The Steve

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Performance Test Engineer open to opportunities. Father, Husband, Dog wrangler. Burgeoning collector of vinyl records. https://www.discogs.com/seller/vinyllegacy/profile

Stanley Turrentine - Comin' Your Way (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing blue. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is black and white photo of stanley in profile, title and musicians in pink italic lettering Stanley Turrentine - Tenor Saxophone Tommy Turrentine - Trumpet (Stanley's brother) Horace Parlan - Piano George Tucker - Bass Al Harewood - Drums Not pictured: NAD M10v3 streaming integrated amplifier JBL Paragon wired with Anticables
10 new vinyl LPs added to the collection, mostly jazz with 2 80s thrown in. Displayed in front of the JBL Paragon
Originally issued on Amha Records (AELP 90, 1974) in Addis Ababa, Ethio Jazz is Mulatu Astatke’s defining statement, the album that gave an entire genre its name. 2015 Heavenly Sweetness reissue 180g vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing white. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is photo of the musicians on playground equipment, test in English and Ethiopian. #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky
Ruth Brown's 'Rock & Roll' playing on VPI Scoutmaster 12-pound acrylic platter glowing pink. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. MFSL Pressing #407 of 2000. #nowplaying #nowspinning MoFi's Flawless restoration of recordings from the 40s and 50s, bridging the gap between jump blues, R&B, and the emerging sound of rock & roll. Cover is large color blocks, white on top, brown on bottom, with 'ruth brown' lower cased in red, white, and pink letters on the brown background. Album title and a small profile photo of Brown at top left, top banner MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB, white letters on pink
Middle Of The Road compilation from Warner/Reprise loss leader series. Cover is title rendered as a yellow road sign 77th Selection from Dad's Collection
Selection from Dad's Collection Schlagers! from the Warner Bros/Reprise 'Loss Leader' series Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing yellow. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is SCHLAGERS! with the letters illustrated as a monolithic rocky cliff face (Peaking on the A) Dr. Demento (Barry Hansen) compiled the songs and wrote the liner notes
Warner Reprise Loss Leader Series: The Big Ball (1970), cover is a photo of a big ball (red) Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.
THE 1969 WARNER-REPRISE RECORD SHOW Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing magenta to coordinate with the album cover's nutsy Peter Max-esque psychedelic chorus line illustration. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Selection from Dad's Collection #75! Cinnamon Girl is the only song I remember dad playing from this one, sadly missing now.
Warner Bros "Loss Leaders" compilations Front row: The 1969 Warner/Reprise Record Show, The Big Ball, Schlagers! Back row: Middle of the Road, Burbank, Limo
7-inch for the David Bowie (lyrics and vocals) theme song Cat People(Putting out Fire) playing on Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is suspended over the turntable, all black with a vignetted closeup of Natassja Kinski's eyes from a scene in the film. Text in white with 'cat people' in a script font underlined in blood red.
Bill Nelson - On A Blue Wing Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing yellow. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Camera is a colorful illustration of.. not exactly sure, abstract.
Santana - Abraxas. Amazing line up and a very live sounding recording. Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing violet. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover (right) from Annunciation by Mati Klarwein depicting a winged, tattooed angel Gabriel astride a conga. Lots of psychedelic colors and details here. The 74th Selection from Dad's Collection I've shared here on Bluesky!
Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time, playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable. A steel perimeter clamp holds the vinyl flat. Lights under the acrylic platter glow through the translucent black vinyl. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge playing track 2 (All The Things She Said) Album cover is a collage made up of slices of the band member's faces
Album cover, all white with an illustration of a 50s car driving away and the words JAZZ GOES TO JUNIOR COLLEGE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing green. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.
#nowspinning Red Norvo Quintet's The Forward Look, Reference Recordings RR-8 Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Inside of gatefold sleeve is long text and a drawing of Norvo's vibraphone as a sports car Selection from Dad's Collection 73
Verve Acoustic Sounds release of Sarah Vaughn (with Clifford Brown) Cover is a profile photo of Sarah looking left, you can see a sax at the left edge but only the player's shoulder is visible. This is a wonderful QRP pressing, mastered directly from the original 1954 mono analog master tapes. This is a pure, all-analog (AAA) production #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #jazz #jazzsky
Albums lined up on the floor against the walnut curves of the JBL Paragon Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown (b&w photo of Vaughan in profile) Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle (photo Riddle on stool, Peterson on chair, posed as if collaborating, against all white background. Artist names in all caps) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz Goes to Junior College (illustration of 50s car driving away from viewer, all white background. Title and Artist in large all caps) Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (Collage of partial photos of band members' faces, yes, that was the 80s)
Selection from Dad's Collection #72 Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger, Columbia Legacy Vinyl reissue Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover: Main image: A sepia-toned, almost Old West–style framed portrait of Willie Nelson, shown in a circular vignette. He’s wearing a cowboy hat and long hair, looking like a weathered outlaw figure — exactly in line with the concept of the album. Design: The portrait is set inside an ornate gold and red border that resembles an antique wanted poster or an old saloon painting frame. Text: At the top, in bold western-style lettering, it reads “WILLIE NELSON”; at the bottom, “RED HEADED STRANGER.” Feel: The whole presentation is rustic, sparse, and haunting, matching the stripped-down sound of the record.
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Cover photograph is a monochrome photo (black on blue) of Wayne Shorter with his first wife, Teruko Nakagami, whom he was married to at the time the album was recorded. Title and a red lip print are on a white band above the photo Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing light blue. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.
Rhino High Fidelity reissue of Doors - L.A. Woman Cover is a dark red with inset monochrome photo of the band printed on yellow. Lettering is a big 70s font in all caps Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing light yellow. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing peach, to match the peachy/orange sun on the album cover. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is a whimsical painting of a farmer having tea at a table under a tree in a field, 2 kids are climbing the tree and the sun is oversized and (presumably) setting in the background.
Blue Note Classic Vinyl pressing of Moanin’ by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing pale yellow. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover is a close profile shot of Blakey
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' The Doors - L.A. Woman
Legend, the best of Bob Marley and the Wailers vinyl LP Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing rainbow colors. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover (top) is profile photo of Marley with his signature dreads, looking thoughtful 70th Selection from Dad's Collection #vinylcommunity
A Selection from Dad's Collection #musicsky UK 1977 EMI quadraphonic LP of Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Complete Incidental Music (catalog ASD 3377) conducted by André Previn Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing bright, looks bluish with violet and green bands. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover is a 19th C painting of a minutely detailed, fantastical scene crowded with tiny, strange fairy-folk, goblins, and woodland creatures, all gathered to watch the "Fairy Feller" (a woodcutter) prepare to split a hazelnut with his axe.
Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus, Kevin Gray cut QRP Pressing Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing light blue. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is silhouette of Rollins playing tenor sax on a light blue background, the silhouette fills the space. Part of the title is reflected on the glossy black vinyl #musicsky
The Clash, playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing green. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. perimeter clamp is a steel ring weight that sits on the record's edge to flatten out edge warping Cover is a posterized black&white photo of the band inset on an olive green background
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West #nowplaying on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing sky blue to match the desert sky on the album cover. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is photo of Rollins in western wear, standing in the desert, sax tucked under arm. Artist/Title in large fonts across the top left This Selection from Dad's Collection is a Fantasy/OJC release, sounds good for not being a high-end pressing. I'm getting Saxophone Colossus on the Kevin Gray-mastered Craft pressing #musicsky
Neil Diamond's 1972 Porcupine Pie 45rpm 7" playing on my daughter's orange Fisher Price portable, spinning label is yellow with red, blue, green curve accents
Bob James – Three (1976, CTI/Kudu era) vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing blue and purple. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover is black background with light hitting a prism and splitting into color spectrum
XTC Skylarking on 200g vinyl, playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing cyan. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. LED lights from above reflect in curved lines across the glossy black vinyl and the steel of the record clamp. Album cover is the same cyan as the platter glow, with an inset line art illustration of man (crouching) and woman (on her back) with woodwinds, done in bronze/gold colors
Paul Simon's Graceland 2012 RSD 25th Anniversary, Legacy Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing aqua. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover in foreground is a square medieval-style woodcut (taken from a South African artwork Simon purchased in a Johannesburg market), depicting a horse and rider in profile, rendered in bold colors with geometric stylization. The artwork sits in the center, framed against the light background. Selection from Dad's Collection number 67
Dizzy Gillespie New Wave! 1st US Philips mono pressing playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing blue. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is photo of Gillespie playing, his trumpet is dramatically pointed directly at the viewer, Gillespie in a suit, looking above his glasses at the viewer as he plays. Type faces are curvy and dramatic. #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #jazz #jazzsky
André Previn & His Pals Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell – West Side Story vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover shows urban boys playing handball #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #jazz #jazzsky
At Newport by Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown & Jo Jones All-Stars, vinyl LP playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing orange. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is a photo of the musicians live on stage at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, though only the trumpet and sax players are fully visible #vinylsky #vinyl
6 vinyl albums on the rug | Bob James 'Three' | Golomb 'the Best Goes On' | | Coleman Hawkins 'At Newport' | Dead Can Dance 'Into the Labyrinth' | | Dizzy Gillespie 'New Wave' | André Previn 'West Side Story' |
This Mortal Coil Filigree & Shadow Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter, Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover is profile of man in stark black & white, tendrils of hair hanging in his face
Black Codes (From the Underground) by Wynton Marsalis Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable and Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Record cover is a photo of a young boy in an old classroom. He's looking at a trumpet on the teacher's desk and in thought or daydreaming #nowplaying #nowspinning
Yello 'Stella' vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, platter glowing yellow Cover is a painting of a face in black paint on glass, and you can see the setting sun glowing through the eye.
Ben Webster / Coleman Hawkins – Tenor Giants #nowplaying on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing orange. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover illustration of one of them wearing a white blazer with orange pocket square playing sax, whole the other stands behind Selection from Dad's Collection 65
Wynton Marsalis’ Hot House Flowers Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing blue Cover is photo of Marsalis playing on a starkly lit stage Selection from Dad's Collection
Chuck Mangione Fun and Games playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge Album cover is of a laughing Mangione jumping on a trampoline in a city apartment, wearing red and burgundy, flugelhorn in hand. Selection from Dad's Collection
Roxy Music For Your Pleasure vinyl Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing blue. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover (top, right) is an illustration or illustration over photograph of a nighttime scene: a blonde woman in a black vinyl dress and stiletto heels walks a black panther on a leash in front of a white-lit skyline
Spandau Ballet 'Parade' vinyl LP playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover (from Wikipedia) is a "painted banner of the profile of a man standing and pointing straight ahead with one hand while the other provides a visor for his eyes. The man represented their experience during the True tour of moving forward while being blinded by a shower of accolades.[16][k] The banner is prominently displayed on the album cover, where it hangs in front of an art deco building. A diverse procession makes its way below the banner, on the street level, in keeping with the parade theme."
Dave Grusin 'Discovered Again' vinyl LP playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing daylight white. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover is photo of mustachioed Grusin in a plaid shirt, in profile as he is presumably playing Not pictured: NAD M10v3 streaming integrated amplifier JBL Paragon wired with Anticables Selection from Dad's Collection #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyl #sheffieldlab #audiophile
John Barry – Goldfinger (Music From The Motion Picture) playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing yellow. The 'Fort Knox Bullion' vinyl is yellow with red splatter but looks orange and gold when lit and spinning. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover is photo of Sean Connery as James Bond in a white tuxedo, red rose. La La Land Records re-release
John Barry – Goldfinger (Music From The Motion Picture) on colored vinyl (yellow orange splatter) Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing yellow. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover is photo of Sean Connery as James Bond in a white tuxedo
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon vinyl LP Album cover, top left, is a solid black background with an illustration "inspired by a photograph of a prism with a beam of white light projected through it and emerging in the colours of the visible spectrum" found in a textbook Vinyl disc, lower right, label has blue triangle on black background Selection from Dad's Collection #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky
Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker – I've Got the Music in Me (Sheffield Lab, 1975) playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing violet. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Album cover (front, right) is a Nagel illustration showing Thelma Houston (right, facing right) singing in profile, with smaller montages of the musicians filling the left side, a deep red-violet is the main color tone PSA: This is a remarkable, standout, reference recording. Each side was recorded live to master disc in single take, no processing or overdubs. I'm guessing the mix of funky, jazzy, poppy covers is not what most people are looking for in a demo disc? But it's worth picking up. The releases I have (Dad had 2) are super cheap. Not pictured: NAD M10v3 streaming integrated amplifier JBL Paragon wired with Anticables Selection from Dad's Collection #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyl #sheffieldlab #audiophile
Detroit Cobras 'live, love and leaving' vinyl LP playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, platter glowing warm white Album cover is close up of Nagy singing into a mic, eyes close, cigarette in hand
Horace Silver Quintet 'Song For My Father' album cover pulled from shelf The cover artwork features a photograph of Silver's father, John Tavares Silver, in a suit and hat, smoking a cigar by a pond on an autumn day Selection from Dad's Collection
Joshua Redman Quartet’s Moodswing (1994) vinyl LP playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable Not pictured: NAD M10v3 streaming integrated amplifier JBL Paragon wired with Anticables Selection from Dad's Collection
Seemed like a good time to play "Los Angeles" by X. White speckled vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, platter glowing white. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge Cover is a black/white photo of a burning X against all black background made to resemble the burning cross used by KKK (a domestic terrorism hate group) to stoke fear in their victims. The only "text" is the album title LOS ANGELES in underlined red letters #nowplaying #nowspinning
Shriekback Nemesis 12" extended version playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Cover seems like a mistake TBH, close-up of a chicken foot with black aliasing so should be on a black background but this is white? Inset I photo of a deep sea fish. Small half have of band members along right border
Volcano Suns "All-Night Lotus Party" back cover showing band dudes laying on their floor, photo flipped upside down. The lighting is yellow/orange/red #nowplaying #boston #80s #allagesshow #missionofburma
Record Album covers from the 80s: Julian Cope's St Julian - photo of him standing on an industrial junk set at night Fine Young Cannibals - profiles of the 3 band members We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It - photographs of band members collaged into a colorful illustrated landscape scene Volcano Suns All-Night Lotus Party - photo of the band laying on the floor (upside down) all lit in orange Adam And The Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier - photo of Ant wearing pirate costume with CRT scan lines (VHS/broadcast TV)
Ottorino Respighi, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel – Feste Romane / The Pines Of Rome vinyl LP playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, platter glowing warm white, visible through the translucent black vinyl. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge. Mobile Fidelity Original Master Recording pressing. Cover is line drawing of Roman architecture (there were many steps and columns) Not pictured: NAD M10v3 streaming integrated amplifier JBL Paragon wired with Anticables Selection from Dad's Collection #nowspinning #classicalsky
ChangesOneBowie clear vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, platter glowing violet. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.