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
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Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (UHQR)

Elvis Costello - King of America (F beat label)

Elvis Costello And the Attractions

"Armed Forces" - UK first pressing, January 1979

The LA4: The LA4

1976 / Concord Jazz / CJ-18

Laurindo Almeida, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne and Bud Shank

"Nights In the Gardens of Spain"

Falla/Rodrigo

London CS 6046

Ataulfo Argenta, conductor

TAS list

Ry Cooder – Bop ‘Til You Drop – 1979 Warner Brothers

 

This was the first (July 11, 1979) digitally recorded LP of popular music with vocals. A 32-track digital recorder was used.


There has to be a common thread (guitar) involved with these four, just don’t ask what it is…

  1. Doc Powell – The Doctor (VTL label, OOP)
  2. Nils Lofgren – Acoustic Live (Boy, do I wish I was at this one.)
  3. David Lindley and El Rayo-X - Win This Record (hard-to-find import)
  4. Luiz Bonfa – Softly… (supremely underrated artist, mono recording on Epic)

@spiritofradio, many thanks for your kind words a couple of pages back. I definitely have some catching up to do…

 

For me; this is a “desert island” pick:

 

Bobby King / Terry Evans

“Live and Let Live”

1988 Rounder Records

Produced by Ry Cooder

 

It’s hard to imagine this was pressed during the first decade of “perfect sound forever.”


  1. Brooks Williams - Little Lion
  2. Pink Floyd - Meddle
  3. Paul Simon - You’re The One (pressed in the U.K., very well recorded.)
@spiritofradio
Thank you for the kind welcome. I'm actually in the Southeast, but have been a customer of Kurt's for years. You are indeed right about having such a great shop in your "backyard." The amplifier and speakers in my system were purchased from Kurt.