Envious! I don’t own any DG recordings that old. Still have several Victrola records of the classical variety.
I bought that one in the early 70s, but I’m sure the music is still available on used LPs or on re-mastered CDs.
It’s amazing how much better than digital LPs with tube electronics sound. Wish I had the moolah to upgrade it!
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Even tube hybrids, like some of the Marantz integrated amps in the mid 70s really sang with vinyl blood running through them.
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In the 80s, when I was very young, my dad bought a Luxman hybrid amp. You could see the tubes glowing behind glass from the outside! That’s how I started appreciating audio gear.
I had a turntable for a long time, but that was because I used to dj in my free time. So it was of course a Technics SL1210, the classic, but I sold it. I now mostly stream and play cd’s very occasionally, but I’m thinking of buying another turntable as a separate audio set-up from my existing. So I’m saving up for a combo of a new Audio Note tube amp and either a vintage Garrard 401 or vintage Thorens 124!
I have some long-in-the-tooth Audio Research tube amps that still sound great. The preamp was purchased new almost 30 years ago, and the power amps purchased used 20 years ago. Can’t afford newer stuff.
I don’t understand the attraction of vintage turntables. Aren’t the newer turntables more speed stable, etc.?
Audio Note? Muchos pesos!
I’m no expert but I understand speed stability is just one input in creating great sound. Very stable turntables can also sound very ‘dead’, as in boring and not lively. Although the direct drive Technics I had, and other direct drive machines, are speed stable and good sounding. Apparently the Garrard and Thorens are some of the best ever made. Of course it’s highly subjective and also dependent on tone arm and cartridge. New machines, like the new Technics SL, are very expensive and not as good as the older ones. Don’t ask me why!
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I know nothing about this band besides watching the Little League World Series and one of the Japanese players expressing that these folks were his favorite band.
Im impressed 
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Tuck & Patti’s cover of Castles Made In Sand and Little Wing.
A dark, stormy night with mellow music.
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Each great conductor leaves their imprimatur on at least one, often several, Beethoven symphonies. Bohm is quintessentially Germanic in his sense of order. Von Karajan was a human tempest. My favorite rendering of all nine, plus several overtures, is Tosacanini with the NBC Phil.
Regarding Prokofiev, I love Kije, The Love for Three Oranges, and the Classical Symphony, but the real. Jaw Dropper for me is the Dance of the Knights. @DaBadger , if you are liking Prokofiev, Stravinsky may be in your future. Certain Ravel, too.
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I have an old belt-drive VPI HW19 MK4 that’s built like a tank (22lb platter), with a VPI unipivot arm. I used to have a wonderful Koetsu Rosewood cartridge, but it wore out, and I couldn’t afford the cost of refurbishment, so I bought a Hana ML. Subsequently, Koetsu closed down after the main player died.
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I love his 5th and 9th. I’ve only heard Toscanini’s 3rd.
Have you heard Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasia”? Another great piece of music.
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Nope (or, more likely, yes, on WGMS or KMFA, but I forgot, I’ll ask Spotify.
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