What was the last vinyl you bought?
Posted by: apye! on 18 January 2011
Arrived today in the post:
I'm not a Bowie fan, however really enjoying this compilation....
Lucinda Williams - This Sweet Old World.
Roger Waters' Is this the lIfe we really want?
No, and it's not the record I really want. He seemed to peak at Radio Kaos and Amused to death; perhaps the pinnacle would have been between those two?
Actually the last one I bought is still (12 days and counting) trying to find its way here.
The latest Chris Rea "Road Songs for Lovers" LP on 45 rpm and boy is it good, no not good, bloody amazing infact! That was last week but today I picked up 7 old but brand new never played LP's for the mind boggling price of £13.00 and I am sat listening now as I type. I have given them a clean just in case of anything and so far there is not a pop or a click! They are all Franck Pourcel and date from the 1970's. Goes to show there are still bargains to be had even in a Hungerford antique shop.
Deluxe 5-LP box set version of a classic 1986 Smiths LP.
Zimerman's 2 Schubert Sonatas.
Kuma. The Schubert sonatas by Zimerman are brilliant. I have quite a few versions of these including D958 and this CD is top of my list. Hope he does D958 soon.
Chopin Evocations: Daniil Trifonov (piano)
douglas posted:Kuma. The Schubert sonatas by Zimerman are brilliant. I have quite a few versions of these including D958 and this CD is top of my list. Hope he does D958 soon.
Douglas,
I have not heard my copy yet but I had a sneaking suspicion Zimerman does good Schubert. D960 is my favourite ( Schnabel and Richter in particular ) as well as D840.
Debussy: Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
Still selling for around 12 quid via Amazon [other sellers]
Maybe a good idea to grab a copy before stocks dwindle and the price goes silly
Debs
I've just been notified that my order for this from Nitin Sawhney has just shipped.
It's the latest in a series of live performances from Ronnie Scott's put out by the wonderful Gearbox Records. I missed out on the Ronnie Scott's dates but made sure I got too see NS when he performed at the RAH last Autumn. Hopefully this LP will go some way to taking me back to the Ronnie Scott's performances. As is usual from Gearbox the LP is "cut on a Haeco Scully lathe with Westrex RA1700 series amps, Westrex 3DIIA cutting head and Telefunken U73B tube limiter; Decca valve equalisation; monitored on Audio Note equipment".
Latest in the series of PFR reissues:
And another. Bought mostly for completism, as by and large it's rubbish, as is practically everything from this unfortunate era in the band's history is...
I'm going backwards in Joe's catalogue having started with Civilised Man, then Sheffield Steel...and onwards to this one on the MoV label. Having watched a doc on Joe on Sky Arts (IIRC) it was a shame that the programme didn't profile either CM or SS - I can only imagine this was because Joe changed labels (I think to Island) and the programme maker didn't have the rights.
Kevin-W posted:Latest in the series of PFR reissues:
I'm surprised they chose to re-issue this album as I always considered it a silly commercial grab. I have the original vinyl but was never inclined to play it beyond the first few listens. Maybe I need some insight?
Beethoven: Streichquartette Op. 59 Nr. 1-3) - Amadeus Quartet
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Daniil Trifonov (piano) | Valery Gergiev
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 3 - Denis Matsuev (piano) | Valery Gergiev
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Valery Gergiev
Florestan posted:Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Valery Gergiev
Me too.
Gillian Welch. The Harrow and the Harvest
Recommended by Graham (Quad 33) of this parish for its SQ, which is better than the 4MWB reissue I currently have (I shall keep that one, as the sleeve is v=better than this UMG-Mercury):
Nitin Sawhney - Live at Ronnie Scotts, excellent analogue recording and pressing a great record.