Whats on your turntable tonight?

Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope of Rainbows

Now for something completely different...

Yes - Close to Edge. Atlantic reissue, release unknown, but think 1975.

Its very strange. This album I picked up just out of curiosity ’way back in the day’. Used to listen to it very rarely, and basically it gets shelved in the sections of albums I basically ignore. The last time I ‘tried’ to play it not all that long ago, the SQ, IMO, was terrible, and took it off the TT before getting too far. And had to ask myself, ‘why is this album still popular and well regarded’? Tonight, it doesn’t sound too bad, at all. The SQ is much better. Could the Hagerman Trumpet actually allow this album to sound listenable to me?......mmmmmmm

The Band - The Band. Capitol 1969

Thanks Joel !!! Yes, I understand 

@bkeske
Brian, I have that album and my copy is also rather poor SQ.  For me, it sounded better on a lesser system in years past.  My system today is such a high resolution that I hear the poor SQ that much more so.  Either way, it's a wonderful album of music and I hope that you can enjoy it better than you have in the past.  Now that Fragile has been reissued as a UD-1S and The Yes Album is forthcoming in a 45 RPM high quality reissue from Friday Music (I have it on pre-order, scheduled to ship in early April) I am hoping that Close To The Edge will also follow in a high quality reissue.  
We shall see.  Enjoy what you have, and probably the Hagerman Trumpet does play a role in that.😊