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The Divine your vinyl of the week

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What's your favorite vinyl of the week?

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One of my time jumps :

Oistrakh Bruch Scottish Fantasia Violin Concerto

London CS 6337, 1962 1E/!E

His pressure onto the bow linked with the superb orchestra recording is unique. This record really "breathes" and serves a kind of "warmth" which is hard to find in violin recordings. There is an "easy-going" from Oistrakh I never heard again in any Violin recording in combination with a full size orchestra. Even in the "big tutti" you'll never get the impression of compression.
Golden Age of Analogue?
Here it is.
Served by FR-66s, Ikeda HS, Lyra Titan i
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Tales From The Vienna Woods

Decca SXL 6040, 1963 WB 2E/2E

An easy listening record with Strauss Walzes from the Vienna New Year 1962 Concert in the Sofiensaal. Excellent tone, unusually great Soundstage (imaging), ravishingly reverberant overall sound, Karas Zither playing (he made The Third Man music so famous). If side 2 doesn't cheer you up, you've got problems.
Served by FR-66s, Arche HS, Ikeda 9 cart.
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Doug Macleod, Come To Find

Audioquest Music AQ 1027, 1994

Well, when someone wants to listen to a vocal killer record, here it is. The Burner. Nothing new can match it, the Artists at the Mastering Desks are gone. A hyped Reissue is available but there are serious differences. It is pale and slow in comparison, the instrumental power in the original AQ Version is much, much more dynamic and overall it misses a lot of high frequency details. To say it very mildly: "Not the real thing..."
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Sonny Boy Williamson, Keep It to Ourselves

Storyville SLP 4176, Denmark

Not the common "Shot-In-The-Back-From-A-Jealous-Husband" Blues, this is a top record when you come home after a tough day and you want to come down in 5 minutes. Excellent recording, countless nuances, great, cool, relaxed voice. That's the foot tapping blues record.
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La Fille Mal Gardée

London CS 6052, ROHCG / Lanchberry 6W/5W

Very lively, fresh ballet music, loaded with endless Details. It is never boring, full of Power, Pressure, Dynamics, deep Bass, micro Detail, very airy Trumpets and clear attack in the Celli & Violins.
Arthur Lilley made the recording, a masterpiece from Kingsway Hall. a sonic impression to be inside the Hall, you can "see" the walls, you can hear the reflexions from the back. Outstanding.
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Rhapsodies from Liszt /Enesco / Smetana

RCA LSC 2471, Stokowski conducts the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

2 Words: Monster Soundstage

Records like this were responsible for the comeback of analog in the 90's
starting with a popular track from Franz Liszt to "fasten your seat belts please": Enescu

A Legend
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