What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Teasing the Korean]

4 minutes ago, Pim said:

Like it a lot. Sounds warm and lifelike, easy to use and nice design. Very satisfied. Are you considering buying one yourself? I know @Rabshakehhas the P3 which an upgrade to the P2 but of course also more expensive.

Thinking about it.  I still have an ancient Pioneer PL-516 that I paid $15 for.

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said:

Great, great record. He was totally serious, but in this music, certainly falls within the range of "outsider artists." Glad he was here to do what he did.

At the same time, I had an instructive experience recently when both Nommo and Babi were finally re-released.

Both records I knew very well, but had never played back to back, at least until the re-release.

Because of their similar covers and the Milford Graves' name, I'd always viewed them as equivalent, despite the chronological gap.

But listening to them together, back to back, one is sublime free jazz, and the other is an exercise in musical extremism for it's own sake.

Which is fine, but that's what Doyle is, basically. Sometimes you want the musical terrorism.

All that said and done, I'm glad I got Alabama Feeling, finally.

7 minutes ago, Pim said:

Like it a lot. Sounds warm and lifelike, easy to use and nice design. Very satisfied. Are you considering buying one yourself? I know @Rabshakehhas the P3 which an upgrade to the P2 but of course also more expensive.

I am embarrassingly ignorant on hi Fi matters. I had the same turntable for years and it was fine. I upgraded to the P3 and it felt like I had a whole new record collection. Not it sounds less good, though. I have no idea why. I know I need better speakers and probably better wires. But it just don't know where to start.

[Pim]

12 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Thinking about it.  I still have an ancient Pioneer PL-516 that I paid $15 for.

Haha that sounds like steal to me

[soulpope]

10 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

 

I am embarrassingly ignorant on hi Fi matters. I had the same turntable for years and it was fine. I upgraded to the P3 and it felt like I had a whole new record collection. Not it sounds less good, though. I have no idea why. I know I need better speakers and probably better wires. But it just don't know where to start.

Probably with speakers ....

[Teasing the Korean]

Hugo Montenegro - The Man from UNCLE (RCA, stereo)

Harry Betts - The Jazz Soul of Dr. Kildare (Choreo, stereo).  Surprised to learn that this album was released on a Mobile Fidelity gold CD.  On the other hand, the musician lineup is pretty amazing.

Edited March 3, 2024 by Teasing the Korean

[Teasing the Korean]

Piero Piccioni - The Tenth Victim (Mainstream, re-channeled for stereo)

[gmonahan]

5 hours ago, kh1958 said:

The Panassie Sessions (RCA Vintage)

Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco, Airmail Special (Contemporary)

 

 

 

I loved the old Vintage series, and this one especially among them!

[Teasing the Korean]

Jobim - The Adventurers (Paramount, stereo)

[jazzcorner]

12 hours ago, soulpope said:

Probably with speakers ....

Most important is the pickup system for  and good sound and a 1a needle(diamond).

Have myself a Shure system V15 IV with the little brush

[soulpope]

45 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Most important is the pickup system for  and good sound and a 1a needle(diamond).

Have myself a Shure system V15 IV with the little brush

Did understand there is a decent turntable/pickup combo already in place @ Rab's home 🧐 ....

[Clunky]

20 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Thinking about it.  I still have an ancient Pioneer PL-516 that I paid $15 for.

I had a P3 a decade ago and I regret upgrading away from it. That's many because I made a poor choice with it's replacement and also because the P3 was so simple to operate- no fuss, great fun. Snake oil upgrades to it's mains cable and tone arm wiring are available ( they do make a small difference)

[kh1958]

18 hours ago, gmonahan said:

I loved the old Vintage series, and this one especially among them!

The sound is always so good for transfers in this series; it's a thrill to come across one I don't have already.

1 hour ago, Clunky said:

I had a P3 a decade ago and I regret upgrading away from it. That's many because I made a poor choice with it's replacement and also because the P3 was so simple to operate- no fuss, great fun. Snake oil upgrades to it's mains cable and tone arm wiring are available ( they do make a small difference)

Very happy with my P3.

[jazzcorner]

MCA/Impulse  MCA-29081 - KaI Winding & J.J. Johnson " Swinging Together Again" - rec. 1960

[optatio]

33 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

MCA/Impulse  MCA-29081 - KaI Winding & J.J. Johnson " Swinging Together Again" - rec. 1960

👍

[Rabshakeh]

Came down from putting the kids to bed to find my wife happily listening to this one:

[clifford_thornton]

Nice! My wife usually goes for the steel-string guitar soli or the folk blues/ragtime sections.

[jazzcorner]

Bethlehem  BCP 6027 - Zoot Sims " Down Home" - rec. 1977

Edited March 5, 2024 by jazzcorner

[adh1907]

On 2/26/2024 at 6:17 PM, sidewinder said:

Crackle does seem to be an issue with this one - my copy looks spotless and plays pretty well but there is some crackle, even after being cleaned on the VPI. Although largely MOR, there are a couple of tracks which for me are 'ringers' and (not coincidentally I think) were arranged by Stan Tracey. The David Mack and Leon Young-arranged tracks are more soporific.

I have given the record another clean and it sounds a lot better. The Stan Tracey tracks are definitely the best on the record. The last three on side 2 are v good.

As an aside Clem Alford, Amancio’s sitar player seems to have stopped writing to our local paper. Or been banned. 

[Rabshakeh]

A Carter family comp that I bought in the market. A surprise hit with the six year old, so getting some heavy rotation.

On 3/5/2024 at 3:37 PM, clifford_thornton said:

Nice! My wife usually goes for the steel-string guitar soli or the folk blues/ragtime sections.

This is nice. 

This is the area of my record collection I most dream of building up. Surprisingly hard, at least this side of the Ocean, where that music has never had a huge sway.

[clifford_thornton]

I assumed it would have some sway, given the fact that the Stones, Zep, and Peter Green among others mined the hell out of it!

[Rabshakeh]

20 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

I assumed it would have some sway, given the fact that the Stones, Zep, and Peter Green among others mined the hell out of it!

It can be hard to find the older US stuff on the second hand market. I think it was very rare in the 1960s because it was mostly imported. 

[Chuck Nessa]

[porcy62]

 

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Cool cover, great photo 

[adh1907]

A classic hard bop date. One of my favourites. Jenkins disappeared? 

[adh1907]

Another hard bop classic, west coast style.