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[Johnny Vinyl]

Cool. Better that it was a piece of debris clinging to your stylus than having a bent stylus.

Dust is a major battle for me as I live alongside a very busy main thoroughfare, plus we have some construction happening as well that adds to the problem. I keep the windows closed as a result, which I dislike doing, but I have no choice. And still the dust gathers at will. GRRR!

 

[mep]

Dust is a major battle for me as I live alongside a very busy main thoroughfare, plus we have some construction happening as well that adds to the problem. I keep the windows closed as a result, which I dislike doing, but I have no choice. And still the dust gathers at will. GRRR!

Do you have an RCM?

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Do you have an RCM?

All I have is the Spin-Clean system. Sold my Nitty-Gritty 1.5 many years ago, which I think is the one thing I regret selling more than anything else. I've been giving some serious thought about getting a VPI 16.5 or the Okki Nokki (?), although I don't know anyone who uses one. My collection of audiophile pressings has grown by a substantial amount these last few years, and a true RCM is now a necessity. I have lots of things on the agenda next year, but I think I could probably manage to squeeze in such a purchase.

 

[jazdoc]

Tim Berne, "Fulton Street Maul", Columbia, 1987

Extremely well recorded improvisational music. Will not be everyone's cup 'o tea.

He has a new LP coming out on ECM this month:http://player.ecmrecords.com/tim-bernes-snakeoil--shadow-man

 

[garylkoh]

I haven't posted here in a while - but this one bears me coming out of hibernation.

From the liner notes:

A couple of years ago, Joshua Smith, principal flute of The Cleveland Orchestra, met Sean Watterson, who had recently returned to his hometown of Cleveland after a career in international finance. In an unlikely professional swerve, Watterson was now a proprietor of Happy Dog, an old corner bar on Cleveland’s gritty, less culturally endowed West Side, situated at the edge of a once crime-ridden neighborhood, recently transformed into the Gordon Square Arts District. Smith and Watterson got talking—not about the saloon’s menu (hot dogs with a choice of fifty different toppings)—but about its live music program. At the time, Happy Dog booked local rock acts and polka bands. “What about classical music?” said Smith. “Why not?” said Watterson. Such was the beginning of what has become a beautiful friendship between some of Cleveland’s finest classical musicians and a whole new legion of fans, most of whom are young and unexpectedly susceptible to the charms of classical music.

It was recorded using a vintage pair of Schoeps vacuum tube mics by Tom Knab (classical recording engineer at Telarc). The atmosphere and vibe of the pub was very well preserved. With JATP, you can't understand the Swedish conversation - on Live at the Happy Dog, you can hear the whispered conversation around the pub. It was recorded on digital, and pressed on vinyl. Different mastering was done on the digital download and this vinyl release. The vinyl is quite a bit better.

The album was funded on Kickstarter, so I'll bet copies will be extremely limited. Come to our room at RMAF to have a listen before you buy.

 

[jazdoc]

Hat tip to DreJ for this one:

Wonderful all analog recording. Gotta love a dude who sings about chicks puking in his car!

You can read more here:http://crazyjoe.org/

 

[Dre_J]

Hat tip to DreJ for this one:

Wonderful all analog recording. Gotta love a dude who sings about chicks puking in his car!

You can read more here:http://crazyjoe.org/

Joe is a great guy and friend. I'm glad you are enjoying part of your birthday present Doc!

Dre

 

[Bill Hart]

Joe is a great guy and friend. I'm glad you are enjoying part of your birthday present Doc!

Dre

Crazy, daddy-o. Just bought the super-duper analog small stamper output copy.
I've been banging on Alice Cooper's "Love it to Death" on the early pink Straight label- killer!

 

[Bill Hart]

Just spinning Crazy joe. Very good recording, dig the old fashioned rock and roll.
What's his little phono stage like? (No, not for me, but I'm often at a loss when people ask about modestly priced phono stages).
I'll leave a nice note on Joe's site.

 

[garylkoh]

+1 on Crazy Joe. Great music and sound! I'm amazed that he sang and played everything except the keyboards. The LP comes with a free high-rez download that sounds great as well!!

Well worth the money.

Thanks for the heads-up, Dre and Jazdoc.

 

[jazdoc]

This one is a little off the beaten path...

Swedish Metal band Katatonia "Dethroned and Uncrowned".

New release spread over four sides of thick, quiet vinyl. Demo quality sound and excellent music.

It's the re-imagined/unplugged version of "Dead End Kings". From the Katatonia website:

First off, we wanna say that we’re completely happy with the outcome and success of ‘Dead End Kings’, but truth to be told, we saw a potential in going in a different and unexplored direction with the same material. Our instincts told us that this would be both intriguing and captivating to revoke the loud and aggressive sound picture dominant on the album and instead give way to the atmosphere and tranquillity lurking beneath. This eventually became an urge, so a few months later down the road we decided it was time to re-visit this project, but indulge in new creative experimentation.

So, it’s our wish to release the entire album in a stripped down, semi-acoustic way and turn things around completely and we are asking you, the fans, to help us do this by Pledging the various album formats and other exclusive items we have made available. By doing so you can check back regularly to find out about our campaign and the album’s progress.

The synopsis is simple and album title won’t lie; the drums will be dethroned and the distorted rhythm guitars will be uncrowned! Instead, we’ll place the emphasis on the many layers of ambience, with the melodies staying central and the vocal harmonies representing the heart of the album. Also by pledging you are helping the bands ability to be able to tour further afield. Although the songs are the same and the track listing doesn’t change, we hope the end result is something entirely different! Think of the album like a person’s face in the hands of a surgeon, whose appearance is gonna change, but it’s still the same person behind that face and we guess an important factor, in this case, would be that the surgeon itself is obviously Katatonia, not a stranger! If there’s one album in our repertoire that’s suited for a thing like this, it’s ‘Dead End Kings’.

 

[jazdoc]

Mark Lanegan "Imitations"

Local boy from Ellensburg. Formerly of Queens of the Stone Age, The Screaming Trees and Gutter Twins. His spin on classic and recent standards. Favorites include "Mack The Knife", "Solitaire" & "I'm Not The Loving Kind"

 

[MylesBAstor]

Listening to a stunning early Contemporary recording of Coop: The Music of Bob Cooper! Roy DuNann sure could get it right back then in 1957. Man can this sextet with Lewis, Feldman and Rosolino among others play together.

So far could only come up with the OJC reissue; one can only imagine what a Green or Black/Gold pressing sounds like! This Contemporary definitely deserves a reissue! Thanks to Steve Hoffman for the recommendation!

 

[jazdoc]

Black Prairie "A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart"

[video=vimeo;13316017]http://vimeo.com/13316017[/video]

A Decemberists side project. Beautifully recorded on 2x45 rpm slabs of quiet vinyl. Demo quality recording of 'roots' music.

 

[Lee]

One of the best rock LPs I have heard. Acoustic Neil Young. Oodles of presence.

 

[Migo]

Sound Liaison



I find that these three albums from the Sound Liaison label belongs to the absolute top at the moment,they are incredible well recorded and well played too.
I have always been a big fan of the ECM recordings,but these are to my own disbelief better.I still find Keith Jarrett one of the best pianist to ever have walked this earth
and I still love my ECM recordings but these albums have such a vivid Sound Stage and I find the room sound (reverb?)so natural and lush,maybe it is a pure natural room sound?
Also I have never been a fan of the singers on the ECM label,I guess it is a matter of taste,but Carmen Gomes' way of singing is so much more to my taste,really living the lyrics and not afraid of the blues.And such beautiful readings of the standards in the set and her own tunes are small pearls.
The Paul Berner Band ''Road to Memphis'' plays like a suite,each tune following the previous as if only this tune could be the one to be played at that moment,and the sound of the clarinet and alto saxophone is incredible,you hear the fingers move!And the image with one guitar panned to the left and the other to right emphasize the incredible interplay between the two,with a very different approach but both excellent way of playing the guitar.(reminds me a bit John Scofield vs.Bill Frisell on the Marc Johnson Bass Desire recordings.)

well I could ramble on but maybe sufficient to say,Highly recommended.
http://www.soundliaison.com/

oh... it is 24/96 Wav Studio Master downloads, to my knowledge only available from the company website,at least that is where I got them,and I haven't seen them at HD Tracks.

 

[jazdoc]

Jack Johnson "In Between Dreams"

Hat tip to Mike Lavigne for this great sounding LP.

 

[puroagave]

Conjure -music for the texts of Ishmael Reed

i owned this before and then found it again surfing ebay listings. I just got a pangea reissue of the earlier American clave pressing, mines a promo pressed at KM on virgin vinyl. "Conjure -music for the texts of Ishmael Reed" is an eclectic fussion of jazz, afro-Cuban beats, blues and spoken word. Tal Mahal, Allen Toussaint David Murray and a host of other musicians are featured. the recording is fabulous, the sonics are live and in the room. the stage is wide and deep and well layered front to back. i now keep this close by when repositioning my speakers for best center fill, etc. i don't know if the RBCD is any good, my description applies to the KM pressing only.

 

[LL21]

Thanks!...ordered it.

This one is a little off the beaten path...

Swedish Metal band Katatonia "Dethroned and Uncrowned".

New release spread over four sides of thick, quiet vinyl. Demo quality sound and excellent music.

It's the re-imagined/unplugged version of "Dead End Kings". From the Katatonia website:

 

[LL21]

Just got Katatonia albums...both great listening!