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Curved Air - Curved Air Live
(1975, BTM)

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Sonja Kristina, Daryl Way, Francis Monkman, recorded live at Cardiff University and Bristol Polytechnic, December 1974, great sound quality.

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Curved Air - Phantasmagoria
(1972, Warner Bros) -1A/-1A WLP

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Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
(1974, Alligator)

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tasty

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for some reason , while listening to Bob's other offerings, I'd bypassed this one. It's really quite good and not classic BD ... lots of keeper tracks here. :)

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Recorded in New Orleans. Yes, it's not typical for Bob Dylan's works of the eighties. The reason is Daniel Lanois, the mastermind of this LP. Under the influence of this inspired studio freak, Bob Dylan is able to sing. SING!!!! Listen to track B2 "What good am i". This is wonderful singing. Reduced to the maximum effect. Less is more. You may buy every LP with the participation of Daniel Lanois.....Does anybody know an example of failure by Daniel Lanois?

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This is the english version/pressing. Fenton Robinson with his famous 1958 Gibson Les Paul ES 225. Very rare guitar without the usual mother-of-pearl dots on fretboard. The diagonally divided inlays are not typical for this guitar model and don't show the original neck. From which Gibson guitar model was the neck of this guitar taken?
As written in the liner notes on back cover: "When Boz Scaggs recorded (and claimed he wrote) "Somebody loan me a dime" in 1969, few rock fans had ever heard of the song or it's true composer, Fenton Robinson. Now Scaggs' pop version, featuring Duane Allman on guitar, ranks as a classic of modern blues-rock music, yet Fenton Robinson remains unrecognized in the rock world." (Cit.)
But we know better...... Look at my post of 10-08-2015: the song is written as "Loan me a dime". No credits to the original author. Theft of intellectual property! Fenton Robinson originally recorded "Loan me a dime" as 45rpm single "Somebody" for the small Chicago label Palos Records in 1967. Does anybody own this single?

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English pressing. Rerelease. Not very satisfying dynamics. Recorded in New Orleans 25. Sept. 1982.

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An appreciation of JJ Cale and his curious guitar. Superb pressing with perfect dynamics. Hear it loud! Your speakers will reveal their potential. Beautiful fold-cover with many photos. There is no music on D side but an etched picture of a strange guitar: it's JJ Cale's famous "fifty dollar Harmony" H162 guitar, the ( many times) modified guitar he used on most of his LPs. Look at "Troubadour" LP cover. Grand tribut. It's also a worthy tribute for a peculiar guitar model.

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Alexander Spence - Oar
(1969, Columbia) -1C / -1C

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appropriate for Halloween this a haunting listen, even without considering the circumstances around the recording session. from wiki..

Described as "one of the most harrowing documents of pain and confusion ever made",[6] the album was recorded after Spence had spent six months in Bellevue Hospital. Spence had been committed to Bellevue following a delusion-driven attempt to attack Moby Grape bandmates Don Stevenson and Jerry Miller with a fire axe.

bonus pics - McIntosh amplifier greatness from 1978. out of the wood case and back from the bench at the local Mc authorized service shop. Nice.

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King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
(1969, Island Records) UK pressing

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nice

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The Nighthawks - Jacks & Kings
(1978, Adelphi) STERLING in the deadwax, mastered by George Marino

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smokin' from a recent find of several blues records in rare NM- shape.

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Various - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds
(1978, Columbia) WLP

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w/ Phil Lynott, Justin Hayward. Progressive rock and strings, narration by Richard Burton.

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Blues Image - Red White & Blues Image
(1970, Atco) -2A/-2A

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Freddie Hubbard - Sky Dive
(1973, CTI) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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Wow, nice. Haven't listened to this in several years. w/ Keith Jarrett, George Benson, Airto.

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Freddie Hubbard - Sky Dive
(1973, CTI) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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Wow, nice. Haven't listened to this in several years. w/ Keith Jarrett, George Benson, Airto.
How is the inner fold cover? CTI had wonderful cover art. Superb production.

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Various - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds
(1978, Columbia) WLP

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w/ Phil Lynott, Justin Hayward. Progressive rock and strings, narration by Richard Burton.
Holland pressing. Let's not forget the superb guitar playing by Chris Spedding. And Herbie Flowers bass! Listen to track C1 "The red weed and Parson Nathaniel": Phil Lynott (as driven mad Parson) sings the impressing duet with outstanding Julie Covington (as Beth, his wife). There must be more to life...... The red weed (look at the photo below) is a symbol of the world in our present time, especially in Europe ...........

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Shurely he is a well respected guitar man. But look at this really ugly cover art. Why does he treat his Gibson that way. Why does he play guitar with that kind of arthrosis? Why does he sing? Who likes this LP? Why do you? Questions questions questions......

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Oh, why did they do so miserably.... The disturbing cover art is dumb and ugly. It's not possible to understand the meaning of it all. Was this one produced only for the US market? Why do we (Europeans) feel so differently? Forget track A1(it's simply dull). But the rest is simply the best. Hey, this is a big one!!!
One of the most impressive LPs ever (without track A1 and the cover art). Sometimes there would be need of a superb producer.......

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King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
(1969, Island Records) UK pressing

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nice


Look at my post of 12. September 2015. Its cult!!!!

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This is a rare one (in Europe). Listen to the swinging track A6. Didn't you know: life may be so is easy.....

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A big and special one because of it's simplicity and nativeness. Good US pression with superb dynamics. Listen to track A3 "Outside was night".

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Don't you think we had this already in the seventies? Sorry, but it's a hype. Poor dynamics.

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Howdy Moon - s/t
(1974, A&M) WLP, Artisan and Monarch symbols in the deadwax

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Valerie Carter's band before her solo career. produced by Lowell George. w/ Lowell George, Van Dyke Parks, John Sebastian, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, other Little Feat members. Lowell George is credited with flute, electric guitar, moog synthesizer, slide guitar, background vocals.

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Too much vapour produced by Larry Carlton. It's only the poor man's TOTO. No hookline. No song to remember. Why did Larry Carlton produce this generic music? Who likes this one? Why do you?

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How is the inner fold cover? CTI had wonderful cover art. Superb production.

Yes nice covers, but a lot of the CTI titles are hit and miss for me going into the 70's and starting to cater to the easy listening/white wine crowd. Beware of anything with arrangements and strings (unless it's your thing of course). The inner gatefold is black & white text credits and a B&W picture of Hubbard with trumpet.

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A big and special one because of it's simplicity and nativeness. Good US pression with superb dynamics. Listen to track A3 "Outside was night".

Nice!

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Jools Hollands p. New beat music. Fresh and cheeky.

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Prod: Joe Boyd! Good german pressing. Thrift store find yesterday for 10 SFr. Sometimes you have to pay the price. Sometimes you have to love to have payed the price. Listen to Linda's vocals and Richard's wonderful guitar solo on track A2 "Walking on a wire". Less is more.

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Howdy Moon - s/t
(1974, A&M) WLP, Artisan and Monarch symbols in the deadwax

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Valerie Carter's band before her solo career. produced by Lowell George. w/ Lowell George, Van Dyke Parks, John Sebastian, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, other Little Feat members. Lowell George is credited with flute, electric guitar, moog synthesizer, slide guitar, background vocals.
This is a gem. Where do you get all these promos? Did they publish thousands of them in USA?

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Valerie Carter - Just A Stone's Throw Away
(1977, Columbia) -2A/-2A

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produced by Lowell George. A beautiful cover of John Sebastian's Face Of Appalachia with Linda Rondstadt on backing vocals. The title track sounds like Little Feat fronted by a female vocalist - and sounding like Bonnie Raitt too. w/ Sebastian, Ronstadt, L. George, Jackson Browne, John Hall, Paul Barrere. I have a copy with a cleaner jacket, but I can't locate it.

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Putting this one on the turntable because of my last post concerning Richard and Linda Thompson's "Shoot out the Light". Listen to their track B1 "Shoot out the lights". It was stolen from The Ventures' track A4 "Rumble". Isn't it nearly the same guitar riff?

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This is a gem. Where do you get all these promos? Did they publish thousands of them in USA?



I think that the record labels distributed these to dozens of radio stations and record stores/chains (probably several at each location) in the major markets including Seattle - so they made their way from the stations and stores into the collections of employees. I have run across them in nearly every place where I hunt for records - record stores, thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales. As you know, promo records are nice especially if they are from the first pressing because they are usually the earliest records produced from the freshest stampers - because the record labels wanted to get them into the hands of the promoters asap.

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One of the best guitar players of Germany. Listening while cooking. Superb german pressing.

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Those were the times when (nearly) everything was possible concerning the cover art. We used to dance to that music in the seventies. Only saturday evening. Disco music of first quality. Superb US pressing. Listen loud. Sexy.....

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Vinegar Joe - s/t
(1972, Atco) AT GP in the deadwax, mastered by George Piros

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Nice blues rock from the Island label/Chris Blackwell in the UK. Robert Palmer before he recorded in the US with The Meters backing him.

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This is a big one. Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner, Nick Lowe. What more do you desire? The best you may listen to this foggy sunday evening. Beautiful. Nearly thirty years old german vinyl pressing of highest quality.

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Vinegar Joe - s/t (1972, Atco) AT GP in the deadwax, mastered by George Piros https://farm1.staticflickr.com/713/22691637951_28edd253f9_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5757/22691637941_9f808c2618_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5661/22680463215_e8655336b8_b.jpg Nice blues rock from the Island label/Chris Blackwell in the UK. Robert Palmer before he recorded in the US with The Meters backing him. Not possible to get in Switzerland for acceptable conditions. Oh how lucky you are!!

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Dirty old man. Dunbar and Shakespeare are the masterminds of this live recording. Unforgettable....

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Material - Memory Serves
(1982, Elektra Musician) WLP, MASTERDISK HW in the deadwax, mastered by Howie Weinberg

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w/ Sonny Sharrock, Fred Frith, guitar; Bill Laswell, 4, 6 & 8 string basses

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Not possible to get in Switzerland for acceptable conditions. Oh how lucky you are!!

:cheers: Yes, lucky to run across this one in good shape and a good sounding pressing. There's a very large supply of interesting used records on the US west coast - people are still finding forgotten boxes of records in their storage (my brother has a basement of nice records which he hasn't touched in 35+ years, been waiting for him to decide he'll never go back to them) and selling them for pennies or giving away. But US pressings are not always the best sound quality, it's hit and miss as you know.

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Who likes this LP? Why do you? What about the musicians?

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Jimi Hendrix - West Coast Seattle Boy
(2011, Experience Hendrix) STERLING RJ; mastered by Ray Janos


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recycling old pictures, listening to record 5, side 2 - the Young/Hendrix jam. stunning sound quality.

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Rare earth are precious and hard to find. 10 SFr. in a thriftstore this summer. Listen to the funky guitar playing by Ray Monette and the fascinating hammond sounds by Mark Olson. Dark red inner foldcover artwork by Roger Dean is not yet typical for his work for Yes, Uriah Heep et al. Track A4 "I just want to celebrate" is a hymn. Pete Rivera's vocals are underrated. Impressive version of Ray Charles song "What d'i say" on track A1. Good french pressing. Before putting it on the turntable, cover had to be repaired and vinyl had to be washed. Too many nervous sticky fingers........

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Pulse and blood pressure are rising. Big surprise in a thriftstore this summer: vinyl and cover in mint condition, perfect german pressing on heavy vinyl as usual in the sixties. Look at the list of participating musicians. Listen to the tenor sax solo by Roland Kirk on track A2 "Walking in space"! Listen especially to the bass playing by Ray Brown. Eric Gale is great on track B2 "Love and peace". Arthur Adams' composition is a kind of musical prayer. You may hear it loud. It's a test of your speakers. Why is this LP in mint condition as if it has never been played on a turntable ????? Was it in a bank safe with some rare Les Paul guitars for all these 46 years? Unforgettable summer 2015 when i found this big one.......

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What did they eat or drink last evening? As you see on picture below, Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepherd obviously had intestinal problems. I have also problems with this one: unfortunately there is a buckling in LP1. There are often such pressing faults in US RCA LPs of the seventies. Is there a shure technique to mend such faults? I tried it with diverse techniques: putting the vinyl between two ceramic flagstones in the oven, putting them for a day into the sunshine pressed between two ceramic plates etc. as indicated in many youtube videos. Success was disappointing. With some 45rpm there was any success sometimes. How was your experience?

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Yvonne, Mavis, Cleo and Pops. Funky. Or Disco? Produced by Curtis Mayfield. Lead guitar by Curtis Mayfield. Disco.

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Original 1984-1961 recordings. Bluff package because most tracks were recorded 1950,1951 and1952. Only one track dates from 1948 and one from 1961 (with sloppy guitar tuning). That's why the picture on front cover doesn't fit together with the guitar model played on these tracks. The solid body Les Paul Gibson guitar was brought onto the public market in 1952 for the first time. So on the tracks of this LP we hear an accoustic guitar and not a Les Paul as shown on the picture. See picture on back cover. But anyway the recordings are interesting. Digitally remastered from source. Good english pressing. "Porky prime cut" hand written in the deadwax.

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As noted on inner foldcover by Teo Macero: Not a note or a phrase of the musical part of the program has been edited or deleted.
So this concert was perfect from beginning to end. Friday night, February 22nd, 1963. Great concert recording. Superb US mono pressing. Perfect dynamics. Believe it or not: look at the notice on the red label, it's a "NONBREAKABLE" one! Beer o'clock music.

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2 SFr. thriftstore find this summer. New Wave of Jazz. Booker Little and Freddie Hubbard trp. McCoy Tyner p. Elvin Jones dr. Good US pressing. Do you like this one? Why do you?

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Van Morrison - St. Dominic's Preview
(1972, Warner Bros) R122506A 1S /R122506B 1S


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I think this is an early club pressing based on the matrix numbers. Nice sound quality, wonderful music.

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Pulse and blood pressure are rising. Big surprise in a thriftstore this summer: vinyl and cover in mint condition, perfect german pressing on heavy vinyl as usual in the sixties. Look at the list of participating musicians. Listen to the tenor sax solo by Roland Kirk on track A2 "Walking in space"! Listen especially to the bass playing by Ray Brown. Eric Gale is great on track B2 "Love and peace". Arthur Adams' composition is a kind of musical prayer. You may hear it loud. It's a test of your speakers. Why is this LP in mint condition as if it has never been played on a turntable ????? Was it in a bank safe with some rare Les Paul guitars for all these 46 years? Unforgettable summer 2015 when i found this big one.......


Nice find. Q is a local legend here - Garfield High School (where he went to school, and also Jimi Hendrix) has a performing arts center in his name.

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Van Morrison - St. Dominic's Preview
(1972, Warner Bros) R122506A 1S /R122506B 1S


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I think this is an early club pressing based on the matrix numbers. Nice sound quality, wonderful music.


German rerelease of 1974 with some interesting informations on back cover: Ronnie Montrose g, Mark Naftalin p (Listen to his discreet Moog playing on track B3), Leroy Vinnegar b (Shelley Manne Trio), Roy Elliot g (Beau Brummels), Connie Kay dr (from Modern Jazz Quartet). Listen to track B3 "Almost independence day" and after that listen to Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here". Do you check the similarity? Pink Floyd recorded those tunes 3 years later.........

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Produced by Bruce Springsteen. You may hear it. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain. You may hear it. The voice of Joe Grushecky is not always perfect in tune. You may hear it on track A1. But that's life, it's likeable.....

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British 1986 rerelease. Cult? Classic? History? Hysteria? Overrated? Woodstock-Hype? According to the other Family Stone members, most of the album's instrumentation was performed by Sly alone in the studio by overdubbing and, for some of the material, he used a rhythm box in place for drummer Gregg Errico. Stone enlisted contemporary soul acts like Billy Preston, Ike Turner, Bobby Womack, Larry Graham et al. (Cit.Wikipedia)

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A weird one. Produced by german Queen producer Mack (Queen:"it gotta be Mack"). Straker was a friend of Freddie Mercury. You may hear it. Recorded at Mountain Studios Montreux, Switzerland. Superb dynamics. A curiosity.

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A discovery. Interesting musician's history. Eric Sirkel is the pseudonym of guitar player Eric Ter. Famous Colin Allen drums (Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Focus, Stone the Crows, Georgie Fame, Zoot Money et al.) Chris Mercer sax
(Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Juicy Lucy, Chris Farlowe Band, Frankie Millers Full House et al.). Famous producer Robin Millar piano and producing this one. And before i forget: superb Mick Taylor on 4 tracks. A kaleidoscope of music.

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Thin Lizzy - s/t
(1971, Decca) UK


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Nice

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The Band - s/t
(1969, Capitol)

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A timeless classic that doesn't sound dated at all.

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Oh no. Such primitive country music LP cover art is always a source of amusement. But this is not the kind of humour that should belong to music like Frank Zappa asked for......Look at the back cover of this one! (I didn't want to take a picture). Why didn't they (very very rich US phono industry!!) engage some professional photographers? Lousy. Also often lousy is the quality of printing. Same problem with the pressing quality. Poor phono industry. Hey, this is NOT high quality-America....... But seen with the time-wise distance aspect, it's characteristic for the country musician's attitude of Willie and Co. Why should country music be a specially cultivated art? Fortunately the cover art of today's "Americana" music is superb! It was the songs (on those LPs of the glorious past times) that mattered. What do you think about that kind of complaints if you compare European cover art of the seventies with the US style? Do you know some accurate country LP cover art? P.S.:in Switzerland, Germany etc. we also have a rich old primitive country music tradition. And oh, shureley, that cover art isn't made for the international music market........Sunday morning thoughts and tunes.....

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While cooking Ungarisch Gulasch (Hungarian goulash). As a P.S. to my previous post: Don't get me wrong, i appreciate US country music! Especially Willie and Co. Especially while cooking.

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Superb french pressing. Recorded in France. Look at the funny label. Jimmy Johnson guitar (left chanel). John (Mad Dog) Watkins guitar (right chanel). Billy Boy Arnold great voice all over.

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The Band - s/t
(1969, Capitol)

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A timeless classic that doesn't sound dated at all.

German 1978 reissue of good quality pressing. Shurely not only a classic: it's cult. Listen to the superb impressive organ tunes by Garth Hudson on track A4 "When you awake" and A6 " Up on cripple creek". IMHO, a substantial part of the "mood" of this album is credited to Garth Hudson. I want to be there when the BAND starts playing.....

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These german EMI Columbia pressings with the blue label are always of superb quality. Buy it in the thrift store! Wash it. Put it on the turntable. Hear it loud. On sunday morning. Close the windows.... Track B1 "Deep Purple" was the favorite song of the mother of one of the most famous guitar genious of rock music. See him next sommer 2016 in 2 gigs in Germany with musicians yet not known. Do we expect too much...? It'sonlyrocknrollbutilikeit......Do we expect too much?

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Listen to one of the greatest rock songs ever. It begins with acoustic guitar on a summer evening near a lake with some friends. A whistling tune. A whistling tune? And so it goes into one of the greatest songs of rock music: "Afterglow of your love". Remember Steve Marriott. Most of our life we eat Humble Pies..... And we like it.....Listen to the bass playing in track B4 " Sha La La La Lee"! Remember Ronnie Lane.

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Good Holland pressing. It's magic. Great voice. Sunday evening music while cooking spaghetti carbonara. Tomorrow it's monday. Whatever will be, will be.......

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Thin Lizzy - s/t
(1971, Decca) UK


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Nice
Is this one in good condition? How much do want for it?

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Harvey Mandel - Cristo Rendentor
(1968, Phillips) -M3/-M1

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Mandel's first solo LP, lots of tasty fuzz tone guitar. Stereo mastering is credited to Gilbert Kong & Eddie Kramer

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Thin Lizzy - s/t


Is this one in good condition? How much do want for it?

Yes, it plays NM- it's a keeper and my only copy. I picked it up last summer for 20EU in a small shop in tres belle France - Biarritz. Will let you know if I run across a nice one.

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This is the sound of the jungle, its colours and mysteries. Ralph Towner g, Nana Vasconcelos, Colin Walcott, Jan Garbarek. Look at "Codona" without Don Cherry. ECM pressings are always superb. Thriftstore find this summer for some bucks.

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Thin Lizzy - s/t



Yes, it plays NM- it's a keeper and my only copy. I picked it up last summer for 20EU in a small shop in tres belle France - Biarritz. Will let you know if I run across a nice one.

In Switzerland it's not possible to get this one. If you come to Switzerland next time for holidays, you may bring your rare LP's. You need no money further......

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Is this the female version of Bruce Springsteen? Fascinating vocals.

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Harvey Mandel - Cristo Rendentor
(1968, Phillips) -M3/-M1

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Mandel's first solo LP, lots of tasty fuzz tone guitar. Stereo mastering is credited to Gilbert Kong & Eddie Kramer
Where did you get this one?





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Stop the cavalry. A curious hit in 1982. Weird album. Interesting because of Stiff Records. One of the most humorous LP labels. Stiff Records is cult in Europe.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Lonnie Brooks - Hot Shot
(1983, Alligator) MASTERED BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE

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smokin'

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In Switzerland it's not possible to get this one. If you come to Switzerland next time for holidays, you may bring your rare LP's. You need no money further......

That would be an interesting sight, since I have managed to travel with a backpack only on my last few trips!


Where did you get this one?



at a used record seller in the Seattle suburbs. You might be surprised by the number of places to find decent quality used records here on the west coast. Even in 2015, people are _still_ emptying their garages or their kids are cleaning out the estates of their baby boomer parents, dumping these record collections. I think I've seen (and have) all of Harvey Mandel's solo records and compilations. It's always interesting hunting, isn't it?

[Fritz The Cat]

It swings: recorded live, Carnegie Hall, October 17, 1973. Does anybody know the musicians?

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Patti Cathcart voc. Tuck Andress guitar. It swings. Very calm. It's jazzy. Listen to A2 "Honey Pie".

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Huddie Ledbetter. Recorded 1950 by Alan Lomax. Dynamics? Why should this be HIFI? It's history.

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60 years old italian vinyl. Mono. A classic. Found this summer in a thrift store for 4 SFr. After washing it, it sounds nearly as new! Superb dynamics. What about the digital informations of today in 60 years? Listen to track B2 "Bluesology"!

[Fritz The Cat]

Shoobedoobee, baby, shoobedooa. Famous lyrics. Big words. Big sound. Shakeitbaby......

[Fritz The Cat]

Lonnie Brooks - Hot Shot
(1983, Alligator) MASTERED BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE

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smokin'

Look at my post of 23.10.2015 with the british pressing by Sonet Records.

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The 24 /192 version of Ray Charles "genious loves company" 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, which sounds astoundingly good.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Butterfield Blues Band - In My Own Dream
(1968, Elektra) Monarch symbol in the deadwax

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I remembered that when I first picked up this record a few years ago, I found the original purchase receipt inside the cover ...sold for $3.79 + .15 tax ...dated Oct 14, 1968 from "The Singer Company, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, Hawaii". Spinning this one because I'm heading to Hawaii tomorrow for a family vacation on Oahu. I won't miss the job while I'm gone, but will miss the turntable.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Look at my post of 23.10.2015 with the british pressing by Sonet Records.

Very cool to see that Sonet label on your recent spin (http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?2724-What-s-Playing-Now&p=381899&viewfull=1#post381899). I have one other LB record - a Live recording also on Alligator.

[Fritz The Cat]

The Butterfield Blues Band - In My Own Dream
(1968, Elektra) Monarch symbol in the deadwax

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I remembered that when I first picked up this record a few years ago, I found the original purchase receipt inside the cover ...sold for $3.79 + .15 tax ...dated Oct 14, 1968 from "The Singer Company, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, Hawaii". Spinning this one because I'm heading to Hawaii tomorrow for a family vacation on Oahu. I won't miss the job while I'm gone, but will miss the turntable.

Look at my post of 17. September 2015 on french label Vogue.

[Fritz The Cat]

Look at the front cover painting by Neon Park (Little Feat, Zappa): how prophetic. The twin towers burning! Watch out Europe! Remember yesterday in Paris. The terrorism is going on. Our politicians were (and will be further) dumb.
Guitars by John Tropea, Hugh Mc Cracken and Buzz Feiten. But the guitars nearly are not existent to my ears. A little bit too polished one? Typical for those times with the "perfect" Stuff studio cracks. Weak canadian pressing with lousy dynamics. Poor music industry of the seventies! Waste of vinyl. Luckily i own a CD copy........ Does anybody own a superb pressing of this one?

[Fritz The Cat]

Underrated. Interesting songs and "Spielfreude" (musicians playing with much fun). Superb musicians. Tim Renwick guitars. Muff Winwood producer!

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Guitars by Jan Akkerman (Brainbox, Focus) and Ray Fenwick. That's why this LP is a gem, though it's a "middle of the road" rockpopthing as done by Rainbow, Dio et.al. at those times. Cozy Powell powerful drumming. Tony Martin (Black Sabbath) big dramatic-hysteric vocals. In fact it's a very commercial Ray Fenwick album. Ray Fenwick is one of the most underrated guitarists of rock music. Jan Akkerman is a typical european/classical music influenced musician. Good german pressing with fine dynamics.

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Along came Jones. Track A6. Does humour belong to pop music? Yesssss......Manfred Mann and Blues Band singer Paul Jones with his animal friends. And yes, you have to love their music. Does anybody know, who are the animal musicians? His Master's Voice superb english pressing. Paul Jones was a master voice of those times in Flower-Power London. As noted on back cover edge: "File under POPULAR". Look at the Gerald Scarfe cartoon on back cover. He later did the artwork for Pink Floyd's The Wall. Listen to track B2 "Little Sadie" with the indian-irisch touch. It's fun.

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German pressing. Poor sound. Weak dynamics.

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Manu Dibango live with big band. Magic. French pressing. Good dynamics.

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Remember Paris 13. November 2015: The world keeps fallin'.......Maxi single 33rpm. Good german pressing with superb dynamics. "Coming from the heart of the ghetto": B1 LP mix, B2 old school ghetto jam, B3 goin' off 81 style-vinyl bonus cut. Listen to A2 and check your speakers.....

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A studio musicians butterfly ball. Albert Lee guitar. Hank De Vito guitar. Emory Gordy bass. Booker T. Jones organ. Good US pressing with fat sound and fine dynamics. Listen to the crystal clear fender guitar solo by Albert Lee on track A4 "Don't need no other now". Beautiful song A5 " Shame on the moon". Some men go crazy some men go slow......

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Alternative Country/Americana by George Hege Hamilton "the fifth" and his band. But it's not sweet and chiming guitars you hope to encounter. Produced by Mitch Easter (of REM fame). Every song on this LP was written by V , who reports that the songs' subject, the ex-girlfriend, isn't overly fond of them.......

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He wants to sing like James Brown. Funky Soul music. But his voice doesn't work as the voice of JB does. Cochran has a superb band of musicians. But he doesn't have Maceo, Fred and Pee Wee.....

[Challenger604]

Jean-Luc Ponty my favourite! since my 16!, Al Dimeola hmmmm 17 maybe! And Clarck! Pfff! I'm old!!!

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A classic jazz rock album. So many progressive musical ideas! Fine US pressing. Listen to the contributions of the horn section. Jerry Goodman later was a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Fancy cover art. Listen to the beautiful track B2 "Mermaid" sung by Fred Glickstein.

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A surprise! New Beat. It's not new, really. It's Spencer Davis Group without any Spencer Davis Group. But we don't have Spencer Davis Group today anymore. So take this one and listen to track B5 "All i wanna do". Do we have to dig it? Yes, and listen to it loud......

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Old american vinyl never lets you down. Oscar Moore guitar. He is firmly evident in the rhythm work of this one. He offers some pleasant soloing. He is known for his work with Nat King Cole. Listen to the guitar fills and the solo by Oscar Moore on track B2 " How high the moon". Ballroom dancing mood until sunrise....

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Une trouvaille extraordinaire. Never heard of this Memphis roots rock singer-songwriter before i found this one in a thriftstore this summer for 4 SFr. Superb production. Good german pressing. A voice not unlike to the one of Bryan Adams. Jack Holder plays a powerful guitar not unlike to the one played by Keith Scott. Listen to track A3, the gritty single "Red Blue Jeans". Great songs and voice!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ten Years After - s/t
(1967, Deram) Bell Sound sf in the deadwax

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Debut LP full of blues rock goodness.


Back from a week in Hawaii with family - my daughter finally got an extended break from her hospital nursing job after a year of 2 days on / 2 days off. Love the place, flights are short and cheap from the west coast, & the tacky touristy stuff is about 5%, the rest is all natural wonder and aloha.

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Cult Band. But it's not the american Led Zeppelin by far. Jim McCarty guitar. Listen to his fine acoustic guitar work on track A2 "My lady from south of Detroit". Why didn't Tim Bogert do the vocals instead of Rusty Day? Too bad!

[Fritz The Cat]

Swiss made....The recording sessions took place in the night of March 1st to 2nd, 1981 at Powerplay Studios Horgen, Switzerland. The event also happened to be Jaws' 60th birthday and a good time was had by all as you can clearly hear by giving the music on this one some of your attention. The four musicians had played the proceeding week at the club "Limmatquai 82" in Zürich. And by the time they made this record, they managed to play together very well. (Cit. as noted on back cover by J. Simmen). Very interesting informations about every track on back cover! Gustav Csik piano. Jimmy Woode bass. Alvin Queen drums. Fine dynamics. Superb Swiss pressing. Listen to the beautiful piano intro and the Ben Webster resemblance of Jaws' sax playing on track A3 "Moonlight in Vermont".

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Ten Years After - s/t
(1967, Deram) Bell Sound sf in the deadwax

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Debut LP full of blues rock goodness.


Back from a week in Hawaii with family - my daughter finally got an extended break from her hospital nursing job after a year of 2 days on / 2 days off. Love the place, flights are short and cheap from the west coast, & the tacky touristy stuff is about 5%, the rest is all natural wonder and aloha.


Swiss people first eat a sausage called "Servelat" after one or two weeks holidays with strange foreign food. Vinyl music fans first put TYA on their turntable........Why do they? How were the musical experiences in Hawaii?

[Fritz The Cat]

First look at the funny label sign..... Great sound on this Swedish pressing! Moog playing is acceptable. Guitar work is outstanding but not pushing. Underrated guitar player? Oh, by the way: who are the overrated guitar players?

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Interesting because all 4 tracks on B side are live recordings of July 23, 1978 at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland. Forget the title track B1: too much synthesizer. But the rest is superb live fusion-progrock playing with country music touch. Outstanding guitar work by Steve Morse and furious violin contributions by Allen Sloan. Good german pressing. Can anybody explain the meaning of the term "Dixie Dregs"? Are they some kind of creatures of the night?

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I drug home an LP that seems to stump the web. It (or the band) show up NOWHERE on google or Discogs.

seems to be a German Punk band , singing in English (not very punky) , and somewhat mellow. Looks un-played.

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A curious one because of the unusual instrumentation with autoharp but no guitars. Psychedelic folk. Female singer Wendy Penney (Becket) plays a superb bass. Lets remember the other great female bass player Carole Kaye. Who are your favorite female bass players? Listen to the beautiful track A3 "Dream on". It's the Aerosmith debut album power ballad written by Steven Taylor.

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Third album by the three great jazz stars who won all three major popularity polls (Downbeat, Metronome-Music USA, Playboy) three consecutive years. Barney solos - a study in intense concentration, with his right hand in rapid-fire action. Ray's the best bass player in the world. And Shelly can do everything. (Cit.: backcover notes). This is a very good 1992(?) german reissue pressing. Detailed interesting backcover informations to every track by Barney Kessel. Listen to the brilliant bass playing in Billy Strayhorn's composition on track B2 "Raincheck".

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First solo album by David Coverdale. In fact it's a Micky Moody album. After exiting Juicy Lucy, Moody played with SNAFU before joining Whitesnake in 1978. His guitar work and the saxophone contributions are the highlights of this one. Listen to the soulful track B2 "Peace lovin' man" with saxophone playing by Back Door member Ron Aspery. German pressing with poor dynamics.

[SpeakerLabFan]

earlier...
Bert Jansch - Jack Orion
(1970, Vanguard) -1B/-1B

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original release in '66 on the Transatlantic label. w/ John Renbourn. Killer recording/material.
now...

Aerosmith - Rocks
(1976, Columbia) -1A / -1A STERLING in the deadwax

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textured cover with original inner sleeve. smokin'

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Swiss people first eat a sausage called "Servelat" after one or two weeks holidays with strange foreign food. Vinyl music fans first put TYA on their turntable........Why do they? How were the musical experiences in Hawaii?

Yes, grilling sausages is popular in Switzerland, the best wurst ever. :| For me a lot Hawaiian food is familiar and comfortable - loco moco plates at the Rainbow drive in on Kapahulu street (http://www.yelp.com/menu/rainbow-drive-in-honolulu/item/loco-moco-plate), grilled shrimp on rice and pasta - sooo good.

We heard about an interesting guitar player who is like Leo Kottke on the slack key - the band is Hapa. I found out too late that they played at a spot in Honolulu on Sat night, we could have caught them :/.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8mCjkA6wQ4

Seattle has a college radio station which hosts a local Hawaiian community music program (http://kbcs.fm/programs/hawaiian-radio-connection/) on Saturday mornings. I listened this morning and it helped in my transition back to winter here. but I'm not happy about frosty weather, and am already plotting a trip back to the islands, maybe in January.

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Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Time Is The Key
(1979, Arista) STERLING in the deadwax

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w/ Allan Holdsworth, Daryl Way.

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Jimi Hendrix - West Coast Seattle Boy
(2011, Experience Hendrix) STERLING RJ; mastered by Ray Janos

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listening to record 3 from this terrific box set .

[Fritz The Cat]

Yes, grilling sausages is popular in Switzerland, the best wurst ever. :| For me a lot Hawaiian food is familiar and comfortable - loco moco plates at the Rainbow drive in on Kapahulu street (http://www.yelp.com/menu/rainbow-drive-in-honolulu/item/loco-moco-plate), grilled shrimp on rice and pasta - sooo good.

We heard about an interesting guitar player who is like Leo Kottke on the slack key - the band is Hapa. I found out too late that they played at a spot in Honolulu on Sat night, we could have caught them :/.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8mCjkA6wQ4

Seattle has a college radio station which hosts a local Hawaiian community music program (http://kbcs.fm/programs/hawaiian-radio-connection/) on Saturday mornings. I listened this morning and it helped in my transition back to winter here. but I'm not happy about frosty weather, and am already plotting a trip back to the islands, maybe in January.

Today we have the first snowflakes of this winter. I am not happy about it too, but it's normal. Time keeps passing away a little bit less fast in winter. Usually, the time of our short lifes seems to pass extremely fast. And hey, what a beautiful summer and fall we had! Now it's the time to wash, file on excel and store away the gathered records of this year. Looking forward to the next grilling possibility........maybe at New Year as we did last time!

[Fritz The Cat]

Sometimes it's interesting what info the record store stickers on the LP covers tell us. This Holland pressing of MSB was sold at "be-bop" Records in Bern, Switzerland. This record shop is liquidated since many years (1991). Those were not the times to get rich while selling vinyl. Today we have a revival of vinyl cult in Switzerland and Germany. But the adorable curious little record shops have nearly all been gone forever(?).....

[Fritz The Cat]

Big surprise. A voice you should be aware of. You want to listen to this one all over again......One of the most surprising discoveries of the last time. All winners, no fillers. A little bit, as Sinatra did his job. No bad habits on this album. Superb german pressing with fine dynamics. Remember Frank.....Today we had the first snowflakes of this winter.

[Fritz The Cat]

Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Time Is The Key
(1979, Arista) STERLING in the deadwax

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w/ Allan Holdsworth, Daryl Way.
Some kind of hypnotic mood. This is the german pressing. Fine dynamics. Lead guitar contributions of Allan Holdsworth only on tracks A4,A5,A6. Lowlight of Holdsworth's guitar playing. No heart and soul in this kind of guitar work...... A little bit at the edge of supermarket music. Listen to track A3 "Supermarket".

[Fritz The Cat]

earlier...
Bert Jansch - Jack Orion
(1970, Vanguard) -1B/-1B

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original release in '66 on the Transatlantic label. w/ John Renbourn. Killer recording/material.
now...

Aerosmith - Rocks
(1976, Columbia) -1A / -1A STERLING in the deadwax

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textured cover with original inner sleeve. smokin'
Reissue US pressing for European market. The vocals of Steve Perry are produced very weak. US pressing with poor dynamics.

[Fritz The Cat]

Produced by (later famous) Mutt Lange. Good Canadian pressing. Bram Tchaikovsky guitar. Brit-Punkrock. Pub Rock?

[Fritz The Cat]

Soul Limbo. Easy listening sunday evening music by Steve Cropper and Co.. Simple and pure. Keep it simple. Wonderful pressings these german "Pop History" 2 LP compilations! Very very superb dynamics! You have to catch every (!) of these Polydor "Pop History" albums!!!! Listen to the guitar on Beatles song track C3 "I want you". Listen to the guitar on every track. Melting Pot!

[Fritz The Cat]

Jimi Hendrix - West Coast Seattle Boy
(2011, Experience Hendrix) STERLING RJ; mastered by Ray Janos

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listening to record 3 from this terrific box set .


Did you ever have the chance to see Hendrix live in concert? Is there a Hendrix Museum in Seattle ?

[Fritz The Cat]

The Hour Glass represents the first commercial output of Allman Brothers Gregg and Duane. Despite having been in the business for a few years, the boys were manipulated in classic "I'm gonna make you a star"-style into moving to LA dressed up in the hippy gladrags, having songs picked out for them and being allowed to perform only fo a few high-profile gigs. Charming Pop-Soul double album.
P.S.: it's not possible anymore to manage attachments to this post. Does anybody know where's the problem?

[Fritz The Cat]

Yesterday I wanted to add these pictures, but it was not possible. See my last post.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles
(1974, Asylum) WLP

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2LPs, great set capturing a live Joni Mitchell in her prime. Listening to sides 2 & 3.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Did you ever have the chance to see Hendrix live in concert? Is there a Hendrix Museum in Seattle ?


I wish I had but I was 14 years old in 1970 and not yet attending concerts - although we did have plenty of exposure to rock n' roll in school at the time of course. I might have seen him if I had attended Garfield High School in central Seattle but I grew up .. in the northern suburbs - I recall reading that he made an appearance at his old high school when he was in town for a concert at Seattle Center. (Quincy Jones also attended Garfield). The Reprise Greatest Hits was probably the first Hendrix record I heard from a classmate. Yes, the Hendrix museum - also known as the Experience Music Project - is worth a visit when in Seattle.


The Hour Glass represents the first commercial output of Allman Brothers Gregg and Duane. Despite having been in the business for a few years, the boys were manipulated in classic "I'm gonna make you a star"-style into moving to LA dressed up in the hippy gladrags, having songs picked out for them and being allowed to perform only fo a few high-profile gigs. Charming Pop-Soul double album.


Great overview of this record, I can't recall if I have the original. There was at least one off-label reissue later in the 70s with cheap packaging, that's one I see all the time.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
(1965, Columbia) -1G/-1D 2nd pressing with "360 Sound" in White

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fun fact: according to Wikipedia, the cat on the cover is Dylan's and named Rolling Stone.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Grateful Dead - Europe '72
(1972, Warner Bros) WLP -1A/-1A Artisan symbol in the deadwax

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listening to Record 2, sides 3 & 4. a nice live record with prominent low frequencies. I've heard the phrase "Phil bombs" refer to Lesh's bass playing, seems accurate!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Mad River - s/t
(1968, Capitol) Promo stamped LP jacket

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a surprising find earlier this year. described by allmusic as sounding like an extremely dark version of Quicksilver Messenger Service with a bit of Country Joe & the Fish's minor-key melodies thrown in.

[Fritz The Cat]

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
(1965, Columbia) -1G/-1D 2nd pressing with "360 Sound" in White

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fun fact: according to Wikipedia, the cat on the cover is Dylan's and named Rolling Stone.


Shall we want to bring it all back home or bring home the bacon? This is the kind of humour of Keith Reid. Procol Harum was great fun. Reid twisted the words as he wanted to. Because it's more fun. Dylan had no humour. Does anybody know a Dylan song with any kind of humour? One of the most beautiful LP booklets! Grand hotel music!

[Fritz The Cat]

Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles
(1974, Asylum) WLP

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2LPs, great set capturing a live Joni Mitchell in her prime. Listening to sides 2 & 3.


This is the usual (not promo) version. US pressing. Robben Ford guitar!

[Fritz The Cat]

Earl Slick guitar. Herbie Flowers Bass. Produced by Tony Visconti. Mixed by him and Eddie Kramer at Electric Ladyland Studios, New York. German pressing. Mint Condition. 41 years old, with superb dynamics.

[Fritz The Cat]

Hey, this is something special! From Denmark. One of the first scandinavian progessive bands.Their style was quite original from the start, blending jazz-rock with R&B, blues, psychedelia etc. John Peel under the pseudonym Eddie Lee Beppeaux was producing together with famous bass player Tony Reeves (Greenslade, Mayall, Colosseum). Unique kind of music. Superb german pressing with very pleasable dynamics. Listen to the calm hypnotic blues-rocking track A3 "Rotating irons". 45 years old vinyl in mint condition. Cover with the smell of muggy basement. Forgotten anywhere for so many years......Everything was possible in the early seventies. Wonderful times then......

[Fritz The Cat]

Live from Montmartre Jazzhus in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 6, 1982. Rather not the brightest dynamics due to the imperfect original recordings as noticed on back cover. Much of the impact of this one stems from the fact that Montmartre in those days had a more or less regular backing group for the soloists. The anchor man was bass player Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, who at the time of this recording was only 18 years old. All the same he sounds like an old jazzman......

[Fritz The Cat]

Amazing purchase. Relaxed witty survival of musical Afro-America. Strong interpretations of "Chevrolet", "Oh Susanna", "West Indian Revelation". Listen to track B4 "Black Spirit Boogie": realize how many ways there are to keep an acoustic guitar solo interesting once you've acquired a natural sense of rhythm. Remembering Ry Cooder. Jesse Ed Davis electric guitar on track A3 "Oh Susanna" and B2 "Chevrolet". Everything about this album is pure.....

[SpeakerLabFan]

Tom Fogarty - Excalibur
(1972, Fantasy)

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w/ Jerry Garcia on Lead guitar, Merl Saunders keyboards, John Kahn bass. lots of nice playing by Jerry Garcia here.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxKrsJ0RrJw

[SpeakerLabFan]

Hey, this is something special! From Denmark. One of the first scandinavian progessive bands.Their style was quite original from the start, blending jazz-rock with R&B, blues, psychedelia etc. John Peel under the pseudonym Eddie Lee Beppeaux was producing together with famous bass player Tony Reeves (Greenslade, Mayall, Colosseum). Unique kind of music. Superb german pressing with very pleasable dynamics. Listen to the calm hypnotic blues-rocking track A3 "Rotating irons". 45 years old vinyl in mint condition. Cover with the smell of muggy basement. Forgotten anywhere for so many years......Everything was possible in the early seventies. Wonderful times then......

Nice, this looks like very interesting music.

Those early Taj Mahal records are killer.

[SpeakerLabFan]

John Fogerty - Centerfield
(1985, Warner Bros) Promo stamped cover

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interesting songs here overcome the drum machine synth 80s sounds at times. "I know it's true cause I saw it on T.V". I have his new autobiography Fortunate Son on loan from the library - don't know if I'll find time to read it before it has to go back though.

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Shirley Scott - Workin'
(1966, Prestige)

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includes a nice version of Nat Adderly's Work Song. w/ Roy Haynes, drums.

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Ry Cooder rhythm guitar and mandolin. Jesse Ed Davis lead guitar. Listen to Track A2 "Statesboro Blues". Blues-rock-gospel-country-funk for your heart and soul. Very good US pressing. Purchased this year for 15 SFr. at my favorite record store BRO Records in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Look at the fence on the front cover picture. It says everything...... But instead of the house, he owns all the birds of the region.

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Taj Mahal on his own except for when the fabulous (unknown at this point) Pointer Sisters breeze in with their sassy vocals. Listen to "Frankie and Albert": their shriek, as Frankie shoots Albert, is one of the defining moments of music in the 70s. The album is wrapped up with "Teacup's Jazzy Blues", which has a Mingus style bass, gospel moans and scat from Taj. It's a strange and, at times, eerie little number that gets under your skin in a good way. (Cit.: Red Lick Records Ltd.).

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Good UK reissue pressing. Al Kooper piano. Jesse Ed Davis guitar, piano, bass arrangements. Great classic: "She caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride"..........At least. Does humour belong to blues music? Yessssss! And many important wisdoms for our lifes. Remember The Blues Brothers. According to John Belushi's widow, it was Belushi's favorite blues song. The "Katy" refers to Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Cit.: Wikipedia). Does anybody know why a railroad is called "Katy"?

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Good german pressing with perfect dynamics. Recorded at Mantra Sound Studios, Kauai, Hawaii, October-November 1985. Pressed on high quality audiophile vinyl (as noticed on back cover). Jesse Ed Davis lead guitar. Many horns and synthesizers. All the blues has almost gone. Happy music. Everything is allright.

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This is the ultimative Taj Mahal compilation of the Columbia years. It's music history...

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John Fogerty - Centerfield
(1985, Warner Bros) Promo stamped cover

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interesting songs here overcome the drum machine synth 80s sounds at times. "I know it's true cause I saw it on T.V". I have his new autobiography Fortunate Son on loan from the library - don't know if I'll find time to read it before it has to go back though.

German pressing. Bellaphon pressings mostly are superb.You should read his autobiography. Shurely he will tell about "Gossimer Wump" and about "Mr. Greed" and the Man who can't dance. Because of Mr. Greed, John had to play ten years alone in his garage for the dreams that hopefully would survive......

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Tom Fogarty - Excalibur
(1972, Fantasy)

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w/ Jerry Garcia on Lead guitar, Merl Saunders keyboards, John Kahn bass. lots of nice playing by Jerry Garcia here.


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Good german pressing here. Front cover art: it's definitively not a Swiss Army knife, because it's forbidden to cut stones with Swiss Army knifes.

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This is a cruel one. Every 5 years i put this one on my turntable. Fusion. What a terrible word for my ears. No humour at all. No heart and soul. Cold music.....Do love it? Why?

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Steve Miller Band - Number 5
(1970, Capitol)

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a favorite from the early Steve Miller Band LPs. w/ Nicky Hopkins, Lee Michaels, Ben Sidran.


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Ry Cooder rhythm guitar and mandolin. Jesse Ed Davis lead guitar. Listen to Track A2 "Statesboro Blues". Blues-rock-gospel-country-funk for your heart and soul. Very good US pressing. Purchased this year for 15 SFr. at my favorite record store BRO Records in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Look at the fence on the front cover picture. It says everything...... But instead of the house, he owns all the birds of the region.

That record store sounds like a good stop on my next trip to Switzerland!

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Nick Lowe - Party Of One
(1990, Reprise) Promo stamped cover; K-Disc in the deadwax

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w/ Ry Cooder, Ray Brown (!), Dave Edmunds. The usual clever songwriting.



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Love - Forever Changes
(1967, Elektra) 2012 issue

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a stunning Chris Bellman mastered analog reissue. What a great title to be one to set the bar for reissues, in my book.

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One of the best versions of Deep Purple's "Highway Star". Live. Twin guitars playing. John O'Daniel great lead vocals firmly and strongly backed by the other musicians. Interesting version. This one rocks!

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Too many cooks....Kiki Dee together with "Toto" and Co. You have one of the best female singers and all the best musicians in the studio, but there will be no heart and soul in the resulting work. Elevator music. Do i judge too critically? Listen to the dramatic track A5 "Stay with me baby": it's all too much of everything! Look at the picture on inner cover: Kiki has eaten too much pastry. Too many pastry cooks....

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Listen to the shuffling rhythm track B1 "Desert skies" which turns towards the end into a jazzy Django Reinhardt/Grappelli mood.

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Tommy Bolin guitar. Lee Sklar and Ron Carter bass. Listen to the calm track B2 "Le Lis" on which John Tropea plays guitar. Good german pressing.

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Very Beatles style especially because of the perfect vocal harmonies. Rick Nielsen with the curious custom made guitars. Robin Zander with the McCartney voice. Superb production by Todd Rundgren. So you can't go wrong with this one.

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Steve Miller Band - Number 5
(1970, Capitol)

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a favorite from the early Steve Miller Band LPs. w/ Nicky Hopkins, Lee Michaels, Ben Sidran.


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It's the same US pressing as you own with deadwax inscription of the Lp number with suffix F-8 and the mushroom-sign on opposite side.

This is a good pressing with fine structured dynamics. Look at the dedication noted on inner foldcover: after 45 years, we don't have a better world! Did we have so many illusions in the seventies!? Charlie McCoy played harmonica. Nicky Hopkins piano. Concerning the quality of the song material, it's a mediocre SMB work. What about mixing the vocals in track B4 "Jackson-Kent Blues" nearly totally into the background? That song sucks! Weak studio job. Which album of the late sixties /early seventies is the best of SMB?

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[QUOTE=SpeakerLabFan;383641]Love - Forever Changes
(1967, Elektra) 2012 issue

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German reissue of the 90ies. Superb dynamics. But the acoustic guitars on track B2 "Live and let live" are dump and not bright. How are these guitar dynamics on the pressing of 2012 you are showing? The original was published in 1967. Why is on this german pressing the publishing year noted as 1971? Listen to tracks A3 and A4: Carole Kaye plays bass. The wrecking team is everywhere......Yes, and it's a Milestone.

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[QUOTE=SpeakerLabFan;383641]Love - Forever Changes
(1967, Elektra) 2012 issue

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German reissue of the 90ies. Superb dynamics. But the acoustic guitars on track B2 "Live and let live" are dump and not bright. How are these guitar dynamics on the pressing of 2012 you are showing? The original was published in 1967. Why is on this german pressing the publishing year noted as 1971? Listen to tracks A3 and A4: Carole Kaye plays bass. The wrecking team is everywhere......Yes, and it's a Milestone.

Carole Kaye is featured prominently in the wrecking crew tribute documentary put together by Tommy Tedesco's son. I saw this film on a recent flight, brilliant stuff:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhl-3EOYTkc

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Nick Lowe - Party Of One
(1990, Reprise) Promo stamped cover; K-Disc in the deadwax

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w/ Ry Cooder, Ray Brown (!), Dave Edmunds. The usual clever songwriting.



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German pressing. It's a party for everyone. It was a musicians party as always.......Peace, Lowe and understanding......

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Produced by Thomas Dolby. As noticed on inner cover: "Due to the exceptional length of this record, play LOUD".

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Holly Woods lead vocals.

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Gordon Giltrap - Perilous Journey
(1977, The Electric Record Company/Cube) UK pressing; DAMONT in the deadwax, pressed at Damont Audio Limited

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w/ Simon Phillips on drums. recycled picture

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Gordon Giltrap - Perilous Journey
(1977, The Electric Record Company/Cube) UK pressing; DAMONT in the deadwax, pressed at Damont Audio Limited

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w/ Simon Phillips on drums. recycled picture

Original english pressing label. Very strong and recommended stuff but not my piece of cake because of too much synthesizers.

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Same musicians and music as on "Perilous journey". Instrumentals, honey coated with orchestra and sugar coated with synthesizers. Think: these were the times of punk music! Nobody wanted to hear this kind of music then. Very recommended today.

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Same procedure as every year. German pressing. No track without any synthesizer. Listen to track A3 "Inner Dream": even the flutes were "played" by synthesizers. No go.....

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Sam Jones and Ray Brown bass. Louis Hayes drums. Actually this recording marks a transitional period in the history of the Oscar Peterson Trio, since Ray Brown is heard on some of the tracks and Sam Jones on others. No studio recording credits at all. Superb record.

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Dumb Lp cover, but he was songwriter of the song "Long drag off a cigarette" performed by Joe Cocker. He also wrote the songs "Nobody's girl" and "Slow ride" for Bonnie Rait, who described him in a recent interview with USA Today as "Great songwriter that went under the radar". Rod Stewart's "Motown song" was his songwriting masterwork. This one is with Buzz Feiten playing guitar.

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Songwriter (together with Roger Greenaway) of so many wonderful famous songs. He had some remarkable songs left for this album. And a unique voice. Reggie Young guitar and electric sitar. Listen to track B5 "Vietnam baby". It's alright....

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Pink Floyd - Meddle
(1971, Harvest) Winchester plant symbol; MASTERED BY CAPITOL Jay in the deadwax

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I had a new pair of headphones waiting from UPS when I got home from work today, Hifiman HE-400i's using planar magnetic drivers. There was a deal I couldn't refuse with the holiday online sales last week. Lots of fun putting them through their paces. I'll use them at work. Taking a break to listen to a record on the main system.

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Pink Floyd - Meddle
(1971, Harvest) Winchester plant symbol; MASTERED BY CAPITOL Jay in the deadwax

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I had a new pair of headphones waiting from UPS when I got home from work today, Hifiman HE-400i's using planar magnetic drivers. There was a deal I couldn't refuse with the holiday online sales last week. Lots of fun putting them through their paces. I'll use them at work. Taking a break to listen to a record on the main system.

The ultimative test-LP. It's burnt into my brain. I know every nuance. When i was young i used to hear this one by using headphones. This album is an icon. Harvest is cult. This one is a Swiss special edition for ExLibris. In 1971 it was some kind of a cheapo with simple cover sleeve. No foldcover. Later i realized by comparison that it's a very outstanding english pressing. Today very sought after.

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All winners no fillers. All compositions by Jack Dejohnette. Dedicated to his mother and his father. With funny pictures on inner fold cover. Recorded at Power Station, New York. Mixed at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany. Hey, this one has big drive and superb dynamics.

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The rock machine turns you on. It did, indeed. In the seventies. Track A2 "Can't be so bad" by Moby Grape from the album "Wow" is simply great. Superb english CBS pressing with brilliant dynamics. Never heard "Time of the season" by the Zombies in such great sound. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy with "Turn on a friend" from the LP "The Great Conspiracy". Hat off to Roy Harper on track B6 "Nobody's got any money in the summer" from the LP "Come out fighting Ghengis Smith". Listen to the energetic rock song by Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera "Flames" from the LP with the same title.

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That's why we love you, USA! What great voices you have! You have all the great voices of the world! We poor little Swiss have none actually. But we have this LP. Cornell Dupree guitar. Superb US pressing. Thanks to the thrift store in Altstätten, Switzerland this summer for 10 SFr.. On a cold foggy evening like this, you have to listen to this LP........

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so I got the DVD of The Stones Hyde Park '69 concert from la bibliotecha and enjoyed it so much that it's been played 2x and will get a bit more before returning. So, of course, had to whip out "Sticky Fingers". It's like an old friend. :)

ran across this Johnny album yesterday.. disk was terrible and jacket in 2 pieces, but had never seen it b4. Had to grab the jacket pieces, at least.

Cain't ya heard me knockin' ??

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Nu-Jazz. New Jazz? Is it Jazz? How is the definition of Jazz? Don't worry. Time will tell....

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Recorded in concert at the Uris Theatre, Broadway May 7,1974 (side A) and at the Hammersmith Odeon, London December 14th, 1973 (side B). Pure live athmosphere. Ariel Bender guitar. Blue Weaver organ in U.S. Hell of a live band. Not perfect at all, but so is life and live. Listen to the calm mood of track B2 "Rose" before they let loose their furious rockmedley. Glorious days before punk music entered the stages.

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Does anybody read these posts? Has anybody a question concerning collecting vinyl?

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
(1979, Reprise)

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Neil and Crazy Horse helping to start the weekend here.

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Recorded in concert at the Uris Theatre, Broadway May 7,1974 (side A) and at the Hammersmith Odeon, London December 14th, 1973 (side B). Pure live athmosphere. Ariel Bender guitar. Blue Weaver organ in U.S. Hell of a live band. Not perfect at all, but so is life and live. Listen to the calm mood of track B2 "Rose" before they let loose their furious rockmedley. Glorious days before punk music entered the stages.

would have liked to see these guys in concert. and Ian Hunter wrote some good, interesting songs.

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Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis - Wings & Things
(1965, Verve) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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w/ Grant Green, guitar. tasty.

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Good german pressing. We won't forget his work. Bernie Marsden, Mick Ralphs guitars. Ian Paice, Cozy Powell, Simon Phillips drums. Neil Murray, Boz Burrell bass. Listen to the impressive vocals of famous Elmer Gantry (see my post of December 3, 2015 concerning the CBS sampler "The Rock machine turns you on" with one track by Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera) on track B4 "Where are you". Where are you, Jon Lord? Beautiful song despite of (decent) synthesizer playing.

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Unforgettable concert experience one year ago in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. With fantastic and enthusiastic guitar player Roy Herrington. Look for him or Supercharge if they do concerts in your region! Roy Herrington was the clown and master of the concert. He nearly walked half an hour around in the auditorium while divinely playing guitar, also while taking seat at the bar for a beer etc. This was very impressive because there were only about 150 visitors in this little venue. You could see him playing sitting behind you or walking in front of you, while joking and showing tricks with his Stratocaster. My best concert visit ever in my life in soooooo many years. This one is a good german pressing. Buy every Supercharge vinyl you may get!

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Cheapo with stunning dynamics. Stupid cover picture art. Texas Tornado before the storm. Don't forget to dance.....

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
(1979, Reprise)

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Neil and Crazy Horse helping to start the weekend here.

The german pressing looks like this. Acoustic side and electric side. His voice is fragile on side B. Side A is little masterwork, but forget B2 "Welfare Mothers" and B3 "Sedan delivery". So it's not a milestone at all because of side B.

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Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis - Wings & Things
(1965, Verve) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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w/ Grant Green, guitar. tasty.
Old american vinyl. How are the dynamics? Very sought after in Switzerland.

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Penguin Café Orchestra - Music From The Penguin Café
(1976, Editions EG) STERLING in the deadwax

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Brian Eno, exec. producer

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Nice typo on the label for the German Rust Never Sleeps LP: "Trasher" :blink:


Old american vinyl. How are the dynamics? Very sought after in Switzerland.

Re: Wings & Things -- It's not special. My experience is uneven with older Verve LPs. At times stunning, but often dull sounding. It may be the source? Not consistently good like the Blue Note LPs.

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Gentle Giant - Three Friends
(1972, Columbia)

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The Beatles - Rubber Soul
(1965, Parlophone) UK

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recycled pictures. a mid '70s issue that I purchased new then.

interesting WSJ piece (http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-beatles-rubber-soul-turns-50-1449093390)on the 50th of this record.

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Nice typo on the label for the German Rust Never Sleeps LP: "Trasher" :blink:



Re: Wings & Things -- It's not special. My experience is uneven with older Verve LPs. At times stunning, but often dull sounding. It may be the source? Not consistently good like the Blue Note LPs.

Which one ist the misprint? The song of the US pressing is about a bird?

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Gentle Giant - Three Friends
(1972, Columbia)

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This is the original german pressing. The US cover art is the same as from the first European "Gentle Giant" LP cover. The vertigo swirl is very sougth after in Europe. It's a cult object. This one is the first concept album by GG.
Album concept: Three school friends grew up to become a road digger (track A3 " Working all day"), an artist (track B1 "Peel the paint"), and a white collar worker (track B2 "Mister class and quality"). They can't understand each other's lifestyles no longer. The music is astounding, ranging from raucous rock to exquisite choral work. It ends with the stunningly beautiful title song.
This german pressing has to be heard loud to develop optimal dynamics. Those original pressings used to be mastered in low intensity. How does it work with your US pressing concerning the dynamics?

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My birth was too late for the original pressing. I didn't have the money to get one in the 70ties. I didn't want to buy one in the 80ies. Today I won't pay hundreds of SFr. for an acceptable 60ies version. This is not my piece of cake. I bought this 1987 UK pressing in the 90ies. Wonderfully direct metal remastered from a digitally remastered original tape. Matrix inscriptions: YEX 178 8-1-1 and
YEX 179 7-1-1-. Superb dynamics. Ringo holds his head while seeing the price i've payed then. Listen to the ingenious swinging bass playing in track A4 " Nowhere man" and to the masterf ul precise guitar fills and solos by George Harrison in track B1 "What goes on". And after listening to the guitar solo on track B7 "Run for your life": turn the LP and listen the whole album once again while paying attention to all the bass playing. After that, once again, you have to listen to the drumming and percussion effects. It's fun. Thank you George Martin. Stunning!!!

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The Beatles - Rubber Soul
(1965, Parlophone) UK

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recycled pictures. a mid '70s issue that I purchased new then.

interesting WSJ piece (http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-beatles-rubber-soul-turns-50-1449093390)on the 50th of this record.
You may be proud about this pressing! From 1987, if the matrix inscriptions are as following in my next post. IMHO a superb mastered one.

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Not original. Warner Reissue of 3 tracks from 1959 LP "Three faces of Chico" with Eric Dolphy on alto sax. 5 tracks are from 1963 LP "A different journey" with Charles Lloyd on sax. Guitarist Gabor Szabo contributes high-speed bop solos and rhythm work influenced by his native Hungary's folk music (Cit.:AllMusic). Good german "That's Jazz" special pressing. Printing error: length of track B3 "One Sheridan Square" is not only 3:10, but in fact 13:10.

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Jazzy Stuff. Listen to track A3 "Trio" with Idris Muhammed drums and a beautiful hammond by Charles Earland.

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Big voice. Newly formed Thunderbirds. Mo Witham guitars with additional help from Albert Lee. Produced by Mike Vernon. Listen to the beautiful female voice contributing the backing vocals: Carol Forbes. Good german pressing. Non plus ultra for a sunday evening. The thrill is gone away......

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Penguin Café Orchestra - Music From The Penguin Café
(1976, Editions EG) STERLING in the deadwax

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Brian Eno, exec. producer

What do you think about this kind of music? Valium surrogate?!

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Neil and the Horse - Rust Never Sleeps


Which one ist the misprint? The song of the US pressing is about a bird?

I think the song is referring to farming equipment - "wheat thrashers":

They were hiding behind hay bales,
They were planting in the full moon
They had given all they had for something new
But the light of day was on them,
They could see the thrashers coming
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew.

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Penguin Café Orchestra


What do you think about this kind of music? Valium surrogate?!

ha. definitely ambient but I like the playing and the production.

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Brew Moore - s/t
(1956, Fantasy) OJC reissue

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from the KPLU-FM library. w/ Vince Guaraldi, piano.

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Gentle Giant


This is the original german pressing. The US cover art is the same as from the first European "Gentle Giant" LP cover. The vertigo swirl is very sougth after in Europe. It's a cult object. This one is the first concept album by GG.
Album concept: Three school friends grew up to become a road digger (track A3 " Working all day"), an artist (track B1 "Peel the paint"), and a white collar worker (track B2 "Mister class and quality"). They can't understand each other's lifestyles no longer. The music is astounding, ranging from raucous rock to exquisite choral work. It ends with the stunningly beautiful title song.
This german pressing has to be heard loud to develop optimal dynamics. Those original pressings used to be mastered in low intensity. How does it work with your US pressing concerning the dynamics?

it's a disappointing pressing - not a standout, dull in comparison to the GG imports that I have. I know how impressive this music can be.

Rubber Soul


You may be proud about this pressing! From 1987, if the matrix inscriptions are as following in my next post. IMHO a superb mastered one.

I'm too lazy to go upstairs and look up the matrices but I do recall that they begin with the YEX prefix. Nice description, yes the bass is standout on this record!

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10cc - s/t
(1973, UK) US release, STERLING in the deadwax

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I'm not sure why 10cc's clever songs are interesting to me, while I get bored with a lot of Zappa's stuff. The approach seems similar especially here with the doo-wop throwbacks.

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The Nighthawks - Rock 'n' Roll
(1983, Varrick/Rounder) MASTERED BY Frankford/Wayne in the deadwax

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covers of Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, Lowell George, Jagger/Richards. interesting to see that these guys played with John Hammond and members of Muddy Waters band.

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Brew Moore - s/t
(1956, Fantasy) OJC reissue

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from the KPLU-FM library. w/ Vince Guaraldi, piano.
Concerning track A2 "Nancy with the laughing face": Fritz the Cat with the sad face while listening to this LP. What is this music made for? One acceptable track B5 "Song without words" Ramsey Lewis solo on Steinway Concert Grand. Without Nancy, sadly. The rest is musak to my ears.

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Soundtrack. Dedicated to Gil Evans, The Master. John Scofield acoustic guitar on title track. Earl Klugh classical guitar on track B3 "Claire". Tranquilizing or a little bit boring? Because of the synthies?
What do you think about this one?

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But now: Fritz the Cat withe the laughing face! I like his typical guitar playing so much. Beer o'clock music. Thrift store find this fall for 10 SFr.. Superb german pressing. Though this one is a little bit too commercial: he is a great guitar player and it's at least for your heart and soul......What chord is he playing on front cover picture?

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10cc - s/t
(1973, UK) US release, STERLING in the deadwax

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I'm not sure why 10cc's clever songs are interesting to me, while I get bored with a lot of Zappa's stuff. The approach seems similar especially here with the doo-wop throwbacks.
Yessssss. Humour belongs in music. Frank Zappa. I didn't know until now: 10cc made the kind of music that Zappa would have written if he'd wanted a hit. This is the UK pressing for germany. That's why there's a lyric sheet inside. You need it if you listen in german or swiss......

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Penguin Café Orchestra

Hey, speakerlabfan. What is a speakerlab?

ha. definitely ambient but I like the playing and the production.
Hey speaker lab fan. What is a speaker lab?

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Phantasic live recordings from Coconut Grove, Los Angeles. Tenor Saxophone Red Holloway. Listen to the medley of the two exceptional musicians. Good german Alsdorf pressing of a good american recording. Impressive!

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Cool. Love-Hate. Sometimes i love to listen to his music. Some of his LP's are not my piece of cake. This one is exceptional because of the lyric sheet: english, spanish, french, german. Italian translation was not possible to publish because of legal problems......In my next life i will be a lawyer....... Does anybody know what kind of legal problems may disadvantage our italian music friends here? Good german pressing.

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Hey speaker lab fan. What is a speaker lab?

Speakerlab (http://speakerlab.com/history.html) was a Seattle area HiFi company in the 1970s which sold speaker parts, kits and fully assembled speakers. An interesting history, I loved their kits especially the 7's and the Klipschorn clone. I started my first hifi system with a speaker that I built from their kits.

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Gentle Giant - Octopus
(1972, Vertigo) UK pressing; mid 70's issue w/ spaceship label

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terrific sound quality. Roger Dean artwork on the gatefold cover.

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Stomu Yamash'ta - Red Buddha
(1971, Egg/Barclay) French pressing

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all kinds of interesting percussion instruments in these tracks composed and performed by Yamash'ta, who later joined Steve Winwood to form Go.

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Stomu Yamash'ta - Red Buddha
(1971, Egg/Barclay) French pressing

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all kinds of interesting percussion instruments in these tracks composed and performed by Yamash'ta, who later joined Steve Winwood to form Go.
Look at my post from 19. September 2015 concerning the Band "GO" with Stevie Winwood.

[Fritz The Cat]

Gentle Giant - Octopus
(1972, Vertigo) UK pressing; mid 70's issue w/ spaceship label

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terrific sound quality. Roger Dean artwork on the gatefold cover.

This is the first german pressing with the original Vertigo swirl. 43 years old german vinyl in mint condition. Masterpiece. I like the song tribute to the dog on track B2 "Dog's life". Witty. Mc Cartney had his song about his dog "Martha", Pink Floyd immortalized "Seamus" and the Dogs of war. Do you know further (mostly witty) songs about dogs?

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Matrix inscription: Mastered by Frankford Wayne, New York. Good US pressing and mastering. Underrated.

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Speakerlab (http://speakerlab.com/history.html) was a Seattle area HiFi company in the 1970s which sold speaker parts, kits and fully assembled speakers. An interesting history, I loved their kits especially the 7's and the Klipschorn clone. I started my first hifi system with a speaker that I built from their kits.

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Do they produce HIFI components still today? Often those collective proprietors disbanded soon because of different ideas.

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Product placement on cover picture. Eric Gale guitar. So many famous musicians! Thanks to producer Creed Taylor. What is a funky pigeon?

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Singer of Alan Parsons Project. Variable voice. That's how an Ex-Zombie looks and sings together with some famous helping hands. Elton John's Davey Johnstone guitars. Jeff Porcaro drums. David Hungate bass. Rod Argent vocals. Mediocre Holland pressing. Listen to the beautiful song track B1 "Touch and go".

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Do they produce HIFI components still today? Often those collective proprietors disbanded soon because of different ideas.

No, the original outfit is long gone - they did well and had a national following, but never expanded to stores outside the Seattle area as far as I know and packaging speaker kits to sell unheard at a competitive price through mail order was an idea that didn't scale well. While they were around they sparked a lot of activity: Mile Nestorovich continued designing speakers, Dave Graebener went on to Boehlender Graebener which did a lot of interesting magnetic ribbon designs, and I know Bob Carver worked with them from the beginning & I remember seeing the early Phase Linear amps in the listening rooms.

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Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief
(1969, A&M)

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I wish RT and Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention had stayed together longer with more records like this one, but glad for what we have.

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Product placement on cover picture. Eric Gale guitar. So many famous musicians! Thanks to producer Creed Taylor. What is a funky pigeon?

Watch a pigeon walk around. :cool:

I think they are all listening to this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAlejqkd-gg

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Dixie Dregs - Free Fall
(1977, Capricorn) Promo stickered cover

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debut record. tasty fusion, an enjoyable listen. I think this title would make a great reissue if one hasn't been done. I have 5 or 6 of the DD records into the 80s. Note that it includes a track titled Refried Funky Chicken.

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Gene Clark - White Light
(1971, A&M) Monarch symbol in the deadwax

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Nice. Chris Etheridge, bass; Ben Sidran, piano; Jessie Ed Davis, guitar

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Mott The Hoople - Mott
(1973, Columbia) -1B / -1B

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great stuff.

[Fritz The Cat]

Dixie Dregs - Free Fall
(1977, Capricorn) Promo stickered cover

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debut record. tasty fusion, an enjoyable listen. I think this title would make a great reissue if one hasn't been done. I have 5 or 6 of the DD records into the 80s. Note that it includes a track titled Refried Funky Chicken.
Funky Chicken: now i know. This one proved, that fusion could have soul. (Cit.:AMG Robert Taylor). Thanks to Producer Stewart Levine. In my youth I played the violin nearly for ten years, but i didn't know the funny possibilities to use it.....Good US pressing, though it's a "cut out".

[Fritz The Cat]

Mott The Hoople - Mott
(1973, Columbia) -1B / -1B

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great stuff.
Yes. Great. This is the german original with the fancy gimmix cover. Good Netherland pressing. Mick Ralphs guitar. Andy Mackay sax. Listen to track B2 "Ballad of Mott the Hoople", which was recorded live in Zurich, March 26, 1972. Oh, if i would have known then.....

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Reflexive to my post of 11. December 2015, concerning the absence of italian lyrics on the folder of Lou Reed LP "New York": Let's not forget our italian speaking and music listening friends. Here's a replacement for their heart and soul. While cooking italian food for sunday lunch.

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And this one is for the italian speaking girls. In Switzerland we speak 4 languages: German, French, Rumantsch and very important: Italian! Further we learn English in school. English is the modern connecting language in Switzerland. Italian-English-French connection..... Look at the funny shameless cover picture! Do we have also girls here in this forum?

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New Beat from Scotland. Fat harmony vocals. They kept the music simple. As noted on back cover: nae dolbies, nae aphex, nae bother.
Remember the Who. Good german pressing.

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Superb live recordings from Bottom Line, Town Hall and Carnegie Hall 18.-22. December 1979 New York. Detailed booklet. 2 LPs in fold cover. Good US pressing.

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Steve Khan guitar. Marcus Miller bass. So many famous musicians....Good Holland pressing.

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New Beat from Wisconsin. Lake Geneva. We also have a Lake Geneva in Switzerland. It's our biggest one. This band was not a big one. But it's interesting stuff. What has become of them? Anybody knows?
Poor US pressing.

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One of the greatest guitar players. Recorded live at McCabe's, Santa Monica, California in 1977. Mark Naftalin piano, Buddy Helm drums, Buell Neidlinger bass. Honor his memory.

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Great voice.They punched a hole into the cover of this beautiful record. To hell with them! Oh, why did they!!! I hope they pay their sin with very much blood, sweat and tears in hell!!!! Interesting discovery this summer in a thrift store in Vevey Switzerland for 15 SFr.. Who did the superb guitar playing? Does anybody know? Listen to the impressive Loudermilk track B1 "Tobacco Road" and compare with the Eric Burdon/War version. It's sunday evening blues. Superb US pressing.

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You will have to bury me with this one. I will not give this away. This voice is a non plus ultra. Hugh McCracken and Steve Cropper guitar. Joe Farrell alto sax. So many famous musicians!!! Look at the picture on inner fold cover: David plays a Gibson Flying V!!

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Late Punk. Sloppy work. Especially the vocals by Ray Davis are very weak. But after Punk the Kinks were the kings of sloppy rock music again. This is not one of the better albums by Kinks, but it's a kinky one. A hate-love. Nearly 35 years old album: they didn't give the people what they wanted...... I want it. Thanks to a thriftstore this summer. 5 SFr. A rare german "cut-out" because of suboptimal pressing.

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Does humour belong in music? Yessss: The intergalactic laxative. Listen to this song on track B2. Wonderful cover artwork by John Kosh. Cosy (sic!) Powell drums. Chris Spedding guitar. Very interesting: Chris Spedding did all the strings (??). Bobby Keyes (sic!) sax. Jim Horn alto sax. John "Rabbit" Bundick (sic!) piano. And hey, yes, Donovan (without any further writing errors) did the vocals and guitars and shurely knows to reproduce all the cosmic sounds of the universe. What else?

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Yes: beautiful melodies. A little bit too lightweight. Like the "Schlagersänger" in Germany in the seventies. I like it anyway. Life is not always serious, it has sometimes also beautiful hours: my wife loves it. It's a never ending song of love..... Look at the picture on back cover: the first time in pop music we see an instruction on a LP cover, how to use dental floss....I prefer another technique!

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Excellent 2 LP album by Don Nix and his all-star-show. He put together a great bunch of talent from all kinds of american musical background and took them on the road. Wayne Perkins guitar. It might best be compared to Nitty Gritty's "Will the circle be unbroken" (See one of my next posts) or Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (see next posts) or the Volunteer Jams by Charlie Daniels (see next posts). It's Blues, Gospel, Country and Rock. Don Nix (ex Mar-Keys) produced it and contributed his vocals on side B,C and D. Recorded October 15, 1971 at Long Beach Civic Auditorium, Long Beach and October 17, 1971 at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. Side A is performed solo by 78 years old Blues musician Furry Lewis. This is great american music history! The price sticker on front cover tells me: in 1972 the price was 32 SFr. ("sticker removable"!!?). This week i found it in my favourite record store BRO Records in St. Gallen, Switzerland for 2 SFr.. Good german pressing with excellent live sound and good dynamics after having been washed.

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As the record label tells us: these are the United Artists! American music history. 36 tracks on 3 LPs. Perfectly made art work. Good german pressing with fine dynamics. Music forms a new circle..... Who is the bold soldier shown on front cover picture?

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Big Circus entertainment. And afterwards they (except some lawyers) were poor dogs & penniless men....
Recorded March 27/28, 1970 at the Fillmore East, New York. By Eddie Kramer and Glyn Johns. Leon Russell guitar. Chris Stainton piano and organ. One or two further more musicians seemed to be involved in this humble event. German pressing. Luxurious cover art as usual then. Not in the best condition anymore. 45 years old and many hours of having turned on various turntables and been played by some suspicious pickup needles.

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Recorded live January 8, 1977 and January 14, 1978 at Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee. Very good recording techniques. Perfect mastering by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NY,NY. Wet Willie, Sea Level, Grinderswitch, Willie Nelson and Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Mylon LeFevre, Bonnie Bramlett, Papa John Creach and many furthermore musicians for the Jams. Good US pressing. Les Paul guitar festival....

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Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Yusef Lateef - Gettin' It Together
(1961, TCB) 60s or 70s reissue; G.K. in the deadwax, mastered by Gilbert Kong

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a really nice sounding set or sets of early 60s hard bop

back after a week away from the turntable while I was getting some desert sun and some hiking near Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park. We had a great time scrambling and exploring canyons and caves with a guide on the first day, then more of the same on our own.
No rattlesnakes but we had some excitement when we noticed a large tarantula on the trail.

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Freddie Hubbard - Backlash
(1967, Atlantic) Monarch pressing; gatefold cover

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More nice sounding F. Hubbard hard bop.

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Freddie Hubbard - Backlash
(1967, Atlantic) Monarch pressing; gatefold cover

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More nice sounding F. Hubbard hard bop.
Very good US pressing. Superb dynamics. Listen loud to track A3 "Little Sunflower"! Reissue 1985. Listen to the driving drums by Otis Ray Appleton on all tracks and to the hot percussion playing by Ray Baretto on tracks A1, A2, A3. Tom Dowd was one of the recording engineers at Atlantic Studios, New York in October 1966.

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Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
(1973, Capricorn) -1C / -1C; STERLING in the deadwax

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Nice, a combination of heavy and progressive with enough variety to keep things interesting.

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Very good US pressing. Superb dynamics. Listen loud to track A3 "Little Sunflower"! Reissue 1985. Listen to the driving drums by Otis Ray Appleton on all tracks and to the hot percussion playing by Ray Baretto on tracks A1, A2, A3. Tom Dowd was one of the recording engineers at Atlantic Studios, New York in October 1966.

great stuff, Hubbard was overshadowed by Miles but I really like his 60s and early 70s work, even several of the CTI records that he did into the 70s before that label was overtaken by schmaltz and string arrangements.

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[QUOTE=SpeakerLabFan;359913]Freddie Hubbard - Polar AC
(1975, CTI) WLP/Promo

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Ready for Freddie. Yessss you're right: too much sugar coating by orchestra. But at least we have George Benson playing on this one. Try to catch his tunes on track A3. And Jack DeJohnette. And Billy Cobham. And Lenny White. Hey you connoisseurs of the best drummer legends: on which track may you recognize anyone of them especially? On track B2 "Son of sky dive" there is not too much sugar coating. Was the white label made only for promo copies? Does anybody own a vinyl copy of the original soundtrack "The Pawnbroker" by Sidney Lumet (with Quincy Jones)?

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Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
(1973, Capricorn) -1C / -1C; STERLING in the deadwax

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Nice, a combination of heavy and progressive with enough variety to keep things interesting.

What about the vocals of Rod Evans (Ex Deep Purple)?