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[SpeakerLabFan]

Fairport Convention - s/t
(1968, Polydor) UK pressing, '75 reissue Polydor #2384 047




part of a series of UK Polydor reissues in the mid 70s - austere cover art but all I've heard in the series have nice sound quality.


Fritz - wow, those are some older posts that you've found. I hope to have time today or tomorrow to check these out.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
(1971, Cotillion) Monarch symbol, AT/GP in the deadwax, mastered by George Piros




RIP Keith Emerson. My favorite ELP title. Crushing sound quality on this pressing.

[Fritz The Cat]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
(1971, Cotillion) Monarch symbol, AT/GP in the deadwax, mastered by George Piros




RIP Keith Emerson. My favorite ELP title. Crushing sound quality on this pressing.

Tarkus was the keyboard "Tour de force" of Emerson. Italian reissue. RIP!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Chris Youlden - Nowhere Road
(1973, London) STERLING in the deadwax




Savoy Brown vocalist. w/ Danny Kirwan, Chris Spedding, Roy Babbington from Soft Machine.

Taking a break from the NCAA college hoops conference tournament games since OR just destroyed Utah in the Pac12 finals --> prelude to the NCAA tournament, aka MARCH MADNESS starting next week on Thursday.

[Fritz The Cat]

Black Moon. Referring to the burning Iraqi oil fields of Gulf Storm. Look at the beautiful but also scary carrousel on front cover picture. You may see the dollar notes whirling around.......

[Fritz The Cat]

A bright spot of the music of the 80ies. A searchlight. Superb dynamics on this english pressing. Great melodies. Listen to track B6 "Precious years". Hymns for forever.....

[Fritz The Cat]

This post is dedicated to Mira. Life is live.

[Fritz The Cat]

Underrated guitar player and unique voice. Listen to track A3 "Creedence Song": "Hey you can't go wrong if you play a little bit of that Creedence song". Good US pressing.

[Fritz The Cat]

70 years of David Gilmour. Efficient guitar playing. Listen to the solo on track B5 "Near the end". Superb production by Bob Ezrin. With many friends: Pete Townsend, Jeff Porcaro, Pino Palladino, Steve Winwood, Jon Lord, Kick Horns. All winners no fillers. Fine french pressing on cult label Harvest.

[Fritz The Cat]

Mike & Sally Oldfield Pekka Pohjola - s/t (aka The Mathematician's Air Display)
(1981, Happy Bird) Holland pressing






Originally released on Virgin in 1977 as The Mathematician's Air Display. Sounds like an Oldfield production with great sound quality and all sorts of sonic treats.

Happy Bird was a german label. German pressing.

[Fritz The Cat]

Listen to Jimmy Reed song on track D1 "Goin' to New York". Recorded live at the Academy of Music, New York. Broadcast live on WNEW-FM, New York. Superb german pressing. Pete Haycock guitar masterwork. 40 year old vinyl. What about your car you drove in 1974? "If you were looking for a band with substantial blues roots, technically excellent playing both individually and collectively, and a live excitement that grabs and never lets go, you couldn't do much better than the Climax Blues Band." (cit. Rolling Stone review, Gordon Fletcher, RS 158)

[Fritz The Cat]

Track A5: "My old friend the blues". Digital recording. Superb US pressing. A classic.

[Fritz The Cat]

Jig-a-Jig. Better git it in your soul (Mingus). A very rich (german: reichhaltiges) album. This is the sound of the seventies as we will always love it.
Superb german pressing.

[Fritz The Cat]

Writing songs is mysterious stuff......

[Fritz The Cat]

After Led Zeppelin, there was nothing..... but Riff Raff. Sleeve by Hipgnosis. Listen to track A1 "Nina". This one is for all those who have a problem with the hysterical voice of Robert Plant. Underrated and intelligent power rock. All winners no fillers. Simply fun. Very good US pressing: Vinyl Futures.....