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
slipknot1
Slipknot, I have two recordings of the Ives "Unanswered Question" that are both pretty good. I don't know what might be a better version. The two I have are:

Gould/ChicagoSO, LSC 2893
Kitayenko/MoscowPO, Sheffield TLP 27

The Sheffield recording comes from the venture Sheffield made to record in Moscow some years ago with an American conductor doing the Russian music a Russian conductor (Kitanyenko) doing the American music. To my ear, the Kitanynko got the better performances out of the orchestra.

On a side note, I assume you have a copy of Ives' "Three Places in New England" somewhere in your collection? If not, it's well worth seeking out. The Howard Hanson / EastmanRochesterSO performance on Mercury continues as my favorite performance and recording. Don't know if Speakers Corner will reissue this, but my SRI copy sounds just fine.
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cat stevens mo-fi "teaser and the firecat," van morrison reissue of "blowin' your mind," an original yellow label verve *disc jockey copy* of bill evans/jim hall "intermodulation," and arvo part "tabula rasa" on ecm.

thanks for the kind words rushton. be well.
thelonious monk w/ sonny rollins "brilliant corners," count basie w/ oscar peterson "the timekeepers," and freddie hubbard "hub tones."
neil young "tonight's the night," stones "let it bleed," and little feat "time loves a hero."
"Moscow Sessions" Kitayenko/Moscow PO (Sheffield TLP 27) Thanks Rushton!!
Bryan Ferry "Bete Noir" (Reprise 25598-1)
Thelonius Monk/Gerry Mulligan "Mulligan Meets Monk" (Riverside/OJC 1106)