What LP are You Spinning?

[iiaudio]

I've been listening to a bunch of old "Phase 4" stereo stuff from the London label. My coworker's uncle is an audiophile from the '60s and wanted some restoration work and transfers to DVD-A. Some totally interesting and crazy stuff. Must have been a wild time. Arriving on Earth a bit after, I couldn't imagine what it must have been like to experience it for the first time.

[Citizen Kane]

Good luck with the hunt Bill, I got my copy new from Acoustic Sounds.

John Lee Hooker - The Healer

[wkhanna]

Unfortunately, I lucked out on the Taj Mahal - Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff....
But I did find Taj for $5.



Has a Reggae/Afro influence, but a bit too ‘pop’ for my taste. Well done musicianship and engr wise, none the less.

[wkhanna]

Of the 8 LP’s I picked up at Jerry’s today for $32, currently spinning Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (from the underground).




This was a sealed LP for $4, and if you like the Be-bop era of Miles, this is a winner. Might have a little to do with Ron Carter on bass :W It was recorded in ‘85 and sounds absolutely phenomenal. Huge dynamics and balanced mixing. Highly recommended.

[twitch54]

Of the 8 LP’s I picked up at Jerry’s today for $32, currently spinning Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (from the underground).




This was a sealed LP for $4, and if you like the Be-bop era of Miles, this is a winner. Might have a little to do with Ron Carter on bass :W It was recorded in ‘85 and sounds absolutely phenomenal. Huge dynamics and balanced mixing. Highly recommended.

hey Bill, Thanks for the "heads up", I don't have that one, I'm assuming it's on the Columbia label ??

[wkhanna]

Hi Dave!

Yes, it is on the Columbia Label, bar code# is: 7464-40009-1

I had to listen to it twice yesterday! Ron Carter's bass miked fairly hot, and being a lover of jazz acoustic bass, this one is pure pleasure to my ears. There is one track where he is bowing, and it sounds like he right in room with me. Truly great fun!

I can’t get over how much more involving listening to vinyl is. My toe is constantly tapping, and I feel like I am drawn in to the ‘experience’ of the music to a much greater extent than when listening digital.

[PewterTA]

I can’t get over how much more involving listening to vinyl is. My toe is constantly tapping, and I feel like I am drawn in to the ‘experience’ of the music to a much greater extent than when listening digital.

Hee hee, it's funny because I can see you exactly doing that with a huge smile on your face! :B

[David Meek]

I can’t get over how much more involving listening to vinyl is. My toe is constantly tapping, and I feel like I am drawn in to the ‘experience’ of the music to a much greater extent than when listening digital.

Yeah, isn't it amazing just how many people that have grown up listening to CDs, or been listening only to CDs for years say the very same thing when they hear a decent vinyl rig? I've been "spinning" Pink Floyd today on the Opus and now I'm getting the itch to hear it on vinyl....

[wkhanna]

Hee hee, it's funny because I can see you exactly doing that with a huge smile on your face! :B

Dude!!! You HAVE to get your butt over here and hear this thing!
I think is sounds better than the Sota did!
You can even stop by durring the week if you want, if only for an hour or so.
BTW, Michelle has some info on an IT position a PAT, too!

I have nearly 30 new LP's now, too!

I've been "spinning" Pink Floyd today on the Opus and now I'm getting the itch to hear it on vinyl....

I can't wait to hear that one vinyl! I may invest in brand new 180 or 200 gram vesion of DSOTM to use as a referance LP.

[PewterTA]

No problem, let me know when you're available, I'm mainly available on tuesdays & thursdays only.

My friend was asking me if you were wanting some granite or marble or whatever under that thing. Let me know with some drawings or dimensions and he'll get it made up for you for free. :T

Plus we needs to start get the final planning stages for my 'twins'. I'm just trying to finish up the C/O BOM and get ready to get it ordered.

I've been looking up so albums that I might have to go with you to Jerry's to see if they have them and pick'em up. Then I'll be forced to get a TT! :lol:

[wkhanna]

Come by on Tuesday then, if you can. I get home ~ 6:00 PM from work, Michelle is usually home by 5:15. :T

[wkhanna]

Of the 8 LP’s I picked up at Jerry’s today for $32, currently spinning Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (from the underground).




This was a sealed LP for $4, and if you like the Be-bop era of Miles, this is a winner. Might have a little to do with Ron Carter on bass :W It was recorded in ‘85 and sounds absolutely phenomenal. Huge dynamics and balanced mixing. Highly recommended.

ops: ops: ops:
I try V hard to ensure the accuracy of the info I post, however, I made a big Boo Boo!
The last thing I ever want to do is be responsible for posting incorrect info on the this or any other site.

Ron Carter is NOT on the Marsalis LP. It is in fact Charnett Moffett.
Carter was on a different album I bought this weekend, and in my excitement and weekend level of alcohol consumption, I got the LP’s mixed up.

I sincerely apologize for the error :bash:

[Hdale85]

Hmm I'd come by but kind of got a lot going on tomorrow....although most of it is over at like 4pm. I think I'm a lot closer to you now bill. I'm right near birmingham bridge if that means anything to you. Still not sure how to get up to your place though I'll have to stick your address into google transit. But I'd love to come by sometime and check out your TT.

[wkhanna]

You can come by anytime, it's easy to get up to the Mt. from the South Side.
Just PM me :T

[Hdale85]

Yeah I will I'm not sure if I can do it tonight but maybe this week. Bob is coming over thursday....maybe we can swing by. Although Diana might work so not sure.

[wkhanna]

Who's Afraind of the Big Bad Monk




Oh! what fun! This used LP plays as if it was hot of the press.
And Monk's unique melodies combined with top shelf big band artists in a well engineered live performance.

Heaven..... I'm in Heaven

[Citizen Kane]

Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire - Marc Minkowski
Fantastic Archiv (DG) pressing and just the right tonic to blow away the stresses of a hectic week.

[wkhanna]

Stan Getz with Laurindo Almeida




Superb artistry with wonderful and clear ambiance of the recording venue.
A truly special example of the Bossa Nova genre.

[wkhanna]

Kenney Burrell - Ode to 52nd Street




Kenny uses both acoustic and electric with some orchestral back-up on few pieces, a nice relaxing way to start the week.

[wkhanna]

Steve Miller - Book of Dreams


Just plain fun. Good mixing, good SQ, (though a bit vague sound stage wise, in places, maybe my system or just the recording engineering) and it got my wife dancing!

Regardless, I like it when the wife is dancing :T

[wkhanna]

Some of my used aquisitions over weekend.
Some are near mint, the rest are V good (with exception of Yes - Fragile).
Some things in life are (almost) free.
Total $ 69.

Currently spinning: Brubeck - Blues Roots



Dave Brubeck w/ Gerry Mulligan - Blues Roots
Dave Brubeck w/ Paul Desmond - A Place in Time
Gene Harris w/ Stanley Turrentine - Gene Harris Trio Plus One
Sonny Rollings - No Problem
Keith Jarrett - Staircase
Linda Ronstadt w/ Nelson Riddle - For Sentimental Reasons
Harry Chapin - Harry Chapin Verities & Balderdash
Crosby Stills & Nash - Crosby Stills & Nash
America - America
Dave Mason - Alone Together
Moody Blues - This is the Moody Blues
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Yes - Fragile
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Victoria De los Angeles - Songs of the Auvergne Forum
Itzhak Pearlman - Various Encores
Pinchas Zukerman - w/Stern, Pearlman, Mintz

[wkhanna]

Blondie - Autoamerica




A surprisingly good LP in all respects. My wife picked this one out over the weekend at Jerry's Records in PGH.
A little article on Jerry and his more than one million rekards
A great change-up spin for a spring evening.

[PewterTA]

Bill, how are you liking the changes we did to the TT? Hopefully now that you've had some good time to sit and listen it's really changed the sound and helped!!! I know just the quick listen I had it was a HUGE improvement!

You ARE seriously making me want a TT now...just need the funds for it and a phono stage to add to my system.

[wkhanna]

Fine tuning the Vertical Tracking Angle really put the TT in the ‘Zone’. The High end sparkle and resolution are nearing what I hear at live jazz clubs, while the LF is still defined and dynamic.

Last night I was spinning my copy of Gene Harris Trio Plus One which has Stanley Turrentine on Sax, recorded live at the Blue Note in NYC, Concord Jazz CJ/303.



It is plain eerie how ‘real’ this LP sounds. Of course the performance is beyond reproach.

[btf1980]

Quite a bit....some quality stuff came in....rockin' weekend....

Fela kuti
Olatunji Babatunde
Regina Spektor
Jack Johnson
Kaiser Chiefs
Mark Knopfler
Pink Floyd
Dire Straits
Johnny Cash
Nas
Janice Joplin

[wkhanna]

I bought my first ‘real’ rekord this weekend. The ‘Train’ set me back $12. It’s on the Blue Note label, and weighs in at 180 gram. It is soooo sweet!

But, I have to say, as perfect as it sounds, there is something missing from this LP.
Yep, I think the engineers performed a soul-otomy on this one, too. I have more than a few jazz albums (I am new to vinyl, and have bought about 70, mostly used LP’s in past 2 months) from the 50's and 60's, and while they may have less sonic quality, they still have the ‘soul’ of the artists who are on them.

Why do they think they are doing us a favor by technically ‘enhancing’(?) my music? I, for one would rather have my music in the raw with the sweat and the spit, the ambiance and mostly minor imperfections that make it real as the day it was made, not this manipulated and often perverted facsimile. JMHO

[wkhanna]

Quite a bit....some quality stuff came in....rockin' weekend....

Fela kuti
Olatunji Babatunde
Regina Spektor
Jack Johnson
Kaiser Chiefs
Mark Knopfler
Pink Floyd
Dire Straits
Johnny Cash
Nas
Janice Joplin

Wow! I thought I had eclectic tastes. :E
It will take a while to get through those, and should be V fun!
I will check into Fela.
OOOh, and the Russian girl looks quite interesting, too. :W

[drsiebling]

Finally found this one this weekend:



Amazing album...

[btf1980]

Wow! I thought I had eclectic tastes. :E
It will take a while to get through those, and should be V fun!
I will check into Fela.
OOOh, and the Russian girl looks quite interesting, too. :W

Yeah, I will listen to any music as long as there is passion behind the voice. I like music to invoke pure euphoria. I've listened to Fela since I was a young boy. My family is Nigerian, so Fela Kuti was always jamming when there was a party or get together. I have almost all Fela recordings on CD, but decided to try the vinyl versions. Listening to his stuff reminds me to never forget where my family comes from, the political climate they left behind and at the same time apart from being politically driven music about the struggles of the general populace, it's really good music. Fela was mean on the sax. :T

The Russian girl, Regina Spektor is a very unique musician. A fresh sound. Give it a whirl, she grows on you.

[wkhanna]

Great stuff, btf1980!
And thanks for sharing your insights and passions.
One of the greatest things music can do is not only bring people together, but also keep us grounded to our traditions and heritage.

[wkhanna]

Started with this one, the twelve-string really sounds like its in the room......



Then just finished a great collaboration between my favorite crooner and one of the best drummer/big band combo’s ever:

[wkhanna]

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[eljr]

Come Clean--------Puddle Of Mudd

[wkhanna]

Sweet, mellow jazz guitar.
Got this one used for $4 over the weekend, and it is in great shape.
V nice for unwinding after the workday.

[Russ L]

Give these bands a listen to on You Tube or at the Lost Highway website!

Fleet Foxes- "Fleet Foxes" [2008]

A folksy pop appeal from this west coast band.



Johnny Flynn- "A Larum" [2008]

Another gem from Lost Highway Records.

[wkhanna]

Gene Harris has become one of my favorite artists in the past year, and I am picking up everything I can find of his. Of the two I got this past weekend, this one is spinning now. Live performances usually seem to have more life in them as you sense the musicians reacting to the audience. This one is no exception. a ton of energy from the brass and rthym sections, and mixed with great vocals on a few tracks. Recording quality is OK but not great by any means, a little flat overall. But the music transcends the sound, and heart and soul of the creative talents on this disc shine though. It was not until the 4th track that I realized this was a mono recording, because the music was so involving.

[wkhanna]

First spin for this recently acquired used one. It’s in great shape. Just got the trio of AI cleaning products that I use with DD brushes and Micro towels. I have no complaints.

[DL86]

Metallica - Death Magnetic!

[Russ L]

Metallica - Death Magnetic!

Was wondering which Metallica to buy. Is Death Magnetic their best IYO?

[DL86]

Death Magnetic is excellent, really enjoying it, unreal solo's. Probably not their best but very very close, a lot better than St Anger, load and reload. More modern than the older stuff but with a similar signature sound from their best which makes the album what it is.

The CD version is not as good as the 5 x 45 rpm vinyl version (180gm) in terms of sound quality, it costs a lot more compared to the CD but worth it imo. You get a lot more dynamic range with the vinyl compared with the heavily compressed CD version.

[PewterTA]

Yes, my goodness is the CD compressed. Why oh why must they destroy stuff like this?!?! It's almost enough to make me not listen to it. I wish they would've stuck with the sound off the black album (metallica)...it was just starting to sound good! I mean in terms of quality of sound, not artistic material.

[Chris D]

So the new Metallica album is good music? I might buy it. (CD, not LP since I don't have a turntable, unfortunately)

[btf1980]

Got some 180g and 200g vinyl in heavy rotation.

The good stuff you know. Muddy Waters, RL Burnside, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Curtis Mayfield, Duke Ellington. With some new school stuff thrown in like Amos Lee, White Stripes and post Dire Straits Mark Knopfler.

[wkhanna]

Yikes! I want to come over to your place and have a listen!

Are you getting these used?

[wkhanna]

No explanation required for this one, IMHO.