Must have LPs for Shows

[Hugh]

Guys,

As I just started to collect LPs for the very first time, other than messing around with my Dad's a very long time ago, please give me some recommendations as to what albums I should obtain so we can play to our room visitors.

I am open to any genre(s).

TIA.

Hugh

[MikeCh]

Yello - One Second ( original mercury pressing )

[Hugh]

Got that one.

Thanks Mike.

[Steve Lefkowicz]

Gotta bring the Sublime!

[Hugh]

That's the very first one I bought.

Thanks again Steve & your son.

[Rust]

Hendrix - Live at the Avalon (Like a Rolling Stone and Hey Joe)
The Roches - Another World (Come Softly)
Etta James - pretty much anything she does
Patsy Cline - pretty much anything she does
Led Zeppelin II - the very rare recalled first US pressing
Beatles - Parlaphone monos or the new mono pressings
Count Basie - Any selection that swwwiiinnngs.
Crack the Sky - Safety in Numbers, seriously, won't be anyone else demoing this one.

In other words, avoid the same every time boring audiophile chestnuts. You've got a couple of days to generate enthusiasm and make a memorable impression. If you want to generate interest from customers vice reviewers , play something with some drive and kick to it. Set yourself apart, look at what everyone else is using for demo and don't use it yourself. Have a fun room.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Crack the Sky - Safety in Numbers! Nuclear Apathy is a killer track!

[Hugh]

Thanks for the wise advice Rust.

I totally agree with you.

In the past, anywhere we went was Diana Krall. :-)

[Steve Lefkowicz]

When I stop by your room in Newport, I'll have three LPs with me:

Sublime - (the same one my son brought last year) I loved how your room filled up completely when we played this.
Samantha Crain - Under Branch & Thorn & Tree
Alec Lytle and them Rounders - The End of Ours

I'll also have a USB stick with a bunch of CD rips, 24 bit and DSD files just in case.

Are you really going to bring your Triangle Art table?

Whoever here goes to Newport, make sure to stop by Hugh's room. It was one of the best sounding rooms at the show last year with the standard issue ACA Seraphims playing.

[Hugh]

Yes Steve, we will have the TA table.

Thanks again for your vote of confidence.

[allenh]

Dreaming w Dean: Dean Martin. Music is hit or miss, but the sonics are easily demo quality. I've played that in my room and one person said you can smell the gin on Dean's breadth.

For female vocals, Vanessa Fernandez has been a staple at shows last year, but I think Shelby Lynn latest reissue would be good, too.

[Hugh]

Thanks Allen.

[JCOConnell]

Led Zeppelin I - Classic records first 180g reissue - it rocks.

[Hugh]

Thanks JC.

[Bill Hart]

Mid-70's Piros cut with cc in deadwax and pressed at Monarch is one of the best sounding copies of LZ1; I also got turned on to a 3rd Japanese press which is very good. I have both the 180 Classic 33 LZ and the 45 rpm. I prefer the standard issue pressings- they sound more 'of a piece.' You should be able to find the Piros/Monarch for less than $100 but top condition may require some hunting; it is referred to repeatedly on the Hoffman forum, for good reason.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones - Live Checkerboard Lounge

[Hugh]

Thanks Johnny.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Instead of mostly playing audiophile pressings or newer 180g reissues, why not play some original standard pressings. The vast majority of our collections consist of the latter, so it would be nice to hear them on a product one may/might be interested in.

[Rob]

The sonics on the Friday Music redo of Excitable Boy wasn't exciting. I'll have to find me a 1st press.

[Johnny Vinyl]

The Friday Music releases have usually left me cold. I stopped buying them.

[MylesBAstor]

I liked the 45 rpm Friday Music release of Yes.

[jazdoc]

AC/DC "Back In Black" (No, I'm not kidding)
Herb Alpert "Rise"
Ray Anderson "Blues Bred In The Bone"
Anita Baker "Rapture"
Count Basie "Basie 88"
Count Basie "Kansas City Suite"
David Bowie "Let's Dance"
Calexico "Carried To Dust"
Benny Carter "Jazz Giant"
The Clash "London Calling" (original pressing)
Leonard Cohen "Old Ideas"
Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi "Rome"
Miles Davis "Round About Midnight" (original mono pressing)
Duke Ellington/Ray Brown "This One's For Blanton"
Gipsy Kings "Mosaique"
Girls "Eponymous"
Great Jazz Trio "Direct From LA" (EastWind)
Buck Hill "Scope"
Iron & Wine "Our Endless Numbered Days"
Billy Joel "The Nylon Curtain"
Jamey Johnson "That Lonesome Song"
Barney Kessel/Ray Brown/Shelly Manne "The Poll Winners Ride Again" & "Poll Winners Three!" (original pressing)
Greg Kihn "Kihnspiracy"
Don Lanphere "Into Somewhere"
David Lindley "El Rayo-X"
Nick Lowe "Nick The Knife"
Paul McCartney "Tug of War"
Midnight Oil "Diesel and Dust"
Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster (I prefer the original mono pressing)
Kacey Musgraves "Same Trailer, Different Park"
Joanna Newsom "Have One On Me"
Nylons "One Size Fits All"
Opeth "Damnation"
Robert Palmer "Clues"
Robert Palmer "Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley" (Original Island Pink Rim Pressing)
Flip Phillips "A Real Swinger"
The Police "Synchronicity"
Cat Power "The Greatest"
The Pretenders "The Pretenders"
Prince "Controversy"
Prince "Sign 'O The Times"
REM "Chronic Town" EP
Lou Reed "New Sensations"
Keith Richards "Talk Is Cheap"
Robbie Robertston "Robbie Robertson"
Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins "Sonny Meets Hawk"
Linda Ronstadt "Simple Dreams"
Scritti Politti "Cupid & Psyche 85"
Sphere "Four For All"
Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense"
Cecil Taylor "Live In Bologna"
Luther Vandross "Never Too Much"
Leroy Vinnegar "Walks!"
Bobby Watson "Beatitudes"
Peter Wolf "Midnight Souvenirs"
Stevie Wonder "Hotter Than July"
10cc "Deceptive Bends"

[Johnny Vinyl]

Some really, really nice selections!

[Bill Hart]

Re Billy Joel, Songs from the Attic has some early hits, and although recorded digitally, sounds fantastic- live shows, Phil Ramone.
Standard Columbia pressing.
More later.

[Bill Hart]

Love that Opeth Damnation, also Porcupine Tree's In Absentia, reissue is cheap compared to original press and sounds great. Steve Wilson, YAY!

[Johnny Vinyl]

If you want to be different as no one plays them....

Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green

[rockitman]

AC/DC "Back In Black" (No, I'm not kidding)

RL Mastered first issue ? SD-16018 MASTERDISK

[Andy]

If you want to be different as no one plays them....

Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green

Coincidence ??? or not???? Just listened to that about 2 days ago. And am about queue another of theirs.

[MylesBAstor]

Yello - One Second ( original mercury pressing )

I have that on my watch list. You like the Mercury over the original German issue?

[MylesBAstor]

A few that come to mind.

Second, Allen's recommendation of Dean Martin.

Some others that come to mind:

Elvis '57 (side 4 Peace in the Valley)
Neil Young Live at the Cellar Door
Smoke and Mirrors and Janaki String Quartet on Yarlung Records
Brothers in Arms Mofi release
Blues and The Abstract Truth-45 rpm issue
Kenny Burrell - Guitar Forms Speakers Corner
Julie London - Latin in a Satin Mood - Analogue Products

One other thought--get ahold of Chad and get some of the test pressings he'll be passing out at the show!!!