Teasing the Korean

I really love LPs as objects, even if I don't play them (which I do, only I've accumulated too many to play!).

WABC in NY used to put so much reverb and compression on the DJs voices they sounded like God.

So does this mean you can't get the theremin AM tuning effect anymore?

I'm surprised more people haven't responded. I'll post some more recommendations later.

Another vote for Edu Lobo's Cantiga De Longe (note spelling). Dusty Groove carries this. Also, if you want something Brazilian and jazzy, you'd be wise to pick up some 60s recordings by Milton Banana. Frenetic piano/bass/drum trio stuff.

A lot of people really frown on compilations, but since there is such a huge body of this stuff - including lots of albums that have yet to be reissued in full - label samplers are a decent way to at least find out who you want to explore. Dusty Groove has carried collections from the vaults of Odeon, Elenco, Forma, and Philips. The Blue Brazil series, for example, from Odeon, is worth checking out. That said, one album you HAVE to have is Afro Sambas by Baden Powell and Vinicius. Be sure you get the original version, though, with Quarteto Em Cy on backing vocals. Powell later re-recorded the album and it's nowhere near as good.

I'll glady take a ballsy, punchy mono mix of a 60s rock/pop tune on an AM radio over a wimpy stereo mix of the same song broadcast over FM or satelite. Of course, I'd rather hear said mono mix over something better than an AM radio...

Full ballet as opposed to the more commonly recorded suite. Takes up a whole LP.

Miklos Rozsa, "Spellbound," conducted by Ray Heindorf, WB stereo LP. Featuring Sam Hoffman on theremin! (who played on the original film soundtrack).

A nice Sunday afternoon album after working in the yard. Capitol Rainbow label, mono.

I for one will mourn the loss of that erie sound of a distant AM station late at night.

Because it was included in the Mosaic PJ box Oh MG Yeah, but Mosaic doesn't reproduce original cover art in those boxes, do they?

Stan Kenton - Portraits (Capitol, mono). Kenton runs hot and cold for me, but this album is INCREDIBLE. Why isn't it on CD?

Toquinho - Cantando (Brazilian Philips; I think it's a comp).

That's the one I meant. I said it was on Everest but I meant London.

That IS a nice design, but there was another on Everest, too, featuring a photo of a topless woman about to be sacrificed.

It should be noted that the "Fantasia" version is radically reworked.

Now, let's talk about best Rite of Spring cover art. As we all know, inferior cover art can spoil a listening experience every bit as much as a worn stylus. The best two? I nominate Dorati's first (mono) version with the Minneopolis Symphony. Orange tiki against a dark green background. His later stereo recording used a bland image. And, of course, the Everest album (forget the conductor) with the photo of the guy holding the topless maiden in the air, presumably to be sacrificed. I tried to find good images online but could not. You're welcome to post 'em if you've got 'em.

I LIVE for records like this...

A very highly regarded version that has not been mentioned yet is Antal Dorati with the Minneapolis Symphony on Mercury Living Presence.

70s logo, black on blue background.

Funny thread on Stan Kenton liner notes from one of those "other" jazz forums: http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=13693

I'm not a Floyd fan either, though I'm a Syd Barrett fan! The producer must have been Norman Hurricane Smith, and EMI engineer who'd worked on Beatles records till maybe 1965 or so. He later had a one-off hit in the early 70s with a song called "Oh Babe, What Would You Say."

Did he talk about Nick Drake?