what are you listening to?

[speakerlabfan]

Roy Harper - One Of Those Days In England (Bullinamingvase)
(1977, Chrysalis)

 

[speakerlabfan]

Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
(1971, A&M) STERLING GF in the deadwax; mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Sterling Sound

so nice, with unmistakable tasty lead guitar from Richard Thompson and John Wood production

 

[nobody]

Good looking Dual. Haven't seen that slanted base around here for awhile that's reasonable.

It was pretty trashed when I got it. A lot of sanding and a few layers of some tung oil finish (not the real stuff) got it in tip top shape. Also filled the inside with some sound insulation and screwed in some brass cones on the bottom, thing's actually really dead and stable.

I agree with Dave. I can't recall whether you had shown your Dual turntable before, but I'm sure you had, Dave. Have a fun evening playing some records!

Nando.

That table is my baby, favorite piece of the system. I've run other table now and then, including a couple fancier new models but I always end up coming back to the Dual. Mechanically the thing is in just about perfect shape and once it was all re-lubed and adjusted with a new idler tire, thing runs pretty darn quiet and I love the sound of it.


Oh, and that was the last record of the night, which subsequently included friends, several bottles of wine, good food, a touch of whiskey and a bottle of Amaro Meletti. Clearing my head now with some Massive Attack.

Massive Attack: Mezzanine

 

[Fishoz]

Duals are great pieces to play with. The mechanics are astounding and most built like BSH's. Very quiet machines for the money, very stylish....

Have all all the pieces (including an SM-840 motor that doesn't have the speed problem) to put together a 1249. Hopefully find a slanted base for cheap, rehab it for my 510 and give the 1249 wood base back to it.......when I get around to it......

 

[Fast Forward]

Live From the Met

 

[speakerlabfan]

Ginger Baker - Stratavarious
(1972, Atco) AT/GP, Monarch symbol in the deadwax, mastered by George Piros

Lots of afro-beat percussion plus Something Nice which could be from a Cream or Traffic LP. This copy has horrific front cover ring wear no doubt from sitting in someone's garage for 30+ years, but the LP is in great shape. well worth the 99cents. with Fela Ransome-Kuti, Bobby Tench from the Jeff Beck Group.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Merl Saunders - Fire Up
(1973, Fantasy)

Wow these guys are on fire. w/ Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogarty

 

[nobody]

And tonight's pre getting out of the house record is...

Public Image Limited: Metal Box
Love the music and probably my all-time favorite packaging job with the cannisters.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Mary Wells - Sings My Guy
(1964, Motown) '81 reissue

The Beatles had her on their 1964 UK tour, she probably performed a lot of this material. Would love to track down a copy of her 1965 Beatles tribute record.


[video=youtube;Rszp2h4xjUs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rszp2h4xjUs[/video]

 

[speakerlabfan]

Nasty Pop - s/t
(1975, Island) UK pressing

 

[speakerlabfan]

The Kinks - Greatest Hits
(1989, Rhino) Monarch delta, Kdisc KP in the deadwax, mastered by Ken Perry, K-Disc

all mono recordings except Stop Your Sobbing. turn it up!


[video=youtube;yGkUwSiJ7VQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkUwSiJ7VQ[/video]

 

[speakerlabfan]

Merl Saunders/Jerry Garcia - Live At Keystone
(1973, Fantasy)

Nice. with David Grisman. recorded live at Keystone/Berkeley by Betty Cantor. Photos by Annie Liebovitz.

 

[Nick Danger]

Menomena~ Friends and Foe(Barsuk)2008 Grammy nominee for Best Packaging. This the April 2015 Vinyl Me, Please record club release- more to come on this one.



Chastity Belt~ Time To Go Home(Hardly Art)



Courtney Barnett~ Sometimes I Sit And Think and Sometimes I Just Sit(Mom+Pop)



Diarrhea Planet~ I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams(Infinity Cat Recording)



Sir Mix-A-Lot~ Mack Daddy(American)
"Little in the middle, but she got much back(whip snap!)"

 

[speakerlabfan]

Strawberry Alarm Clock - Good Morning Starshine
(1969, Uni) Monarch symbol in the deadwax

heavier more bluesy than their earlier records, these guys are not bubblegum, great stuff.

 

[laatsch55]

It seemed like the radio hit was......more to em than that eh??

 

[MarkWComer]

Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti. The 2015 Jimmy Page remaster.
As I did with Led Zeppelin III, playing the companion record to death before I dig into the de facto album. The companion is a bit inconsistent in quality, made from various tapes from here and there, but still good food for a Zep fan. Nice alternate versions...

DAMN! $60 bucks for the set, and no poly-lined sleeves! What gives, Atlantic?



Jethro Tull: A Passion Play. 2014 Steven Wilson remaster
Outrageously GREAT remaster! Subtle little changes here and there- and the first hints are in the Lifebeats opening- I knew I was in for a treat within 15 seconds of the beginning. No longer is it "Part 1" and "Part 2" on the LP- everything's been cut into tracks, The Hare who Lost His Spectacles is its own track on side 2, but the previous track cuts a bit abruptly (end of side 1). Additional vocals on The Foot Of Our Stairs were another very welcome surprise.

On the cover: "remixed to stereo." Hmm... I thought it was always stereo...

As a long-time Tull fan, I was overjoyed to see that Thick As A Brick was also remastered. Within two days, all the copies of Brick were sold out- I didn't have my credit card with me. My two all-time favorite albums from Jethro Tull- so glad to see them!



Jack White Lazaretto.
This record needs to come with an instruction book to play it. Large deadwax area on side one to make room for the hologram as well as not to trip automatic players- it plays from the inside out and ends in a locked groove on the edge. Side two's double-groove intro- the guy who cut the lacquers on this should be given a technical medal of merit! You can hear where the two grooves merge, but it's not as distracting as you would think.

I wonder how many people who buy this record will return it thinking it's defective.

I bought this primarily for the technical oddity and novelty of the record mastering, but also love the music- White Stripes / Jack White can do no wrong in my book. Excellent album.

 

[orange]

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We've been talking about that album in a thread on Yesfans speculating if Hackett and Steve Howe would get together again and do something, just better than GTR.

I've got MAIL! Guess what it is? I'm listening to it right now, if that gives the whole thing away!

 

[Nick Danger]

Jack White Lazaretto.
This record needs to come with an instruction book to play it. Large deadwax area on side one to make room for the hologram as well as not to trip automatic players- it plays from the inside out and ends in a locked groove on the edge. Side two's double-groove intro- the guy who cut the lacquers on this should be given a technical medal of merit! You can hear where the two grooves merge, but it's not as distracting as you would think.

I wonder how many people who buy this record will return it thinking it's defective.

I bought this primarily for the technical oddity and novelty of the record mastering, but also love the music- White Stripes / Jack White can do no wrong in my book. Excellent album.

Don't forget about the hidden track, Mark! Might need to give this a spin later this week. How was the surface noise on your copy?

 

[MarkWComer]

Don't forget about the hidden track, Mark! Might need to give this a spin later this week. How was the surface noise on your copy?

TWO hidden tracks! One plays at 45, the other at 78 rpm. Surface noise on the hidden tracks- yeah lots of it, but it is playable. Suggestion: use a conical point instead of elliptical.

 

[MarkWComer]

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