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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12195 on: May 07, 2019, 09:36:29 PM »
Checkfield: Music from Everglades National Park



Gallery CD

I remembered  Checkfield from when Cip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller released a few albums by them on his American Gramaphon label, so when I saw this one in the quarter bin last weekend I picked it up.

Mellow new age type jazz, just like I expected.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12196 on: May 08, 2019, 08:26:19 PM »
Coltrane from 1957..
"Coltrane" on Prestige vinyl

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12197 on: May 11, 2019, 05:43:10 PM »
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Live



44/16 FLAC
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12198 on: May 11, 2019, 05:48:23 PM »
Bizet: Carmen and L'Arlιsienne Suites - Ansermet/Suisse Romande



352/24 FLAC
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12199 on: May 11, 2019, 05:55:33 PM »
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherazade - Reiner/Chicago Symphony



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12200 on: May 11, 2019, 05:59:10 PM »
Eric Clapton: Slowhand



192/24 FLAC

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12201 on: May 11, 2019, 06:41:57 PM »
The Eagles: Desperado



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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12202 on: May 12, 2019, 01:55:27 PM »
Sinatra: Vegas



Reprise 4 CD/1 DVD Set

Disc 2 - The Sands with Count Basie & His Orchestra - Jan-Feb 1966
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12203 on: May 12, 2019, 01:56:24 PM »
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Sinatra: Vegas



Reprise 4 CD/1 DVD Set

Disc 3 - Ceasar's Palace,  March 1982
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12204 on: May 12, 2019, 02:01:07 PM »
Laurence Juber: LJ Can't Stop Playing The Beatles



HoLoGRAM HDCD
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12205 on: May 12, 2019, 03:08:57 PM »
Paul Schaffer: Coast to Coast



Capitol CD

I took a change on this one from the quarter bin because of Shaffer's association with The Blues Brothers, The Saturday Night Live Band and later David Letterman's Late Show Band.

But while I liked a lot of his other work, this album just did not do it for me musically. Too much Techno dance overtones for me.

That's the beauty of the quarter bin. I took a chance of something I really didn't know much about. I ended up not liking the music, so I can toss out the CD and did not pay much more than would have payed for an empty jewel case, which is what I have left.  8)
Remember, it's all about the music........

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12206 on: May 12, 2019, 03:14:38 PM »
Seal



Sire/Warner Bros CD

This one is kind of up and down. Some of the songs I like and others IO have no use for at all. But there is enough good stuff to justify keeping this one around.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12207 on: May 12, 2019, 03:21:40 PM »
An older version of Rodrigo's great Concierto de Aranjuez with Narciso Yepes on the much hyped London blue back lp.
Although the performance is nuanced and with great empathy for the piece, the copy is just too noisy to enjoy. 
Anyone need a classic performance.  It's a vinyl that looks much better than it plays.   :cry:
The Falla is pretty decent, but I like Alicia de Larrocha better. 

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12208 on: May 12, 2019, 05:02:29 PM »
I have had a lot of luck quieting down records like that by cleaning them with a steamer. I have done dozens and never warped one yet.

And if it does warp, it wasn't playable anyway.
Remember, it's all about the music........

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #12209 on: May 12, 2019, 05:06:16 PM »
Benny Green: The Place to Be



Blue Note CD

After a few no so good outcomes with quarter bin CDs this one turned out to be a real winner. Good Blue Note Jazz

A definite keeper.
Remember, it's all about the music........

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