What vinyl are you listening to?

Hey charlie is that Pet Shop boys album any good? I'm trying to find some early stuff - I do actually rate them 

Three Friends - Gentle Giant

Live In Gdansk - David Gilmour

Hi Steve,

Yes, the new PSB album is really good. Sounds great on vinyl too. One or two songs are up there with their best ever, I would say. 

José González / Veneer

Selections from:

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Electric Cafe - Kraftwerk

KOL - Radiohead

Supercollider/The Butcher - Radiohead

Tragic Songs Of Life - The Louvin Brothers

Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins

Wincing The Night Away - The Shins

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Last night's late listening went on until the early hours fuelled by beer and volume. 

Just decided to pop some vinyl on, not used my turntable for a while, though I do run it every now and again to stop it seizing up!

Had a listen to Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over troubled Water and found my feet tapping to the music, and listening to the music not the system. Haven't done that in a long time. Now I've got side 3 of Genesis Three Sides Live on, which I think is one of the best Live albums out there and better than any of their studio releases.

Think I'll have to listen to my old LP's a lot more often in future, and forget the CD and Streamer as I'm actually enjoying the music more, despite the crackles.

BTW TT is a Heybrook TT2 with Linn Basik arm A&R P77 cartridge Marantz PM6004 Amp and Mordaunt Short Aviano 1's. Might dig my Old Heybrook HB2's out and see if they work better than the Avianos.

The Bar Kays  - Holy Ghost........ How Funky can you get

Sheer Heart Attack - Queen (2nd hand, purchased in Wantage today)

A Day At The Races - Queen (2nd hand, purchased in Wantage today)

Last night, late one again including tracks from the following:

Katy Lied, Aja & Gaucho - Steely Dan

Who's Next - The Who

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Circuital - My Morning Jacket

Bend Beyond - Woods

Something/Anything - Todd Rundgren

Babble - That Petrol Emotion

Extracts from:

Strauss' Four Last Songs - Jessye Norman/Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig 

Zazu - Rosie Vela

Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins

Trans - Neil Young

Jazz From Hell - Zappa

The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke

Easy listening meets avant-garde. Less tune, more texture in a good way. I can imagine if I were a recovering heroin addict or similar, this would be both blissful and disturbing. As it stands, it is currently attempting to help me nullify the pain of tonight's football results. And I'm not referring to the Oxford v Rotherham game. 

Next,  after Jim's finished his mildly, mind-bending trip, it will be Captain Beefheart's The Spotlight Kid. 

Last nights listening was all a bit '80s and included the following -

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Sade - Diamond Life

Visage - Visage

ABC - Lexicon Of Love

Live In Gdansk - David Gilmour

"The Hot Spot" soundtrack, on Analogue Productions, 45 rpm.

When the sleeve notes are written by Dennis Hopper, and that Miles Davis would "punch out his heroin dealer", you know you're in for some great music!

Tonight I started with

Country on the click - The Fall

I am now listening to 

Foxtrot - Genesis

Then it will be

If Not Now Then When - Ethan Jones

Push the Sky Away - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

The King Of Limbs - Radiohead

all washed down with a nice glass of single malt.