Lou Reed - New York. Sire 1989
Cassette |
Animal Eterna Brugge/Jos Van Immerseel - Poulenc : Concerto for 2 pianos and Orchestra, Suite Francaise & Concert Champertre. CD #5 Alpha 2015
CD box set
This set is so well recorded and played, hard to put on anything else. |
Jos Van Immersell w/Sergei Istomin playing Franz Liszt - Pieces Tardives.
Cassette, recorded on an old TDK MA 110, on the old Nak.
Nice Sunday morning music, and sounds great. |
Royal Concertgebouw Anthology #6.
CD #5, Previn conducts Elgar Symphony #2 1992 & Shrowaczewski conducts Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra 1993. RCO Live/Avro
CD box set. |
Listening to vinyl all day, was time for a change in format, and some newer music for a change of pace...
EELS - Daisies of the Galaxy. DreamWorks Records. 1999
CD |
Jerry Garcia Band - self titled 2 cassette set - recorded live at Club Front San Rafael CA 1990
Really good *pre-recorded* BASF Chrome tape from Arista. Great music too ;-)
Jerry is at some his best playing on this set. Damn I miss that guy. |
Jimi Hendrix Experience and Otis Reading. Recorded live at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Reprise Records. Originally released 1970.
Cassette. Released 1990. |
Todd Rundgren - Runt. Rhino. 1971.
Cassette. Released 1990.
Uber, you have me beat by mile in terms of # |
Blind Faith. Polydor. 1969
Cassette. Not sure when this cassette was released, but am sure I probably bought it in the 80’s. |
Uber, Looking Back on it now, yes I do have a few, mostly a mix of jazz and ‘rock’, but during that time, I was probably beginning to purchase more and more CD’s, and those began to take over. Unfortunate, as today many of these cassettes I prefer to the CD’s that were released during the same period; Mostly early 80’s to early 90’s. Then I stopped buying cassettes all together. Probably had more recorded cassettes from CD’s and vinyl than pre-recorded cassettes, simply for car use.
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Well, it’s Sunday, so....
The Sundays - Blind. DGC 1992
CD |
Joni Mitchell - Hejira. Asylum 1976
HDCD - European box set released 2012. |
Animal Eterna Brugge/Jos Van Immerseel - Debussy : Prelude a L’apres, La Mer, Images, CD #2. Alpha 2015
CD box set |
America Music Club - Everclear. Alias 1991
Cassette |
Fitzwilliam String Quartet - Shostakovich ‘The String Quartets’ 6 Cd set. String Quartets 1&2. DECCA. Released 1998. |
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet, ‘In New York’, recorded live at the Village Vanguard in 1962. Riverside/Concord. Reissue 2008
CD |
Hans Graf conducts Henri Dutilleux, Orchestral Works I - Symphony #2, Metaboles, The Shadow of Time. Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra. Arte Nova Classics. 2005
CD |
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um. Columbia. Origionally released 1959. Reissue 1998
Great ‘album’
CD |
Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions. RCA 1988
Cassette |
Dave Holland Sextet - Pass it On. Dare 2 Records 2008
CD |
Leo Kottke - Standing in My Shoes. Private Music 1997
CD |
The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. DGC 1990
CD |
Chailly conducts Mahler‘s symphonies #3 2003 & #4 1999. Royal Concertgebouw. DECCA.
CD (box set of Mahler’s complete symphonies) |
My goodness, I was all over the place today.
Started the day with 2 live performances of the Berliner Philharmoniker (Digital Concert Hall subscription) of Shoenberg Violin Concrto and Orchestra, op. 36 by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, and Tchaikovsky Symphony #5, both conducted by Kirin Potrenko. The second performance was 4 pieces by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and was very unique, to say the least. All that was my system in HT mode, in other words, both listening and watching live.
After that, I flipped over to 2 channel and played 4 albums on vinyl, 3 Byrd’s; Fifth Dimension, The Notorious Byrd Brothers, and Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The 4th vinyl was Neil Young; On The Beach.
Then turned on the CD player and finished with CD#7 of the Royal Concertbegouw Anthology Set #5 of Schreker, Skryabin, Verese, and two by Escher.
Hows that for diversity?
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark. MCA 1982
Cassette
Thanks Uber |
The Darling Buds - Crawdaddy. Columbia 1990
Cassette |
10,000 Maniacs - Wishing Chair. Electra 1985
Cassette |
Luka Bloom - The Acoustic Motorbike. Reprise 1992
Cassette |
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend. Zoo 1991
CD
Just received this, had it on vinyl when it was first released, but somehow lost it along the way (how the heck does that happen?) unfortunately. Never replaced it (hard copy) until now, except for a download. Still like this album a lot. Saw Matthew soon after this was released at a small club; it was a great show. Glad to have it on a physical media again. |
Eric Dolphy/Booker Little Quintet - At the Five Spot, Complete Edition. Essential Jazz Classics, released 2012/recorded live 1961.
CD double set |
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@david_ten My six year old just asked me to play something "happier!" : ) LOL. Happy Fathers Day |
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe. Elektra 1987
Cassette |
Boxer, been meaning to play that on Tidal. So, no, never heard it....yet. |
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. Geffen 1988
Cassette |
Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses. RCA 1990
CD |
Dvorak - The Symphonies. Istvan Kertesz conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Discs 1&2 - Symphonies 1,2, & 3.
London 1991.
CD set of 6
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Lush - Spooky. Reprise 1991
Cassette |
Public Image Ltd. - The Greatest Hits, so far. Virgin 1990
Cassette |
Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man. RCA 1992
Cassette |
Cowboy Junkies - Pale Sun Crescent Moon. RCA 1993
Cassette
......just got a batch of Junkies on cassette that I already have on CD. Sound great. |
Cowboy Junkies - Lay it Down. Geffen 1996
Cassette
yep Uber, these all sound really good. |
Billie Holiday - All Or Nothing At All. Verve 1987
Cassette
Obviously a reissue/collection, but man, does this have wonderful sound quality. Really really nice. You just get lost in it. |
Van Morrison - Moondance. WB 1970
Cassette
slip card says 1970, definitely not a remaster of the 80’s onward. No Dolby stamp, and playing it ‘bare’. Not the best SQ, but not too bad. Better than other older 70’s tapes I have, which are few. Flipped my iFi Mini Tube2 over to single ended (SET) mode, and it sounds better. Could have been a 1970 release, but I’m thinking it’s probably a early-mid 70’s release. Just guessing, all these cassette releases are date unknown on Discogs. |
If you can change the belts or have a local dealer do it for a fair price you could well be right. @uberwaltz I have the service manual. It doesn’t look too tough. The biggest thing, as I understand, is getting high quality or OEM belts. There is a company I’ve bookmarked that has the ‘real deal’ for sale. Not cheap, but in my opinion, the only way to go. At my age, I’m getting to the point of letting other more experienced folks do stuff like this, even at a cost. Plus, they may be able to look at other settings or alignments that need taken care of, and which I have no clue, while ‘under the hood’. There was a time I would tackle almost anything, but if it’s only $50 or so so let an expert do it, why not? Heck, that’s how I stay in business vs folks who think they can do it themselves ;-) I always tell them, ‘well, good luck’. |
@uberwaltz
I’ve been looking. I have also seen the the 480’s, but not sure if it would be a step-up from my CR-1A, which I am fairly pleased with, albeit it needs belts replaced, at minimum. But really, the CR-1A sounds pretty darn good, and I do keep things clean and demagnetized. The CR-1A also has the Dolby B/C option which the 480 does not seem to. Granted, I almost always play back on Dolby B, as that is what most all retail tapes that had Dolby processing used (I believe Dolby ‘pro’ was Dolby B). I have only used Dolby C, In most cases, if I recorded a tape with that option, but that’s more rare than years ago.
I kinda agree that 3 head decks are more geared to recording though, something I don’t do much of, as I’m actually starting to purchase old retail cassettes instead of recording a lot as I once did back in the 80’s and 90’s. That just isn’t that important to me now.
The DR-10 looks interesting, but they look to be running about $600-700. There is also a ZX-5 on ebay being sold by a dealer at $666, free shipping.
I’m inclined to stick with my CR-1A unless I make a substantial leap forward. |
Cowboy Junkies - Pale Sun Crescent Moon. RCA 1993
Cassette |
The Lounge Lizards - Live in Tokyo/Big Heart. Island 1986
Cassette
Very cool album I have not played in a long while. Kinda like punk jazz ;-) |
Eno/Cale - Wrong Way Up. Opal/WB 1990
Cassette |
@uberwaltz
Yep, I see that one on Discogs. Mine is a different card design. M5 3103. Interesting. Still playing well regardless 👍🏼 |
