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Carolyn Hester - Simply Carolyn Hester
(197?, Folk Odyssey/Columbia)




Produced by John Hammond, with music directed by Milt Okun. originally released in 1963. Bob Dylan played on an earlier record that Hester recorded for Columbia. Buddy Holly played guitar on her 1957 debut record which was produced by Norman Petty. a $1 thrift find today. I knew I had another Hester record, it turns out I have the original release of this record too - shown in the 2nd picture.

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Manzera - K-Scope
(1978, E.G.) Promo/NFS; STRAWBERRY in the deadwax; mastered by Mel Abrams at Strawberry Mastering



with Francis Monkman, piano; Simon Phillips, drums. A $1 record show find from earlier this year.

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Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
(1957, Columbia) CL 949 Mono pressing



with John Coltrane, tenor sax; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Jo Jones, drums.

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Roger Ebert likes this one -

(yes That Roger Ebert)



http://www.youtube.com/user/screenings2001

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Frank Sinatra - Watertown
(1970, Reprise)

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The Rolling Stones - Flowers
(1967, London) PS 509



two songs are fake stereo - "Mother's Little Helper" and "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby..." and they sound like a mess, the rest are true stereo and sound very nice, easy to pick out the percussion effects and the stringed instruments, for example on "Lady Jane", finger snaps on "Out Of Time", however the bass and rhythm section low frequencies are pretty much buried non existent on this US pressing.

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Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
(1971, Mercury) mastered by Gilbert Kong



I'd forgotten how much fun this record is. Thunderous heavy metal meets prog rock. Stunning mastering by Gilbert Kong, it's easy to pick out the rhythm section in this record! Too bad there isn't a little more substance to the Heep's lyrics; they have always underwhelmed. They almost sound like a parody of the genre, something I'd expect from Spinal Tap.

[SEAWOLF97]

The Beatles - Help!
(1965, EMI/Parlophone) mid 70's German pressing

The 1965 edition of the Beatles might be my favorite. With horizons expanded by Dylan's influence. The opening scene[/URL] from Help! -- when the scene transitions from the weird eastern sacrificial ceremony to the Beatles performing Help in a black and white music video - Goose Bumps.

Help! is a big fav, tho I enjoy the ST version much more than the songs only ...the movie was remastered 2-3 years ago and looks stunning ....of all the early Beatles albums, I keep coming back to "Beatles 65"

My son is a big Punk music fan and I was doing a little research, the Punk Crowd considers
"I saw her standing there" as a highlight of the genre

>>The opening scene from Help!

I still get a chuckle when the darts hit ..even tho I know they're coming..

[Eaulive]

Nickelback, All the right reasons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR6p6A7WynQ



Don't listen to this on the road, speeding ticket guaranteed

[Lee in Montreal]

Nickelback, All the right reasons.

I thought you were playing "The Pink Noise" today?

[Eaulive]

I thought you were playing "The Pink Noise" today?

I did too, for a couple of seconds

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Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat
(1968, Liberty)



what a great record that flat-out cooks, their 2nd LP includes the hit "On The Road Again". This copy is a visual VG so it doesn't go near the Rega/Benz Ace but it plays with only a very light amount of surface noise even during the quiet parts. With Dr. John on piano, horn arrangements.


Help

Help! is a big fav, tho I enjoy the ST version much more than the songs only ...the movie was remastered 2-3 years ago and looks stunning ....

Good reminder, I watched the DVD a couple of years ago but I need to borrow a copy and watch again.

I heard someone describe the Beatles transition to more complex songwriting in Help! as witnessing the birth of new genre. I think it certainly does have hints of what was to come.

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Moby Grape - self titled
(1967, Columbia) early pressing with Don Stevenson giving "the finger" on the cover



Ranked #121 on Rolling Stones mag's list of the 500 Greatest Albums. This record has held up well over the years, a combination of psychedelic, country rock, power pop, garage rock.

[andrew15]

Such a beautiful pictures.