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Cross post from the Feb Challenge thread:

Day 5 - The OG

John Coltrane - Blue Train (Blue Note, 1957 First Pressing)

One of my favourites from the master. This is the record that really opened my eyes up to Lee Morgan as well, the 19 year old kills it!

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Flaming Lips ~ At War with the Mystics

Getting this on vinyl via the VMP reissue made me rediscover it. Coming after Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi, this never got enough listens when it first came out. I find that I enjoy it quite a bit now. My favorite tracks remain those from when I first heard it though, Vein of Stars and Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung

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agutierrezb said:
The agutierrezb 2019 record collection challenge

So I've decided to embark on my own personal challenge, which consists of listening every record in my collection before the end of the year. My record collection is not that big -only ~250-, but I still feel like there are a bunch of records I don't give enough attention to, while still adding more titles to my shelves.

For this reason I've set a couple of rules in order to play every record at least once before December 31st: I'll play at least one record a day, going from front to back in the way I have them sorted in my shelf. I can play a different record (i.e. Not the next one in alphabetical order) if I feel like listening to something else in any given moment, but at least one of the records I spin in the day has to be the LP in turn.

I didn't take pictures for the first two days, but I'll try to document the process from here on, so I'll be posting daily on this thread. Wish me luck!
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#137: Keith Jarrett Trio - Still Live

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This album is my favorite by Jarrett, and one of the records in my collection I cherrish the most. It was actually my first (or maybe second?) KJ album, and I picked it up on the wild without knowing a thing about his "Standards Trio", but as soon as I got home and placed it on my turntable I was blown away by the music coming out of my speakers. This is not one of Jarrett's most celebrated albums, and but there is just something about the intricate interplay these men display here, each bringing their unique musical voice to build complex structures in which the whole is much more than the sum of its parts. This may sound as sacrillege to some, but the performances on this album blow out of the water anything Bill Evans ever recorded with his trio.
 
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a perfect circle - eat the elephant

another record i’ve sat on for awhile, this is my first spin and first time hearing the majority of the songs on here. have to say i’m pleasantly surprised. mer de noms it is not, but for a softer and more accessible approach it seems to me billy and maynard crafted a pretty solid album.
 
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