Vinyl I am listening to...

[reubensm]

I was so moved, at the age of 10, when I first heard Giorgio Moroder's "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone". My father had recorded the album in his Spool Tape from a borrowed LP.
We used to Mimic that synthesized sound during our play hours, without knowing/understanding , what Giorgio was pronouncing......
Then came another album to our house - Kraftwerk's Man Machine......The Drum Beat was more punchier than Georgio's and we fell in love with the "We are the Robots" song instantly.
Dad had a bigger SONY Speaker box by then and he used to play the "Man Machine" much louder and we used to make "ROBO" dance moves, from a different room, hidden away from his eyes....
When ever I play these (I play them at least once in a week).. the sound makes me feel like I am still 10....
Now, my son also loves it, even though he is a "Bob Marley" fan.

From Here to Eternity: Giorgio Moroder

E=MC2 Giorgio Moroder

Kraftwerk:Man Machine

Inspired by FM Anil Kumar, I dug out my E=MC² record and listening to it made me wonder how ahead of his times, Giorgio Moroder really was. He was one of those visionary producers who shaped the Disco Genre, with stars like Donna Summer. Its not for nothing that he is known as the "Father of Disco"

Today's final spin: E=MC² by Giorgio Moroder (1979), Polydor India Pressing
Pressing quality: Really good sounding, great bass and beats as one would expect from a Disco record
Album Trivia: This album is considered to be the first electronic live-to-digital album. The album was co-produced by Harold Faltermeyer (many may not recognize the name, it was he who composed the famous Top Gun anthem based on the rock guitar instrumental genre)

 

[Satyaki Banerjee]

 

[Satyaki Banerjee]

 

[reubensm]

Listening to Monk/Trane, which included the classic 'Ruby My Dear'. Superb jazz. A fine recording too.
'Personal Trivia' brought back memories of SW& MW stations of our childhood in the seventies. Radio Australia was so clear on 13 m band in the afternoons, while Radio Kuwait broadcast contemporary English tunes on 19&25 m band from 1030 pm. Radio Ceylon, 25 m, in the mornings and evenings. AIR also had some lovely programmes, on MW. Thanks R.
On another note, 13 m band was mostly available on 4 band radios. Most other radios started with 16 m band!

I used to be a regular listener to Radio Australia in the 13m band during the late 80s and early 90s. I also used to follow the cricket live from Australia on the 13m band (including the 1992 cricket world cup). From my childhood in the 1970s, I have been listening to the Commercial Service of SLBC (formerly Radio Ceylon) in the 60m band late evenings until they played the Srilankan National anthem and shut down at 11pm. In the 70s we did not have TV and as Dad had night duty on weekdays (he was with DoT, Govt of India), mom used to play the radio in the evenings, after dinner we'd talk, laugh, sing and go to sleep under the brightness of a 40 watt incandescent lamp and a very bright Ferguson 454 tube radio dial . Some lasting childhood memories.

 

[shafic]

Listening to some light music vinyl....

 

[reubensm]

ROLLING STONES

Inspired by FM Premanand@mtp

Today's listening: Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones (1981), American Pressing
Personal Opinion: I've never been a fan of the Rolling Stones and but found this album quite listenable
Inner sleeve graffiti: The album was apparently gifted to a gentleman from New Delhi, and was part of his record collection which I acquired from him, when I used to live in New Delhi around 2004

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[reubensm]

Today's Christmas Album: Tijuana Christmas - The Border Brass (1967) Pickwick Records, American Pressing
Personal Opinon: A very high quality pressing, Mexican-type Latin instrumental music with a 'lot' of trumpets
Album source: This is another 'dollar-bin' record which was gifted to me by one of my office American colleagues, as part of his mother's Christmas record collection, during an official trip to the United States in 2005

 

[Satyaki Banerjee]

 

[General_sound]

Heard two Hindi film LPs. "Leader" Lovely songs incl iconic "Apne azaadi ko hum" and "Tere Husn ke Kya Tarif Karun". Sadly the song" Ghar ghar diya jaale", picturised as a Diwali song with Vijyantimala, was not there. Second LP was " Parasmani" . Again nice songs.

 

[jmascreen]

Today's Christmas Album: Tijuana Christmas - The Border Brass (1967) Pickwick Records, American Pressing
Personal Opinon: A very high quality pressing, Mexican-type Latin instrumental music with a 'lot' of trumpets
Album source: This is another 'dollar-bin' record which was gifted to me by one of my office American colleagues, as part of his mother's Christmas record collection, during an official trip to the United States in 2005

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You are on a role @reubensm

 

[Premanand@mtp]

Danny Kaye
Louis Armstrong

 

[shafic]

Garrard RC 210?

 

[dhombay]

Everybody likes Keb.

 

[reubensm]

You are on a role @reubensm

its a tradition that dates back to the 1960s in our family. The months of Nov and Dec are times when the records spin and music is heard almost all day. Once we grew up and left home, the tradition kind of died away but we have revived it since the last few years.

 

[Satyaki Banerjee]

 

[reubensm]

Today's listening: Doris Day - Showcase of Hits (1959), Philips-England, Mono
Personal Trivia - This record with a beat up cover, came to me via a friend in Pune who picked it up at a local market. Its quite intriguing to listen to 1950s recording, definitely done on tube equipment, typically vocal dominated with softer accompanying background sessions-music



Dollar-Bin Christmas Records for Today (both $1 records from K-Mart, Long Beach, CA, 2003):

 

[Satyaki Banerjee]

 

[shafic]

 

[shafic]

One of my favourite song/ tune/ tango 'La Violetera'!!

'The Violet Seller'
"The film was inspired by the song "La Violetera" composed by José Padilla in 1914, with lyrics by Eduardo Montesinos, that is incarnated in the film by Montiel as Soledad, a street violets seller who, after meeting and breaking with Fernando, the love of her life, becomes a famous singer who sings the song in her concerts.
The film's soundtrack garnered also excellent reviews, had a wide international release and received a Golden Disk award for the number of records sold"

This beautiful song/ tune has many versions. Used in many movies in many languages.
Used in 1954 Tamil movie 'Raji en Kanmani'.
Here is the Tamil version.

Original movie score and some more versions..

 

[reubensm]

If it a Fontana Mono pressing? those were beautiful sounding records