I have two Realistic STA2700 receivers. One I bought new. I play many of Tony Mottola albums. They are played on my !0 different Dual tables. Love all

Just stumbled on this. I own an original vinyl of this album from the '70s as well as the one mentioned in the reply to another comment. Lincoln Mayorga & Amanda McBroom (she wrote "the Rose"), "Growing Up in Hollywood Town". Both on Dave Grusin's direct-to-disc label, Sheffield Labs. Another great is Dave's own album, about 1973, I believe. "Discovered Again". Used to play the vinyls on a Luxman turntable with Adcom H-CE moving coil cartridge. Sound was mind-blowing compared to any other form of recording....

How was the camera running

Used to read science fiction stories back in the early '70's in So. Cal. And the only way I could concentrate was to listen to the local easy listening stations- KOST & XTRA. Would always wait for this one- like being on another world for a few minutes...

Seeing him on the show was just an absolute joy! He was smart, funny, sexy, genuine, great intellect, knowledge beyond his years. Craig was ok to but that Jeff just stole my heart :3 See what i did there :P

I wish you could add "When I look in your eyes" from the same album, the most beautiful version ever!

I learned how much I miss Craig's late night show. He's the best!

Just got this sent to me. Blew my mind our black sheepadoodle named Harlow was romping around with a golden retriever named Nali. Just a couple weeks ago Dec 2021. Eerie!!

Correría el año 1972 y a mi hermano mayor se le ocurrió comprar un disco de country. El grupo se llamaba Rich Mountain Tower. Este era el primer tema de la cara A. En aquella época me pareció sencillamente acojonante. Me olvide de ellos cuando mi hermano se casó y se llevó el disco. Años después, pero ya en el siglo XXI, intenté encontrar el LP, aunque fuera en vinilo y de segunda mano. Imposible. Hoy he vuelto mi catalejo al firmamento de KZbin y ¡hete aquí que estaba! sí, estaba: por fin lo había encontrado. Es la cuarta vez que repito este tema. Y me sigue pareciendo bueno (recordad, año 1972), aunque no tan acojonante (tenía 16 años) ahora.

A great piece of music that I've been hearing all my life. 😁

Simply the Best of Frank Chacksfield, one of the most talented and prolific orchestra director in his time, born in Sussex, England.....

Brilliant!

Thanks for posting. This is one of my father's favorite album. He has a few of Sheffield Labs records and he treasured them so much. My dad is an Audiophile and I heard this record playing with a different combination of stereo components from Phase Linear 400 & 700B, Audio Research SP4 & SP10, Scientific Audio Electronics (SAE), David Hafler, Carver, MIT interconnects & speaker cables, Pickering, Grado, Koetsu Black, Counterpoint, Audible Illusion, California Electronics, Thorens TD124, Shure Mark IV V15, Luxman PD 121, Crown 300B, Geat American Sound (GAS), Conrad Johnson, Dalqusit DQ10, Acoustic Research AR 3a, 2a, 4, 7, Dynaco, Harman Kardon, Fischer, JBL, Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui, Dual, Technics, Garrard 0-100, SME 3009, Peerless, etc, and many many more, and this is just to name a few. Now my father (Ody) is gone many years ago. We listened together to this music, and tweaking and calibrating the set-up, these are my happy days with him. He left me all his knowledge and experiences as a true Audiophile plus all his remaining gears. This is bringing back memories. Thank You so much for posting.

Wow, the lighting got better

Great Demonstration. Bought the vinyl and the player too. Thanks

"Do I hear a noise? Is there someone inside your house?... Good Niiiight!" Because that wasn't terrifying. 😂

Oh how I would love to be alone in the dark with Craig! Warning, my hands like to wander, MEOOOW! PS Craig is amazing as always and I love him and we miss you Craig

The reason he is never mentioned as on of the all time late night greats is simply this. He was in a league of his own! So much deeper, funnier, and infinitely more creative than ANY OF THEM. He was about entertainment pure and simple. No script, no politics, just comedy and humanity. Plus the best interviewer of celebs ever. A complete genius.

The lights didn't actually come on for the Salman Rushdie interview. If the lights actually had returned, he would've finished Alicia Silverstone's bit first. They don't film the sequences in order. The Salman Rushdie interview had been taped before; this "closer" was filmed right after the lights went off with Alicia SIlverstone (probably right before they had to evacuate the audience). That's why the audience laughs at the beginning when he says "luckily the power came on for the Salman Rushdie interview but it's gone off again" while rolling his eyes - it's a sort of wink to camera about how the shows are actually produced. Interviews in particular tend to be taped out of order because the celebrities might only be available at a specific time. They may not even be filmed on the same day. Sequences are often filmed several days in advance (something Craig jokes about often) - as long as Craig is wearing roughly the same color suit and tie, the viewer won't know the difference (incidentally, this is why talk show hosts tend to wear fairly standard outfits without accessories). This is also why Craig sometimes had the "What *will* we learn on the show tonight, Craig" sequence at the beginning of shows - the cold opens are often filmed well after the other bits, so they've already filmed the interviews and whatever (There's a great cold open where Craig comes out and apologizes in advance for a tasteless joke he's going to make later on).

If the power is out , how are the cameras working ?

So the cameras run on hope?

Damn I miss this guy

This was my first ever L.P. bought for me by my dad when I was about 7. I only picked it because of the cover and the cartoon animals but actually it turned out to be a happy accident as lush orchestrations, great ballads and the like have always been my love. I no longer have a deck but I still have the LP.

I like this and also the theme Doctor Doolittle by Chacksfield.

10-27-09 you could get Bitcoin for less than a penny. A $1000 investment would have given you (roughly) $1,800,000,000 in return

Selective lighting?

See, so many other hosts would be like, "Powers out? Shit, guess no show today..." but Craig, like a boss, like a fucking MacGyver, is all, "I can make this work."

New show, Craig Ferguson after dark! Intimate talks with all the beautiful women...oh wait he does that now! LoL

Still so fun to watch.

Craig is the best.

This is the first time I've ever noticed that the power outage happened on my birthday. Oh dear, this is the best birthday gift ever

Too bad there wasn't a Geoffrey Peterson there or it REALLY could have been spookier! :O

craig: (takes a shit on stage) audience: huge applause

If the power is off, how is the camera working??? Love Craig, wish he was still on this show

I've listened to the CD version of this track for so long I forgot what this take sounded like. Both takes are great. This version of the album also has the killer version of Camarillo that'll destroy woofers. :D

Jesse Winchester took a professional interest in this group, back in the day!

my name is Wes Tweedy. i am the son on Don Tweedy. Rich Mountain Tower lived on a farm my dad owned and visited our home regularly and ate dinner wigh us etc. I was about 10 or 11. I got to hang out in the studio for a lot of this album. my dad did way more than just play Moog on Maggie. he did some arrangements and I believe produced (or at least co-produced) the album. i have always, and still am in awe of my dad's musical genius, especially when I switched from bassoon to bass guitar at the ripe old age of 12 :-) many say that my kid brother and I inherited a lot of his gift. Sadly, my baby brother Kristopher Alan Tweedy passed away Sept. 7, 2016. I have always held a very special place in my heart for Rich Mountain Tower. They were an absolutely phenomenal band, and very cool people.

When he held the light under him he looked kinda like Gordon Ramsey

was wondering if you could help me out, I have the same model player , but for some reason on every record on the last song it skips about halfway through the song. Perhaps I have my settings wrong or need a new needle?

This is why Craig is so much better than James Corden, he could turn problems into great entertainment the roof leak episode is another example;)

Okay, as long as Freddy Fazbear doesn't jumpscare him from behind! 😆

Good Job. Thanks !

Knew em' when in Nashville during the Hippie days!

Thanks for uploading these songs, I don't think i would have ever heard them otherwise. Great job on the transfer too, excellent sound.

Lincoln recorded his then GIRLFRIENDS SONG the ROSE direct to disc her name is Amanda Mc BROOM she also PENNED the SONG sooo it is a PHENOMENAL work. sldc

so do the cameras rub on a different fuse box or something.... cus they dont run on unicorn dust now do they

Such a great track! I wish I could give this 10 thumbs-up. :)

I like this version better than the version that ended up on the CD (different take) and it's good to hear it again. :) I haven't dragged out my vinyl of this for years.

obviously xD somebody at CBS forgot to pay the damn power bill for the studio XD LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA xD.

this is hilarious!