| In Heavy Rotation - February 2010 |
Count Basie Spins at 45rpm
Count Basie and His Orchestra: 88 Basie Street
One of the finest sounding big band albums you'll ever hear at 33 1/3 sounds even more spectacular at 45rpm. An audiophile demo record with music to match the sound
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Old Friends Don’t Sit on Park Benches Like Bookends
Clark Terry & Max Roach: Friendship
Two jazz veterans still swinging after all these years on this superbly recorded set from a distinguished new label
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Classic nails the reissue of this 1958 original (reissue)
Cannonball Adderley: Somethin' Else
Great late-night listening on a long-time jazz favorite. It's stood up well for 40+ years so far, and it should be good for 40 more—if you take proper care of this superbly produced Classic reissue
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Radiohead For Solo Piano (new release)
Christopher O'Riley: True Love Waits/O'Riley Plays Radiohead
Does Radiohead's music stand up to solo piano treatment?
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Cat Power Scratches Below the Surface
Chan Marshall: You Are Free
Chan Marshall's first album of mostly original tunes in four years delivers melancholy and sadness you'll want to revisit often
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Classic's CSN&Y Déja Vu: Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know! (Reissue)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Déja Vu
Classic spent years trying to obtain the original master tape. Was the effort worthwhile?
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Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
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Mingus Still Fires On All Cylinders in '63 (reissue)
Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Mingus's prodigious arranging skills captured by RCA engineer Bob Simpson on this Speakers Corner reissue
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Cat Power: You Are Free
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Cafe Tacuba: Cuatro Caminos
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Creedence Clearwater Survival: Box Set Shines (Reissue box set)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Absolute Originals
The best sounding Creedence LPs
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Hawkins at 53 Gets It Done, Probably On The West Coast (reissue)
Coleman Hawkins: The Genius of Coleman Hawkins
Hawkins backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio (Peterson, Ray Brown, andHerb Ellis) plus Alvin Stoller will put you in a mellow mood.
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Radioactive Reissues Obscure Early '70's Folk-Oddity Featuring ISB's Clive Palmer (recent reissue)
COB: Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart
Druids of the world unite!
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Chet Picks "Countrypolitan" Music and Rachmaninoff
Chet Atkins: Mister Guitar
Do you want to hear Chet picking "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles?"
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4AD Still Knows How to Pick Them (New Release)
Celebration: Celebration
Recorded in Brooklyn, conceived in outer space
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T-Bone Burnett Produces A Supple New Backdrop For Ms.Wilson's Sly Pleasure Seeking (New release)
Cassandra Wilson: thunderbird
I dare you to not pay attention to this.
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A Young Band Spins The '70s and '80's Into Something New and Special (New release)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Crisp, clean, and energy-charged
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Chan Marshall Meets Memphis Soul (New release)
Cat Power: The Greatest
Not a "greatest hits" package, but "the greatest" nonetheless!
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Glasgow Based Band Produces Delectable Pop (Recent Release)
Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out of This Country
Like reading over the shoulders of a young girl as she makes very personal entries in her diary
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Pre-Jazz Samba Byrd Quartet (minus Getz) Strikes Equally Seductive Chord
Charlie Byrd: The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd
Only one original but plenty to like on this superb sounding double 45 from Analog Productions
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Zing Went The String of the BSO (reissue)
Charles Munch and the Strings of the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings
Can team AcousTech capture the magic?
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Speakers Corner Reissues Harmonia Mundi '70's Classic (reissue)
Clemencic Consort: Danses Anciennes De Hongrie (Ancient Hungarian Dances)
Definitely not "from hunger"
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Trumpeter Terry And His Tonight Show Cohorts Play "In Living Color" (reissues)
Clark Terry: Color Changes
Does your system play in color or black and white? This set will let you know!
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Another Double 45 Winner From Acoustic Sounds (reissue)
Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Relaxes
Too many Hawks out there?
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Exotic Instrumentation, Enticing Tunes and Stupendous Sound Mark Califone's Latest (Recent Release)
Califone: Roots and Crowns
Limited edition hand silkscreened cover on LP only reprised after first pressing sell-out!
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"Newer Age" Artist Brings Elegance and Simplicity To Modern "Classical" Music (Recent Release)
Colleen: Les Ondes Silencieuses
Some musical relief from an insane world?
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200g edition of Cream Classic Joins the Other UMGs and is Already Out of Print (reissue)
Cream: Disraeli Gears
Can anyone produce a good-sounding version of this classic?
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First Country Joe and the Fish Album Gets 180 gram Treatment (reissue)
Country Joe and the Fish: Electric Music for the MInd and Body
Great in 1967, but what about 2008?
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Expanded "Dynasty" From Pure Pleasure (reissue)
Charles Mingus: Mingus Dynasty
Unedited and previously unreleased tracks add luster to an already outstanding original
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Mingus and Dolphy's Parting Shot Features Stinging "Original Faubus Fables." (reissue)
Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Who better to present Mingus, than Mingus?
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Charlie Haden Birthday Party Gig Open to All! (new release (of older recordings))
Charlie Haden: The Private Collection
3 LP's worth of musical pleasure?
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2006 "Freedom of Speech" Tour Sparks Tuneful Political Discussion (recent release)
Crosby Stills Nash and Young: Déja Vu LIVE
"Let's Impeach the president for lyin'" still fun (for some)
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Cowboy's First Used Ambisonic Mike Too (reissue)
Cowboy Junkies: Whites Off Earth Now!!
Does a direct to digital 2 track make sense on vinyl?
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Britten Conducts, Curzon Plays Mozart (reissue)
Clifford Curzon, English Chamber Orchestra: Mozart Piano Concertos No.20 and No.27
Do the digits sound?
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Junkies Revisited Their Classic Album With Guests (new on vinyl)
Cowboy Junkies With Ryan Adams, Vic Chestnutt (RIP), Natalie Merchant: Trinity Revisited
Can you ever go back twenty years later and do it better?
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