Vinyl I am listening to...

[kuruvilajacob]

My all time favorite singers/groups include Joan Baez, Matt Munro,Neil Diamond, Nat king Cole,Bad Finger, Ray Charles, Al Stewart, Arlo Guthrie,America,Cat Stevens to name a few. I do have several others. I will be naming my favorite albums in due course of time. Two outstanding albums that come to my mind immediately are both by Joan Baez. They are"Blessed are" and "Any day now".. Pressings are Vanguard and the sound stage is spot on. Another one is Neil Diamond's "Stones" album. MCA pressed in USA. These albums are outstanding. Highly recommended

 

[sughosh]

I have that Vanguard pressing of Blessed Are. Nice, but an even better one is the 2 LP "Joan Baez Ballad Book". "One day at a time" is also a good album.

Have Stones as well, most of that period Diamond is fantastic.

 

[sughosh]

Also, you have Badfinger LPs? Only one I ever saw was a horribly scratched Indian copy of "Straight up" (picked it up anyway for Rs. 5). Fine album, but never seen a better pressing, Indian or otherwise.

 

[sughosh]

Last night's playlist:

Stevie Wonder - Talking book
The Sound of Music - Fine RCA black label pressing, with the complete booklet in pristine condition. Joy to listen to this.
My Fair Lady OST - CBS India pressing.

 

[bhaskarcan]

Some very soothing songs...Evergreen

 

[jls001]

The theme since last weekend has been jazz:

1) Weather Report - Black Market, CBS India, CBS 10012, 1983
2) Jack De Johnette's Special edition - Tin Can Alley, ECM-1-1189, 1981
3) Keith Jarrett - Nude Ants, Live at the Village Vanguard, ECM-2-1171, 1980. Side 3 is 30 mins 36 second long. How they squeeze in this length on a LP side is a mystery to me. This is an American pressing, by its American distributor Warner Bros Records Inc.
4) Chick Correa - The Song of Singing, Blue Note BST84353, 1984. Manufactured by Gramaphone Co. Of India Ltd. I'm learning for the first time they pressed for Blue Note.
5) The October Suite - Steve Kuhn (piano) and Gary McFarland (cond), Impulse A-9136, Mono, from the Virtuoso series. US pressing.
6) Ole Coltrane - John Coltrane, Atlantic A1373, US pressing.
7) Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come, Atlantic 1317, US pressing.

Presently spinning VSOP The Quintet (Herbie Hancock on piano, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Ron Carter on bass, Wayne Shorter on sax and Tony Williams on drums).

 

[Simon Wires]

The Sound of Music - Fine RCA black label pressing, with the complete booklet in pristine condition. Joy to listen to this.
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lucky there.. to have the booklet.. first time Im hearing bt it

 

[G401fan]

4) Chick Correa - The Song of Singing, Blue Note BST84353, 1984. Manufactured by Gramaphone Co. Of India Ltd. I'm learning for the first time they pressed for Blue Note.
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In 1985, the Blue Note label was revived in the US (after a gap of several years) by EMI Records, its then owner, and an active reissue program was started for most of their classic titles, plus a bunch of recordings that were still in the vaults. They also signed on a bunch of new artists for the label, and permitted Michael Cuscuna to create his 'Complete Blue Note Sessions of...' series of box sets on Mosaic Records.

In India, GCI of Calcutta, being a subsidiary of EMI, did also release a few of the Blue Note reissues on LP in that period, plus a few of the new titles, notably 'Stanley Jordan's Magic Touch, and Kenny Burrell/Grover Washington's 'Togethering'. Sadly, some titles, like Coltrane's 'Blue Train' were issued by GCI on prerecorded Tape only.

 

[sughosh]

lucky there.. to have the booklet.. first time Im hearing bt it

From discussions here, it appears to be a US pressing from 1966 or thereabouts. I have the same inner sleeve being referred to here, with the Paul Anka album etc.

I'm betting its Parsi-owned - no one else took care of records like this!

 

[peace_sells]

Now Playing :

Opeth - Still Life (2012 UK Reissue, Peaceville Records)

 

[haisaikat]

Does anyone know if it is worth buying the following from flipkart?

1. Yaadon ki Baarat --> Reviews say that the original 1971 LP was better and this is CD sounding vinyl
2. The finest moments of Kishore Kumar --> Reviews say the tracks are remastered but not sure if it is the original tracks

 

[haisaikat]

Now Playing :

Opeth - Still Life (2012 UK Reissue, Peaceville Records)

out of topic by on the left side of the table is that a folding carbon fibre brush for record cleaning? I have exactly one looking like that bought from amazon.co.uk

 

[Saket]

Does anyone know if it is worth buying the following from flipkart?

1. Yaadon ki Baarat --> Reviews say that the original 1971 LP was better and this is CD sounding vinyl
2. The finest moments of Kishore Kumar --> Reviews say the tracks are remastered but not sure if it is the original tracks

1. I have the old vinyl Yaadon ki Barat but in EP and if I remember correctly, the pressing is very average. Nothing special.

2. The finest moments have always been 'remastered' since the cassette days but otherwise from original sound track.

 

[sughosh]

out of topic by on the left side of the table is that a folding carbon fibre brush for record cleaning? I have exactly one looking like that bought from amazon.co.uk

Yep, it is. I have the same one, purchased from turntableneedles.com

 

[reubensm]

Yaadon ki Baarat --> Reviews say that the original 1971 LP was better and this is CD sounding vinyl

I have the original ODEON pressing purchased by dad back in the early 1970s. I must say that the pressing sounds pathetic. RDB had apparently experimented with some kind of stereo vocal effect which made the vocals on solos, sound like a chorus (I think he achieved this by keeping both channels slighly in out of phase). I guess these were a few of the RDB bloopers which got glorified to cult status after his passing.

 

[haisaikat]

So what you are saying is that we can then go for the new LP version? Not sure if anyone has it but Flipkart's reviews seems to be misleading in that case. Or will i be better off if i do not buy it at all?

 

[Saket]

I have the original ODEON pressing purchased by dad back in the early 1970s. I must say that the pressing sounds pathetic. RDB had apparently experimented with some kind of stereo vocal effect which made the vocals on solos, sound like a chorus (I think he achieved this by keeping both channels slighly in out of phase).

Perfectly put. Also due to this effect, the vocals lack the punch. They sound more like those 'stereo reprocessed' vinyls we had back that time.

I guess these were a few of the RDB bloopers which got glorified to cult status after his passing.

Beg to differ on this opinion. IMO, the songs were great and if I am correct, one of the reasons for the movie being a box office hit.

Regards,
Saket

 

[sughosh]

Perfectly put. Also due to this effect, the vocals lack the punch. They sound more like those 'stereo reprocessed' vinyls we had back that time.



Beg to differ on this opinion. IMO, the songs were great and if I am correct, one of the reasons for the movie being a box office hit.

Regards,
Saket

I think he was referring to vocal processing blooper which probably got glorified as a "brilliant sonic technique" or something

 

[jmascreen]

Today all day went on listening kalaakaar

 

[reubensm]

IMO, the songs were great and if I am correct, one of the reasons for the movie being a box office hit.

Was referring to the pseudo stereo effect and not the music. The music on this album is legendary. I once watched an RDB tribute on Times Now where they mentioned that he brilliantly experimented with some stereo effects in recordings (they were referring to this one) hyeah: which in my opinion was a dumb idea, courtesy RDB.