LPs -- Brahms' Second Symphony, Bruno Walter and whatever it was orchestra (L.A.? NY Phil?) on an old Odyssey LP. Good sound. Heart and humanity to spare. A side from my Swinging Sexy Sinatra box set.
I've also been hitting my CD shelves, and binging on Qobuz & Idagio. Yeah, I've been listening to a lot of music, lately.
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I've been raiding my 45rpm singles box --
Elvis Presley --Tutti Fruiti
Lonnie Lord -- Rat Fink
Witch Doctor -- David Seville (Alvin the Chipmunk is un-billed).
Tommy James and the Shondells -- Hanky Panky (Do I love this one!!!)
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bkeske -- I'm a Mehta fan, too. When I did my time as a sales clerk at the Tower Records Classical Annex on the Sunset Strip, however, my hyper-refined fellow clerks were less than taken with the guy. In any case, Mehta actually showed up at the place one day to do some shopping.
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Hey, @bkeske -- I saw Mehta and the L.A. Phil several times during my younger days. I saw him lead the LAPO at the Music Center a couple times. I was at the Hollywood Bowl (or was it the Greek?) when Frank Zappa played with the L.A. Phil and dryly said "Hit it Zube" or some such. Zubin was wearing a billowy white shirt so the psychedelic lighting would bounce off of him. The L.A. Phil actually played at my high school one day, several years previously, though I'm certain Zubin wasn't at the podium.
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A deep dive into nerd-dom, comparing my two pressings of the Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man LP, one a two-eyed initial pressing (complete with an ancient Columbia Records soft clear plastic sleeve) and the other a later no-eyed pressing in a paper sleeve. The earlier pressing has less punch but better midrange tonality. The later pressing has more punch but not quite the original's beautiful tone.
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Byrds -- Sweetheart of the Rodeo. LP. Bought the first day it hit the stores. Saw 'em at the Troubadour either just before or just after the LP was released.
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My record shelf has a decent share of the records I see in this thread. The Mozart Karl Bohm DG record. The Antal Dorati Haydn. Joni Mitchell's Clouds. Blondie's Eat to the Beat. And we're only talkin' about this particular page... In other words, I humbly say good listenin' galore!
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mammothguy54 - I went to at least one of those Zubin H’wood Bowl fireworks concerts. Tons of fun. I’m probably mixing stuff up here, but I remember one Zube/L.A. Phil pops concert that had Zubin wearing a gigantic white shirt so that the psychedelic light show would better bounce off him.
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Sinatra -- Strangers in the Night. The title cut is compressed, cut in mono, and pretty obviously the same mix as the hit single. The rest of the cuts are in luscious stereo, with Nelson Riddle and the Orchestra providing sterling back-up.
Le Orme -- Uomo di Pezza. I bought it when I was on a kick for Italian Progressive Rock. Great surrealist album cover. Music is second rate Emerson Lake & Palmer.. I'll be generous and rate the SQ as maybe a 7 out of 10.
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Emmylou Harris, Elite Hotel
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Jim Webb -- Letters
De Falla -- Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Kubelik, Bavarian Radio Symphony, on an old DGG. |
Beatles Abbey Road. British pressing me and my sister bought on the way home from high school the day it first showed up in L.A. Shockingly good! Shockingly good condition for an LP that got plenty of use back in the day.
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Byrds, Five D and Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
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Genesis, A Trick of the Tail.
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