Rolling Stones - It’s Only Rock N Roll.
I have just bought (but not yet played) Karajan’s 1972 recording, with Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Cossutta, Nicolai Ghiaurov, the Vienna Singverein, and the Berlin PO, part of DGG’s new Original Source vinyl releases.
It would be fascinating to compare Karajan and Solti.
And somewhere the Peter Gunn Theme!
LP12 and Ekos looking very stylish!
New Jack City, 1991.
I went into Erykah Badu by a strange event, which made me want this old favorite that was unplayed for too many years!
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Not many better albums to highlight the fabness of my very-recent LP12 upgrades (Karousel, Kore, Trampolin 2 and Lingo 4).
I bought the LP new in Bristol in 1982, and it still sounds magnificent. As it should. It’s pretty much Steely Dan without Walter Becker.
Hope you enjoy it Mark, it’s not very long and doesn’t outstay it’s welcome, plus it is well recorded. A pre-fame Norah sounds very confident.
Prince - Ultimate, purchased for the second disc, which is a collection of 12" singles. Great stuff.
Joining @AndyP in listening to the latest Bonnie Prince Billy album. I heard him interviewed last week and he said he plans to come to UK next year for some shows. Have seen him a few times and he is always brilliant
Playing my HC 33453/HAL 33453 pressing of the Columbia Mastersound, prompted by @Richard.Dane yesterday on another thread. This certainly sounds “different” from other pressings I have (it’s very exciting, especially on the funkier stuff like “Have A Cigar” and “SOYCD Part 8”) but from my point of view there’s nothing “wrong” with the EQ.
Ron Sexsmith – Retriever
CD|2004
Folk rock. Canadian singer-songwriter. Haven’t listened to this in ages.
Mellow hour with some late 90s Charles Lloyd Canto on ECM CD with Bobo Stenson and Billy Hart. Exquisite.
Some interesting Ravel piano music on this new release including an uncut version of Le tombeau de Couperin. The playing is quite austere but very captivating
Steel Pulse - Caught You
Vinyl.