Finally got my turntable fixed up and back working again
and with good timing too as there's a record fair in town next weekend. Out of the very few records I currently just happen to have I've been listening to these two beauties today:
Various Artists - 2001: A Space Odyssey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1968)
To be honest I've never seen the film but this stands up really well as a standalone album. Richard Strauss's 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' is one of the most instantly recognisable classical pieces ever composed and there's the more modern and experimental György Ligeti compositions which are really great. This sounds bloody beautiful on vinyl.
John Williams - John Williams' Symphonic Suites (1982)
A collection of some of John Williams' soundtrack compositions for E.T., Star Wars and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Brilliant stuff, especially the Star Wars pieces where's there's some nice weird sound effects thrown in.