That's a nice photo! I always used to put the record sleeve up on the dansette lid like this. The RP6 may be slightly better quality than an old dansette though. Just slightly.
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Charlie Jefferson
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Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
You're Dead - Flying Lotus
The two most recent Stephen Ellison albums. Electro-prog-jazz-hop at it's best.
End Times Undone - David Kilgour & The Heavy 8's
True Love Kills The Fairy Tale - The Casket Girls
Anthology box set - The Clean
Dis-Moi Le Feu . . .Jean-Max Brua
Rocket Man - Kate Bush
Fresh Fish Special - Robert Gordon/Link Wray
Rejuvenation - The Meters
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar - Robert Plant
(succumbed to the vinyl version, which sounds very lovely indeed)
You're Dead - Flying Lotus
The two most recent Stephen Ellison albums. Electro-prog-jazz-hop at it's best.
End Times Undone - David Kilgour & The Heavy 8's
True Love Kills The Fairy Tale - The Casket Girls
Anthology box set - The Clean
Dis-Moi Le Feu . . .Jean-Max Brua
Rocket Man - Kate Bush
Fresh Fish Special - Robert Gordon/Link Wray
Rejuvenation - The Meters
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar - Robert Plant
(succumbed to the vinyl version, which sounds very lovely indeed)
Nice to see you, Charlie. Thought you'd given up posting. Very much fancy the Robert Plant myself; I think he's one of the few people who actually gets better with age.
All the best.
All the best.
Charlie Jefferson
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Jim-W said:
Hi Jim,
Lots of listening, little posting.
Yes, I agree with your comments about Robert Plant. As a teenage Zep fan I was always taken by his phrasing and pitching, the melodic gifts he bestowed on parts of songs where his voice wasn't necesarily delivering the actual lyrics. An acumen even more acute in his solo records.
His Song For The Siren (on Dreamland) runs Tim Buckley's incantatory original very close.
(cf too Far Post, an early solo B-side, for deliciously dextrous vocals)
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Journey to the past, again:
Darklands - The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Clean - box set
Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Skylarking - XTC
Copper Blue - Sugar
and then more modern times commemorated:
Syro - Aphex Twin
Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
Ryan Adams self-titled new one.
Darklands - The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Clean - box set
Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Skylarking - XTC
Copper Blue - Sugar
and then more modern times commemorated:
Syro - Aphex Twin
Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
Ryan Adams self-titled new one.
The Beatles - With The Beatles (Side 2 only)
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Various - Tighten Up Vol.2 (Side1 only)
Lene Lovich - Flex (Side 1 only)
Add N To (X) - Avant Hard (Side 3 & 4 only)
Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hipocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Various - Tighten Up Vol.2 (Side1 only)
Lene Lovich - Flex (Side 1 only)
Add N To (X) - Avant Hard (Side 3 & 4 only)
Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hipocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
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Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (x4 fold out sleeve - very nice)
Marvin Gaye - What's going on (Gatefold)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (Gatefold - very nicely also came with free cd and download code)
Marvin Gaye - What's going on (Gatefold)
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (Gatefold - very nicely also came with free cd and download code)
JTQ - Mission Impossible
Billy Preston - Wildest Organ In Town
Psychedelic Furs - Psychedelic Furs
Billy Preston - Wildest Organ In Town
Psychedelic Furs - Psychedelic Furs
Greenwich_Man
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Day off work today so listening to recent buys
Rick Wakeman - The Gospels
Then Beatles Mono reissues...
Please Please Me
With the Beatles
A Hard Days Night
Help
Rick Wakeman - The Gospels
Then Beatles Mono reissues...
Please Please Me
With the Beatles
A Hard Days Night
Help
Charlie Jefferson
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Freak Out - Zappa/Mothers
Debut brilliance in wondrous, psych-y art-pop form. Did John & Paul listen to this and Pet Sounds and then stew their brains into Sgt. Pepper? All great albums but why is Frank's the least celebrated when it's so good?
Where The Spirit Meets The Bone - Lucinda Williams
Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
Flagship debut LP
(Saw this band do an in-store at Wah Wah Records in Wakefield on Saturday. Reduced to a three-piece due to shop size, and with the other three menbers plus road manager watching from the used racks, they produced a pleasant fuzz of sounds. Think lower-league Band Of Horses. Unfortunately on record they sound like a U2 tribute act. All half-cocked anthems and an overload of Edge-ism shards. Extremely personable guys though. My two little boys played endless high-fives with the temporarily redundant drummer).
The Clones of Dr.Funkenstein - Parliament
Anthology - The Clean
Debut brilliance in wondrous, psych-y art-pop form. Did John & Paul listen to this and Pet Sounds and then stew their brains into Sgt. Pepper? All great albums but why is Frank's the least celebrated when it's so good?
Where The Spirit Meets The Bone - Lucinda Williams
Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
Flagship debut LP
(Saw this band do an in-store at Wah Wah Records in Wakefield on Saturday. Reduced to a three-piece due to shop size, and with the other three menbers plus road manager watching from the used racks, they produced a pleasant fuzz of sounds. Think lower-league Band Of Horses. Unfortunately on record they sound like a U2 tribute act. All half-cocked anthems and an overload of Edge-ism shards. Extremely personable guys though. My two little boys played endless high-fives with the temporarily redundant drummer).
The Clones of Dr.Funkenstein - Parliament
Anthology - The Clean
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even on my temporary bog standard system, of an Ariston RD40, Audio Technica AT95E, Marantz PM7000 going into some M-Audio AV40's. ;-)
Finally got a plumber to give me an affordable quote for a new boiler so I don't have to sell any records; mind you, I'd rather be cold than sell them.
Lush: 'Scar'.
David Crosby: 'If I could Only Remember My Name'.
Creedence Clearwater Revival: 'Green River'.
Chick Corea: 'Piano Improvisations Vol 1'. Beautiful record.
Van Morrison: 'Saint Dominic's Preview'. Sometimes I think it's his best record.
'Something Else By The KInks.'
Lush: 'Scar'.
David Crosby: 'If I could Only Remember My Name'.
Creedence Clearwater Revival: 'Green River'.
Chick Corea: 'Piano Improvisations Vol 1'. Beautiful record.
Van Morrison: 'Saint Dominic's Preview'. Sometimes I think it's his best record.
'Something Else By The KInks.'
Jim-W said:
But if you froze to death your daughter will inherit them, and you said it yourself, she'll sell the lot.
Stay warm. *biggrin*
Great logic, BBB. Yep, I intend to stay warm....from next Wednesday when they've finished anyway. My boiler was apparently 28 years old...I think that's like 100 in human years...so I shouldn't really complain.
Charlie Jefferson
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The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
The Sermon - Jimmy Smith
Home Cookin' - Jimmy Smith
Lullaby. . . - Robert Plant
Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It - Becker'Fagen/Diaz soundtrack
The Sermon - Jimmy Smith
Home Cookin' - Jimmy Smith
Lullaby. . . - Robert Plant
Until The Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It - Becker'Fagen/Diaz soundtrack
Must dig 'Royal Scam' out...underrated in Steely Dan canon I reckon.
What do you make of the Jimmy Smith records, Charlie? Are they worth having? I type this because my dealer (!) is supposed to be pricing up a copy of 'The Sermon' which I quite fancy.
Cheers.
What do you make of the Jimmy Smith records, Charlie? Are they worth having? I type this because my dealer (!) is supposed to be pricing up a copy of 'The Sermon' which I quite fancy.
Cheers.
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Jim-W said:
I too haven't played The Royal Scam in ages, but I heard Kid Charlemagne on 6 Music yesterday so I sought it out again. It didn't disappoint. As you say, it seems a rather overlooked LP. The plaudits and mentions go elsewhere. A good re-discovery.
I'm loving the Jimmy Smith LPs (I've had some in CD form for ages) but these recent acquisitions (The Sermon, Crazy Baby & Home Cookin') are my first on vinyl. All good. I love the blend of uptempo numbers with the more bluesy, slower tunes. I spent £40 on these three. Is that an okay price, do you reckon? One is an original, two are DMM-embossed Blue Note re-issues. All very good and above condition.
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Hi Jim,
Are you familiar with the Jmmy Smith canon/discography?
I bought two of these three on name & label alone - presuming they would be in the same ballpark as the Crazy Baby CD I already had.
I'd like to explore more.
Are you familiar with the Jmmy Smith canon/discography?
I bought two of these three on name & label alone - presuming they would be in the same ballpark as the Crazy Baby CD I already had.
I'd like to explore more.
Hi Charlie,
I'm afraid I am a Jimmy Smith virgin, but £40 is a good price, especially as one was an original. You bought yours for the same reason that I was interested: the Blue Note label; however, I'm not sure 40 minutes of organ as lead instrument would erm float my boat for want of a better expression. That's why I was keen to ask your opinion: I just saw a couple of originals and wondered if they were worth having. I'll see my record bloke on Saturday and he should give me a price, but even though I like Blue Note stuff, I'm not sure about these as I pointed out.
I've got a few of those DMM Blue Notes; I think they sound fine but they're pressed on rather flimsy vinyl compared to first issue dinner-plate Blue Notes. It doesn't appear to affect sound quality though although I have read that French Blue Note reissues which I think are DMM are of inferior quality. I played some of mine and they sounded ok to me but I have no golden ears and couldn't tell a good pressing from a bad one. The real Blue Note stinkers are the 'artificially re-channelled for stereo' but they aren't beyond redemption if you have a mono button on your amp; if not, avoid them.
I'm afraid I am a Jimmy Smith virgin, but £40 is a good price, especially as one was an original. You bought yours for the same reason that I was interested: the Blue Note label; however, I'm not sure 40 minutes of organ as lead instrument would erm float my boat for want of a better expression. That's why I was keen to ask your opinion: I just saw a couple of originals and wondered if they were worth having. I'll see my record bloke on Saturday and he should give me a price, but even though I like Blue Note stuff, I'm not sure about these as I pointed out.
I've got a few of those DMM Blue Notes; I think they sound fine but they're pressed on rather flimsy vinyl compared to first issue dinner-plate Blue Notes. It doesn't appear to affect sound quality though although I have read that French Blue Note reissues which I think are DMM are of inferior quality. I played some of mine and they sounded ok to me but I have no golden ears and couldn't tell a good pressing from a bad one. The real Blue Note stinkers are the 'artificially re-channelled for stereo' but they aren't beyond redemption if you have a mono button on your amp; if not, avoid them.
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Hi Jim,
Yes, I know what you mean about the though of a whole album's worth of organ-led music, but I musr report that the other instruments are also featured prominently enough. I think it's the Crazy Baby LP were there's loads of brilliant ensemble interplay. The Sermon LP and track itself are fantastic too.
Thanks for the Blue Note related info' - I do try to avoid any albusm with the dreaded "rechanelled for stereo" moniker. Wasn't that the downfall of the first press of NY's debut LP? I seem to remember we had a dialogue sometime ago about it's de-merits therein. Or was that the version you preferred?
Yes, I know what you mean about the though of a whole album's worth of organ-led music, but I musr report that the other instruments are also featured prominently enough. I think it's the Crazy Baby LP were there's loads of brilliant ensemble interplay. The Sermon LP and track itself are fantastic too.
Thanks for the Blue Note related info' - I do try to avoid any albusm with the dreaded "rechanelled for stereo" moniker. Wasn't that the downfall of the first press of NY's debut LP? I seem to remember we had a dialogue sometime ago about it's de-merits therein. Or was that the version you preferred?
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