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Pat Metheny - New Chautauqua
(1979, ECM) Trio records/Japanese pressing

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An old favorite. This was a 75 cent pickup at a random garage sale in my neighborhood last weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing Metheny's robot orchestra in a few weeks.

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John Sebastian - John B. Sebastian
(1969, Reprise) STERLING in the deadwax

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w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash, Dallas Taylor, The Ikettes, Harvey Brooks from The Electric Flag. Goldmine says there was a 1969 MGM release w/ a different mix.

over lunch today, I watched about 30 minutes of the Woodstock 40th Anniversary directors cut DVD - disc 2 with Jefferson Airplane (Grace Slick :love: ), and Sebastian performances. and I realized that the cover on this LP is from the Woodstock performance. Hadn't looked in the gatefold. love his monologue to the crowd as he walks up to the mike, and surveys 300,000+ "this is one of the mind *****ers of all times man"

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The Grateful Dead - Europe '72
(1972, Warner Bros) Green label with WB logo

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Listening to side 3/4; $1 garage sale pickup last weekend, nice clean copy w/ a very prominent Phil Lesh bass.

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The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel
(1974, Grateful Dead Records)

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More Jerry Garcia guitar / Phil Lesh bass for me. This one is full of favorite songs from Dead shows starting with U.S. Blues ("Wave that flag"), Scarlet Begonias, and Phil Lesh's Unbroken Chain.

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J. Geils Band - Bloodshot
(1973, Atlantic) STERLING in the deadwax

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Here's a belly shaker from the pre-hits period. This one and Full House are ones I purchased after seeing them tear it up in live performance.
It ain't nothin' but a house party.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Masked Marauders - Self Titled
(1969, Deity)

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Super session recorded in secrecy at the Igloo productions studio in Hudson's Bay. Liner notes excerpt:


Leading experts now predict that the music industry is 90% hype and 10% bulls___. The Masked Marauders, bless their hearts, have gone far beyond that.

Happy April 1st

[SpeakerLabFan]

Linda Ronstadt - Hand Sown Home Grown
(1969, Capitol) 1970 pressing

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A couple of Dylan songs, a Fred Neil and a Randy Newman cover, plus some great session playing and production and ... Linda's singing.

[SEAWOLF97]

The Stone Poneys - Self Titled
(1967, Capitol) 1974 re-issue w/ "featuring Linda Ronstadt" and new liner notes
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back cover included for the LR eye candy

yeah, to bad she did the Mary (of Peter, Paul & ) thang ...see below


The Masked Marauders - Self Titled
(1969, Deity)

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Super session recorded in secrecy at the Igloo productions studio in Hudson's Bay.

Ah yes,, I remember "I am the Japanese Sandman" and "I Can't Get No Nookie" "Season of the Witch" and dont forget "Cow Pie"...my dotter made off with my copy ( 49 cents new at the Kmart bargain rack)

LR in later years :o:

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station
(1977, Arista) w/ deadwax inscriptions: "Where do you keep your stereo, Jer" on side 1, "If it rolls, sink it" on side 2, "Pogo" and KENDUN III on both sides.

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Another favorite especially the title song and Estimated Prophet. Holy smokes, this is a well produced and dynamic sounding record.

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Mike Metheny - Day In-Night Out
(1986, Impulse!)

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w/ little brother Pat putting in some very nice jazz guitar here. Nice soft-toned horn solos.

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Elton John - Honky Chateau
(1972, Uni)

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Jethro Tull - This Was
(1968, Reprise)

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[SEAWOLF97]

grabbed these ..the "hop' one is a triple ...I like them Phase 4's :D

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Dave Van Ronk - Black Mountain Blues
(1959, Folkways) 1968 release

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includes a version of Ledbelly's In The Pines. I'd heard the Kurt Cobain cover of this.


grabbed these ..the "hop' one is a triple ...I like them Phase 4's :D

I bet that's a nice sounding symphony ... but I can't think about "Also Sprach" without hearing Eumir Deodato's 1973 version. :)

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Various Artists - Odyssey
(1973, A&M)

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An A&M artists promotional album for Altec speakers; I'm not listening through Altecs, but the JBL 4425 studio monitors are at least in the James B. Lansing family. not surprisingly this is a great sounding LP. includes tracks from Rick Wakeman, Sandy Denny, Strawbs, Quincy Jones, Rita Coolidge, and Cheryl Dilcher

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It's A Beautiful Day - A Thousand And One Nights
(1974, Columbia) 1981 UK reissue

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Compilation LP w/ tracks from the 4 Columbia titles by the band including the Marrying Maiden title, which had Jerry Garcia as a guest artist.

[SEAWOLF97]

An A&M artists promotional album for Altec speakers;

I picked that up from the dealer in '72/73 ..later on I acquired a pair of Altec Capri's ...and gave the album away to the buyer of the speakers , since they are featured inside.

My local thrift store color codes their new items...noticed a collection of records that all had the same color....waited 5 weeks for that color to cycle around to "sale color of the week" ...but Monday 9AM I ran in at opening along with all the other opening ninnies, and grabbed 28 classic rock records for $7 ...most were individually priced $3-6 each.

WOW..just noticed that was post #4000 , (abt 3000+ are crap)

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Hoops McCann Band - Plays The Music Of Steely Dan
(1988, MCA)

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I picked that up from the dealer in '72/73 ..later on I acquired a pair of Altec Capri's ...and gave the album away to the buyer of the speakers , since they are featured inside.

My local thrift store color codes their new items...noticed a collection of records that all had the same color....waited 5 weeks for that color to cycle around to "sale color of the week" ...but Monday 9AM I ran in at opening along with all the other opening ninnies, and grabbed 28 classic rock records for $7 ...most were individually priced $3-6 each.


interesting story on the Altec dealer LP. Nice haul, watching for the sale color sounds like a good strategy for thrift records when they are priced > $1.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ten Years After - Alvin Lee & Company
(1972, Deram/London)

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looks like this is a collection of studio outtakes, released by Deram after TYA hit it big over on the Columbia label with A Space In Time.
Some good blues rock here. Boogie On on side 2 is 14:35 of pure rockin' mayhem.

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Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
(1972, Mercury) G.K. in the deadwax, mastered by Gilbert Kong

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it's a guilty pleasure but I like the Heep...fun imagery, long, heavy metal explorations with "a wall of sound built from thick guitar riffs, churchy organ, and operatic vocal harmonies." This is a really nice recording, w/ a really nice soundstage and low frequencies. ...a cool gatefold sleeve, artwork by Roger Dean contains a hidden erotic image of male and female genitalia.

[SEAWOLF97]

Ten Years After - Alvin Lee & Company
(1972, Deram/London) Boogie On on side 2 is 14:35 of pure rockin' mayhem.

we must be getting near the same wavelength...I had Boogie On going 2 days ago (it has to be turned up :D ) and my 28y.o son comes in and asks "Whats/Who's that ??, I like it !!" ...so he went out scouting for a copy..Guess he'd never heard the Boogie b4.

Snagged 5 LP's yesterday on long bike trip...I was reading the the "5th Dimension - Earthbound" never got moved to CD and is only available on LP...it was their last with the original members, before they split off to McCoo & Davis.....Carl & The Passions is a late Beach Boys effort to try to get the careers going again....Bryan Adams & BHC are not my style but were still sealed/new.:bouncy:

[richluvsound]

Malcom Mclaren RIP

More fans here than there possibly .. Never the less .. He's now with the great mohawk , razor-blade and saftey - pins in the sky


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Drw2_HmK0

[hjames]

Malcom Mclaren RIP

More fans here than there possibly .. Never the less .. He's now with the great mohawk , razor-blade and saftey - pins in the sky


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Drw2_HmK0
Wow - I've got Fans, the vinyl that was on! Also ... Boy's Chorus
Missed the news - sad to hear he's gone, what a genius - R.I.P. indeed ...

[voice of theatr]

Early Heep in particular was very cool stuff--love The Magician's Birthday as well....

This album is by the two main songwriters of the Moody Blues--Justin Hayward and John Lodge. Great sounding recording from 1975 with full orchestra-- it's one of the best Moodies (solo or group) outings IMHO....

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[voice of theatr]

My all time favorite Who album--QUADROPHENIA from 1973. This is the Mobile Fidelity remaster of the original mix of the album--sounds better than the vinyl version (which is often times not the case with much of my vinyl collection). Sounds fantastic on my Model 19's.....

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Shirley Scott - On A Clear Day
(1968, ABC Impulse!) VAN GELDER in the deadwax

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w/ Ron Carter, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; recorded 1966. Shirley Scott gives Jimmy Smith a run for the jazz organist money in my books.

[SEAWOLF97]

This album is by the two main songwriters of the Moody Blues--Justin Hayward and John Lodge. Great sounding recording from 1975 with full orchestra-- it's one of the best Moodies (solo or group) outings IMHO....


thats one of the 28 that I got Monday...:D

got out yesterday and couldnt resist these as they were in great shape for 85 cents each....:applaud: thats Barry White's GH , the thrift clerk told me I can put it on the TT and get any woman ...:barf:

[SEAWOLF97]

Here is the $7 stack...:) dark blue tags were 4 for $1

[SEAWOLF97]

and lastly

[SpeakerLabFan]

Dire Straits - Self Titled
(1978, Warner Bros)

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I've heard Sultans Of Swing too many times and suffer from overexposure, but the rest of this record is uncharted territory. I've managed to avoid the demos with non-stop Dire Straits and Diana Krall playing I guess. Wonderful production and the signature Knopfler guitar picking here.


Scott Lindenmuth Group


and lastly

Wow, I didn't think I'd see another copy of that LP in the wild. I have that on cassette and LP. He is a local, i.e. basically in the neighborhood north of Seattle, and I've seen him perform a few times through the years, still does local venues and "bite of Seattle" things. A few years ago at an outdoor festival he did one of those Jeff Beck tracks from Blow By Blow, I think it was Freeway Jam. Love the cover art here.

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Ten Years After - A Space In Time
(1971, Columbia)

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Paul McCartney - Ram
(1971, Apple)

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Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band
(1973, Capitol)

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produced by Todd Rundgren; classic turn it up title track -- "smokin' Chiquita's in Omaha"

[SEAWOLF97]

Ten Years After - A Space In Time
(1971, Columbia)



What can you say about this LP besides ..."DesertIslandDisk" ???

sounds so good that the remaster is rare...:bouncy:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Edgar Froese - Aqua
(1974, Brain) German pressing

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TYA - A Space In Time


What can you say about this LP besides ..."DesertIslandDisk" ???

sounds so good that the remaster is rare...:bouncy:

:yes: great record. :hyp::coolness:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Dave Mason - Headkeeper
(1972, Blue Thumb) Artisan symbol in the deadwax, mastered by Bob MacLeod at Artisan sound recorders.

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w/ Graham Nash, Rita Coolidge, Spencer Davis. really like this record, well produced and a favorite period in the Mason discography.

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The Sons Of Champlin - Loosen Up Naturally
(1969, Capitol)

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double LP gatefold; somewhere in the cover drawing the original cover has a 4 letter word "f" with subsequent runs either crossed out or airbrushed out, according to Goldmine. There's lots of buried text in the drawing, don't know where to look and I don't see it, although I do see spot with a crossed-out mouth on the inside cover drawing.

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It's A Beautiful Day - Self Titled
(1969, Columbia)

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doing a shoot-out between my Columbia 2-eyes copy and a very clean 70s pressing that I picked up yesterday at an audio gathering near Portland. Great record, both copies play great, the newer one is silent, the older one has some light surface noise. The first pressing is typical thick heavy vinyl.

I didn't know the band had a connection to Seattle - interesting story on wikipedia about the Seattle rain being inspiration for White Bird:


The group's original manager, Matthew Katz, had previously worked with Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape. The members of It's a Beautiful Day were unaware that the other two groups were already trying to end their business relationships with Katz. During 1967 and early 1968 Katz prevented It's a Beautiful Day from performing in San Francisco, telling them they were not ready. He booked their first public appearances at a club he controlled in Seattle, Washington formerly known as the Encore Ballroom. Katz renamed the club "San Francisco Sound". While in Seattle the group lived in the attic of an old house owned by Katz while writing and rehearsing new songs in between club performances. Few customers came to the club during It's a Beautiful Day's engagement in Seattle during December 1967.
The group's signature song "White Bird" was inspired by the experiences David and Linda LaFlamme had while living in Seattle. In an ironic twist on the band's name, the sad song was partly inspired by Seattle's rainy winter weather. In a later interview, David LaFlamme said:
"Where the 'white bird' thing came from ... We were like caged birds in that attic. We had no money, no transportation, the weather was miserable. We were just barely getting by on a very small food allowance provided to us. It was quite an experience, but it was very creative in a way."[1]

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The Pointer Sisters - Self Titled
(1973, Blue Thumb)

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debut album w/ 60's R&B, boogie blues, jazz, those killer harmonies, and an amazing cover of Alan Toussaint's Yes We Can.

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The Byrds - The Byrds Greatest Hits
(1967, Columbia) 2-eyes 360 Sound original pressing

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I ran across three copies of this record in one of my unsorted piles - the other two are 70s reissues. I think I have the mono version in the shelves. I wanted to play some Byrds after the Roger McGuinn solo. This looks pristine and plays wonderfully. It's interesting that a Greatest Hits record was released just three years after the band was formed, but they were busy and had lots of hits in those years with David Crosby and Gene Clark. They sold more of this album than any other, so it's not hard to find out there but worth grabbing if you find a clean one.

[SEAWOLF97]

made a big loop on the TREK yesterday (ready to switch over to the Fuji for summer riding) ...and found these 2 ..funny that they seem to be from people that were famous at their prior bands...

Edge from Moody Blues....Fogerty from CCR.:blink:

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Steeleye Span - Original Masters
(1977, Chrysalis)

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2 LP set, listening to C/D sides. can't get enough Maddy Prior.

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Pentangle - Reflection
(1971, Reprise)

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... or Jacqui McShee

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Ringo Starr - Stop And Smell The Roses
(1981, Boardwalk) MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ LA, CALIF in the deadwax
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w/ Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Stephen Stills, Ron Wood. "Thanks to my Three Brothers" in the dedication.


So stop and take the time to buy this album,
So i can plant roses and smell them all day long.
Stop ev'rything you're doing,
Run to your local record shop and say,
"give me that record called 'stop'"
I'm going crazy with this record business,
I wanna stop it, you want me to stop it,
Ev'rybody wants it to stop.

- Harry Nilsson and Richard Starkey :applaud:

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J. Geils Band - Best Of The J. Geils Band
(1979, Atlantic) "@t GP" in the deadwax; Mastered by George Piros

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This compilation includes the pre-Centerfold material, i.e. the goods. turn it up!

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T. Rex - The Slider
(1972, Reprise)

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backing vocals - Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman; Photography by Ringo Starr

[SEAWOLF97]

Free Shows and Special Releases on Record Store Day to Push Sales Volumes

http://www.timesnewsline.com/news/Free-Shows-and-Special-Releases-on-Record-Store-Day-to-Push-Sales-Volumes-1271518318/

Sales of vinyl records had risen 35% as of November 2009 in the face of a failing business model in cloud jukebox services.

the above link has another to the J&R vinyl site...was surprised to find this deal http://images.jr.com/musicimages/801830.jpg?FTR=7&CELL=200%2C200&QLT=67&CVT=jpeg (http://www.jr.com/information/pop_hires.jsp?JRZoom=false&HRIPath=musicimages/801830.jpg&HRTitle=801830_VY)
Abbey Road


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The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Self Titled
(1968, Track)

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inspired by a discussion on why did psychedelic rock develop so fast? My take from wikipedia :D - "When viewed under the influence of such substances as LSD, psychedelic mushrooms, and peyote, a clock may appear to be a strange reference point and a useless tool for measuring the passage of events as it does not correlate with the user's experience. At higher doses, time may appear to slow down, stop, speed up, go backwards and even seem out of sequence."





Record Store Day


Free Shows and Special Releases on Record Store Day to Push Sales Volumes



I think it's cool that there are lots of small, independent record stores doing ok and bucking the trend. I don't hit the stores very often, but I'll probably hit a few Seattle stores this afternoon with my son. Happy record store day, and good luck with the crate digging!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Paul McCartney / Wings - Wild Life
(1971, Apple) STERLING LH in the deadwax; mastered by Lee Hulko at Sterling Sound

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The Doors - Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine
(1972, Elektra)

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It's different hearing Doors songs in a compilation instead of original releases, i.e., Break On Through followed by Strange Days.
Found this excellent copy in a thrift store bin this week.

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The Animals - Best Of The Animals
(1987, ABKCO) STERLING in the deadwax; mono pressing

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1 LP mono reissue of 1973 release, sounds really nice.
This is the first US release with the "correct" UK version of We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

[SEAWOLF97]

long Fuji ride today ...found these 2 + Doobie Bros..Toulous St. , The LIVE Moodies is a double. :D

[whizzer]

T Rex is a guilty pleasure. A glam rock group, yet what a sound, and Electric Warrior is, I think, a pop-art masterpiece. I often listen to it on my way to work or on my way home--not so much at home though--my wife claims it makes her skin crawl. Oh well.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Wishbone Ash - There's The Rub
(1974, MCA) KENDUN in the deadwax - mastering by Kent Duncan

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Well produced, nice playing with that Wishbone Ash wall-of-guitars sound. a sidewalk sale grab at record store day.



Record Store Day on Saturday

I hit a couple of Seattle stores (Sonic Boom and Jive Time records) this afternoon. I didn't see any signs of the RS day exclusives by that point, but I did have some fun w/ crate digging the sidewalk sales with my son (found a baker's dozen @ 75 cents), checking out the lively crowded stores. We snagged some free pizza and heard some live music.

[SpeakerLabFan]

David Lindley - Mr. Dave
(1985, WEA/Warner) Japanese pressing; mastered by Doug Sax & Mike Reese at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles.

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another sidewalk sale grab on record store day. "Special Thanks to Jackson Browne without whose help this album would never have been finished."

[SEAWOLF97]

went back to Doug's to pick up the B&O 4002 -return spring came off , it just cant seem to stay in tune , even when never moved-. :( ...and stopped at a thrift and found these....its a second copy for me of "Will O' the Wisp" , but I like "Got to get back to the Island" and this copy seems to have a lot less surface noise than my first copy...:D

Tumbleweed Connection ?? I was stuck in a darkroom aboard ship for too long (9 months at Yankee Station) ...we had a record player with build in speakers and 2 records...Abraxas & TC ....for many years later I could not listen to those 2 (having heard them repeated 3,812 (est) times) in the Navy....now I appreciated them again, in fact, Abraxas is one of my DiD's.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
(1973, Capitol/Sovereign) MASTERED BY CAPITOL / Wally in the deadwax; Wally Traugott, Capitol Studio & Mastering , Hollywood

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...and stopped at a thrift and found these....

Nice finds. I really like that Dave Mason record (or any early Dave Mason w/ or w/o Traffic).

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Herbie Hancock - Thrust
(1974, Columbia) Fred Catero, recording engineer

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jazz rock fusion from Herbie Hancock. a workout for the new surrounds on my JBL 4425s (2214H drivers).

45308

45309

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Carole King - Speeding Time
(1983, Atlantic) Promo / NFS

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I never get tired of Carole King's songs and singing, even with the synth-y 80s period production here.

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Richard Torrance and Eureka - Belle Of The Ball
(1975, Shelter)

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well produced tasty southern flavored rock on Leon Russell's label, bluesy singing, original songs plus one Lindsey Buckingham song - Don't Let Me Down Again.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Doors - The Soft Parade
(1969, Elektra)

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The Doors fourth album, digging the expanded pop arrangements on this one especially the title song.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra's Swingin' Session !!!
(1961, Capitol) 1984 reissue w/ barcode on back cover

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Joe Cocker - Stingray
(1976, A&M) Monarch symbol in the deadwax; mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M

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w/ Cornell Dupree; Albert Lee, Eric Clapton, Eric Gale, Bonnie Bramlett, Peter Tosh, Steve Gadd; recorded in Kingston Jamaica. Needless to say there are some nice guitar solos here.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Joe Cocker - Jamaica Say You Will
(1975, A&M) ~AZ in the deadwax, mastered by Allen Zentz, Hollywood.

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more Joe...

[SEAWOLF97]

Half price day at Salvation Army today. 5/2.50 ....the audio symphony 2 is an Audio Technicia demo provided by the NHK Tokyo Symphony.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Notting Hillbillies - Missing ... Presumed Having A Good Time
(1990, Warner Bros) TML-M in the deadwax; TML-M -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood (M=Master)

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This record definitely has that signature Mark Knopfler steel guitar sound, great stuff.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Kinky Friedman - Sold American
(1973, Vanguard)

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First studio record from "Kinky Friedman and his Texas Jewboys". Texas-Jewish country rock w/ a heavy dose of insanity. w/ Norman Blake, David Briggs. Lots of fun.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - Self Titled
(1971, Atlantic) French pressing

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w/ Steve Swallow, bass. I forgot how much this record cooks, starting out with Grow Your Own.
This is a wonderful pressing; I'll have to check but I suspect that it crushes the US copy.

[SEAWOLF97]

Hey SLF...I think that you & I can keep this thread alive for quite a while....I enjoy your posts and you seem to have a lot of vinyl that I've never seen "in the wild" or even catalogs...

Since you bought an entire collection...do you find your listening tastes jiving with the collections seller or are you just doing the weeding right now ?

Keep up the good posts :applaud:

TOM

[SpeakerLabFan]

Hey SLF...I think that you & I can keep this thread alive for quite a while....I enjoy your posts and you seem to have a lot of vinyl that I've never seen "in the wild" or even catalogs...

Since you bought an entire collection...do you find your listening tastes jiving with the collections seller or are you just doing the weeding right now ?

Keep up the good posts :applaud:

TOM

Good to have your company Tom. otherwise it is kind of empty in here ...is that an echo I hear? :blink:

My tastes were formed in the musical sweet spot (IMO) of the late 60s to mid 70s - the usual british invasion and early / classic rock and has been exploding outward since then -- probably like alot of folks.

I can't really say that I'm weeding since I'm still bringing home alot more all the time. I hit a couple of yard sales this morning in Seattle, and came home with 25 records.

I like alot of different music, and I think it's all about exposure, and that's what relatively cheap used LPs provides access to, including all the great stuff that is LONG out of print. And I wouldn't have guessed that I'd ever find interested in Ellington, Basie or Sinatra - but I'm enjoying these artists especially cool to hear original pressings on the cool old labels like Emarcy or Roulette. Good luck with your travels and with the crate digging. :cool: you never know when you'll run across something very special. :shock:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Chick Corea - Inner Space
(1973, Atlantic) AT/DK in the deadwax - mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/chick001.jpg

Yard sale pickup this am. 2 LP compilation of everything Corea did with Atlantic including the 1966 quintet* LP produced by Herbie Mann.
*Steve Swallow, bass; Joe Farrel, tenor, Woody Shaw, trumpet, Joe Chambers, drums. recorded December 1966 and November 1968.

[SpeakerLabFan]

L.A. Getaway - Self Titled
(1971, Atco) STERLING RL in the deadwax; mastered by Robert Ludwig

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/hill002.jpg

Yard sale find this am. I knew it would be good when I saw Chris Etheridge and John Barbata listed. Cleaned up well, plays well. Great blues rock. Joel Scott Hill (guitar/vocals), Chris Ethridge (bass/piano/vocals), and Johnny Barbata (drums). Lots of guest appearances including Dr. John, Leon Russell, Booker T.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxters
(1967, RCA Victor)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/baxters001.jpg

I saw a stereo copy of this one at a yard sale this morning, but w/ the usual light scuff/scratches surface noise hell. I'm overdue for a listen to this classic record.
"said to the wind as it blew you away, that’s where I wanted to go today . . ."

[SpeakerLabFan]

Shakti - Shakti With John McLaughlin
(1975, Columbia) Promo / NFS

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/shakti002.jpg

recorded live July 1975 at South Hampton College. This is the first of three records McLaughlin did w/ Shakti and one of his forays into Indian music. Man, this cooks. Pounding tabla while McLaughlin does his thing, on fire.

Radio station copy, carefully noted by someone on the cover AND the record label. :( Yard sale pickup today, plays wonderfully.

[SpeakerLabFan]

BeBopDeluxe - Futurama
(1975, Harvest/EMI) UK pressing

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/bebop001.jpg

another yard sale find this am. I have a US copy, but couldn't pass up this pristine UK version, mid 70s progressive rock with some killer guitar from Bill Nelson.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Butterfield Blues Band - In My Own Dream
(1968, Elektra) brown label original pressing; Monarch symbol in the deadwax

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/butterfield001.jpg

Nice gatefold cover with some w/ interesting, creative liner notes from Alfred G. Aronowitz (who also reviewed Jimi Hendrix Experience for Life Mag in the 1968, I see). with Elvin Bishop, Al Kooper, David Sanborn.

w/ original brown Elektra inner paper sleeve and 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". I've been to the Ala Moana shopping center in the past couple of years but I think it's a little different than it was 40+ years ago.

[SEAWOLF97]

Have gone thru "Eldorado" a couple of times over the last few days ..really enjoy it
(was ELO's SPLHCB/all of a theme album) ....give it a try on SW's recommendation :applaud:

http://www.amazon.com/Eldorado-Electric-Light-Orchestra/dp/B00005KHET/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1272395505&sr=8-18

[SEAWOLF97]

So I did the long "Tour de Gresham" Sunday , had some knee pains while ascending my nemisis hill , downshifted too far and threw the chain...sat on the side of Stark reinstalling it...., and all I got was this crummy Chicago record...then to top it off, got a flat on the way home..:(

Today was a "ride in the rain" day , got dressed up in my bright blue GorTex and did the 7 mile loop...found this Mr. Lucky ST...funny, its the old 60's album cover -(1959/60) , but the vinyl is a much newer lightweight copy that sounds great ....classic Mancini.

that cat cover belongs in the cats thread ?

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Rolling Stones - Dirty Work
(1986, Rolling Stones Records) Promo/NFS; MASTERDISK RL in the deadwax, mastered by Robert Ludwig

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/stones001-3.jpg

w/ Tom Waits, Patti Scialfa, Bobby Womack, and Jimmy Page. I've avoided listening to 80s Stones releases too long. Yes the songs are mostly fluff, but at least it's rock and not a dance mix.

This is alot of fun, the room is rocking, and it's not too heavy-handed with the typical overblown 80s production.



ELO


Have gone thru "Eldorado" a couple of times over the last few days ..really enjoy it
(was ELO's SPLHCB/all of a theme album) ....give it a try on SW's recommendation :applaud:



nice. Yes sir, I need to spin some ELO / Jeff Lynne. :thmbsup:

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
(1969, London)

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w/ Ry Cooder, Leon Russell, Al Kooper, Nicky Hopkins, Byron Berline, Bobby Keys. Brian Jones plays on just two tracks.

What a great classic record. Maybe it's a psycho acoustic effect, especially after listening to the slicked up 80s Stones, but this record sounds incredible, the music just jumps out of the speakers. Inner sleeve note: "THIS RECORD SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD"

[SpeakerLabFan]

Steeleye Span - The Best Of Steeleye Span
(1984, Chrysalis) U.K. pressing
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/steeleye002-3.jpg
1. Gaudete 2:25
2. All Around My Hat 4:07
3. Thomas The Rhymer 3:12
4. Alison Gross 5:24
5. Little Sir Hugh 4:43
6. Cam Ye O'er Frae France 2:48
7. Long Lankin 8:33
8. Gone To America 4:20
9. Let Her Go Down 3:36
10. Black Jack Davy 4:15
11. Bach Goes To Limerick

[SpeakerLabFan]

Argent - The Argent Anthology
(1976, Epic) 1979 blue label pressing

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/argent001.jpg

Includes "Time Of The Season" which Rod Argent did in 1968 with The Zombies. Great playing here, nice sounding pressing.

[MJ Bing]

45445

The Gentle Side of John Coltrane

Way smooth

Michael

[SEAWOLF97]

got in abt 7 miles today...it was half price at SA..$1.50 for all , another X-Moodies album...;)

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Doors - Other Voices
(1971, Elektra) Artisan symbol in the deadwax, mastering by Bob MacLeod at Artisan Studios

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/doors001-3.jpg

released three months after Morrison's death; recorded while Morrison was on vacation in Paris. Manzarek and Robby Krieger sing lead.

Songwriting credits on the record label. I'm enjoying the playing here, especially on Robby Krieger's Ship w/ Sails which clocks in at 7:38.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Kinks - A Compleat Collection
(1984, Compleat) "Pressed at Sound Makers, N.J." in the deadwax

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/kinks002-1.jpg

2 LP compile includes alot of the well known material on the 2nd disk, but also interesting early songs like Stop Your Sobbing and I'm Not Like Everybody Else and some apparently less common titles including their first two singles and the B side to Dedicated Follower Of Fashion titled "Sittin' On My Sofa".

The record sounds really nice, and this copy looks like it's never been played.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Poco - From The Inside
(1971, Epic)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/poco001.jpg

Very nice record w/ a nice gatefold cover. I do see the early Eagles comparison.
I have always liked Richie Furay's songs and singing which predominate on this album.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jimi Hendrix - Self titled (compilation)
(1976, Polydor) UK pressing, Polydor 2343 080

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/jimi001.jpg

Compilation of previously released material incl. 2 Live tracks: Fillmore East, New York City, NY 01.01.70; 2nd Show / Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA 30.05.70; 1st Show

[SEAWOLF97]

Did the long Gresham ride today again as it was 50% weekend at the other SA...I'm really picky about condition anymore...grabbed about 40 that I wanted and sorted down to 14 in near perfect condition...biggest haul in a while.....:D (did not know that there was a "Stills Young" band:o:

[SEAWOLF97]

a few more....:D

[Ducatista47]

(did not know that there was a "Stills Young" band:o:
Just that one album. Recorded in Miami I think? A favorite of mine, I don't know if it has ever hit CD. I think On The Beach has, another keeper from that era.

Clark

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bola Sete - Ocean
(1975, Takoma) recorded 1972, mastered by David Kulka

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/sete002.jpg

produced by John Fahey and Doug Decker. Afro-cuban, flamenco style acoustic guitar from the Brazilian guitarist.
Picked out of a 25 cent box at an HPB warehouse sale yesterday.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth - Poor Man's Paradise
(1973, Columbia) Mastering by Jack Ashkinazy, recorded in Nashville

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/tracy002.jpg

really nice, solid blues singing. Her song Down So Low was covered by Linda Ronstadt and others; her band Mother Earth was part of the 60's SF music scene.

[SEAWOLF97]

unsettled weather, so stayed inside doing a mass vinyl cleaning and auditioning...2 days ago found these 2 gems...it's no secret that I like Fogerty and "Eye of the Zombie" is fun....."Violence is Golden" is classic JF commentary and "Change in the Weather" is absolute CCR style...belongs in a greatest hits compile.

SLF and I have discussed Gabor Szabo before....a really nice guitar expo ...his "Gypsy Queen" just barely recognizable on Abraxas

giving the SL-Q3 a real workout today...;)

[SpeakerLabFan]

Argent - In Deep
(1973, Columbia)

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includes "God Gave Rock and Roll to You". This is Argent's 4th record with more of a heavy, progrock sound than earlier albums.

[SpeakerLabFan]

unsettled weather, so stayed inside doing a mass vinyl cleaning and auditioning...2 days ago found these 2 gems...it's no secret that I like Fogerty and "Eye of the Zombie" is fun....."Violence is Golden" is classic JF commentary and "Change in the Weather" is absolute CCR style...belongs in a greatest hits compile.

SLF and I have discussed Gabor Szabo before....a really nice guitar expo ...his "Gypsy Queen" just barely recognizable on Abraxas

giving the SL-Q3 a real workout today...;)

Looks like a couple of great choices there!

+1 on the staying inside today. It's more than unsettled up here with some strong wind gusts and I think I heard that they expect to have a foot of new snow in the passes by tomorrow - first week of May?? :blink:

[SEAWOLF97]

+1 on the staying inside today. It's more than unsettled up here with some strong wind gusts and I think I heard that they expect to have a foot of new snow in the passes by tomorrow - first week of May?? :blink:

Stupidly.(?)..think I'm gonna GorTex up and head out on the 7 mile loop ...after "Eye of the Zombie" , I started pushing keys and this morning was rewarded with a 20 disk Fogerty discography..started with this one...some gems/some duds...

[SpeakerLabFan]

Hot Tuna - America's Choice
(1975, Grunt) "For Diane & Devin" (side 1) / KENDUN B in the deadwax; mastered by Rick Collins, Kendun Recorders, Burbank

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/tuna002.jpg

5th album from HT with lots of tasty extended electric-guitar solos. turn it up! :coolness:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Papa John Creach & Zulu - Playing My Fiddle For You
(1974, Grunt)

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w/ horns, clavinet, organ, congas. includes an instrumental version of Milk Train which Creach composed w/ Grace Slick, and is played live on the 30 Seconds Over Winterland LP.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Papa John Creach - self titled
(1971, Grunt)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/papajohn003.jpg

Grace Slick chimes in on the first song, and all the members of Jefferson Airplane make appearances on the album along with members of the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Santana, and Tower of Power.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Buffalo Springfield - Last Time Around
(1968, Atco) AT LW in the deadwax; 1st pressing Purple & Brown label

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/buffalo001-1.jpg

This pressing sounds incredible, great soundstage, vocals guitar strings jump out of the speakers.
Produced by Jim Messina who also serves as a recording engineer, and contributes a song. w/ the usual great songwriting here from Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Richie Furay.

[SEAWOLF97]

Had a break in the cold-crappy weather yesterday and today so got out on safari ...did OK. :applaud:

I like Linda and have picked up many copies of this, but never good enuff quality to buy till now...also love the sound of the quad vinyls,,so 1812 was a good find..

have 3 or 4 copies of Days of Future Passed, but this one was in such superior condition that resistance to purchase was futile...same case with the Fab Four :D

[SEAWOLF97]

lots of variations....but this section of the matrix seems closest to what I have...:D ...geeze, now I'm afraid to play it...:(

[SpeakerLabFan]

Gentle Giant - Free Hand
(1975, Capitol) MASTERED BY CAPITOL in the deadwax

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/gentle002.jpg

very tasty and complex British progressive rock..."On Reflection" on side 1 is stunning.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - 74 Miles Away
(1967, Capitol)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/cannon002.jpg

recorded live in Hollywood in 1967, w/ Joe Zawinul on piano.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
(1976, ECM) W. German pressing

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/pat001.jpg

w/ Jaco Pastorius, bass; Bob Moses, drums. Metheny was 21 when he recorded this record.

Last Friday night I saw Metheny in Seattle for his Orchestrion tour, great concert!
He played Unquity Road from this record, accompanied by his Orchestrion contraption.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/metheny012.jpg

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Beatles - Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A Hard Day's Night
(1964, EMI Odeon) Germany; 1969 pressing

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Really glad that I purchased this new in the mid 1970s (for ~$6).

[SEAWOLF97]

The Beatles - Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A Hard Day's Night
(1964, EMI Odeon) Germany; 1969 pressing
Really glad that I purchased this new in the mid 1970s (for ~$6).

Did you buy it in the US ?? Normally would be on Capitol ...

I'm not really a country fan, but DO really enjoy John Fogerty , I have his Blue Ridge Rangers (which is John playing all instruments) , so was happy to find "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again" ....this time Fogerty has pro accompaniment* and is a really enjoyable album (Aug 2009) ...a huge bonus is a remake of the great "Change in the Weather" .."Moody River" is fine too :applaud:

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Ridge-Rangers-Rides-Again/dp/B002GYHIVM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1273345481&sr=8-2

Paradise (John Prine)
Never Ending Song of Love (Delaney Bramlett)
Garden Party (Rick Nelson)
I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) (Buck Owens)
Back Home Again (John Denver)
I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) (Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard)
Change In The Weather (John Fogerty)
Moody River (Gary Bruce)
Heaven's Just A Sin Away (J. Gillespie)
Fallin', Fallin', Fallin' (D. Deckleman, J. Guillot, J.D. Miller)
Haunted House (Robert Geddins)
When Will I Be Loved (Phil Everly)

*Unlike the first Blue Ridge Rangers album where Fogerty anonymously transformed himself into his own backing band by playing all of the instruments, an all-star cast of supporting musicians were on hand for the new BRR project. These include Buddy Miller, Kenny Aronoff, Greg Leisz, Jay Bellerose, Jason Mowery, Herb Pedersen, Jodie Kennedy, Oren Waters, Chris Chaney, Dennis Crouch, and Hunter Perrin. "I'd long thought I'd do another Blue Ridge Rangers album," Fogerty commented, "and not make the mistake of playing all the instruments. These are fantastic players who really understand what the Blue Ridge Rangers vibe is about." Also joining in were Bruce Springsteen and Eagles' Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit who worked, respectively, with Fogerty on the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved" and Rick Nelson's "Garden Party."

http://www.antimusic.com/news/09/june/09John_Fogerty_Completes_The_Blue_Ridge_Rangers_Ri des_Again_With_A_Little_Help_From_His_Allstar_Frie nds.shtml

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bad Company - self titled
(1974, Swan Song) "Cut at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles"

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/badco001.jpg

I saw these guys when they toured in support of this record back in 1974.




Beatles - Hard Day's Night - EMI/Odeon German import


Did you buy it in the US ?? Normally would be on Capitol ...




Yes, purchased as an import title at a N. Seattle record store (Everybody's Records, iirc) for the princely sum of $6.

Remember when new in shrink US titles were sold for $4 in the early 70s? :blink:

Over the course of a few months probably in '74 or '75 I bought ~10-12 $6 import Beatles titles (UK Parlophones, German Odeon, and JPN Capitol iirc), all were dupes of US copies I already had, on advice from my brother and one of his record store friends. I'm thanking my brother to this day for that advice.

Now if I could just convince him to unbox his collection from his basement....they still have a couple of school age kids so it will be a few more years before he has time and space to get back into serious music listening (or maybe he'll stick with the disposable digital music on the run lifestyle, and let me at the dusty old records...??:applaud: :bouncy: )

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Jim Kweskin Jug Band - Garden Of Joy
(1967, Reprise) Mono pressing

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/kweskin002.jpg

estate sale pickup this morning, in wonderful shape, great Maria Muldaur vocals and 1967 atmosphere.

back cover text: The Euphoria of THE JIM KWESKIN JUG BAND doing their own things in the GARDEN OF JOY."

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jefferson Airplane - Bless It's Pointed Little Head
(1969, RCA Victor)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/ja001.jpg

Allmusic notes that on the performance of "Fat Angel" - Marty Balin plays bass, Casady is the rhythm guitarist while Kaukonen and Kantner share the lead guitar duties.

[SEAWOLF97]

Remember when new in shrink US titles were sold for $4 in the early 70s? :blink:

In the 70's I didnt like shopping (esp @ Kmart) BUT, they had the bargain record racks ( 3/$1 ??) so I'd enjoy taking the OL there and pawing through their bins..ahh, the good old days....

Perfect weather today....picked up these 3...I of course have these Moodies already, but these were better condition than my existing ones....and had read good reviews abt this "Trio" album and it was cheap, so ......

Have been playing those 14 that I picked up last weekend...I have Abbey Road on the 2009 remaster CD set and am pretty familiar with it,,,,but sorry...I just like the vinyl copy better...sounds wonderful on the big a/d/s's

[SpeakerLabFan]

Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation
(1969, Decca) 1981 Spanish Decca reissue

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/genesis002.jpg

a thrift store pickup from a couple of years ago - part of a large batch of Genesis and related solo LPs in a collection that someone apparently decided to purge.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack
(1963, Blue Note) VAN GELDER in the deadwax; original pressing with NY address on label

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/jimmy005.jpg

w/ Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey; the back jacket cover has the original $3.49 price tag from the Seattle area Bon Marche department store, now part of the Macys national chain.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - United
(1967, Motown)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/gaye002.jpg

[whizzer]

I loved that first album, but this new one is even better.

[SEAWOLF97]

I loved that first album, but this new one is even better.

For sure .....had it going again ('bout the 3rd time thru) and the better half walked in and said "I thought you didn't like Country music" ??? .....couldnt come up with a quick , curt answer, but replied that generally I can take or leave it, but THIS album is very enjoyable..

"Haunted House" brings up some of the old Fogerty growl , really fun

I liked "Moody River" when Pat Boone did it and John does it well too

"Change in the Weather" doesnt have the extended guitar solo of the EOZ album
version but is a nice alternate take.

Oddly found myself mumbling along to "Back Home Again", tho not much of a John Denver fan...

Just looked it up: JF is abt to turn 65 ....wow we are gettin' old...:crying:

John Cameron Fogerty Born May 28, 1945


later, just found this:
Fogerty has also been nominated for a Grammy Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award) at the upcoming 2010 Grammys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_Grammy_Awards). He is nominated for the Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance Grammy for the song "Change In The Weather," which he recorded for The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Ridge_Rangers_Rides_Again).

Been spinning a lot this week....Pousette-Dart was OK, but not remarkable.....actually Jean Luc Ponty was fun, kinda of Jarre Oxygen on fiddle...:bouncy:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Gerry Rafferty - self titled
(1974, Transatlantic) STERLING in the deadwax; 1978 Visa records reissue

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/rafferty001-1.jpg

from allmusic: "mainly a compilation of Humblebums material that Gerry Rafferty had written and performed while in that group."

[SpeakerLabFan]

Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan - Stuck In The Middle With You / The Best Of Stealers Wheel
(1978, A&M) Mastered by Frank DeLuna at A&M Recording Studios

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/rafferty002.jpg

Nice compilation w/ material from the '72 s/t (Geoff Emerick, engineer), '73 Fergulie Park (Bob Ludwig, mastering), and '75 Right Or Wrong titles.
This LP is well mastered and sounds really really nice.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Eric Clapton - The Best Of Eric Clapton
(1970, Polydor) AT-GP in the deadwax, mastering by George Piros; Netherlands pressing

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/clapton002.jpg

a yard sale pickup from a couple of years ago. includes a Clapton/Whitlock song "Anyday", plus songs from Bramlett/Clapton, Hendrix, and JJ Cale.
Think I'll compare this Layla with the US Atco pressing.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Derek And The Dominos - Layla
(1970, Atco) gp in the deadwax

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/clapton003.jpg

listening to side 4 w/ Little Wing and Layla. not hearing a difference from the versions on the "best of" record, not audiophile recordings but alot of fun.
Also includes Bobby Whitlock singing his song "Thorn Tree In The Garden"

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bobby Whitlock - Raw Velvet
(1972, ABC Dunhill)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/whitlock001.jpg

garage sale pickup last weekend. includes songs by clapton/whitlock, delaney bramlett/mac davis, hoyt axton, as well as whitlock's songs.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Various Artists - The Newport Years, Volume IV
(1957, Verve) Promo/NFS; 1973 reissue of the 1957 set @ the Newport Jazz Festival

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/records/newport003.jpg

Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Pete Brown, Alto Sax; Jo Jones, drums

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Graham Nash/David Crosby - self titled
(1972, Atlantic) artisan symbol in deadwax, mastered by Artisan Sound

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"To MISS MITCHELL"; w/ Jerry Garcia, Dave Mason, Billy Kreutzmann, Johnny Barbata, Phil Lesh, Chris Etheridge, Greg Reeves, Leland Sklar, Russell Kunkel.

[SEAWOLF97]

OK..I'm a Beatles appreciator...had great fun with Abbey Road last week.

Have the 2009 remastered "White Album" ...was previewing it , deciding on which tracks to put to the pod...started with disk #2

Essentially there is very little of redeeming value on #2 ....#1 is a different story
(tho there are some stinkers) , but I was shocked by how bad #2 is...:(

Disc: 1 1. Back in the U.S.S.R. 2. Dear Prudence 3. Glass Onion 4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 5. Wild Honey Pie 6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill 7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun 9. Martha My Dear 10. I'm So Tired 11. Blackbird 12. Piggies 13. Rocky Raccoon 14. Don't Pass Me By 15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road? 16. I Will 17. Julia
Disc: 2 1. Birthday 2. Yer Blues 3. Mother Nature's Son 4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 5. Sexy Sadie 6. Helter Skelter 7. Long, Long, Long 8. Revolution 1 9. Honey Pie 10. Savoy Truffle 11. Cry Baby Cry 12. Revolution 9 13. Good Night

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The Miles Davis Quintet - 'Round About Midnight
(1957, Columbia) CL 949 mono original six-eyes pressing

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thrift store pickup today in excellent condition and sounds great so far, probably beats my other copy. w/ John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, "Philly Joe" Jones

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Animals - In The Beginning
(1970, Wand) STERLING RL in the deadwax, mastered by Bob Ludwig

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recorded live at the Downbeat Club, Newcastle on December 30, 1963.

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Buddy Fite - Buddy Fite And Friend
(1970, Bell) Monarch symbol in the deadwax

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another thrift store pickup this afternoon in excellent shape; yes it's the Bell label but sounds terrific, and Fite's jazz guitar playing is fluid and stunning.

[SpeakerLabFan]

John Cale - Vintage Violence
(1970, Columbia) 1971 orange label pressing

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I like the Rolling Stone reviewer quote that this album sounds "like a Byrds album produced by Phil Spector marinated for six years in burgundy, anise and chili peppers".

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Lena Horne - Lovely And Alive
(1962, RCA Victor) LPM-2587 Mono pressing

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Yard sale pickup this morning in excellent condition - appears to have been played once for taping and stored..?

[BMWCCA]

Into the Blues today, Chicago style:

45734 45735

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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
(1975, Columbia)

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listening to an old favorite; side 1 on a pair of Infinity ES 200 speakers that were recently refoamed, they're a really nice Infinity example 3-ways w/ Polycell mids and tweeters and they even have a passive woofer. Sounds great in the 14x14 room; also listened a bit on a pair of Magnepan MG-1 improveds but they are all midrange/not rock speakers. Listening to side 2 in the main room on the JBL Model 4430 studio monitors powered with a Mcintosh MC 2205, crushing.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Gold
(1972, Fantasy)

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a compilation of hit songs from all the million seller Creedence records. digging the 11 minute Heard It Through The Grapevine.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Electric Light Orchestra - ELO II
(1973, Jet)

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The cover of Roll Over Beethoven still sounds great after all these years.

[SEAWOLF97]

lots of bike miles this weekend,,,brought home these + a pair of AR90 speakers ...:D

[SpeakerLabFan]

Gregg & Duane Allman - self titled
(1973, Springboard)

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Estate sale grab this morning. another compilation of pre-ABB material recorded circa 1968 I think. I have the Bold Records 1972 release w/ a Morning Dew cover and an early Melissa, and this is very similar stuff. I like this one, lots of interesting Gregg Allman songs and a really nice cover of a Carole King (ok Goffin-King) song: No Easy Way Down. It looked nice under the dust, and cleaned up great on the VPI 16.5.




lots of bike miles this weekend,,,brought home these + a pair of AR90 speakers ...:D

Ok! a thrift deal on AR90s should defray costs on alot of those records! I am trying to clear my basement of speaker projects but I would be tempted by those ARs.

...can we expect pictures in the speaker safari thread, and how do you transport speakers on a bike? (would like a picture of that...)

[SEAWOLF97]

Ok! a thrift deal on AR90s should defray costs on alot of those records! I am trying to clear my basement of speaker projects but I would be tempted by those ARs.

...can we expect pictures in the speaker safari thread, and how do you transport speakers on a bike? (would like a picture of that...)

yup, they are in the SS thread...I went out to the bike and looked at my selection on bungies and then remembered that I have a truck :o: the GW guy and I had a good workout loading them in the truck (as the OL and I did when they got home) ...various sites list them as 101 or 88 pounds ea....whatever, they are heavy....3 drivers out for refoam right now.....owners manual claims freq response of 23-30000

theres a pair in Boston asking $750 http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/ele/1736005167.html

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
(1972, Capricorn) #2CP 0102

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an old favorite from back in the day, staring at the psychedelic drawing in the gatefold. "dedicated to a brother, Duane Allman".





AR 90s


yup, they are in the SS thread...I went out to the bike and looked at my selection on bungies and then remembered that I have a truck :o: the GW guy and I had a good workout loading them in the truck (as the OL and I did when they got home) ...various sites list them as 101 or 88 pounds ea....whatever, they are heavy....3 drivers out for refoam right now.....owners manual claims freq response of 23-30000

theres a pair in Boston asking $750 http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/ele/1736005167.html



in my thread "Hasta Luego Mis Amigos" http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?18325-Hasta-luego-mis-amigos&p=190006&viewfull=1#post190006 there is a guy carrying a refrigerator on his Honda...

see the picture now. Those will be well worth the effort to bring back to life. :applaud:

:blink: a refrigerator -- wow. That's about what you're looking at with big Altecs or K-horns. Good to hear that you have a truck for the big ones.

[Ducatista47]

45780
Into the Blues today, Chicago style:

45734 45735
The Splinter Group COMPLETE? Is it really? Peter's reentry into playing was far too short, but there were a number of CDs and I think they were great.

Clark
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[SEAWOLF97]

was never heavy into Fleetwood Mac.....but picked up this one and its so good that has cycled thru 3x today :applaud:...geeze there is some GREAT bass in some of those tunes..esp "Emerald Eyes"

Oh yeah, also "Oh Well" 1 & 2

[SpeakerLabFan]

Yes - Yessongs
(1973, Atlantic) PR in the deadwax

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Listening to Side 1&2, Volume III, Close To The Edge. recorded during 1972 tours, 3 LP set w/ 6 page color booklet. This is an estate sale pickup yesterday morning, the records are in excellent shape. ...better shape than my much-loved copy purchased new and was my introduction to Yes. And, as with Eat A Peach, lots 'o time spent examing the album art here w/ the gatefold Roger Dean drawings.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Todd Rundgren - Faithful
(1976, Bearsville) STERLING in the deadwax

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Wow, this record is a LOT of fun. I don't know why I haven't thrown this on sooner, I've had it in the pile for a couple of years. I've never really ventured far beyond Something/Anything? which I play alot - just a few plays of other Todd records. I listened to Runt on CD last night, was totally blown away by much of it (loved Patti Smith's 1971 (http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/poetry/runt.htm) RS review ).

now it's Faithful with amazing covers of 60s songs on side 1 and new Todd pop on side 2. great stuff. Some of his ballads resonate like few other artists for me.

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Charlie Byrd - Top Hat
(1975, Fantasy) NFS/Promo

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featuring Nat Adderly; recorded at Fantasy Studio, Berkeley, CA Feb 1975.

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Jim Hall, Red Mitchell - self titled
(1978, Artist House)

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estate sale pickup this weekend; wonderful combination of acoustic bass and jazz guitar from a couple of masters who had played together going back to the mid 50s.
Recorded live January 1978 at The Sweet Basil, NYC.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Charlie Byrd - Brazilian Byrd, Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim
(1965, Columbia) Stereo / 360 Sound two-eyes White on Red label

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Rod Stewart / Faces Live - Coast To Coast - Overture And Beginners
(1973, Mercury) G.K. in the deadwax, mastered by Gilbert Kong

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another estate sale pickup last weekend. Really nice sounding live recording, the drums really stand out and have a lot of punch. The early Rod / Faces stuff rocks.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Frank Sinatra / Count Basie - It Might As Well Be Swing
(1964, Reprise) Mono pressing

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a $1 lunchtime pickup today from a guy selling a basement full of (mostly hammered, sadly) records; radio station copy in great shape. Produced by Quincy Jones, great songs and arrangements here including I Believe In You from the _How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying_ musical.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Wilson Pickett - Mr. Magic Man
(1973, RCA)

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[SEAWOLF97]

just a few plays of other Todd records. I listened to Runt on CD last night, was totally blown away by much of it


well, sooner or later we had to disagree....cant stand TR




a $1 lunchtime pickup today from a guy selling a basement full of (mostly hammered, sadly) records;

aint it a bitch when you find a long sought after album, open it up and.....Scratch City ...:( found some today that had great jackets, but the vinyl looks like it had been drug behind a truck on a long rope...cross country

Did grab a decent copy of WAR - Deliver the Word....notable for the 11:35 Gypsy Man

[SpeakerLabFan]

Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars
(1977, Reprise)

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w/ Crazy Horse and "The Stray Bullets" credited on the label - I assume that refers to the Linda Ronstadt, EmmyLou Harris and Nicolette Larson, background - seems like their sweet voices are on every track. from wikipedia: The album cover was designed by Young's friend, actor Dean Stockwell, and features Connie Moskos keeled over with a bottle of Canadian whiskey in her hand and an intoxicated Young with his face pressed against the glass floor.

[SpeakerLabFan]

well, sooner or later we had to disagree....cant stand TR

aint it a bitch when you find a long sought after album, open it up and.....Scratch City ...:( found some today that had great jackets, but the vinyl looks like it had been drug behind a truck on a long rope...cross country

Did grab a decent copy of WAR - Deliver the Word....notable for the 11:35 Gypsy Man

Nice pickup, great record. Those guys cook. I wish I'd seen them in concert.

:dont-know: well, different horses for different courses :D
....not even the hits? :blink: I Saw The Light; We Gotta Get You a Woman.

I wonder what it takes to make records look as bad as some of them do. Even stored outside of a jacket, stacked and rubbed against other records or in one of those terrible wire rack things, I think it would be hard to do the damage we see on some copies. It's almost like someone took them out to the concrete driveway and rubbed them across the surface for a few minutes before dropping them off at the thrift store. I hate to see old records thrown away, but the ones that are scratched to hell should go straight to the dumpster, imo. There are enough VG+ copies of most good titles that I don't look twice at scratched up records, but there sure are a boatload of them in circulation for some reason. :dont-know:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett
(1966, Atlantic) Mono pressing

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The Beach Boys - Friends
(1968, Capitol)

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Matthew's Southern Comfort - Later That Same Year
(1971, Decca) US pressing

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Ian Matthew's band after leaving Fairport Convention. Great covers of Woodstock and Neil Young's Tell Me Why, along with other nice sounding folk/country rock including 3 of Matthew's songs. one of those finds where the cover is worn, no inner sleeve but the LP is inexplicably in excellent shape.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf 7
(1970, ABC/Dunhill)

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This one starts the assault with "Ball Crusher" on track 1 and demands to be turned up loud with a song titled "Earschplittenloudenboomer". I like John Kay's writing and not just the "Don't Step On The Grass, Sam" or "Pusherman" from earlier Steppenwolf records. This is a nice quiet copy that cleaned up well on the VPI 16.5, and it's probably an upgrade over my other copy.
This is one of those records, like ELP Tarkus, Led Zeppelin 1, or Hendrix Are You Experienced, that is completely trashed 9 times out of 10 when found at garage sales or thrift stores. I know why...I had a friend in high school who had this record...was played to death in harsh conditions.

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Steppenwolf - The Second
(1968, EMI/Stateside) UK pressing

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"released by Dunhill Records in the USA". really nice pressing, it's kind of jolting to hear a Steppenwolf record with the fidelity of a European import instead of the typical US treatment, about as good as it gets. w/ Tighten Up Your Wig, Don't Step On the Grass, Sam, Magic Carpet Ride

[SEAWOLF97]

Steppenwolf is one of those groups that scream "60's" , tho much of their music holds up well ..they were on one of those PBS tribute to the 60's shows last year, Kay is still belting it out as well as ever.

have been entertained by Fleetwood Mac lately....that tells you very little without the qualifiers of early / mid / late/ pop/blues or even the personnel that were recording ...I'm finding the early and bluesey quite fun. Just picked up their discography on mp3...4..6GB

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John McLaughlin - Belo Horizonte
(1981, Warner Bros) STERLING in the deadwax, mastered by George Marino, Sterling Sound NYC

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recorded in Paris - lots of french names in the list of accompanying musicians. some synthesizers used, it's an early 80s recording after all, but the guitar playing and other real instruments are the stars. w/ Paco De Lucia on one track. A version of Very Early "(Homage to Bill Evans)".

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Nina Simone - Let It All Out
(1966, Phillips) Mono pressing; "rr" in the deadwax

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recorded in '64 and '65. Simone's fifth record with Phillips. what a voice, and some serious piano chops, backed by bass, drums, guitar and flute. Includes a cover of Dylan's The Ballad Of Hollis Brown.
picked up for a buck at an estate sale last weekend which featured 7 boxes of excellent condition 50s 60s jazz and easy listening records. Hats off to the former owner.

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Sonny Stitt - Pow!
(1965, Prestige) VAN GELDER in the deadwax; Mono pressing

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w/ Benny Green trombone; Stitt on Alto sax. Great playing here, the two playing together is something else, w/ a good backing from piano, bass and drums.

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Camel - Rain Dances
(1977, Passport) STERLING in the deadwax

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Fifth release from the British progressive band, this one has a Brian Eno appearance, and Richard Sinclair from Carvan joins on Bass. good stuff.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Charlie Byrd - Byrdland
(1966, Columbia)

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Some nice covers here including John Lennon's Girl, Samba De Orpheus, and Theme From Mr. Lucky. Produced by Teo Macero who also plays tenor.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Various Artists - Burbank
(1972, Warner Bros) Promo / NFS

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another fun 70s record label sampler, 2 LPs. includes cuts from Tower of Power, Curved Air, Alice Cooper, John Cale, T. Rex, The Meters, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, Captain Beyond, Bob Weir, John Fahey, Deep Purple, John Renbourn, Geoff and Maria Muldaur.

[SEAWOLF97]

picked up "Mystery to Me" a while back and somehow made a great connection to it (like Cricklewood Green"). wanted better quality than mp3 and was happy to find the CD at our library yesterday...got out and did 7 miles on the Trek today and what did I find ??? a fine condition LP copy of it for $1...:D

the waterline horizon in the cover pic seems to have moved when released on CD ?
I must be dense as the cover pic means nothing to me...
looked it up and was rated as one of the worst album covers ever

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-worst-album-covers-ever-3-illustrated-208902


Emerald Eyes
Hypnotized
and many other fine tunes.....SW recommended :bouncy:

[hjames]

Emerald Eyes
Hypnotized
and many other fine tunes.....SW recommended :bouncy:

Exactly! Mid period Fleetwood Mac - just excellent stuff!
Recommend you track down "Future Games" (1971) - kind of a psychedelic blues sound ... or "Bare Trees" (1972) - its another fine album from that early-mid period ... Mystery to me is '73 - so they all kind of flow together ...
They had many years of being a fine band before the whole Buckingham Nicks business transpired.:D

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Various Artists - The Rock Machine Turns You On
(1968, Columbia) UK pressing

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One of the first bargain priced sampler LPs, this one was apparently (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Machine_sampler_albums) released by Columbia in a number of european countries in 1968. includes tracks from Dylan, Moby Grape, Spirit, Leonard Cohen, The Zombies, The Byrds, United States of America, The Electric Flag.

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Deep Purple - self titled
(1969, Tetragrammaton)

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cool Hieronymus Bosch cover painting w/ gatefold packaging in this US pressing - purple and white with black text on inner gatefold.
progressive classical psych arrangements here.

[SEAWOLF97]

Took the long "Tour du Gresham" today on the TREK...half price weekend at SA...
went thru abt 500 records and only found this Felicano double and Stevie Wonder.

Was getting up to leave when the clerk brought in abt 100 more and I found these other 4 :bouncy:

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Laura Nyro - Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
(1968, Columbia)

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A nice sounding Columbia 2-eye first pressing w/ lyric insert. Laura Nyro's second album is a showcase for her distinct songwriting and arranging talent with elements of blue eyed soul, jazz, gospel, pop, rock. She premiered some of the songs at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

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Various artists - Easy Rider Music From The Soundtrack
(1969, Dunhill)

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RIP Dennis Hopper.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin - The Inner Mounting Flame
(1971, Columbia)

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w/ John McLaughlin on the double-necked electric guitar; Billy Cobham, drums; Jan Hammer, keyboards; Rick Laird, Bass. Furiously paced, this is an all-out virtuoso jazz/rock assault from McLaughlin and Cobham. Like the original Hendrix titles, this sounds as good to me today as it did when released.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway
(1973, The Grammaphone/Apple) STERLING and winchester logo in the deadwax; US pressing w/ bound-in booklet

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One of my favorite McCartney LPs, a great collection of pop tunes and rockers.

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Chicago - Chicago II
(1970, Columbia) KGP 24 - label and cover spine title is "Chicago", later pressings are "Chicago II"

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Listening to sides 3 and 4. This is a wonderful sounding heavy vinyl "two-eye" Columbia pressing. Terry Kath is a monster on the electric guitar.
Note on the inner cover credits --- "Producers Note: This endeavor should be experienced sequentially."

[SpeakerLabFan]

Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster IV
(1973, Elektra)

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This is one of those US releases that I think is a compilation or retitle from previous UK titles. includes Vincent Crane, keyboards, who along with Carl Palmer, formed Atomic Rooster in 1969 after leaving The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

[Ducatista47]

Exactly! Mid period Fleetwood Mac - just excellent stuff!
Recommend you track down "Future Games" (1971) - kind of a psychedelic blues sound ... or "Bare Trees" (1972) - its another fine album from that early-mid period ... Mystery to me is '73 - so they all kind of flow together ...
They had many years of being a fine band before the whole Buckingham Nicks business transpired.:D
Ditto Exactly.

Future Games and Bare Trees are both split between the new Bob Welch music, a blend of his Soul band experience and his new found ability to write lyrics, and Danny Kirwan's Blues background. Kirwan and Christine McVie had stepped up on Kiln House after the loss of Peter Green. And now Jeremy Spencer was gone as well. Hear Danny's searing guitar work on "Morning Rain," still one of my favorite tracks. He also plays riffs and solos influenced by Nashville or The Shadows' Hank B. Marvin. Kirwan is a memorable talent, but he never plays anymore.

I doubt that the Peter Green era band was ever topped, but I consider the Buckingham-Nicks band to be the musical low point. I am not waiting for their next tour. I saw the 1975 tour and that was good enough for me. I went to hear Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer open, really.

Good times were to be found all around Mystery To Me, including Bob Weston's crack slide work on "Remember Me." Unfortunately Weston was also sleeping with Mick Fleetwood's wife and his departure left the album without tour support. And without sales. This album is flanked by Penguin and Heroes Are Hard To Find, both worth a look.

There have been bright spots since. In the mid 1990s FM boasted Dave Mason and Bekka Bramlett, two huge talents. (Cop a listen to the playing on the intro music here: http://www.dave-mason.com/home.html ) One album, Time.

(Not long ago here in Peoria a Blues Festival was well attended by young listeners. They came to hear bands they knew and were dismissive when a balding old man stepped up to the bandstand. Dave Mason then blew everyone, on stage and off, away. Totally.)

Recently, The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band sounded pretty good.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Frank Sinatra - Moonlight Sinatra
(1966, Reprise) Mono pressing

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a lot of songs about the moon and moonlight here.

[SEAWOLF97]

I doubt that the Peter Green era band was ever topped, but I consider the Buckingham-Nicks band to be the musical low point. I am not waiting for their next tour. I saw the 1975 tour and that was good enough for me. I went to hear Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer open, really.

Lots of FM today..its a very wet Memorial Day....I checked out the 6 CD set
"The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969 " yesterday..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Blue_Horizon_Sessions_1967%E2%80%9319 69

CD 1 - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

CD 2 - Mr. Wonderful

CD 3 - The Pious Bird of Good Omen

CD 4 - Blues Jam in Chicago — Volume One

CD 5 - Blues Jam in Chicago — Volume Two

CD 6 - The Original Fleetwood Mac

have heard a bit of the Chicago Blues selections before and was impressed

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ian Matthews - Valley Hi
(1973, Elektra)

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Produced by Michael Nesmith, who sits in on guitar; Red Rhodes and Byron Berline. down the road from Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort, and Plainsong, this is nice country rock. with covers of songs by Jackson Browne, Randy Newman, and Nesmith. I like it - this is right in my wheelhouse.

[Ducatista47]

Lots of FM today..its a very wet Memorial Day....I checked out the 6 CD set
"The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969 " yesterday..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Blue_Horizon_Sessions_1967%E2%80%9319 69

CD 1 - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

CD 2 - Mr. Wonderful

CD 3 - The Pious Bird of Good Omen

CD 4 - Blues Jam in Chicago — Volume One

CD 5 - Blues Jam in Chicago — Volume Two

CD 6 - The Original Fleetwood Mac

have heard a bit of the Chicago Blues selections before and was impressed

Tom, I am with you. This is great stuff. I have the USA releases of the material and the titles are different, but I think I have most of it. The Chess sessions in Chicago have been released under many titles. (I love the chatter between takes on those recordings.) A high point of my musical life was catching the band in Chicago in a big club when they were in to do the sessions.

The final US album of that band was silly great. Then Play On does not include "Albatross" Or "The Green Manalishi," but is otherwise all the last stuff they did. By the way, Green has stated that the record company reversed part one and part two of "Oh Well." The quieter bit was supposed to be first. That makes a lot of sense. I always wondered about that. Peter Green was the best guitarist I ever heard; that the guys in suits thought they knew music better than him is a cautionary tale at the very least. It reminds me of the time a secretary had to go into an executive meeting of a record company to tell the suits that they were previewing the latest Gordon Lightfoot release at the wrong turntable speed.

From here on to Fleetwood Mac - the 1975 white album - the songs on the disks are spotty. Only a hard core Mac guy like myself would like everything, but each has treasures to offer, starting with Kiln House. I wouldn't expect anyone to like Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch and Christine McVie and Jeremy Spencer. Let alone Jeremy's Elmore James slide work and his 50s Rock odes/parodies. Of course, everyone on the planet rightly loves the way Mick Fleetwood and John McVie play.

Time is even more divergent, but stick it out and you will find something to like.

In my humble Baby Boomer opinion, the musical legacy of Fleetwood Mac is the most impressive of any modern band. The Buckingham Nicks offerings are not bad as pop music, quite impressive actually. For me, the rewards of the rest of the catalog are simply so much greater.

The only other popular music band that comes to mind that has a huge, decades long catalog of work at a very high level is Santana. Now there are two desert island bands! (Tom, I seem to remember that you jumped off the Santana oxcart after Abraxas; Believe me, there is more.)

Since my memory is so bad, could you refresh it? You were at Yankee Station, not Dixie, right?

[SEAWOLF97]

A high point of my musical life was catching the band in Chicago in a big club when they were in to do the sessions.

thats a concert that I'd really like to have attended.


but each has treasures to offer, starting with Kiln House.

I had that last week from the library, but it was so thrashed that it wouldnt play :(


It reminds me of the time a secretary had to go into an executive meeting of a record company to tell the suits that they were previewing the latest Gordon Lightfoot release at the wrong turntable speed.

On the liner notes of TYA's Cricklewood Green, they mention that one of their 45's was 45 on one side and 33 on the other...they were at a French cafe and the juke box , of course, played both sides at 45 and nobody seemed to notice.


. Of course, everyone on the planet rightly loves the way Mick Fleetwood and John McVie play.

I noticed that the bass on the Mystery To Me album was quite startling, sounds like a big circus drum ?



Tom, I seem to remember that you jumped off the Santana oxcart after Abraxas; Believe me, there is more.


No..Santana 3 was very good too...then spotty after the personnel changes.



Since my memory is so bad, could you refresh it? You were at Yankee Station, not Dixie, right?

my recollection is that the smaller CVA's did Dixie..(Oriskany, Coral Sea etc)
CVA64 was one of the big ones, so we did the heavier duty jobs.

After 2 tours "in-country", went to Yankee Station for 9 months, tho we would go down to Dixie so that the mail plane could make it from Da Nang . I took that flying POC (C-46 ?) from the Connie with no cat assistance to DN, then a C130 to SGN (no seats-just prone on the deck) , another C130 to Utapo & BGK for a week and then a 707 to Clarke AFB and a wild ride to Subic to use up my leave time just before seperation.

(for non squids) ...Yankee carriers bombed North VN , while Dixie carriers interdicted the South.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Linda Ronstadt - Prime Of Life
(1984, Pair/Capitol Special Markets) MASTERED BY CAPITOL ( w/ the winchester logo scratched out) - in the deadwax

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2 LP compilation, yet another package of her late 60s early 70s pre-Asylum work. A 40 cent grab from the HPB clearance shelf, sounds very nice and in great shape after the VPI 16.5 treatment. I've never seen this compilation, it was in a newly arrived batch of clearance records which included a lot of records produced in the Phillipines - I'm wondering if this was purchased in that market, "Capitol Special Markets"?

[jerry_rig]

Ian Matthews - Valley Hi
(1973, Elektra)

I'm a big fan of that one. His cover of Seven Bridges Road puts all to shame, including the Eagles' version. My band in high school -- back in St. Louis -- even tried to copy it.

[SpeakerLabFan]

L.A. 4 - Watch What Happens
(1978, Concord Jazz)

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Another killer L.A. 4 record, dynamic recording. Great bass and percussion with Almeida and Shank on guitar and alto.

[SEAWOLF97]

its basically a pocket sized iPad or iPhone without a phone.....got it to replace a funky Nano2g...which I used for biking and going to sleep at night...it'll do email, movies, utube, even LHF.

The touch seems to have a somewhat better dac , but the nice part is that its always on the web when in our house , connected to the Airport Extreme.

Downloaded only free apps for it....Pandora streaming music is nice as you can create your own channels , but the fun one is Bing top 100 ...you pick a year off the calendar and the app plays the top 100 tunes from that year ..... 1967 was a stellar music year. :applaud::applaud:

No, it wont replace SACD or high quality music, but for my purposes, (thru the Senn 580's) it works out very well...:D

[SpeakerLabFan]

Charlie Byrd - Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros*
(1962, Riverside) Mono pressing

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*Bossa Nova By The Birds; Charlie Byrd playing Brazilian music with his regular trio here, recorded in NYC.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
(1984, Warner Bros) MASTERDISK in the deadwax; mastered by Bob Ludwig

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a rare example of 80s synthesizers used effectively, great songs, appearances by Peter Gabriel, Adrian Belew and William S. Burroughs.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Linda Ronstadt - self titled
(1971, Capitol) MASTERED BY CAPITOL in the deadwax

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had to include a photo of the inner gatefold for the additional picture of Linda. Her 3rd solo LP on Capitol. Wonderful singing.
Some songs recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL, others live at the Troubadour in LA. covering Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Jackson Browne songs.
Most of the Eagles (Henley, Frey, Meisner, Bernie Leadon), JD Souther play on this one.

[Jonis]

Downloaded only free apps for it....Pandora streaming music is nice as you can create your own channels , but the fun one is Bing top 100 ...you pick a year off the calendar and the app plays the top 100 tunes from that year ..... 1967 was a stellar music year. :applaud::applaud:



SEAWOLF, Thanks for the tip on the iTouch app. I got it yesterday and this is my setup at work today. I know.... the desktop Altecs are not exactly what we like to listen to-- but at work, I've some boundaries that I can't control. BTW..1969 was not a bad one either, thus far.

[SEAWOLF97]

SEAWOLF, Thanks for the tip on the iTouch app. I got it yesterday and this is my setup at work today. I know.... the desktop Altecs are not exactly what we like to listen to-- but at work, I've some boundaries that I can't control. BTW..1969 was not a bad one either, thus far.

I'm saving '69 for a session when I can listen to all 100 :D ...I havn't checked the song list, but top group that year was CCR.

I'm surprised by the sound quality & separation using some nice IEM's..Pandora sounds quite good too.

THIS JUST IN: (who know what other good apps lurk out there ?)

Google has added App Store results to its mobile search page, allowing users to find and quickly download applications for their iPhone or iPod touch through a simple browser searchGoogle announced the new feature (http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-search-for-mobile-now-includes.html) on its official Mobile Blog this week. Software engineers Milena Nikolic and Paul Hadfield said the idea is to help users quickly download an application as they search for mobile app information.

Applications show up at the top of search results on Google's mobile site. Selecting an application launches the App Store and takes users to that software's specific listing. The creator of the software, as well as user reviews, are listed alongside the link.

Users can also select "more results for your iPhone," which automatically conducts a search within the App Store software and displays the results. The same search results do not yet provide App Store links on the iPad, which accesses the desktop version of Google search.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/03/google_adds_iphone_app_store_links_to_mobile_searc h_results.html

http://www.macworld.com/article/151741/2010/06/google_search_apps.html

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Wailers - The Fabulous Wailers
(1959, Golden Crest)

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debut album from this Tacoma, WA band. Tall Cool One was a Top 40 hit. sounds like it was recorded in a garage. two guitars, piano, sax, and drums, no bass. Three chords and a lot of energy. earliest recorded northwest grunge. I picked this up in a basement-full-of-records collection a couple of years ago.

[SEAWOLF97]

Had a break in the rain (we are setting records) ...and got out on a 7 miler and drug these home...

LATE EDIT:http://www.oregonlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2010/06/how_rainy_has_it_been_a_months.html
How rainy has it been? A month's worth of rain in 3.5 days for 4 Oregon cities

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Fourth Way - The Sun And Moon Have Come Together
(1970, Harvest/Capitol)

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Electric Jazz ensemble from the Bay area. The Fourth Way's 2nd album with Michael White on violin, Mike Nock on electric piano, Ron McClure on bass and Eddie Marshall on drums. recorded live at the New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA, in 1969, I think. Acquired this in a large collection awhile ago, complete w/ trashed cover but the LP cleaned up well and plays great.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Focus - Focus 3
(1972, Sire) STERLING in the deadwax; mastered by Robert Ludwig, Sterling Sound, NY

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Listening to sides 3 and 4 with Anonymus II (Part 1 and Conclusion), at 19:28 and 7:30 respectively, taking up most of the disk. A great sounding recording, really lights up the room. When THIJS van Leer comes in on the flute piccolo, our cat decided it was time to exit the room.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl
(1979, United Artists) MASTERED BY CAPITOL wally in the deadwax, Wally Traugott (Capitol Studio & Mastering , Hollywood)

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Another great record in string of great ones that Rafferty put out in the late 70s. Richard and Linda Thompson play on this one. Wonderful dynamic recording with great separation of vocals, rhythm and percussion.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Mothers - Over-nite Sensation
(1973, Reprise)

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I have a Discreet DSK 2288 copy of this record, but when I saw this one today for $1 I had to snap it up. Cleaned up great, sounds great, and it's a nice way to break in a new MC cartridge picked up this afternoon - a Goldring Maestro (it was time for re-tipping)

[SpeakerLabFan]

Santana - Viva Santana
(1988, Columbia) MASTERDISK in the deadwax

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3 LP compilation w/ 30 tracks including previously unreleased mostly live tracks and a 24 page booklet. I grabbed this one this afternoon just after it was put on the shelf at HPB for $3.98... I had to have it when I saw the booklet (w/ cool family tree diagrams), and for filling out the Santana collection. Neal Schon from Journey is credited as a guitar player, I guess he played on one or more of the live tracks.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Camel - Moonmadness
(1976, Passport) STERLING in the deadwax

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4th record by the original lineup, great progressive rock verging on jazz at times with keyboards and layers of guitars. It sounds like the last minute on the record is interesting, from wikipedia article:


The last song on the album, Lunar Sea, ends with a minute-long wind-blowing effect. When played on an LP, the record arm would skip during the end of this part and naturally return to the beginning of the effect, playing it endlessly

:blink:

[SpeakerLabFan]

Booker Little - Booker Little And Friend
(1962, Bethlehem) BCP 6061, Mono pressing

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some sunday morning jazz. I snagged this one for a buck at a garage sale a few weeks ago, in great shape and plays great. This is a really great dynamic sounding early 60s recording.
This was recorded a few weeks before Little's untimely death in 1961 at age 23.

[SEAWOLF97]

we got a 1 day break in the rain, yesterday (its pouring now today) and did an 8 miler..was happy to find this 3 record Gershwin set in pristine condition with the background pamphlet ..

Why Gershwin ? He's just some old unimportant dead guy with no relevance to todays music ???

Unimportant ?? see the photo of text copied from the booklet ...
No relevance ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_gershwin

Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs, including Paul Posnak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Posnak), Fred Astaire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Astaire), Louis Armstrong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong), Dean Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin), Al Jolson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jolson), Bobby Darin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Darin), Percy Grainger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Grainger), Art Tatum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum), Yehudi Menuhin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin), Bing Crosby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby), Janis Joplin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin), John Coltrane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane), Frank Sinatra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra), Billie Holiday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday), Ella Fitzgerald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald), Sam Cooke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke), Diana Ross (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross), Miles Davis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis), Herbie Hancock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock), Hiromi Uehara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_Uehara), Madonna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_%28entertainer%29), Judy Garland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland), Julie Andrews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Andrews), Barbra Streisand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand), Marni Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marni_Nixon), Natalie Cole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Cole), Patti Austin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Austin), Nina Simone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Simone), Maureen McGovern (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_McGovern), John Fahey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fahey_%28musician%29), The Residents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Residents), Kate Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush), Sublime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_%28band%29), Sting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_%28musician%29), and Liquid Tension Experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Tension_Experiment).
In October 2009, it was reported by Rolling Stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone_%28magazine%29) that Brian Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson) is completing at least two unfinished compositions by George Gershwin for possible release in 2010.[49] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_gershwin#cite_note-48)
Baseline Studio Systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseline_Studio_Systems) announced in January 2010 that Steven Spielberg may direct a biopic about the composer's life, which is scheduled for release in 2012

What artist living would the prez authorize the Navy to send 2 destroyers to find in an attempt to save his/her life today ????

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Chieftains - The Chieftains 3
(1971, Ceirnini Cladarg) UK pressing

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good music for a rainy sunday here. I think 1 and 2 includes a note from Peter Sellers on the back cover. This one includes a note from Susanah York: "Thank you so much for The Chieftains records. My Celtic mood has had no let up since I left Ireland. The music really does get me in the gut; give me memories I've never had."

[SEAWOLF97]

I picked this CD up from the library , found on a "related subject" search.....a really nice surprise...very well recorded ..many duets, many in French....some of Linda's best in years :applaud: ...."Walk Away Renee" is esp fine....

http://www.amazon.com/Adieu-False-Heart-Linda-Ronstadt/dp/B000FP2IYQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1275855829&sr=8-1

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This teaming of Linda Ronstadt and Cajun folk traditionalist Ann Savoy, billing themselves as the Zozo Sisters, shows how wide is the musical range of bittersweetness. The harmonies and shared lead vocals offer a complementary contrast between Ronstadt's purity of tone and Savoy's more piquant expressiveness. The arrangements turn folk songs into art songs, drawing as much upon chamber strings as Cajun fiddle and accordion. There's an exquisite beauty to the vocals, but the real surprise is how well the album holds together, given a range of material that extends from Cajun songs in French patois to stellar material from Julie Miller ("I Can't Get Over You," with husband Buddy Miller on guitar) and Richard Thompson ("King of Bohemia," "Burns' Supper") to a disarming revival of the Left Banke's 1960s hit "Walk Away Renee." Among other highlights, "Go Away from My Window" provides a showcase for the upper register of Ronstadt's soprano, and Savoy's lead vocals on Bill Monroe's "The One I Love Is Gone" bring out the blues in bluegrass. --Don McLeese

[SpeakerLabFan]

Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple
(1968, Tetragrammatron)

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debut album includes their first hit, the cover of Hush. classical, pop and progressive. This stereo pressing sounds decent.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Vanilla Fudge - Rock & Roll
(1969, Atco) Monarch symbol in the deadwax

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Ok, this is much better. I started to try another listen to VF's "The Beat Goes On" concept record from 1968, but had to break it off early on side 1. Apparently their first producer had too much license there. This one has a new producer and the hard rock sound that Carmen Appice and Tim Bogert carried on to Cactus and Beck, Bogert and Appice. Includes a 9 minute version of "The Windmills Of Your Mind" and a cover of a Goffin-King song.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Focus - In And Out Of Focus
(1970, Polydor) UK pressing

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Debut album from the Dutch band, recorded in 1969 and released in 1970. Some tracks are more vocal pop oriented than later records, but they get cooking w/ plenty of progressive and jazz rock, even some classical influences on tracks here.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard / A True Star
(1973, Bearsville / Warner Bros) STERLING RL in the deadwax, both sides; mastered by Robert Ludwig at Sterling Sound, NYC

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more fun studio time and wonderful tunes. This record is 55:56 in length, so a lot of music is squashed onto this vinyl. w/ Randy and Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Rick Derringer.
Produced and Arranged by "you know who"; Cover painting: Arthur Wood. Works for me.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Clear Light - self titled
(1967, Elektra)

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I grabbed this copy a couple of years ago at a garage sale in less than optimal shape - ring wear and split seams on the cover and a few unplayable tracks from scratches but other tracks cleaned up well after a second cleaning on the RCM and these play well. Great playing and interesting lyrics. With a deluxe label / band logo as Elektra did for other bands like Love and The Doors.

Dallas Taylor, later with CSNY, plays here. from the back cover:

"To fully appreciate the spectacular sound of double drumming in Clear Light, play this record at high volume."

[SpeakerLabFan]

Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight
(1968, JAD)

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three years before Nash's #1 hit single "I Can See Clearly Now" he had a #5 hit single with "Hold Me Tight" and it's certainly recognizable to anyone who was listening to radio in the 60s. What's different is hearing it now in high fidelity versus the AM transistor radio at the beach. Recorded on the JAD label co-founded by Nash in New York in 1965, this is record sounds really nice. Includes a couple of Peter Tosh songs and a nice cover of Felix Caviliere's Groovin'.

[SEAWOLF97]

did another 7 miler ....there are 10 stores that sell used vinyl within my normal riding radius....running in to lots of Peter Gabriel lately..this is a 45 RPM LP

[SpeakerLabFan]

Illinois Speed Press - Duet
(1970, Columbia)

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2nd record from this R&B and country music influenced rock band out of Chicago. House band for awhile at the Whiskey A Go Go in LA, toured w/ Steppenwolf, Chicago, and Poco. Paul Cotton and Kal David, twin lead guitars, featured on the cover. Cotton went on to play with Poco, and David joined with Harvey Brooks to form Fabulous Rhinestones. This 2-eye sounds fantastic, with a lot of hard driving driving guitar-based instrumental playing. Cover photos by SF Rock photographer Herb Greene. I picked this up in a huge, mostly rock collection a couple of years ago, came across it yesterday while doing some sorting in the basement.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Melton, Levy, and The Dey Bros. - self titled
(1972, Columbia)

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Barry "the fish" Melton guitarist and co-founder of Country Joe and The Fish. Co-produced by Michael Bloomfield who also plays on it, including a guitar duet with Melton. Another great sounding Columbia recording. Melton's words from his website discography: "The album was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in San Francisco and Los Angeles, has some really fine production values, and it features several of my songs along with some Rick Dey classics that should not be lost in the march of time."

[SpeakerLabFan]

Country Joe and The Fish - Electric Music For Mind And Body
(1967, Vanguard)

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debut album from this SF in 1967, what a GREAT record, this stereo pressing on Vanguard gold label sounds wonderful with layered shimmering and wailing guitars, vocals and keyboards/organs all separate and distinct in the mix. trippy.

[Hoerninger]

live at the BBC
Yong and unpolished 1978.

46230
____________
Peter

[SpeakerLabFan]

Dave Edmunds - Twangin'
(1981, Swan Song) "A Porky Prime Cut" in the deadwax, mastered by George Peckham

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with "Nicky Lowe" on bass; last song on the record, "Baby Let's Play House", was recorded in 1968. A nice sounding record, the bass and drums are very prominent on a lot of tracks. I seem to like anything and everything by Lowe and Edmunds.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Nick Lowe - Pure Pop For Now People
(1978, Columbia) "Columbia NY" in the deadwax

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original UK release titled "Jesus Of Cool"; debut solo record for Lowe while producing Elvis Costello's initial records. this record is Pure Pop or "Pop about pop" as Allmusic reviewer (5 stars) puts it.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes - Call Of The Wild
(1973, Discreet) "MASTERDISK RL" in the deadwax, mastered by Robert Ludwig

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This is a lot more interesting and fun than I thought it would be, based on previous exposure to solo titles like Cat Scratch Fever from "the nuge". it's metal boogie riff-land but interesting. I think I need to track down some earlier Amboy Dukes LPs.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Pentangle - Cruel Sister
(1970, Reprise) Canadian pressing

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all tracks are arrangements of traditional folk songs. A wonderful sounding record with each instrument and vocals clear in the mix. I listened to the first track, "A maid that's deep in love", on a couple of very different speakers (Carver Amazing Originals - planar, JBL 4430 studio monitors - bi-radial horn). The underlying rhythm on the track is on appalachian dulcimer by Bert Jansch. Stunning on both speakers, shimmering on the Amazings, more depth on the 4430s but I think my room placement favors these. Lots of fun with the new phono cartridge.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Calliope - Steamed
(1968, Buddah)

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Danny O' Keefe's Seattle based psychedelic band before he started a solo career in the early 70s ("Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues"). Luther Rabb also played with Calliope, although not on this early title.

[SEAWOLF97]

Today was the first 80 degree day in Portland since Sept '09..dusted off the summer bike and made the tour du vi-nal in Gresham since SA was half price..stopped at the flea market and GW too....very nice ride....$7 for all.

Looks like its relive the 60's again days with , TYA & Volunteers , Kooper & Bloomfield double, Clapton double, a better copy of WAR than what I have, Led Zeppelin....

and the Honeydrippers ( 1984 )

[SpeakerLabFan]

Pink Floyd - Relics
(1971, Harvest) MASTERED BY CAPITOL GENE in the deadwax; mastered by Gene Thompson

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A bunch of tracks from 1967-1969. I was pleased to spot and grab this from a box at a random neighborhood garage sale this morning.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Booker T. And The MGs - The Booker T. Set
(1969, Stax) -1A / -1B

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The southern soul quartet w/ their instrumental covers of some classics. another $1 gsale pickup this morning.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Lee Hazlewood - The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood
(1966, MGM)

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producer for Duane Eddy, Nancy Sinatra, and others. singing his own compositions, including "These Boots Are Made For Walking". Deep baritone, quirky lyrics delivered deadpan. fun stuff.

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Various Artists - Off 2 Hallucinations Psychedelic Underground
(1969, Twen-Metronome/Elektra) KMLP 310; German pressing

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$1 yard sale pickup this morning. a REALLY interesting compilation w/ a gatefold cover, & double fold-out posters. Cleaned up well and plays nicely. commentary from the web:
"Contains groups such as "MC5", "The Doors", "The Incredible String Band", etc. There were several versions of covers printed. The "KMLP 310" contains a fold out poster with information and photos about each group on the disc. The other versions were single fold sleeves with no poster, with one version made for the "Deutscher Schallplattenclub" (H 895/5). All of these discs were printed and pressed in Germany and were made for "promotional use only". These Elektra Master discs are EXTREMELY difficult to locate."

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Vanessa Paradis - M & J
(1987, Polydor)

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debut record with English language songs included w/ the French songs. Title track M & J "Marilyn and John" refers to Marilyn Monroe, who Paradis admired.
Nice pop production and nice delivery by Paradis.

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Esther Phillips - Alone Again, Naturally
(1972, Kudu) VAN GELDER in the deadwax, Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

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w/ Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, George Benson, Eric Gale, Hank Crawford, Maceo Parker.

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Porcupine Tree: Stupid Dream (1999) DVD-A

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
(1969, Fantasy)

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CCR's second LP. I passed on several excellent CCR titles today in a collection that I ran across at a thrift store because I already have them. So...of course I have to check to make sure I have good copies. This one sounds great, love the early Creedence R&B swamp rock. I need to go back and get the original label Cosmos Factory, I have a later issue.

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Country Joe and The Fish - Electric Music For Mind And Body
(1967, Vanguard)

debut album from this SF in 1967, what a GREAT record, this stereo pressing on Vanguard gold label sounds wonderful with layered shimmering and wailing guitars, vocals and keyboards/organs all separate and distinct in the mix. trippy.

I really enjoyed that one also , have 2 or 3 copies


Various Artists - Off 2 Hallucinations Psychedelic Underground
(1969, Twen-Metronome/Elektra) KMLP 310; German pressing

that one looks like fun..:D


Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
(1969, Fantasy) This one sounds great, love the early Creedence R&B swamp rock. I need to go back and get the original label Cosmos Factory, I have a later issue.

cant have too much CCR :bouncy: the really hard one to find is "Chooglin" ....its like the Holy Grail for CCR aficionados ...it was a limited pressing on virgin vinyl by the masterwork process. There are only 5 tracks on the album ...all 5 the long versions...grapevine, susie-q, etc....very hard to find info about this album on the web (doesnt even show up in Wiki's CCR discography)

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I notice that you dont use a record clamp on the old vinyl.....I read abt them in catalogs, but wasn't going to put out $30-200 on one....so made my own...one is an old counter weight..the other is a hockey puck (now has a JBL label on it) , have used big rubber JBL subwoofer (china made ones) feet....anyway, you would be surprised on how much it flattens a record that already looks flat ,,,,and now the groove is more aligned to the stylus...

the counter weight one is centered with an old 45 rpm adapter...EZ.

Hey SeaWolf, nice work. I've seen hockey pucks and counter weights used. I have used a Michell record clamp on other tables, but use a Herbie's Way Excellent II turntable mat (http://herbiesaudiolab.net/ttmat.htm)on advice from my turntable guy who set up the Goldring Maestro on my Thorens, recomended the Pro-ject Tube Box II phono pre, etc. He said use the mat, forget about a clamp on the Thorens. The mat seems to work really well with the the Maestro MC cartridge. was $60 but nothing is too good for the LPs especially with the $500+$700 sunk in the phono stage. well regarded, here's the blurb on it:


Made from finely textured, open-cell silicone foam, this mat has unsurpassed vibration-absorbing characteristics and no resonant qualities to discolor the music. Records are thoroughly decoupled from unwanted platter vibration.
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A black elastomer "donut" on top of the white foam base reduces vinyl/stylus feedback and eliminates lateral slippage. Unique qualities allow the vinyl to "give" slightly, microscopically, to stylus contact, allowing the record groove to be tracked smoothly and accurately. Completely non-tacky, records lift right off the mat, while the underlying foam sticks firmly to the platter (records can be lifted off while the platter is turning). Available in a variety of thicknesses and diameters to fit almost any turntable.
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"Outperforms virtually any other mat available."--Robert Stein, The Cable Company

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cant have too much CCR :bouncy: the really hard one to find is "Chooglin" ....its like the Holy Grail for CCR aficionados ...it was a limited pressing on virgin vinyl by the masterwork process. There are only 5 tracks on the album ...all 5 the long versions...grapevine, susie-q, etc....very hard to find info about this album on the web (doesnt even show up in Wiki's CCR discography)

:bouncy::applaud: CCR is a great mashup of American music traditions, up there with the Dead in my books. Good music to play on Independence Day.

Looks like the Chooglin' title is a Fantasy compilation of previously released material, published in 1982 according to the Goldmine guide. Last Fantasy release, they were milking the catalog, with CCR long gone. Maybe there was a special pressing along with a regular run? Goldmine just puts low average values on it...$4 in VG+. chooglin' is a fun swamp rock song on the Bayou Country record.

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Jim Hall/Ron Carter Duo - Alone Together
(1973, Milestone)

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Recorded live at the "Jazz Adventures" concert at the Playboy club, NYC August '72. A garage sale $1 grab last weekend, one of three nice Jim Hall records that I ran across.

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Robert Gordon w/ Link Wray - Fresh Fish Special
(1978, Private Stock) Canadian pressing

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...features The Jordanaires, who had been background vocalists for Elvis Presley.

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Nancy Sinatra - How Does That Grab You?
(1966, Reprise)

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Produced by Lee Hazlewood, with several of his compositions including the title track. ...checking out my copy of this record, because I passed on a nice one at the thrifts yesterday.

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Esther Phillips - Alone Again, Naturally
(1972, Kudu) VAN GELDER in the deadwax, Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

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w/ Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, George Benson, Eric Gale, Hank Crawford, Maceo Parker.
I am guessing that with that lineup the band was pretty good?

Clark

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The Doors - L.A. Woman
(1971, Elektra) SRC signature in the deadwax, Specialty Records Corporation pressing plant; 1983 pressing w/ Red & Black label

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an excellent condition thrifty find this week for a buck. w/ Marc Benno, rhythm guitar.

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I am guessing that with that lineup the band was pretty good?

Clark


w/ Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, George Benson, Eric Gale, Hank Crawford, Maceo Parker.

Yes, REALLY nice session work (and recording) to complement Phillips vocals. :bouncy:

I think this was her first Kudu title, during one of her unsuccessful attempts to kick a deadly heroin habit. :(

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Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley
(1962, Capitol) Mono pressing w/ Capitol label on top

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w/ Joe Zawinul on piano, Nat Adderley on cornet, Louis Hayes, drums, Sam Joenes, bass. alternates between vocal and instrumental songs. first record together after a chance meeting between Cannonball and Nancy Wilson in 1958. "Cannonball's quintet with me filling in as a sort of easy-going third horn on some nice songs that haven't already been 'heard to death' on records" - Nancy. $1.50 yard sale pickup last weekend.

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Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley
(1962, Capitol) Mono pressing w/ Capitol label on top

w/ Joe Zawinul on piano, Nat Adderley on cornet, Louis Hayes, drums, Sam Joenes, bass. alternates between vocal and instrumental songs. first record together after a chance meeting between Cannonball and Nancy Wilson in 1958. "Cannonball's quintet with me filling in as a sort of easy-going third horn on some nice songs that haven't already been 'heard to death' on records" - Nancy. $1.50 yard sale pickup last weekend.

I've always really liked Nancy's voice & delivery ....ever since the 60's also enjoyed
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by the Buckinghams and was doing net searches on it , which lead me to CA's outstanding live version ....as the opening , Cannonball announces that his pianist Joe wrote the song...there seem to be a few variations on the lyrics.
nice find.



an excellent condition thrifty find this week for a buck. .

Agreed...for the cheap type music lover used vinyl is the bomb....for a dollar , you own it for as long as you want...enjoy the tactile experience of LP's....MP3 ? your hard drive dies
(MTBF sets in) and where did your tunes go ?? thin air.

OK safari yesterday .....Horton should be fun...thought I saw this Chet album a while back ?? Tommy discs were fine condition, even included the center booklet that I'd never seen before....double for 85 cents.

(LATER EDIT) Horton was good tho I noticed that he took some factual liberties with
"Sink the Bismarck)

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Duane Eddy - "Twangin'" Up A Storm!
(1963, RCA Victor) Stereo pressing

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Duane Eddy and The Rebels, featuring the Rebelettes. A $1 thrift store grab this morning. a really stunning sounding early 60s RCA Victor recording.


Nice grabs Seawolf. I think the early Chet records, especially Mono pressings are pretty special. I look for good copies of the Who on the Decca label, they seem to have more depth than the later pressings.

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Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction
(1972, Columbia)

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Bass, Charlie Haden; Tenor Sax, Dewey Redmond; Trumpet, Don Cherry. Love the Charlie Haden bass.
Another dollar find in the thrift bin this morning. still partially in shrink, a very dusty LP but excellent after a serious cleaning session on the VPI 16.5 RCM.

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Neil Diamond - Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
(1969, Uni) 2nd edition alternate cover w/ Sweet Caroline added

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Diamond's 4th album, the title track was a top 40 hit. When Sweet Caroline reach #4 as a single, it was added as the last track on a second edition of this record. grabbed this copy from the Half Price Books 50cent shelf a couple of months ago.

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Ohio Players - First Impressions
(1972, Trip) compilation of material recorded in 1968

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released by the Trip label to capitalize on the Ohio Players success in the 70s. This is gritty southern soul R&B material here, nothing like the later 70s releases.

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The Chieftains - The Chieftains In China
(1985, Shanachie)

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The L.A. Four - Going Home
(1977, East Wind) Japanese Audiophile Direct Cutting, distributed by Natilus; Mixing engineer: Lee Herschberg

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a very nice sounding recording (understatement). w/ a nice gatefold cover, inner liner notes include a list of studio equipment (Crown DC 300A biamped; Westlake TM-1 monitors w/ GAUSS woofer, GAUSS driver + wood horn for mids, and JBL 2420 tweeter) and the mastering system (2 Neuman machines for Lathe, Head, Cutting Amplifier, SAPPHIRE cutting stylus).

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Stopped at the thrift on the way home from Fathers Day Mongolian BBQ and picked up this pristine Santana double -nice version of BMW- for 85 cents (a buck minus senior discount)



I look for good copies of the Who on the Decca label, they seem to have more depth than the later pressings.

like this ??

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Graham Parker - The Up Escalator
(1980, Arista) DJ/NFS copy; STERLING in the deadwax, mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NY

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Last record with The Rumour. I can see the comparison to other "new wave" English singer-songwriters, Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello.

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Stopped at the thrift on the way home from Fathers Day Mongolian BBQ and picked up this pristine Santana double -nice version of BMW- for 85 cents (a buck minus senior discount)




like this ??

Happy Fathers Day. Mongolian BBQ is one of the places under consideration for dinner with my kids later today. :bouncy:

Yeah the first US pressings through 1971 are Decca, it's the label on record.

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Happy Fathers Day. Mongolian BBQ is one of the places under consideration for dinner with my kids later today. :bouncy:

Yeah the first US pressings through 1971 are Decca, it's the label on record.



Changs opens at noon on Sunday....by 12:45 the line was too long to go for seconds

Who's Next

I just picked up the masterdisk copy of that one...still holds up well..

from Wiki:

The album cover shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easington_Colliery), of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a slag heap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag_heap). According to photographer Ethan A. Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect. The photograph is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28film%29), which had been released only about three years earlier.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Next#cite_note-3) Director Stanley Kubrick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick) had declined to direct the film version of their earlier rock opera Tommy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_%28film%29) (1975); though the film didn't materialize until the mid-seventies it existed as a plan, and was ultimately directed by Ken Russell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Russell). In 2003, the United States cable television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television) channel VH1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1) named Who's Next's front cover the second greatest album cover of all time.

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The Who - Who's Next
(1971, Decca)

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a classic. I remember hearing this entire record played in sequence over the PA system while sitting in festival style seating prior to the start of at least one concert in the early 70s. the memory is hazy for some reason. :blink:

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The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Deluxe Set
(1967, Capital)

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Thrift find today, too bad it's Duophonic but still a fun grab, LPs in good shape and cleaned up well. Three-LP box set w/ The Beach Boys Today! (1965), Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (1965), and Pet Sounds (1966), in reverse chronological order. Listening to sides 5/6 - The Beach Boys Today! with Brian Wilson songs like "Please Let Me Wonder" She Knows Me Too Well" "Don't Hurt My Little Sister".

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Nils Lofgren - I Came To Dance
(1977, A&M) STERLING TJ & MOX NIX in the deadwax; mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

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a really nice studio album produced by Andy Newmark, includes a great cover of the Rolling Stones "Happy".