Comments on: What is On Your Turntable? Here’s What’s on Mine

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:48:46 +0000

Jutta Hipp 1530
Coltrane impressions Impulse mono!

Dual 1219. Idler arm tables rule.
Phillips High fidelity Laboratories 785
Klipsch B-20

Enjoy with a growler or two from the brewery down the street!

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:24:36 +0000

…This is definitely the best way to spend a mid-summer nights eve ! (All of the above Al, although it sounds like someone was celebrating “Jerry Bears” birthday a bit early this year ! heh heh)

These days, I tend to break out the Cohiba Robustos with a dram or two of the Lagavulin or some nice cold pints myself. Especially at this time of year as my listening room is deck adjacent, so when the wife is out I love to sit outdoors, light up and let the music flow a bit louder through the screen door… (Just to contribute to the tec side of this trip: my turntable is a classic Oracle Delphi MKII w/motor upgrade, McIntosh C50 Pre, and MC 275 Tub Amp)
I especially love putting on those great live Bluenote recordings when volume is not an issue. I am always a sucker for the classics myself, but this weekend was Newport themed since I didn’t trek down for the festival this year, and the weather was hot and muggy…

My playlist included:
-George Wein & The Newport All-Stars (Impulse)
-A Night At The Village Vanguard / Sonny Rollins
-Midnight Blue / Kenny Burrell
-Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Sevens
-The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport
-Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
-At Newport 1958 / Miles Davis
-Someday My Prince Will Come / Miles Davis

…These albums got me there and back this weekend !

By: DaveS

DaveS — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:00:45 +0000

Listened to WLP of Warm World of Joao Gilberto (clocked in at only 20 minutes–disappointing) and the Sound of Stan Getz on Blue label DG Roost. Rig is a Rega P5, Dynavector 20X cartridge and an Almarro Integrated Tube Amp. Next up is an Original Mono Ear Idle Moments by Grant Green I have been searching for a while for.

By: banksofthecreeks

banksofthecreeks — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:21:56 +0000

Altho I love music from the Coltrane/Monk/Mingus era, I’ve been listening to Jack Teagarden’s albums from the 1950s. Last week my wife was kind enough to find a copy of Swing Low Sweet Spiritual at a thrift shop, and even tho it’s battered, it plays well enough. So that one, plus his Mis’ry and the Blues, and Think Well Of Me, and a glass or two of a harmless little Rose made for a mellow evening.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:57:55 +0000

Last night I listened to Soultrane, the 2x45rpm edition from Analogue Productions, with a glass of Oban 18 year old single malt(a birthday present from my wife) with one ice cube. The turntable is Linn LP12 with Rogers BBC Monitors (perfect for our small San Francisco apartment). It took me many years to get my rig to sound the way I wanted, and now I’m enjoying it every day.

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:29:28 +0000

Last record i listened to is my most recent addi(c)tion : 2 horns/ 2 rythms by Ernie Henry and Kenny Dorham. Beautiful orginal Riverside press.

My turntable is a Rega Planar 3 and the amp is an AR Cambridge A 60. Speakers are Cabasse Antigua 222. A very simple system.

By: Christopher Skura

Christopher Skura — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:12:01 +0000

Bobby Jaspar Quintet Columbia ESDF 1142
Gene Ammons Funky
Curtis Amy: Katanga

By: Terryfromflorida

Terryfromflorida — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:44:18 +0000

Listening to Bud Powell ” Piano Interpretations” on Norgran yellow label. My turntable is a Clearaudio with Odyssey audio monoblock amplifiers and a tube preamp.
Next up is a WLP of ” Blues and the Abstract Truth” by Oliver Nelson….

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:42:08 +0000

They don’t call them “jazz cigarettes” for nothing!

By: Bas

Bas — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:26:06 +0000

I have a pretty nice collection of Japanese pressings. They are just better affordable for me. And those presses are not that hard to find.

On my turntable right now is Jackie Mclean’s “Lights Out!” on Prestige. Great line up with Donald Byrd and Elmo Hope.