Favorite Recordings on Vinyl

coraltrpt · Regular Member Joined: 18 Oct 2016 Posts: 88

Hi everyone,

Of late, I've been trying to build a nice vinyl collection. I recently found a copy of Philadelphia performing Fanfare For The Common Man with Gil Johnson at the helm that's great.

What vinyl recordings (orchestral, solo, jazz, whatever) are on your desert island list?

Thanks for your help!

delano · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:54 am Post subject:

1. Porgy and Bess, Miles Davis with Gil Evans
2. The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson
3. Milestones Miles Davis sextet
4. Louis Armstrong Hot fives/sevens
5. The chronological Duke 1928 (!) Duke Ellington, (the one starting with Black Beauty)
6. The artistry of Freddie Hubbard
7. Something Else Cannonball Adderley with Miles
8. The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (the only record of OP I want to own)
9. Introducing Carl Perkins
10.Martha Argerich Bach Toccata, Partita#2, English Suite #2
11.Tutu Miles Davis and Marcus Miller (for the desert island party and for the photos)
12.For musicians only Dizzy
13.The Shout Les McCann (great live record)
14. Die Walküre (Wagner) by Georg Solti

In next posts you’ll find the bad tastes.

coraltrpt · Regular Member Joined: 18 Oct 2016 Posts: 88

Thanks for the great list! I’ll be on the look out for some of these. Although, probably reissues.

delano · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:33 am Post subject:

they are all on vinyl. only Carl Perkins may be very difficult to obtain.

Turkle · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:12 am Post subject:

Charlie Parker, One Night At Birdland
Clifford Brown / Max Roach, Live At The Bee Hive

Back when I bought those albums, vinyl was the only way to get them! Now I think they're all on Spotify/Youtube. Nothing is really rare any more, is it?
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coraltrpt · Regular Member Joined: 18 Oct 2016 Posts: 88

I can dig it - I want to have a small collection of stuff I really love. I feel the invention and popularity of instant streaming services make it hard to focus. So much, moving too fast... I just see the value in having a real record and enjoying a simple ritual: sitting in my chair and focusing on what I’m listening too. Too much is, “go go go, consume, consume, verbiage!”

I want my life back. So, anything you can recommend is highly appreciated. I want to escape Spotify as much as possible.

Turkle · Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:33 am Post subject:

A friend of ours just gave us Alberta Hunter's "Downhearted Blues: Live At The Cookery" 2-vinyl set and I have to tell you that we love it so much we are definitely going to wear it out. If you don't love this album then maybe music just isn't your thing!

We also treasure our Tuba Skinny vinyl albums we have purchased on our many New Orleans trips. Putting on those records is like a little trip back to the Crescent City.

My partner and I make it a point to try to buy vinyl records on our trips. That way it's not just great music, but a reminder of a nice vacation. Plus the record stores are usually in the cool neighborhoods of whichever city you're exploring anyway!
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blbaumgarn · Heavyweight Member Joined: 26 Jul 2017 Posts: 705

Wow! too many to list but a few that I loved:

Maynard Ferguson "music for dancing"
Stan Kenton and the Neophonic Orchestra
Several by Doc Severinsen
Several by Al Hirt
Beethoven's 6th Pastoral by Cleveland Orchestra, I believe.
Anything I had by NY Philharmonic, Philiadelphia Orch.. or the CSO.
I had two Dizzy Gillespie albums
Everything I had in the early 70s yet of Maynard was vinyl
I had two albums by Nat King Cole that I loved.

All of the ones I can even think of I had from around 1960 on. I think
my brother in Texas has many yet, though. Used to play that old vinyl
until the grooves looked faded grey.
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coraltrpt · Regular Member Joined: 18 Oct 2016 Posts: 88

Wow! Thanks, all. Very thoughtful responses. I've gone ahead and ordered a few from Discogs.

Were there any exact recordings by the NY Philharmonic that really struck you? The Bernstein Mahler 3 is incredible, however a copy of that on vinyl is insanely expensive.

homebilly · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:24 pm Post subject:

Smokin' in the Pit - Steps

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japanese import only played 3 times to make cassette copies
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Aaronis · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:31 pm Post subject:

Here are my favorites on vinyl.

1. MF Horn 4&5 - MF
2. MF Horn 1 - MF
3. Light My Fire - Woody Herman
4. Heavy Exposure - Woody Herman
5. Lollipops and Roses - Herb Alpert
6. Winelight - Grover Washington Jr.
7. Sax A Go Go - Candy Dulfer
8. She Was Too Good To Me - Chet Baker
9. At The Mardi Gras - Al Hirt