Not On CD: Mark O'Connor: Pickin' in the Wind (1976)

Friday, January 6, 2012

Mark O'Connor: Pickin' in the Wind (1976)

Rounder 0068

I picked this LP up at a thrift shop ($1) because John Hartford plays and/or sings on five tracks. This was Mark O'Connor's second album, recorded when he was fourteen years old. It is not on CD.

The record is in good shape, the cover only fair. Update: I cleaned this LP with the VPI record cleaner, and it sounds excellent now. I re-digitized Faded Love and Lonesome Fiddle Blues and updated their links below.

Associated equipment: Technics SL-7/Ortofon X1-MCP.

Faded Love (John Hartford, lead vocal)

Lonesome Fiddle Blues

Midnight on the Water

Dixie Hoedown

Mark's Waltz

2 comments:

tut-tutJanuary 8, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Norman Blake lives not too far away. John Hartford was terrific, wasn't he?
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KurtJanuary 8, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Norman Blake is great too. Hartford was one of the most musical people I've ever heard.
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(Update: my digitization process was foiled by advancing technology; I mostly post work that others have digitized for YouTube. Older tracks should still be accessible per the following procedure) Click on any song title to go to a box.net page for that song. Our goal is to post only tracks that are not available on CD or as mp3s – songs that cannot be purchased anywhere. We hope to raise interest in these out-of-print LPs without taking away a single cent of revenue from those who profit from the sale of music. If you find any of these tracks available digitally, please contact us and they will be promptly removed.

If you enjoyed any of the music, please leave a comment. I hope that these sample tracks will inspire you to track down this out-of-print music.

All LPs are cleaned with a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine, then converted to CD using a harman/kardon home audio CD recorder, which uses an AKM 24-bit/96 kHz analog-to-digital converter. No digital or electronic effects are used. (Prior to November 12, 2012, all LPs were cleaned with a Spin Clean Record Washer.)

Associated equipment:
Turntables: Technics SL-7; Thorens TD-316.

Phono cartridges: Grado ZF2/Paratrace; Digitrac 300se; Ortofon X1-MCP; Audio Technica AT-132EP & AT-122EP; Sonus SPM-4; Grado Blue; Grado Blue/Paratrace; Grado Signature Jr; FrankenShure M111HE/N94e.

Preamplifiers: Hagerman Cornet3; Pro-Ject Phono Box S; NAD PP 2i, Rotel RA-931 integrated amplifier.