Spinning on the Turntable now...

[Electric Moo]

This is awesome music for a winter sunday afternoon. Sviatoslav Richter again.

I wish they'd talk about the actual recording sessions in the included literature: lots of verbage about Bach though & the guy must have been paid by the word as it's quite superflous.


It's probably a US reissue of this 1968 Russian LP:

https://www.discogs.com/release/25128823-

I'm guessing it's from multiple recording sessions as some are miked far away with lots of room ambience, and others are close miked & louder

 

[AshBuchanan]

Look what the cats dragged in, for my Christmas
Odessey & Oracle (mono). The Zombies

Merry Christmas all

 

[SyrinxTemple]

The album that changed my life. I heard 'Tom Sawyer" on the radio during the summer of 1981, asked my dad if he knew who did that song. He said it was Rush. That night he played this album. I was 10 at the time. I was hooked. Rush has been my favorite since them.

This is the 40th Anniversary edition from the vinyl box.

 

[key_wiz]

Haven’t listened to this in 25 years or more. I pulled it out today and cleaned it up and forgot how good this is. I don’t think it’s very well recorded but this was the first time I heard it on an upgraded system and it’s worth a listen. Only album I know of that gives you a preview of all the songs as a last track.
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Not a “preview” per se, as it’s the last track. More of a review.

Another album that does this is Queen’s “Jazz”

 

[Quad Linda]

Please Come Home For Christmas/Funky New Year - Eagles 7" 45
Christmas with the Chipmunks mono LP
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy 7" 45
A New Time, A New Day - Chambers Brothers
Ho Ho Ho, Who'd be a Turkey at Christmas/Step Into Christmas - Elton John 7"45

 

[Blackwood]

I’m finally getting to the vinyl I’ve been buying this past year in anticipation for the Christmas turntable I bought last month. (Was gonna wait until closer to Christmas to buy it, but I was weak.)

There & Back is my favorite album of all time. It’s an odd pick as even Jeff Beck fans wouldn’t normally put this at the top of their list for his work, much less claim it as a favorite album above any other artist. But for whatever reason, this hits me in special way.

I already had a version of this LP, but earlier this month, Sony Japan re-issued a number of his albums including this one, Flash, Crazy Legs and Guitar Shop. I hoped that with the stellar work Sony Japan does on quads and other things, their vinyl would also be top notch. So far with this first one I got, it is. Wish I had grabbed Wired and Blow By Blow earlier this year. Now all of them are sold out.

Next stop is CDJapan and see what other LPs Sony Japan has released.

(I gave myself major kudos for taking a random photo while the album was spinning and somehow getting lucky enough to where the label looked perfectly aligned. Maybe off by just a degree or two.)

 

[SyrinxTemple]

I’m finally getting to the vinyl I’ve been buying this past year in anticipation for the Christmas turntable I bought last month. (Was gonna wait until closer to Christmas to buy it, but I was weak.)

There & Back is my favorite album of all time. It’s an odd pick as even Jeff Beck fans wouldn’t normally put this at the top of their list for his work, much less claim it as a favorite album above any other artist. But for whatever reason, this hits me in special way.

I already had a version of this LP, but earlier this month, Sony Japan re-issued a number of his albums including this one, Flash, Crazy Legs and Guitar Shop. I hoped that with the stellar work Sony Japan does on quads and other things, their vinyl would also be top notch. So far with this first one I got, it is. Wish I had grabbed Wired and Blow By Blow earlier this year. Now all of them are sold out.

Next stop is CDJapan and see what other LPs Sony Japan has released.

(I gave myself major kudos for taking a random photo while the album was spinning and somehow getting lucky enough to where the label looked perfectly aligned. Maybe off by just a degree or two.)

I remember this album as a kid. My dad was a HUGE Beck fan. Saw him on the Wired tour and one of the other tours in the 70s. Anyway, I was a 9 year old in SE Arkansas and watched Mid-South Wrestling religiously. "Star Cycle" was the theme song. Loved it! Although, I put Blow by Blow and Wired over this one, I still love it. Listened to it a few months ago. This was his last fusion influenced album before he did a lot of studio sessions and such. I saw beck as the special guest for ZZ Top in Dallas on his second to last concert ever. I think he is the greatest guitarist of all time.

 

[GOS]

I remember this album as a kid. My dad was a HUGE Beck fan. Saw him on the Wired tour and one of the other tours in the 70s. Anyway, I was a 9 year old in SE Arkansas and watched Mid-South Wrestling religiously. "Star Cycle" was the theme song. Loved it! Although, I put Blow by Blow and Wired over this one, I still love it. Listened to it a few months ago. This was his last fusion influenced album before he did a lot of studio sessions and such. I saw beck as the special guest for ZZ Top in Dallas on his second to last concert ever. I think he is the greatest guitarist of all time.

Damn, SE Arkansas. Where about?

 

[SyrinxTemple]

Damn, SE Arkansas. Where about?

McGehee. Heard of it?

 

[GOS]

McGehee. Heard of it?

I don't think I have, but we have soybean research plots every year in Dumas area!

 

[Blackwood]

I remember this album as a kid. My dad was a HUGE Beck fan. Saw him on the Wired tour and one of the other tours in the 70s. Anyway, I was a 9 year old in SE Arkansas and watched Mid-South Wrestling religiously. "Star Cycle" was the theme song. Loved it! Although, I put Blow by Blow and Wired over this one, I still love it. Listened to it a few months ago. This was his last fusion influenced album before he did a lot of studio sessions and such. I saw beck as the special guest for ZZ Top in Dallas on his second to last concert ever. I think he is the greatest guitarist of all time.

Never got to see Jeff in person and it will always be a regret. He ranks number one with me for guitar players, too.

After I posted here, I did manage to find the Japanese versions in this series of Wired and Blow By Blow on eBay and Discogs, so I look forward to those arriving in a couple of weeks.

 

[SyrinxTemple]

I don't think I have, but we have soybean research plots every year in Dumas area!

McGehee is 8 miles south of Dumas. Hwy 65 goes through both. When I was a kid, Dumas was the closest town with a movie theater. I saw Star Wars there. If it wasn't in Dumas, we had to drive to Greenville, MS/

 

[SyrinxTemple]

Never got to see Jeff in person and it will always be a regret. He ranks number one with me for guitar players, too.

After I posted here, I did manage to find the Japanese versions in this series of Wired and Blow By Blow on eBay and Discogs, so I look forward to those arriving in a couple of weeks.

I saw Jeff 6 times, and the dude was amazing! He got better and better each time I saw him.

 

[GOS]

McGehee is 8 miles south of Dumas. Hwy 65 goes through both. When I was a kid, Dumas was the closest town with a movie theater. I saw Star Wars there. If it wasn't in Dumas, we had to drive to Greenville, MS/

wow, only 8 miles. Small world. I've been traveling to Dumas for the last 5 years.

 

[SyrinxTemple]

wow, only 8 miles. Small world. I've been traveling to Dumas for the last 5 years.

I know, right!

 

[SyrinxTemple]

Made it through the rest of the 40th Anniversary Moving Pictures box set. Some of these versions are quite different from the ones in Montreal that appeared on Exit...Stage Left.

 

[Blackwood]

This was the album that led me into Black Sabbath... about a decade after my cooler friends.

My town had a tiny store in the late 80s that only sold import CDs. Pre-internet, you might have no idea what was released in other countries but not in the U.S., so a store like this was a discovery of one expensive treasure after another. I bought this back then in CD form from Japan.

What drew me in was that this short-lived band (four albums and an instrumental best-of) featured Cozy Powell who I was already a fan of. Ray Fenwick was the guitarist on all the albums, but there were rotating players otherwise. Jan Akkerman (Focus) was on this one.

What really hooked me was the vocalist... Tony Martin. In fact, with Laurence Cottle on bass, you had most of the Sabbath Headless Cross line-up.

I have loved this album from the moment I got it way back, and building my vinyl library, I managed to snag a sealed LP version for $33. (Although I panicked when I got it... the vinyl is so thin I thought the seller might have simply sold me a sealed sleeve.)

The cover stinks, but the music still sounds great after all these years. Top tracks for me are The Talisman, Year of the Dragon, Carrie and The Mercenary (with Cozy Powell solo.)

Surprisingly to me, despite being somewhat obscure (maybe just in the U.S.) this album – and all the others – are available on Apple Music. Of the four, I think this is the best one.

 

[SyrinxTemple]

This was the album that led me into Black Sabbath... about a decade after my cooler friends.

My town had a tiny store in the late 80s that only sold import CDs. Pre-internet, you might have no idea what was released in other countries but not in the U.S., so a store like this was a discovery of one expensive treasure after another. I bought this back then in CD form from Japan.

What drew me in was that this short-lived band (four albums and an instrumental best-of) featured Cozy Powell who I was already a fan of. Ray Fenwick was the guitarist on all the albums, but there were rotating players otherwise. Jan Akkerman (Focus) was on this one.

What really hooked me was the vocalist... Tony Martin. In fact, with Laurence Cottle on bass, you had most of the Sabbath Headless Cross line-up.

I have loved this album from the moment I got it way back, and building my vinyl library, I managed to snag a sealed LP version for $33. (Although I panicked when I got it... the vinyl is so thin I thought the seller might have simply sold me a sealed sleeve.)

The cover stinks, but the music still sounds great after all these years. Top tracks for me are The Talisman, Year of the Dragon, Carrie and The Mercenary (with Cozy Powell solo.)

Surprisingly to me, despite being somewhat obscure (maybe just in the U.S.) this album – and all the others – are available on Apple Music. Of the four, I think this is the best one.

Cool post! I'll have to check this out.