quiet right out of the sleeve. This is now my demo album for when people come over.

Wardsweb · « **Reply #142 on:** 25 Aug 2006, 04:35 am »

Here are some of my recommendations for "must haves"

Artist - Dave Brubeck
Title - Time Out
Year of Release - 1959
Record Label - Legacy Recordings

The classic quintessential jazz. This is one of the all time greats. I'm sure you have heard it. If you haven't your missing something very special. For you vinyl guys, the album takes this recording to the next level. Take Five is truely
breath taking.

Artist - Patricia Barber
Title - Modern Cool
Year of Release - 2002
Record Label - Mobile Fidelity Koch

This is an incredible ablum, right from the start. The very first cut
"Touch of Trash" is sensuous music, showcasing Barber's voice and piano
skills. Her voice is sultry and appealing. Close your eyes and just get
lost in this smokey jazz.

Artist - Brian Bromberg
Title - Wood
Year of Release - April 2, 2002
Record Label - A440 Music Group

This is an incredible album of jazz bassist Brian Bromberg on a 300
year old upright bass. The tonal quality of the notes is pure and sweet
and what Brian does with it are magical. You will love his version of
The Beatles "Come Together" like you've never heard before and smile
when you hear "Star Spangled Banner".

Artists - Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
Title - Getz/Gilberto
Year of Release - 1963
Record Label - Verve

Here is another classic. You have all heard "The Girl from Ipanema",
but did you know it was written about the seventeen year old Helô
Pinheiro. She inspired Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes in
1962 to write this song. Sitting in a cafe they saw her every day going
to the beach of Ipanema, a district of Rio de Janeiro. Also, on the
album the girl singing is Astrud Gilberto, Joao's wife. She and Getz's
wife, Monica, were in the studio to listen. There is some debate over
who suggested Astrud try singing a verse; Stan, Joao or Monica, but
whoever did, it created one of the most memorable songs in history.
This is only one of the jewels on this album.

ricmon · « **Reply #143 on:** 13 Sep 2006, 06:12 pm »

2 tremendous finds in my collection last night that absolutely blew me away.
Stevie Wonder's Music In My Mind and Minnie Rippelton's Minnie. Forget side one of Minnie's album. Side 2 is a mind blower, especially the version of Light my fire with Jose Feliciano. For all you SET flea power amps owners I think the Stevie album such provide that SET magic (holographic and presence) type of sound you guys like.

Wayner · « **Reply #144 on:** 15 Sep 2006, 08:55 pm »

The Beatles on MFSL "Abbey Road"

Camel "Moonmadness"

The Fixx "Phantoms"

Billy Idol "Whiplash Smile"

I've been in this weird kick for about a month now.

TONEPUB · « **Reply #145 on:** 13 Nov 2006, 03:32 pm »

Just got a chance to listen to all of the first edition pressings of the
Beatles MONO albums. Fantastic!

BikeWNC · « **Reply #146 on:** 12 Dec 2006, 01:23 am »

Pat Travers Band - Crash and Burn

Elton John - Madman Across the Water

The Who - Quadrophenia

Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs

Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach

Andy

ohenry · « **Reply #147 on:** 14 Dec 2006, 05:59 pm »

I just received the 180g Yes Fragile remastered by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman and it kicks serious butt.

They took a good sounding recording and made it better. The bass is full and natural, the highs are smooth and airy. The vinyl is very flat and quiet. If you like this sort of thing, it's well worth the $30 for a perfect copy and packaging of a classic.

Now if they could treat Close to the Edge the same way...

lazydays · « **Reply #148 on:** 13 Jan 2007, 12:46 am »

well after giving my turntable a major tune up this afternoon I went thru several LP's just to be sure I was a happy listener.
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Works"
* McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Al Foster "In Concert"
* John Coletrane "Coletrane Plays The Blues"
* Modern Jazz Quartet "Last Concert"
gary

Wayner · « **Reply #149 on:** 13 Jan 2007, 01:16 am »

The Fixx- Phantoms...............wow!!!

lazydays · « **Reply #150 on:** 15 Jan 2007, 06:15 pm »

Quote from: Wayner on 13 Jan 2007, 01:16 am

The Fixx- Phantoms...............wow!!!

here's an odd one for all of you that I discovered I owned. Bean Blossum with Bill Monroe. It's all outdoors live remote on an extremely crude stage. Sound quality is actually very good, and it's great blue grass.
gary

lazydays · « **Reply #151 on:** 25 Jan 2007, 11:37 pm »

* Flatt & Scruggs "Live At Carnegie Hall" (mono LP)
* Flura Purim "That's What She Said"
* Arturo Toscanini "NBC Symphony Orchestra" (mono LP)
* Kieth Jarrett "Standards Vol. One"
* Stray Cats "Built For Speed"
gary

Bill Baker · « **Reply #152 on:** 26 Jan 2007, 12:10 am »

Just picked up "Relaxin with Miles Davis" on 180g vinyl.

lazydays · « **Reply #153 on:** 3 Feb 2007, 07:26 am »

I stopped off at one of my favorite used record shops, and bought a big hand full of near mint LP's yesterday afternoon.
* Carlos Santana "Abraxas"
*Sinatra " L.A. Is My Lady"
*Tony Bennet " The Art Of Excellence"
*Sinatra " Triology"
*Chic Corea / Gary Burton "Crystal Silance"
*Pat Metheny "First Circle"
*Chic Corea "Piano Improvisations vol.1"
*Kieth Jarrett "Koln Concert"
*Kieth Jarrett "Ruta + Daitya"
*Kieth Jarrett "Backhand"
*Kieth Jarrett "Treasure Island"
*Kieth Jarrett "Solo Concerts / Bremen Lausanne"..4LP boxed set
*Kieth Jarrett " Luminessence"
*Kieth Jarrett "Arbour Zena"
*Kieth Jarrett "Expectations"
*Kieth Jarrett "El Juicio"
*Kieth Jarrett "Death And The Flower"
*Kieth Jarrett "Facing You"
*Kieth Jarrett "In The Light"
*Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will The Circle Be Unbroken vol. 1"
all the LP's are mint, and were extremely clean. One of the covers showed a little wear, and one other cover has a ring mark from storage. Then while going thru the check out counter, they gave me a 20% discount!
gary

nodiak · « **Reply #154 on:** 3 Feb 2007, 08:17 am »

Eddie Gomez - Discovery

Just got an integrated with phono, only have about 80 lp's that have survived, lots I haven't heard for a decade. Will start going through them again, and get some more asap.
Don

lazydays · « **Reply #155 on:** 3 Feb 2007, 07:31 pm »

Quote from: nodiak on 3 Feb 2007, 08:17 am

Eddie Gomez - Discovery

Just got an integrated with phono, only have about 80 lp's that have survived, lots I haven't heard for a decade. Will start going through them again, and get some more asap.
Don

Don,
how about doing an old man a big favor, and post the catalog number & label onn that LP? I'm a big Gomez fan, and need this one in my collection.
gary

Wayner · « **Reply #156 on:** 3 Feb 2007, 10:39 pm »

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

XTC - English Settlement

King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon

Klaatu - Klaatu

Lazydays, nice score!

W

nodiak · « **Reply #157 on:** 3 Feb 2007, 11:20 pm »

Gary, here you go: Columbia FC 40548

BTW, I grew up in Indiana and have been to Bean Blossom. ~ 1975 saw Doc and Merle and their band on a small outside stage there or other small southern Indy town. Maybe a couple hundred of us in the audience sitting on hay bales...

Don

lazydays · « **Reply #158 on:** 4 Feb 2007, 06:36 pm »

Quote from: Wayner on 3 Feb 2007, 10:39 pm

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

XTC - English Settlement

King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon

Klaatu - Klaatu

Lazydays, nice score!

W

I found a virtually virgin copy of Klaatu in one of my storage cabnets the otherday.
I remember buying it when it had just came out, but it's been lost in the oblivion for almost forty years! Remember that when it first came out nobody knew who the musicians were, and there was a strong rumor going around that it was the Beatles plus a couple others.
gary

lazydays · « **Reply #159 on:** 4 Feb 2007, 06:49 pm »

Quote from: nodiak on 3 Feb 2007, 11:20 pm

Gary, here you go: Columbia FC 40548

BTW, I grew up in Indiana and have been to Bean Blossom. ~ 1975 saw Doc and Merle and their band on a small outside stage there or other small southern Indy town. Maybe a couple hundred of us in the audience sitting on hay bales...

Don

You should look for that LP. I have two copies, but one is very noisey. How they were able to get that good of a remote recording on that stage I'll never know. I remember seeing Bill Monroe every now and then on my excursions thru Brown County. What part of Indiana are you from? I live in old town Greenwood; just off the golf course.
Thanks for the catalog number on the LP.
gary