Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
and,
Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
slipknot1
03-10-11: Almarg
"Danses Anciennes de Hongrie"
-- Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi France HM1003)

Good one one you! What a wonderful recording! That one sees a lot of play time on my TT, thanks to Rushton who played it for me the first time.
Cali dreamin'...

The Seeds - "Future" [GNP Crescendo mono LP '67] Although the cover illustration of their third album is a cool timepiece, and the equally flowery, everything-but-the-commune-sink instrumental ornamentation may be goofy fun -- and despite the fact that no less than about two and a half of the songs are nevertheless shameless musical rewrites of their breakout hit "Pushin' Too Hard" (amittedly standard operating procedure with these guys, mostly because that's what they were capable of) -- as the inclusion of the earlier leftover B-side of that single ("Out Of The Question") makes clear by comparison, the more tripped-out music here is ultimately a good bit less memorable than the succinctly unhinged, leering aggression of the first two albums

The Turtles - "Turtle Soup" [White Whale/Blimp LP '69] In me 'umble opinion, the Turtles' swan song (aside from the odd'n'ends collection "Wooden Head") is one of the underappreciated albums of its era, as good in its play-it-straight way as its more celebrated and flamboyant (and likewise self-penned) predecesor "Battle Of The Bands", but for a group known primarily as a singles act on the strength of their radio hits, in the end no number of great rockin' pop albums lacking that one hit single was gonna be enough to stave off the inevitable in a time when gorgeous three-minute symphonettes and witty playfulness just weren't where it was at, man

The Flamin' Groovies - "Flamingo" [Kama Sutra LP '70] Why the San Fran rockers couldn't break through remains a stumper, given how strong a case their second album for as many labels (hint hint!) makes for the original group's unvarnished balls-out greatness (which they capped on the next year's epochal "Teenage Head" -- drawing favorable press comparisons to the Stones' "Exile...", though it still didn't sell)
Erstrand-Lind Quartet......A tribute to The Benny Goodman Quartet
Count Basie......................Basie Jam
Joni Mitchell......................Ladies Of The Canyon
Dexter Gordon...................Gettin' Around
Harry James And His Big Band........Still Harry After All These Years
Lionel Hampton..................The Lionel Hampton Quartet

Used these to tune my system after putting a PAD Aqueous Anniversary PC on the LAP-150 Mk ll by mostly increasing toe in of speakers. Levels up to 95db were comfortable and without "ringing" etc...!!!!
Just scored an unopened copy of Patricia Barber "Cafe Blue". It's about to go on.
Mo-Fi Silver label reissues of:

Dead Can Dance "Into the Labyrinth" and "Spiritchaser"

Buy them while you can, they are very well done.