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[Dave Dunning]

My first posting !
Recent acquisitions are:
Foo Fighters - In your honor (4lp boxed set )
Audioslave - Out of exile(even better than the first album)
Robert Plant - Mighty rearranger(possible album of the year!)
Van Morrison's new album-went straight back!-damaged!
Pearl Jam - Rear view mirror

But at the end of the day it's all just a poor substitute for live
music! The best live performance I've seen this year was
Glenn Hughes at the Arrows Classic Rock Festival in Holland.
Totally awesome!!!
Greetings and salutations,
Dave.

[Plinko]

Rolling Stones - Yesterday's Papers

Hello. Nice forum. 1st post here.

[Duryodhana]

RICARDO RAY & BOBBY CRUZ "Agúzate"

A' Side:
1.Agúzate
2.Amparo arrebato
3.You 've lost that loving feeling
4.Vive feliz

B' Side:
1.Guaguancó raro
2.Traigo de todo
3.Soul and inspiration
4. A mi manera/ My way

[jsmiddleton4]

Doobie Brothers, Living on the Fault Line
1960's production of The Man of La Mancha with Richard Kiley


One of my favorite lines:

"You can BBQ my nose
Make tossed salad from my toes
Still, I just like him"

"I really like him" sung by Irving Jacobson as Sancho

[gleichnerr]

Just set up my new (bought used) V15VMR on my AR, and used the following to "wing 'er out" / decide how much I like it:

Started off with some Classical (Cambridge Chamber Orc. with Empire Brass Quintet)

Rush "Moving Pictures"

Then an older recording (about 1963) Ella with Count Basie

An older (70s) recording of E. Power Biggs (Pipe Organ) with a Brass ensemble - stuff by Albinoni, etc.

An early 80s pressing of ELO "Face the Music"

Kansas "Monolith"

Final cut for the evening - "Asia" by Steely Dan

Although the Cart. is not new, I heard instrumental "voices" that I was not hearing with my old B&O MMC-3. I guess my assumption that it was aging / wearing out was correct.

[Piotr]

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

The guitar genius at his best

[Dick Schneiders]

I just discovered this section of this website, so I might as well jump in with what is on my platter at the moment.

Antiphone Blues - Arne Domnerus on solo alto sax recorded ina large church in Sweden accompanied only by a large church pipe organ. Proprius label, recorded in 1975

I never get tired of listening to this recording, with the volume turned way up. It is the best recording of smooth, lyrical sax playing that I have ever heard. A wonderfully recorded album.

Prior to that I was listening to Perez Prado on the 1958 album "Prez". Every time I listen to one of these late 1950's RCA Living Stereo discs I am simply amazed at the quality of the recordings. This one has a ton of wailing horns and all kinds of bouncing percussion on these wonderful mambo songs.

And before that it was Symphonie Fantastique, by Berlioz with Kojian conducting the Utah Symphony. This is a Keith Johnson recording on Reference Recordings and was issued on 12" 45 rpm discs. Amazing dynamic range on this uncompresssed recording. The symphony only took 3 sides, so they repeated the 3rd side music again on side 4. These last two movements are the most exciting parts, and the producers figured that listeners would play them the most.

I like all of these at volumes approaching live levels, as they are such clean recordings.

Dick Schneiders

[Blue Angel]

Mirella Freni singing operatic songs on an EMI mono, Vivaldi's 4 Seasons on a very special Erato disc, 2 mono Nat King Cole discs, Brahms Symphony no 1 with Rudolf Kempe & Berlin Philharmonic, I Solisti Veneti playing Tartini on another Erato disc set, some Rossini conducted by Carlos Paita & the Royal Philharmonic, (a favourite: the Schnuckenack Reinhardt Quintett on Da Camera Song label playing Gypsy music)and Mexico! on Decca Phase 4 and Roland Shaw's orchestra. Wow.

Regards

Blue Angel

[djosh]

been listening to these lately:
Sadao Watanabe-Rendezvous
Sting-Nothing like the sun (2LP)
Beatles- Love Songs (2LP)
James Taylor- Classic Songs
Steve Miller Band- Living in the 20th Century
Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms
Eagles-Their Greatest Hits ('71-'75)
Spyro Gyra- Morning Dance
Tracy Chapman- Crossroads
Earl Klugh- The Magic of Earl Klugh

[farout!]

Ryan Adams Cold Roses and David Byrne sooundtrack to the film Young Adam

[bauzace50]

Truly impressive! "Popular" music is manifesting itself by about 99-to-1! I just got one -sealed- RCA Victor Living Stereo, of Artur Rubinstein playing Mozart concertos 20 and 23, Alfred Wallenstein conducting one "RCA Symphony" orchestra.
Also, one "Pickering Perfection" with mostly excellent demonstration tracks.
Both obtained through eBay.

[JaS]

Truly impressive! "Popular" music is manifesting itself by about 99-to-1!

Its not called popular music for nothing

Regards,
JaS

[Blue Angel]

Hello JaS & bauzace50

What's playing tonight...Hmmm, let me pick:

A) Sibelius Violin Concerto/Heifetz/Chicago Symphony/Cond. Walter Hendl on a 10" Living Stereo
B)JJ Cale No 5 on a Mercury LP bought sealed for 10p (Katy Kool Lady etc)
C)Ahem...Cigale & Valse Tres Lente/Massenet/R Bonynge Cond. on an SXL Decca LP
d) And if I'm still awake, An ancient 10" Mono Decca ffrr and Vivaldi's Buffoon (sorry, Bassoon) Concerto in D/Ansermet Cond L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Adios Amigos

Blue Angel

[bauzace50]

For tonight, a "Classic Records" 200-gram reissue of Dvorak's Cello Concerto with Piatigorsky playing, and Munch conducting, on a "Living Stereo" from RCA. After playing the LP, it's lights out and retire for the night in communion with the music.
This music is vital and communicative. The album's jacket, however, portrays the "long hair"-type of presentation, which does not begin to tell the vital story inside. After playing, though, one can fully appreciate the photo of Mr. Piatigorsky for what he was...a vital performer.