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Records shown in red are used in UHF Magazine's tests of audio equipment.
PURE PLEASURE RECORDS
Duke Ellington 70th Birthday Concert
A double 180-gram LP set, recorded live in England Includes Take the 'A' Train, Satin Doll, Perdido, many others. Under license from Liberty-United Artists.
LP: 60001 $48 
Painting Signs
Eric Bibb, with a double album of songs originally recorded for his own Manhattan label (some of his best-known recordings are of course on the Opus 3 label).
LP: PPAN004 $48
Is That All There Is?
Yes, it's a 180-gram vinyl version of what must be Peggy Lee's most famous album. Includes Me and My Shadow, I'm a Woman, Don't Smoke in Bed, more.
LP: ST-386 $36
Blues Jam at Chess
This double album is so famous it has its own Wikipedia page, so let us quote: The result of a recording session in early 1969, at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, et al) with Fleetwood Mac, a British (electric) blues band, and some of their Chicago blues mentors. Fleetwood Mac: Jeremy Spencer (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Danny Kirwan, Peter Green (vocals, guitar); John McVie (bass guitar); Mick Fleetwood (drums).
Mentors: Otis Spann (vocals, piano); David Honeyboy Edwards, Buddy Guy (guitar); Walter "Shakey" Horton (harmonica); J. T. Brown (tenor saxophone); Willie Dixon (acoustic bass guitar); S.P. Leary (drums).
LP: 7-66227 $48
Blue Rose
When this album was made in the 50's, Rosemary Clooney was at the top of her form, with a technique that can send chills down your spine. It doesn't hurt that she is accompanied by Duke Ellington and his musicians. She does definitive versions of Ellington songs, such as Sophisticated Lady, It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good. This is a mono LP, but listen to hear how great mono could be!
LP: CL872 $36
After Midnight
This is a mono double-album of Nat King Cole's greatest performances of the 50's, with his own trio (including the jazz violinist Stuff Smith). Includes Sometimes I'm Happy, Caravan, It's Only a Paper Moon, Route 66, You Can Depend on Me. A great classic, available on premium vinyl once more..
LP: W782 $48
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
This mono double album is a monument. In the editing room, the aged Handy wept when he heard the tapes. "I never thought I'd hear my blues like this," he said. This is the sound of New Orleans, on better vinyl than they had back then.
LP: CL591 $48
CISCO MUSIC
Heart like a Wheel
Yes, this is the original Linda Ronstadt album, on premium vinyl, a special purchase from the (unfortunately) defunct company. Made under license from the 1974 Capitol original.
LP: CLP-7049 $26
Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock's original solo album, from a Blue Note original, with Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins..
LP: CLP-7050 $26
One Flight Up
Saxophonist Dexter Gordon, from a Blue Note original. This fine LP was recorded in 1964, when Gordon and some other Black musicians moved to Sweden to flee the explosive racial tension than prevalent in the US. He is accompanied by some other recognizable names, including drummer Art Taylor and trumpetist Donald Byrd.
LP: BLP-4176 $26
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Here's a chance to hear Nathan Milstein's celebrated version on top vinyl. With Steinberg and the Pittsburg Symphony.
LP: CLP-8512 $26
OPUS 3
Jazz Trio
The volcanic jazz pianist Knud Jörgensen, in a superb LP re-release of his 1984 recording. High quality German pressing.
LP: LP8401 $20.95
Autumn Shuffle
Guitarist Peder af Ugglas wanders among blues and rock in this hybrid SACD. Always beguiling, sometimes downright enthralling.
LP: LP22042 $20.95
Showcase
An SACD sampler of recent Opus 3 recordings, many of them from analog originals. Includes Eric Bibb, Lars Erstrand. the Swedish Jazz Kings, many more.
LP: LP21000 $20.95
Good Stuff
As soothing as a summer breeze, this disc features singer Eric Bibb (son of Leon), singing and playing guitar along with his group. Subtle weaving of instrumentation, vivid HDCD sound (on the CD).
DOUBLE 45 rpm LP: LP19603 $35.00
Spirit and the Blues
Like his father, the legendary Leon Bibb, Eric Bibb understands the blues. He and the other musicians, all playing strictly acoustic instruments, have done a fine recording, and Opus 3 has made it sound exceptional. The stupendous LP version is double, and was cut at 45 rpm.
DOUBLE 45 rpm LP: LP19401 $35.00
Test Record No.4
This latest sampler disc from Opus 3 contains several cuts from records we use in our tests, including Larson’s Concertino for double bass and the Tomas Örmberg jazz group. Eleven cuts: classical, jazz and pop. The clarity and the stereo image are both exceptional.
LP: OPLP9200 $20.95
LARS ERSTRAND AND FOUR BROTHERS
Erstrand's followup album, also excellent.
8402 $24
GUNNAR LIDBERG
Jazz violinist Lidberg is accompanied by four other jazzmen, including vibraphonist Erstrand, in this fine recording of recognizable standards. Fine sound.
7904 $24
PEDER RIIS
A very fine classical guitarist, playing Bach, Villa-Lobos, Weiss, etc., on various instruments, including 11-string guitars.
8015 $15 SOLD OUT
TEST RECORD 3: DYNAMICS
Perhaps the least known of Opus 3's four samplers, it is full of fine selections, pop and classical, from (often discontinued) Opus 3 albums. The sound is exceptional, as usual. Our remaining copies include a (very good) inner sleeve, but no outer sleeve. But look at the price!
8300 $12
REFERENCE RECORDINGS
Beachcomber
A change of pace for Fennell and the Dallas Wind Ensemble — a series of pleasant encores. Includes Tico Tico, and a version of 76 Trombones you’ll remember for a long time. The sound is glorious.
DOUBLE LP: RR-62 $32 SORRY, SOLD OUT
Dick Hyman--Fats Waller
This is the analog version of this famous recording, which was cut to CD during the actual performance. But of course Keith Johnson simultaneously recorded the performance on his own hand-built analog recorder. This is, as usual with Reference LP's, a pure analog recording.
LP: RR-33 $25.00
Fennell Favorites
The Dallas Wind Symphony with spirited wind band arrangements of music by Bach, Brahms, Prokofiev, Goldmark and MacDowell. Briilliant, lively sound, stunning percussion. LP version only.
LP: RR-43 $25.00
Blazing Redheads
They may not be all redheads, but this all-female salsa jazz big band adds lots of red pepper to its music. LP version only.
LP: RR-26 $25.00
Eileen Farrell sings Alec Wilder
The famous classical singer takes on tunes such as Where Do You Go and The Lady Sings the Blues. LP version only.
LP: RR-36 $20.00
KLAVIER
A Berlioz Orchestra Spectacular
Not everyone has heard of the City of Birmingham Symphony, or its conductor of the 70's, Louis Fremeaux, but at that time it could rival any of Europe's great orchestras. The proof is here, in this celebrated recording, now back on LP in limited quantities. Includes the Roman Carnival Overture, the Hungarian March, the Royal hunt and Storm, and more. This was originally an EMI recording, with engineering that would have done an audiophile label proud. This is a 180-gram re-release, and a good thing too.
LP: KS-553 $24
Offenbach Overtures
The City of Birmingham Symphony has, surprisingly, all the frothiness you need for these raucous and joyous overtures to La Belle Hélène,, La Vie Parisienne, etc.
LP: KS-517 $24
Massenet: Le Cid
Long a show favorite, this virtually perfect LP version of the Massenet suite by the Birmingham Symphony is a rare treasure.
LP: KS522 $24
Paderewski Plays Concert I
This is one of a number of recordings of great pianists through a reproducing piano (think a player piano, only a thousand times better). Music by Chopin, Schubert and Debussy played by one of the greatest pianists of the century. A certain lack of nuance by modern standards, but a towering interpretation, and a thrill to hear.
LP: KS-127 $12.00
Baroque Recorder Vol.1
Hans Martin Linde plays pieces by Vivaldi and Telemann for solo recorder.
LP: KS-511 $12.00
Percy Grainger Plays Grieg
Via the Duo-Arte reproducing piano, composer and pianist Percy Grainger plays, in excellent stereo, several Grieg pieces, including an arrangement of the A Minor concerto.
LP: KS-101 $18.00
Percy Grainger Plays Schumann & Liszt
Grainger was himself a famous composer, but here we hear him play a Schumann Symphonic Etude with a light touch and astonishing subtlety. On the same program: a Romance by Schumann, plus a Polonaise and a Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt. This disc is at once interesting and pleasing to the ear. Get it!
LP: KS-109 $18.00
Schumann Sonatas 1 and 3
These two sonatas are played by Harold Bauer and Percy Grainger respectively. They are in modern stereo, thanks to Aeolian Duo-Art reproducing piano.
LP: KS-105 $12.00
Legendary Artists: 4 Hands v.1
Famous names of the early part of the century: Dame Myra Hess, Cyril Meir Scott, Ralph Leopold, Harold Bauer and others. The playing is disappointing, but this is a valuable historical document.
LP: KS-102 $12.00
Legendary Pianists, Concert 2
Joseph Hoffmann, Percy Grainger and Harold Bauer play Chopin, Debussy, Brahms, Schubert, and lots more.
LP: KS-121 $12.00
Josef Lhevinne Plays Concert I
Despite his reputation, Lhevinne plays Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt and Schumann in a style that doesn't cut it today. Historical document.
LP: KS-104 $12.00
Ignaz Friedman: Concert II
The Invitation to the Dance, La Campanella and several of Friedman's own works...played with a leaden hand. Historical document.
LP: KS-115 $12.00
Bauer: Beethoven, Brahms & Liszt
Harold Bauer came out of the 19th Century piano tradition, and our modern ears find his notes hard and flat. Fascinating historical document, though, recommended for those fascinated by the history of piano playing.
LP: KS-130 $12.00
Legendary Artists: 4 Hands v.2
Walter Damrosch, Percy Grainger and seven others. The disc is listenable, but it's mainly useful for hearing the taste of the time.
LP: KS-132 $12.00
AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE
Christmas
Mannheim Steamroller is a sort of Baroque'n'Roll group, mixing old musical styles with synth rock, always with flawless musical taste and judgement. It works, and how! You'll play this one a lot of times.
LP: LPAG1984 $15.00
Windsock
Some of the best New Age orchestral music on an audiophile label, this suite was written and arranged by Rick Swanson
LP: AG687 $12.00
Urban Surrender
Ric Swanson again, with a fascinating suite for orchestra, and sometimes choral voices.
LP: AG600 $12.00
Daydreams
Music for finding your inner self, with guitarist Ron Cooley, and a good-sized little band. The title says it, though.
LP: AG368 $12.00
Through the Lens
The Checkfield group (John Archer and Ron Satterfield) in a classic New Age mix of acoustic and synth music.
LP: AG788 $12.00
Ballade
Pianist Jackson Berkey plays Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Satie on a Baldwin SD-10 grand.
LP: AG371 $12.00
American Gramophone Sampler III
Once a staple of audio shows, these tracks from Mannheim Steamroller[s Fresh Aire series are a prime example of Chip Davis's awsome "Baroque'n'Roll."
LP: AG366 $20.00
MUSIC WEST
Mr. Ears
He's Kenneth Nash, and he was a star of the Music West New Age label. Lend him an ear.
LP: MWLP120 $12.00
A Touch of Kenneth Nash
The subtitle is "Music from a faraway place." For synths, guitar, bass, voice and more..
LP: MWLP121 $12.00
The Move of Life
Windsor Riley says, "This is new music that expresses life energy in a simple, non-problematic form." It's for guitar, sax and voice..
LP: MWLP150 $12.00
The Avenue
Guitarist Kimbal Dykes, playing several instruments as well, provides a very personal version of music of Bach, Rodrigo, and others. Just one left of this one!
LP: MWLP140 $12.00
MISCELLANEOUS LABELS
Vinyl Essentials
This German-made test LP is a welcome replacement for the old Shure Audio Obstacle Course, which was once included with the company's top phono cartridges. It includes tracks for checking the resonant frequency of a cartridge/tone arm combination, and it also has tracks for judging a cartridge's ability to navigate highly-modulated passages. Other tracks are for channel identification, checking phase, and measuring crosstalk. We're glad to have it, because it's an indispensable tool.
LP: LP003 $48.95
PROKOFIEV: CINDERELLA (RCA Living Stereo)
An audiophile re-release pf the Royal Ballet production, with Rignold and the Covent Garden Orchestra. $25
EDUARD TUBIN: SYMPHONY No.9 (BIS)
Various symphonic works by Estonian composer Eduard Tubin. $6
Genesis (Black M Sounds)
Keyboardist and singer Nana Tuffour, with guitar and sax in a hot World Beat album. $8
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