Whats on your turntable tonight?

Testing a new tube in my phono psu. A red RCA 5693 driver. Listening to these test records all over again. 

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Leonard Cohen - Greatest Hits
Loudon Wainwright lll - vol 1
Jennifer  Warnes - Songs of LCohen
Judy Bright - This is J..B..

I have the original 'Can't Buy A Thrill' ABCX-758 and it is good sounding but doesn't qualify as audiophile.  ABC was sold to MCA (or something like that) and rumor has it that the Steely Dan albums were less sounding from that point forward.  I can't say that I have done an A/B test.  My guess is they both sound quite similar.  Nevertheless, good sound quality but not audiophile for this album.  Later releases were done much better.  Particularly so was greater SQ for 'Gaucho' and 'Aja'.   

Yesterday afternoon...
Steely Dan   'Can't Buy A Thrill'
Rickie Lee Jones   'Pirates'
Traffic   'The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys'

Joel, I'm going to play my MCA copy of Can't Buy a Thrill when I get a chance.  If I remember, I'll report back.  Totally agree about Gaucho and especially Aja.  I think Donald Fagen took things to yet another level with his solo albums, especially The Nightfly.

In this week:

Gillian Welch "Boots No. 2"  3 lp box set/Acony/2020
Valerie June "The Moon & Stars:" (Prescriptions For Dreamers) Fantasy/2021
Blake Mills "Mutable Set"  Verve/2020
Chuck Prophet "Brother Aldo"  Fire Records/1990. 
(a Discogs purchase from Greece)

Matthew Barber & Jill Barber ‎– The Family Album (Outside Music 2016)

Folk rock vibe like Julia and Angus Stone.