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1: Vinyl Asylum, Brian Hartsell, RIP (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2024-01-14, 16:21:26 (73.158.60.206)
I just read that Brian Hartsell, late of The Analog Room in San Jose CA, passed away a few months back. Sorry if I missed something here. For a number of years I was a frequent visitor to his store an .......
2: Vinyl Asylum, Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Rhino reissue (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-08-26, 10:51:12 (165.225.242.184)
Did anyone manage to snag a copy of this? I was about to place an order at Acoustic Sounds and it went from in stock to back ordered to completely gone from the web site in about 2 minutes, it felt li .......
3: Vinyl Asylum, My experiences are different (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-08-25, 14:08:48 (165.225.242.184)
By and large, the current crop of vinyl releases, new and reissued, have a high standard. Now....I do clean everything before the first play, in an ultrasonic bath followed by a vacuum drying. But, i .......
4: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I've Been Working (Rhino Hi Fi Van Morrison reissue available) (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-08-25, 09:33:34 (165.225.242.184)
I will be skipping this one - I bought a reissue of this the last time around. I am a major Van fan, and would love to see a vinyl reissue of "A Night in San Francisco". Great live album, and to my kn .......
5: Vinyl Asylum, RE: guitar, classical (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-07-28, 16:01:54 (165.225.242.184)
A number of years ago I picked up a large number of LPs by Julian Bream, and actually I was impressed by the breadth of his repertoire and his artistry, so I believe I would rank him first in my book. .......
6: Tape Trail, Akai service? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-04-19, 16:59:37 (165.225.242.173)
I live in the SF Bay Area - I own an Akai GX600DB (RTR) that needs some help. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Tom .......
7: Vinyl Asylum, I am taking a pass (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-04-19, 14:50:10 (165.225.242.173)
I looked at the first set of releases and wasn't able to find anything that really floated my boat. I saw one online review (IIRC it was in Tracking Angle) that was quite positive toward's Abbado's Ri .......
8: Vinyl Asylum, Molly Tuttle Crooked Tree (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-04-02, 11:46:48 (165.225.242.173)
I listened to this twice over the weekend, and for good measure pulled out her first release, When You're Ready, and spun that one as well. I bought When You're Ready right after its LP release on rea .......
9: Vinyl Asylum, Latest issue of TAS (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-03-21, 08:36:03 (165.225.242.173)
This arrived at my house yesterday. There are full-length reviews of both the Thorens TD-124 DD (favorable) and the latest entry level Linn LP-12 (not so favorable). Who would have thought a few years .......
10: Vinyl Asylum, Happy St. Paddy's Day! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-03-17, 14:12:36 (165.225.242.173)
I won't have all night to play Irish music tonight, but the 3 most likely LPs to show up will be: The Chieftains - Chronicles...I do miss Paddy Mahoney. Van Morrison/Chieftains - Irish Heartbeat And f .......
11: Vinyl Asylum, Tonearm on a Garrard (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-03-17, 08:15:19 (165.225.242.173)
This isn't that helpful, unless you want to go to the used market, but I have a Garrard 301 and I'm using a Jelco 750L with it. Cart is a Koetsu Black, at least currently. I have thought about other a .......
12: Vinyl Asylum, My own return to vinyl was around 2006 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-03-06, 09:04:12 (165.225.242.173)
I was an enthusiastic supporter of SACD simply because I had found that CD technology was just not as satisfying. I had downsized by vinyl collection substantially anyway in the 90s when I moved from .......
13: Vinyl Asylum, Saturated Sound? what does that mean (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-02-16, 12:20:19 (165.225.242.173)
Herb likes to refer to saturated sound, especially when referring to tube gear (gear that Atkinson usually describes as higher order distortion) - what does this mean and how would it sound? ::: TOPI .......
14: Vinyl Asylum, Eliane Elias - Quietude (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-02-13, 15:49:51 (165.225.242.173)
I saw a couple of rave reviews of the LP recently - IIRC, one was in The Absolute Sound, and other might have been on a web site like Tracking Angle or Analog Planet. Elias is a Brazilian jazz pianist .......
15: Vinyl Asylum, Van Morrison "A Night in San Francisco" (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-02-02, 01:02:06 (165.225.242.173)
A great live album, one that sheds new light on some of Van's classic songs and covers, and a great band - this was the same band that backed him on "Hymns to the Silence". This was released during th .......
16: Vinyl Asylum, Not for everyone..... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-01-25, 13:45:05 (165.225.242.173)
Including me - you can also spend $150K on the turntable and arm alone, right? Some folks may want this, so more power to them. I personally resisted spending ANYTHING on a record cleaner when younger .......
17: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Das Rheingold (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-01-17, 15:02:50 (165.225.242.173)
Sorry to be that guy, but it is Donner who clears the air before the gods cross the rainbow bridge, striking his hammer. The first time I saw the Ring, there was an interesting piece of theater where .......
18: Vinyl Asylum, Wagner and anti-semitism (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-01-16, 16:46:02 (165.225.242.173)
Barenboim's article is extremely interesting - thank you for sharing it. It is interesting to think that many of Wagner's finest interpreters and enthusiasts have been Jewish, or of Jewish heritage. O .......
19: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Das Rheingold (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-01-16, 15:01:30 (165.225.242.173)
Are you talking about Zambello's Ring in 2018? I was there as well. Very moving to see and hear. The ladies next to me were on their 12th or so Ring - there are a bunch of Ring "groupies" in the world .......
20: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Das Rheingold (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-01-16, 09:18:28 (165.225.242.173)
Congrats - this is truly one of the greatest recordings ever made. I decided not to spring for this reissue, as I own the early 70s box set on LP, as well as original releases of Rheingold and Gotterd .......
21: Vinyl Asylum, Karajan and Decca (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2023-01-04, 11:13:20 (165.225.242.173)
Karajan and Decca did make some great recordings. The Otello is my reference version of that opera. I also have the Aida, although I am not as familiar with it as I am the Otello. .......
22: Vinyl Asylum, Countdown to Ecstasy showed up yesterday (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-12-19, 08:59:11 (165.225.242.173)
I'll post something when I have had a chance to clean and play it. .......
23: Vinyl Asylum, re; best place to buy (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-12-15, 10:20:04 (165.225.242.173)
Acoustic Sounds, AKA Analog Productions, is the producer of these - but ED has them in stock, at the same price so it may come down to whichever company you are most comfortable with (including MusicD .......
24: Vinyl Asylum, Steely Dan UHQR (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-12-14, 08:48:04 (165.225.242.173)
I had a nice sized credit with Elusive Disc, so when the "Can't Buy a Thrill" UHQR became available I decided to give it a shot. I still have my original and thought it was in pretty good shape, but I .......
25: Vinyl Asylum, Huh (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-09-09, 09:58:32 (165.225.242.173)
Discogs says 1953, including a couple of versions issued by Recut Records. I also searched on 1949, and it does show the Recut Records 1949, and only that version, but with the same Decca number as th .......
26: Vinyl Asylum, Year for the original recording? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-09-08, 17:01:30 (165.225.242.173)
I thought this was a circa 1953 original, not 49? I once owned a Richmond reissue, but have not heard the performance in years. .......
27: Vinyl Asylum, His absence at Stereophile is clearly noticeable (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-09-07, 12:12:15 (165.225.242.173)
Even if Fremer tended to review gear out of my personal price range, he was always enjoyable to read. I am finding Stereophile to be just a bit less interesting these days - no Michael Fremer, no Art .......
28: Critic's Corner, Met him (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-08-27, 09:49:33 (165.225.242.173)
Before the Pandemic the SF store Audio Vision had an anniversary celebration, and Gryphon was on hand to demo a system in a dedicate room, and JVS was there to cover it. I told him that even though I .......
29: Vinyl Asylum, And the real winners are..... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-08-10, 08:47:25 (165.225.242.173)
Having been through a number of civil cases as a plaintiff, a defendant and a juror, typically the only real winners in litigation are the lawyers. The costs of litigation tend to be borne by all of u .......
30: Tape Trail, I see that it is now back (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-07-31, 21:00:18 (165.225.242.173)
Glad to see .......
31: Tape Trail, SonoruS Web Site? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-07-25, 14:22:13 (165.225.242.173)
I am getting a "File Not "Found (404 error) when I try to access the SonoruS web site. To the best of my knowledge, this is supposed to be www.sonorusaudio.com. Anyone know what is going on? ::: TOPIC .......
32: Vinyl Asylum, I get them (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-05-26, 08:28:34 (165.225.242.173)
I just checked my email before replying, and yes, these come from support@acousticsounds.com. You may want to check your spam folder. .......
33: Vinyl Asylum, I don't know about gear, but what I do know (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-05-13, 15:31:53 (165.225.242.173)
Recording technology today is not as good as it was before digital. Yeah, to my ears, analog sounds way better. .......
34: Vinyl Asylum, compatibility of counterweights (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-05-10, 09:38:41 (165.225.242.173)
Would anyone know (or know where to find out) if any other manufacturers' counterweights are compatible with the Nottingham Ace-Space 294 tone arm? I have a need for a heavier counterweight, adding le .......
35: General Asylum, Who moderates the moderators? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-05-02, 11:52:35 (165.225.242.173)
I believe there is a serious issue in one of the forums....to whom should I address this? .......
36: Vinyl Asylum, RSD April 20200 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-04-23, 16:36:55 (73.158.60.206)
I went to a local record store, Vinyl Solutions in San Mateo, CA. OMG, it was packed! There were 25 people in line just to check out, and this is not a large store. It seemed like everyone was laying .......
37: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'd use some tape on lead weight. Used for racket and golf club tuning (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-04-17, 10:45:02 (165.225.242.173)
This was helpful, thank you. I decided to order adhesive weights, as the tape won't actually fit on the Nottingham counterweight, but this post started the train of thought. .......
38: Vinyl Asylum, Help with Nottingham Space 294 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-04-15, 16:55:36 (73.158.60.206)
I have a Nottingham Space 294 that I have decided to use for dedicated mono playback. I purchased a Phasemation mono cart on sale from Elusive Disc, which, by the way, is built like a jewel. I previou .......
39: Vinyl Asylum, Good Friday and Easter traditional spins? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-04-15, 14:26:45 (165.225.242.173)
While Bach's Passions or his Christ lay in Death's Bonds cantata, might be appropriate, these are not annual traditions for me. I have never really warmed to the Passions themselves - I have spent a l .......
40: Vinyl Asylum, RE: BPO announces availability of Beethoven piano ctos on LP (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-03-30, 18:15:15 (165.225.242.173)
Your experience is different from mine. In fairness to you, Michael Fremer seems to share the view that digital recordings sound better on LP than on silver disc. I have a bunch of them - classical, j .......
41: Vinyl Asylum, RE: BPO announces availability of Beethoven piano ctos on LP (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-03-30, 16:21:08 (165.225.242.173)
You are so coy that it is hard to tell....but sounds like you are planning to purchase the SACD version. It is a lot cheaper, and personally I am not sure that a digital LP is better than an SACD. To .......
42: Vinyl Asylum, BPO announces availability of Beethoven piano ctos on LP (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-03-30, 11:20:11 (165.225.242.173)
This news came via email yesterday. I have purchased two items from the BPO in the past - I live in the US, and delivery was excellent. I have the Haitink Bruckner 7, which is a direct to disc recordi .......
43: Vinyl Asylum, Suggestions (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-02-23, 08:47:12 (165.225.242.173)
I went to the Record Man once, and decided I didn't need to do business there. Prices, which you don't know until you check out, are extremely high. The selection is not as good as Amoeba, but the pr .......
44: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Amazon- strike two . . . (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-02-09, 13:03:23 (165.225.242.173)
I buy LPs from Amazon occasionally, and usually, but not always, they do a fine job - you could argue that they are over-packaged, coming to me in both a record container and then an overlay large box .......
45: Vinyl Asylum, RE: West Side Story 2021 version on vinyl (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-02-05, 15:22:40 (73.158.60.206)
Thanks, appreciate the heads up on this. I have the original Broadway cast, the movie sound track, and the more operatic version conducted by the composer himself. I heard that the Spielberg movie is .......
46: Vinyl Asylum, Coming back to vinyl? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-02-01, 08:45:23 (165.225.242.173)
Does this mean you are coming back to vinyl? I was getting seduced by the availability of relatively cheap music on CD.....I actually received the two Markevitch box sets (Philips and DG) as Christmas .......
47: Vinyl Asylum, Haha good one (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-01-14, 16:06:34 (165.225.242.173)
The devil made him do it! .......
48: Vinyl Asylum, Here is what I heard he bought (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2022-01-14, 11:31:40 (165.225.242.173)
Well, why not Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art - .......
49: Vinyl Asylum, Hmm (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-12-11, 11:27:17 (165.225.242.173)
I read that Nilsson denied that, and the consensus is that it is about a promiscuous girl who hides that with an innocent look. I would certainly prefer that interpretation. .......
50: Vinyl Asylum, All true (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-12-11, 10:44:30 (165.225.242.173)
I have a bunch on their music on LP and CD, and yes, I often play it. My own favorite might be More of the Monkees. Harry Nilsson was also a songwriter for the Monkees - "Cuddly Toy" is one of his. :: .......
51: Vinyl Asylum, What a shame (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-12-10, 12:48:21 (165.225.242.173)
He was musically the most gifted Monkee, and the only one to have any musical success outside of the Monkees. It is hard for me to believe that Mickey Dolenz outlasted the others. .......
52: Vinyl Asylum, Sutherland Little Loco (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-12-09, 17:16:15 (165.225.242.173)
This month's Stereophile has Herb Reichert doing a followup to an earlier review of the Sutherland Little Loco, and I would describe it as a rave review. This phono stage is aimed at low-output moving .......
53: General Asylum, "Satchmo" is not Yiddish (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-12-06, 17:59:53 (73.158.60.206)
Yes, Armstrong was close to a Jewish family. But go to English to Yiddish Google translation, and you will find that Big Cheeks in English is not "Satchmo" in Yiddish. Not even close. In Yiddish, "Big .......
54: Vinyl Asylum, The Wonderful Sounds of Christmas (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-12-01, 11:24:00 (73.158.60.206)
This is the two LP Analogue Productions release of a lot of the best Christmas song recordings over the years. My wife and I played this over the weekend and it had us singing along happily. Loved it. .......
55: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Analog Room - appreciate the update (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-29, 13:56:51 (73.158.60.206)
Thanks. I wonder what he did with his 47,000 LPs when he moved. When I "returned" to vinyl circa 2000, my first purchase was a Rega P3 with a Clearaudio MM cart that I bought from him. I later traded .......
56: Vinyl Asylum, The Analog Room (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-29, 11:12:58 (73.158.60.206)
Further to my comment on Zerodust, the retailer who was anti-Zerodust was Brian Hartsell, of The Analog Room in San Jose. I see on Google that the Analog Room is listed as permanently closed. Anyone k .......
57: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Wally and Mikey say Zerodust is bad. What is Your Experience? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-29, 10:28:04 (73.158.60.206)
I had one of these, and it actually took the diamond tip right off a Koetsu Black. The retailer from whom I bought the Koetsu was extremely anti-Zerodust - apparently what I experienced was not a uniq .......
58: Vinyl Asylum, I forgot about Yellow Submarine! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-18, 14:59:59 (73.158.60.206)
Not in the mono box but in the stereo box. So there are three stereo only, not the two I was thinking. .......
59: Vinyl Asylum, Yep (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-18, 10:23:14 (73.158.60.206)
Before the release of the Abbey Road box (was that last year?), my go to was my copy that I bought a very long time ago...can't recall when. The version in the stereo box was inferior. I have not comp .......
60: Vinyl Asylum, A bit more on the Beatles and mono (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-18, 08:11:44 (73.158.60.206)
Let It Be and Abbey Road were issued stereo only, and are not included in the Beatles mono box. As posted by another, the Beatles and George Martin focused on the mono mixes through the White Album, a .......
61: Vinyl Asylum, Really useful and informative (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-17, 16:44:02 (73.158.60.206)
You cover a number of topics I was unaware of - for example, the .7mil issue vs. 1mil. I took a quick look at the Ortofon 2M Mono SE, which they developed especially for the Beatles mono box. Here is .......
62: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Boulder 508 arrived today. . . . (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-17, 09:15:48 (73.158.60.206)
Pete, thanks for the update. How do you adjust the loading? Also - in this price range you would have an option at Music Lovers for an Audio Research phono stage or a Nagra, both tube designs. Did yo .......
63: Vinyl Asylum, awesome (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-16, 15:25:41 (73.158.60.206)
Many thanks, exactly what I am looking for. .......
64: Vinyl Asylum, Thanks for the responses (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-16, 10:27:55 (73.158.60.206)
Folks, I wasn't asking about mono switches vs mono carts, which is what most of the past chatter is about. I wanted to learn actual experiences from those who actually use a a mono cart, and compare t .......
65: Vinyl Asylum, Anyone running a dedicated mono cart? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-15, 09:36:13 (73.158.60.206)
I keep thinking about adding another tone arm to my Garrard 301 to be dedicated to mono. The phono stage I use would support a second cart - it is the Tavish Adagio, and my stereo cart is connected to .......
66: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Bond.....James Bond (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-10, 10:55:06 (73.158.60.206)
Trying again to post the image .......
67: Vinyl Asylum, Bond.....James Bond (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-10, 10:38:39 (73.158.60.206)
As a Bond fan (the first one I saw live at the movies was Thunderball), I decided I had to buy this. Basically - this is 3 LPs containing the Bond theme and the title songs (where they exist) for the .......
68: Vinyl Asylum, Great album, with one of the great songs of all time (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-11-05, 12:05:05 (73.158.60.206)
Fountain of Sorrow......an amazing song, IMO. "I was taken by a photograph of you" - wow. My first exposure to that was the version by Joan Baez on Diamonds and Rust, and only later did I hear the ori .......
69: Vinyl Asylum, Keith Jarrett Sun Bear concerts (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-27, 08:48:32 (73.158.60.206)
I just received word of cancellation of my order from Acoustic Sounds. I placed this back in February, when ECM was supposed to release this (and the web site still shows a Feb. 21 release date), and .......
70: Vinyl Asylum, Let It Be (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-23, 09:49:21 (73.158.60.206)
I received the beautiful 5 LP Let It Be set a few days ago, and listened to 3 of the LPs last night. For me, the highlight of this set is the inclusion of the original Glyn Johns' engineered "Get Back .......
71: Vinyl Asylum, love the recommendation! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-22, 13:00:35 (73.158.60.206)
We know who we are, right? .......
72: Vinyl Asylum, My one vital Haitink LP set (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-22, 09:50:05 (73.158.60.206)
I saw the news yesterday that the conductor Bernard Haitink passed away yesterday, age 92. What a long career he had! He was making records in the 60s. In my early days as a record enthusiast, I did .......
73: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Roy Orbison on LPs, anyone? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-22, 09:38:35 (73.158.60.206)
First, while not classic Roy Orbison, the Traveling Wilburys Volume I would also be a strong recommendation of mine. His contributions to that, which is considered to be (and in my opinion, is) one of .......
74: Vinyl Asylum, Many moons ago (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-19, 16:40:36 (73.158.60.206)
When the Sabrina was new, so must have been 2016 or so - they set up a system for me that had perhaps the most involving sound I have heard. Sabrina speakers, of course, with an AMG Viella TT, a Koets .......
75: Vinyl Asylum, Where did you go? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-19, 07:43:46 (73.158.60.206)
Since they were hooked up to Wilsons, I assume this was Music Lovers? .......
76: Vinyl Asylum, Why I chose Acoustic Sounds over Amazon (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-16, 14:48:00 (63.224.242.2)
I have had a few mixed experiences on Amazon with vinyl, and never anything but white glove treatment with Acoustic Sounds. A few months back I ordered the Deja Vu Anniversary version from Amazon, and .......
77: Vinyl Asylum, I didn't make the statement that it was better (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-14, 10:22:18 (73.158.60.206)
Only that some of the songs were perhaps of a higher standard. Look, I love Abbey Road, and side 2 is one of the best things ever done in pop music. But....I don't know that Maxwell's Silver Hammer, O .......
78: Vinyl Asylum, Let It Be (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-10-14, 08:55:19 (73.158.60.206)
I just ordered the Deluxe vinyl "Let It Be" box from Acoustic Sounds. I have been ordering all of these things as they have been released, starting with the Sergeant Pepper remix. And this is, of cour .......
79: Music Lane, We forgive much when we are old... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-09-07, 17:00:41 (73.158.60.206)
ABBA was way down on my list of interesting acts - in fact, I really didn't know there stuff, and had no interest. In 2008 I attended the SWIFT payment conference in Vienna, and the last night was a h .......
80: Vinyl Asylum, St. Vincent - recommendations? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-08-18, 10:49:40 (73.223.126.3)
A colleague of mine recommends St. Vincent highly, since he knows I like Richard Thompson- says that she really shreds a guitar. For some reason I had not heard of her until she collaborated with Davi .......
81: Vinyl Asylum, Listened to mine on Saturday night (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-08-16, 07:57:23 (73.223.126.3)
Great music, played really well by what just might be our greatest working band, but the sonics are in fact a disappointment, very digital sounding. .......
82: Vinyl Asylum, Reissue vs new (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-08-04, 08:36:49 (73.223.126.3)
I know this is one of those raging subjects, and in my own case I am not consistent. I do get frustrated at times with condition of used items on eBay, and find that often I have to cycle through a co .......
83: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Keith Jarrett Sun Bear concerts (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-08-03, 09:00:16 (73.223.126.3)
Thanks, I'll look for that. .......
84: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Keith Jarrett Sun Bear concerts (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-08-03, 07:47:02 (73.223.126.3)
I have not heard even that. Where did you see that info? .......
85: Vinyl Asylum, Keith Jarrett Sun Bear concerts (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-08-02, 11:31:36 (73.223.126.3)
Being a big fan of Jarrett's Koln and Bremen/Lausanne concerts (not yet such a fan of Munich and have not heard Budapest) I jumped at the chance to buy this as a reissue. I ordered it in February (and .......
86: Vinyl Asylum, Loggins and Messina (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-07-31, 12:59:39 (73.223.126.3)
Full Sail and Native Son. For years I have listened to, and loved, Sittin'In and Mother Lode, but never these two until recently. .......
87: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Should have said the filaments (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-07-14, 20:57:39 (73.223.126.3)
Here is the quote "In Class A, the tubes' filaments require potentially lethal voltages and are said to operate at 3140 degrees F.The amount of heat they produce astonished and unnerved me." No word o .......
88: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Line Magnetics LM-845IA (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-07-14, 08:47:04 (73.223.126.3)
My July Stereophile was delivered to me late (received the August issue before July!), so I have just read the review of the LM-845IA, which uses the 845 tube. Supposedly, the tube heats to a temperat .......
89: Vinyl Asylum, My thoughts, exactly (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-06-15, 07:43:40 (73.223.126.3)
I was surprised by the high quality of the sound, and how well the music flows. .......
90: Vinyl Asylum, Van Morrison's Latest Record Project Vol. 1 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-06-14, 17:10:11 (73.223.126.3)
This pitchfork review is pretty accurate.....but except for the odd song (the opener "This is my latest record project" is complete drivel, I really enjoyed listening to it, as least the first time th .......
91: Vinyl Asylum, Bocelli (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-06-14, 10:59:00 (73.223.126.3)
Great pop star, and I enjoy him in that capacity, but he is not an opera star. Doesn't have the chops for that. With the help of a microphone and studio techniques he has been able to record a bit of .......
92: Vinyl Asylum, No cure (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-06-10, 17:46:36 (73.223.126.3)
A long term stay in the Vinyl Flat did not help. This one is going back, and at this stage, even though I tried, Amazon is unable to replace. I don't know if they sold out or are having serious issues .......
93: Vinyl Asylum, Second copy was worse than the first (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-06-07, 16:48:33 (73.223.126.3)
I actually send the second one back first, and I am trying a very long term stay in the Vinyl Flat to see if that cures the issue. I just cleaned and played a Seraphim box set (Beethoven string quart .......
94: Vinyl Asylum, RE: First of all, what do you got against the Monkees? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-06-06, 15:58:41 (73.223.126.3)
Nothing against the Monkees, have all of their stuff. But we would have lost a tremendous career from one of the greats had he been a Monkee. .......
95: Vinyl Asylum, Deja Vu, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-06-02, 17:11:21 (73.223.126.3)
I received this last week. Beautifully packaged. I had been weighing 3 options, by the way -not to do anything, since I have a reissue I bought about a decade ago, go for the 5 LP set, or take the int .......
96: Vinyl Asylum, So - how is his voice (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-05-27, 09:15:02 (73.223.126.3)
I read that he got the idea from Nilsson sings Newman. Of course, before he ruined it, Harry Nilsson had one of the most beautiful and expressive voices out there. On the other hand, Mickey Dolenz did .......
97: Vinyl Asylum, Well, yes, but (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-30, 11:34:46 (73.223.126.3)
I tried just about every format due to the issues I was having with vinyl in the 70s - cassettes, reel to reel, and was an avid and eager purchaser of CDs. But I notice that the life seemed sucked out .......
98: Vinyl Asylum, Apparently I have been much luckier (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-30, 08:31:07 (73.223.126.3)
I have been a relatively heavy purchaser of new vinyl over the last year, and have found the quality to be excellent, and far better now than we had in the 70s, for example. I cannot recall the time w .......
99: Critic's Corner, Ax is the only one I know (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-26, 09:20:29 (73.223.126.3)
I have not heard any of the others. I have been fortunate enough to hear Ax in concert a few times. My favorite (not that I own a ton) Goldberg Varations on piano would be the 81 Gould, also on a Ste .......
100: Digital Drive, RE: Experience with the FiiO M11 Pro? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-25, 13:28:46 (73.223.126.3)
Thanks, very helpful. .......
101: Digital Drive, Experience with the FiiO M11 Pro? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-24, 08:35:11 (73.223.126.3)
I am primarly an analog guy but looking at the idea of a portable digital music player, for a few applications: 1. Perhaps on its own, to listen via headphones in my bedroom or while traveling. 2. Con .......
102: Vinyl Asylum, "kind of" (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-19, 10:59:06 (73.223.126.3)
Haha - I went back to look at the lyrics - I don't think I have heard this song since the 60s - and yes, the qualifier "kind of" should not be used here! .......
103: Vinyl Asylum, Sam the Sham (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-19, 08:13:41 (73.223.126.3)
I once read that after the demise of the group, Domingo Sumudio, AKA Sam the Sham, ended up as an oil platform worker in the Gulf of Mexico. I was a fan as a kid - I remember "Little Red Riding Hood" .......
104: General Asylum, We would....if we thought that the performance was superior (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-03-05, 17:21:53 (73.223.126.3)
Like many, I went down path of heavy digital when CDs first arrived on the scene, and then realized that while there was more convenience, there was less music. I went back to vinyl (and analog) in a .......
105: Vinyl Asylum, Being released as a Ultradisc (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-01-31, 15:39:41 (73.223.126.3)
I have an original (with a few flaws) and a recent reissue - both sound great. But coming out as a release in the MoFi Ultradisc series, along with Pearl. .......
106: Critic's Corner, Quite an interesting article (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2021-01-08, 09:04:22 (73.223.126.3)
I once owned that Mahler 2 on LP, but when I did a vinyl purge in the early 90s gave it up. I have since gone the other way and now own a lot more vinyl than ever, but this is one I didn't re-acquire. .......
107: Speaker Asylum, RE: Has anyone spent a lot of time with Joseph Audio Perspective 2 Graphenes? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-12-29, 10:46:50 (73.223.126.3)
Thanks! .......
108: Speaker Asylum, RE: Has anyone spent a lot of time with Joseph Audio Perspective 2 Graphenes? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-12-29, 07:52:31 (73.223.126.3)
That's awesome. Do you mind sharing a bit more about your room and the rest of your system? Thanks Tom .......
109: Speaker Asylum, Thanks to both of you (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-12-28, 14:30:42 (73.223.126.3)
Very thoughtful responses, thanks I appreciate it. Ivan303 - I think I would probably phrase Jeff Joseph's pricing policies differently - he has chosen not to undersell his dealer network by having a .......
110: Speaker Asylum, Has anyone spent a lot of time with Joseph Audio Perspective 2 Graphenes? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-12-27, 14:13:56 (73.223.126.3)
My current speakers are B&W 803 Nautilus, from the last century. I have a somewhat demanding room - I have tried Maggie 3.7i's, which worked great for me in another environment but were overly massive .......
111: Vinyl Asylum, Another one (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-12-11, 15:37:54 (73.223.126.3)
Great song, too. .......
112: Vinyl Asylum, +1 on this -but here's another (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-12-11, 15:31:46 (73.223.126.3)
.......
113: Vinyl Asylum, All Things Must Pass 2020 Remix (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-11-27, 17:43:59 (73.223.126.3)
I have always hated the way this was produced by Phil Spector -very dirty sound that to me obscurs the beauty of the music. Apparently that is how George came to feel as well. A few years ago I bought .......
114: Vinyl Asylum, A bunch of stuff - wish the reissuers would read these posts. Here are 3 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-11-27, 17:32:55 (73.223.126.3)
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy - my vote for their single best album My copy (bought new on release) is worn. I second the nomination of Trinity Revisited, but I would be game for the entire Cowboy .......
115: Speaker Asylum, The dealer didn't have 40.2s (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-11-19, 08:00:19 (73.223.126.3)
I wondered the same thing, and also had seen the TAS review of the 40.2s. At that price level, though, you get into some serious competition. Joseph Audip Persepctive2s for example. .......
116: Speaker Asylum, My experience with Harbeth (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-11-17, 11:59:18 (73.223.126.3)
I spent maybe 90 minutes at a dealer listening to the 30.2 and the Super HL5 Plus. I thought they did fine in small group music but crapped out in orchestral music - one of my test records happens to .......
117: Vinyl Asylum, Paul Simon and Friend (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-11-01, 10:46:17 (73.223.126.3)
Started with Simon and Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park, followed by Graceland. Awesome stuff. .......
118: Vinyl Asylum, Steely Dan (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-10-21, 15:40:08 (73.223.126.3)
I'll have to listen to my copy of Pretzel Logic, which I have owned since it was released. Everybody loves a wise guy, right? Show Business Kids is on Countdown to Ecstasy, which has my vote for the .......
119: Speaker Asylum, Spica (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-09-21, 09:02:59 (73.223.126.3)
Given that the original cost was something like $550 back in the 80s, maybe so, although hard to comment without knowing current market on them. I had a pair of TC-50s, and then a pair of Angeluses. G .......
120: Vinyl Asylum, Just received a note from Amazon (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-09-18, 11:30:15 (73.223.126.3)
Mine shipped today, with an estimated delivery date of 9/25. .......
121: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Have you Thelonious Monk Palo Alto people seen this update? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-09-16, 14:39:04 (73.223.126.3)
Same .......
122: Vinyl Asylum, My copy arrived over the weekend (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-09-09, 16:44:06 (73.223.126.3)
I haven't opened it yet- was fiddlying with cartridges most of the weekend. .......
123: Vinyl Asylum, New Cart too light for my tonearm (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-09-08, 17:25:56 (73.223.126.3)
I have a Garrard 301 with a Jelco 750L tonearm. For the past 3 years I have been using a Zu Audio DL-103, which was good, but I was interested in trying something else. I heard a Kiseki Purpleheart a .......
124: Speaker Asylum, RE: New arrivals (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-27, 17:40:08 (73.223.126.3)
Very nice......Let us know how it sounds with your favorite LPs. .......
125: Speaker Asylum, I have a sub (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-24, 11:44:06 (73.223.126.3)
A Martin Logan Descent. Just a single one. I haven't played around with the tuning of that with the 804s quite yet. Still need to get the 804s up on spikes and position them correctly, or at least the .......
126: Speaker Asylum, Lots of interesting info here. . . (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-24, 07:57:26 (73.223.126.3)
Thanks, I believe they are the 804Ns. Had them for years, and now that you mention it, I recall the discussion about the 804s presenting a more integrated sound than the 803s - in fact, the dealer I b .......
127: Speaker Asylum, Heard some 805s about 18 months back (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-23, 17:26:17 (73.223.126.3)
The former Blue Moon Audio shop in Pacifica, CA was an interesting spot. The owner there was a magnet for used gear. (He has closed in Pacifica, and is in SoCal now). Someone brought in a pair of 805s .......
128: Speaker Asylum, RE: Salk (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-23, 11:24:25 (73.223.126.3)
I took a quick look at the Web site - I assume they sell direct? I do worry about buying a speaker unheard. I A/B'd the 804s extenstively vs. the equivalent Sonus Faber speaker back when I bought them .......
129: Speaker Asylum, More after the switch (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-23, 11:16:07 (73.223.126.3)
The difference is really notable. My wife, who is one of those folks who don't care that much -(I divide the world into 4 quadrants - those who can't tell differences in sound, and don't care, those w .......
130: Speaker Asylum, B&W mavens (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-22, 14:09:25 (73.223.126.3)
in 1998 I purchased B&W 804s, which served me very well. Right now they are sitting in my office with my secondary system, but the KEF LS50s I use in the main system were actually a temporary solution .......
131: Vinyl Asylum, P 317 of Culshaw's book (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-18, 17:09:35 (73.223.126.3)
"The Americans, rightly sensing a classical hit, notified London (not the label, Decca HQ - my add) that they could wait no longer and began to make their own pressings from master plates imported fro .......
132: Critic's Corner, She was with TAS (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-17, 10:46:09 (73.223.126.3)
Be interesting to know about the background of the move from TAS to Stereophile. .......
133: Vinyl Asylum, That's what I mostly hear, but (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-17, 08:43:19 (73.223.126.3)
IIRC, US Londons were actually pressed in the UK, for the most part. However, there may be an exception or two - what I read (I think it was in Culshaw's Putting the Record Straight) - when Decca rele .......
134: Classical Court, Too bad (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-12, 17:13:00 (73.223.126.3)
I had thought this might be an OK place to hang out during the year that you were supposed to be gone. Guess not. Chris, in person you seem to be a nice guy. But here, not so much. The babe posts, bes .......
135: Classical Court, well said (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-12, 13:43:06 (73.223.126.3)
I concur .......
136: Classical Court, RE: And how did you "find" that? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-12, 13:41:01 (73.223.126.3)
Wow, you are pretty aggessive about this. By talking to them, if I knew them, or by listening to them speak, or by reading their writings. How else? .......
137: Classical Court, Well, on the contrary (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-12, 07:58:22 (73.223.126.3)
Many famous writers on music, starting with George Bernard Shaw perhaps, were not performers. And, what I found when I was active in the music community, is that many performers did not have a good un .......
138: Classical Court, Parsifal (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-12, 07:51:57 (73.223.126.3)
Yes, the Kna 62 is my go-to Parsifal, for a combination of Kna's understanding of the piece, the sound, and the overal quality of the cast. I also own the 56 Kna (issued on Melodram), and performances .......
139: Classical Court, You mean that it is safe to come back? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-11, 17:12:35 (73.223.126.3)
I have met Chris in person a couple of times, and he was always a gentleman and quite enjoyable to be around. But - I felt differently about being on this forum. For some reason, in this forum, he cou .......
140: Vinyl Asylum, Fremer's latest blog on D2D recordings (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-08-05, 13:30:42 (73.223.126.3)
See today's post in www.analogplanet.com for a discussion of some of the most recent D2D releases. I have just one of those discussion, the Eleanor McEvoy, and can recommend it strongly. (I also recen .......
141: Speaker Asylum, Add Monitor Audio to the list (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-07-15, 11:11:24 (73.223.126.3)
The MPD tweeter is their own implementation of the Heil technology. .......
142: Vinyl Asylum, Ah, yes, Ray (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-07-02, 15:00:55 (73.223.126.3)
I have six of his LPs, including this one. An honest voice. My oldest son introduced me to his work when he bought me Till the Sun Turns Black as a birthday present. .......
143: Speaker Asylum, How many of you have actually heard a Heil tweeter? Or own one? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-30, 14:57:58 (73.223.126.3)
Curious to confirm if my 40 year old (!) impression is correct..... The hypothesis is - an AMT-class tweeter enhances transparency and presence. All other things being equal, of course. When things se .......
144: Speaker Asylum, Developing quite a list (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-29, 14:58:11 (73.223.126.3)
ESS was granted an exclusive license originally - that patent must be long expired, I am guessing. Audiovector Burmeister ESS (looks like they are still around) Legacy Martin-Login Wharfedale ::: TOP .......
145: Speaker Asylum, Heil AMT speakers (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-29, 09:52:07 (73.223.126.3)
ESS speakers, with the Heil AMT tweeters, first came out in the mid-70s. My college roommate bought a pair, and they had much more presence and projection than the AR-6s we had been using prior to tha .......
146: Vinyl Asylum, Update on Accentus D2D Ma Vlast (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-26, 09:12:12 (73.223.126.3)
I received a note from Accentus that this set, led by Jakub Hrusa, will be released on September 4th. As I understand it, this will be a 3 LP D2D set. .......
147: Critic's Corner, The loss of Art Dudley is a real blow (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-18, 15:44:42 (73.223.126.3)
I have to say that it took me a while to move to his wavelength - what, you are actually rebuilding a vintage Thorens turntable? Why on earth would you do that? What a waste of print real estate! But, .......
148: Vinyl Asylum, Are there good sounding Mamas and Papas reissues? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-16, 11:03:12 (73.223.126.3)
The recent 2 part Laurel Canyon series inspired me to listen to my LP "The Mamas and the Papas, 16 Greatest Hits" on Dunhill/ABC. This LP has poor sound, IMO - poorly equalized, compressed, somewhat o .......
149: Vinyl Asylum, Wikipedia says Mary Thomas (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-04, 17:32:10 (73.223.126.3)
A real soprano. Supposedly in concert it was done by the bass player, Kelly Groucett. .......
150: Vinyl Asylum, She's Sweet on Wagner. Anyway a great list (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-04, 13:46:41 (73.223.126.3)
Although Face the Music should be there as well. Evil Woman is my second favorite ELO song, with Rockaria being the top - what a great song. Love the coda: Well, we were reelin' and a rockin' all thr .......
151: Vinyl Asylum, What does this mean, then? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-03, 07:40:27 (73.223.126.3)
" There's also an SACD with the Bamberg Symphony from 2016 of the same work. I'd guess (although I don't know for sure) that this is the same performance from which the forthcoming D2D incarnation is .......
152: Vinyl Asylum, More info (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-02, 18:52:13 (73.223.126.3)
Someone below speculates that this is the same recording that was made for SACD a few years ago. Not so - newly recorded in 2019 - article attached, and there was also an extensive article about this .......
153: Vinyl Asylum, Another coming D2D (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-02, 09:51:40 (73.223.126.3)
A few months ago I saw that Accentus Music will be releasing a direct-to-disc recording of Ma Vlast, with Hrusa and the Bamberg Symphony. Recorded last year, and supposedly to be released in this Spri .......
154: Vinyl Asylum, There goes my credit card (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-06-02, 09:45:06 (73.223.126.3)
Yes, couldn't resist - this is my treat for working my tail off over the past 6 months. I bought the new Pathetique LP from the BPO site a few months ago - the BPO did an awesome job of getting it to .......
155: Vinyl Asylum, Timings (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-05-30, 10:09:50 (73.223.126.3)
According to www.abruckner.com, the Szell recording on Columbia, a later version of the 3rd times in at roughly 55 minutes, while Blomstedt's recording of the full original is around 62. Tintner takes .......
156: Vinyl Asylum, Like some, not all (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-05-29, 16:32:39 (73.223.126.3)
Two of the longest-seeming concerts I have ever sat through featured Bruckner, the original version of the 3rd, and the 5th, both led by Blomstedt. I prefer the 3rd in a later and tighter version - t .......
157: Vinyl Asylum, Another vote for the Vinyl Flat (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-05-29, 16:26:29 (73.223.126.3)
I've owned one for a decade or so. Works great to cure slight warps. Might or might not return a badly warped record to playability. .......
158: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Kiseki Blue (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-05-14, 10:43:14 (73.223.126.3)
We don't always get the opportunity to hear a lot of different cartridges. Last fall I went to the AudioVisionSF open house/anniversary, and in the main room they were playing vinyl with an SME TT/arm .......
159: Classical Court, Adds (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-05-12, 17:07:17 (73.223.126.3)
Tannhauser - overall, the best on record. Solti's first Magic Flute - ditto. .......
160: Vinyl Asylum, Not happy news (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-05-12, 07:49:14 (73.223.126.3)
I was thinking about an upgrade from my 750L. .......
161: Vinyl Asylum, Aren't most modern belt-driven TTs descendants? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-04-15, 09:50:26 (73.223.126.3)
My understanding is that the Linn LP-12 was directly patterned on the AR TT, for example. So- even though there is no modern ARs, couldn't you argue that just about every belt-driven TT today is a des .......
162: Vinyl Asylum, Sadly, it is true (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-04-14, 14:44:24 (73.223.126.3)
On the Stereophile web site. I am quite shocked by this. .......
163: Vinyl Asylum, RIP John Prine (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-04-08, 13:02:09 (73.223.126.3)
Great songwriter, of course. "Hello in There" still chokes me up, after all these years. A poignant, but possibly less well-know contribution, was his duet with Margot Timmins on the Cowboy Junkies al .......
164: Vinyl Asylum, With literally hundreds of recordings... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-03-29, 16:13:00 (73.223.126.3)
I don't know how you could pick a single "best". And nothing on this list from some of the iconic Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century - no Toscanini, no Szell, no Karajan, no Walter....etc. I .......
165: Vinyl Asylum, Hymns to the Silence is awesome on vinyl (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-03-22, 12:04:21 (73.223.126.3)
Had the CDs forever - but I went on a kick of converting my entire Van Morrison catalog to vinyl. Found a pristine used copy on eBay - located in Sweden. it was a little pricey to obtain, but worth it .......
166: Vinyl Asylum, Spinning Illinois Jacquet (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-03-21, 16:03:34 (73.223.126.3)
Lazy Saturday afternoon - nothing like "Swing's the Thing" to get you going. This is, by the an awesome LP - recorded in late 1956 - he's backed by Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Jimmy Jones on piano, Ray .......
167: Vinyl Asylum, My experience is different (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-03-19, 15:49:42 (73.223.126.3)
I have had reasonable luck ordering LPs from them, and getting them quickly. Well-packaged, too. And, there have been a few times that they have had something that the specialty retailers have not. ( .......
168: Vinyl Asylum, I have an EMI reissue (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-03-02, 17:42:55 (73.223.126.3)
Of the Klemperer Beethoven 9, with the 9th properly spread over 3 sides. This was a 70s reissue, I think - but it was pristine, while some of the 50s originals I have seen for sale have been pretty be .......
169: Vinyl Asylum, Friday night spins -Chavez Ravine (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-02-28, 17:07:07 (73.223.126.3)
Bought the new vinyl issue about a month ago, but first chance to play tonight. Ry Cooder always has something interesting to say. .......
170: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Is it the reissue pressed in clear vinyl? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-02-22, 10:40:07 (73.223.126.3)
Mine is white vinyl. I think I might have preferred clear. .......
171: Vinyl Asylum, The Late Great Townes van Zandt (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-02-21, 18:04:37 (73.223.126.3)
Earlier rumors of its awesomeness are true. .......
172: Vinyl Asylum, Just ordered it (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-02-11, 11:47:41 (73.223.126.3)
Don't know where I was at the time, but his music simply passed me by while he was around, although I had heard of him. I learned more about him from the Ken Burns "Country Music" series, and am prett .......
173: Vinyl Asylum, and where is the best starting point (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-02-05, 10:51:52 (73.223.126.3)
For some reason I have missed his entire career - sounds like a mistake. What are the essential must haves? .......
174: Vinyl Asylum, You need as many TTs as you have spouses (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-02-04, 10:44:38 (73.223.126.3)
One per system..... :-) I see a need for multiple arms- I would like to have a dedicated mono cart, but I don't understand the multiple TT concept in a single system. Seems to me you'd be better off .......
175: Vinyl Asylum, The Nott is not my primary TT any longer (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-02-01, 10:13:36 (73.223.126.3)
I should update my profile -the primary is now the Garrard 301, with a Jelco 750L arm. I'll need to check compatibility of the Jelco with an XX2, but sounds like I need to try this. .......
176: Vinyl Asylum, Dynavector XX2 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-01-31, 07:45:19 (73.223.126.3)
I know of somehow else who is sold on the Dynavector XX2, and by coincidence he also uses a Roksan Xerxes, although with an Artemiz tonearm. Providing that Uncle Sam doesn't hit me too badly when I fi .......
177: Vinyl Asylum, I find the ability to listen to carts in a comparative setting. (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-01-30, 17:34:23 (73.223.126.3)
To be really difficult, if not impossible. At home? At shows? At dealers? I am one who doesn't like to change cartridges, being kind of all thumbs, so I want something that is a set up once and stay t .......
178: Vinyl Asylum, Great day at the Record Store (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-01-26, 14:03:02 (73.223.126.3)
Going to the record store is an unguided missile kind of event - you just don't know what you will find, especially in the used sections. So I spent about $73- found a couple of new jazz LPs - first, .......
179: Vinyl Asylum, Any John Williams mavens? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-01-24, 08:25:35 (73.223.126.3)
As in the film composer, not the guitarist. I am not that much of a film music buff, actually, but the local radio station is playing some movie music on the run-up to the Oscars, and I find that ever .......
180: Speaker Asylum, That ship sailed a long time ago (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-01-11, 11:09:46 (73.223.126.3)
The increased prevalence of the direct to consumer business model means that Stereophile needed to adapt. Three such companies that come to mind are Oppo, Zu Audio and Schiit, and I am certain there a .......
181: Speaker Asylum, Anyone own QAcoustics? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-01-09, 15:39:52 (73.223.126.3)
The Concept 300 and 500 have both received excellent reviews in Stereophile. British company, mail order only in the US (although they will pay for return shipping). The floorstanding 500 made it into .......
182: Vinyl Asylum, Once you have Heart Like a Wheel (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2020-01-08, 10:50:07 (67.164.85.241)
Check out Simple Dreams, Hasten Down the Wind, and Silk Purse (the latter has Long Long Time, which demonstrates the emotion Linda could put into a song). The other recommendations are excellent as we .......
183: Vinyl Asylum, not the worst list I've seen (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-12-31, 09:07:34 (73.223.126.3)
And a tribute to the vinyl renaissance that Popular Mechanics publishes an article like this! .......
184: Vinyl Asylum, vintage and custom...and don't forget (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-12-30, 08:05:27 (73.223.126.3)
I agree about the idea of looking for a Garrard 301 and then working with one of the custom shops on the plinth - that way you can experiment with arms to your heart's content. And don't forget that .......
185: Vinyl Asylum, LOL - Florida dumb, huh? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-12-03, 09:53:27 (73.223.126.3)
I lived in Florida (Coral Gables, not that far from you) for two years in the mid-90s. Awesome experience, in so many ways, even though I am less than a fan of Florida weather. I made a number of life .......
186: Vinyl Asylum, Prices (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-11-18, 08:16:26 (73.223.126.3)
There is a lot of commentary on the high prices in the MD catalog - to be fair, they are simply posting the manufacturers' recommended prices (aka, list price) for the gear they represent. There are s .......
187: Vinyl Asylum, Music Direct Catalog arrived today (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-11-16, 15:29:13 (73.223.126.3)
Holy Cartridge! Almost 300 pages, in high gloss color. Nice picture of Joni Mitchell on the cover. The big online players (Music Direct, Acoustic Sounds and Elusive Disc) sell a lot of gear as well as .......
188: Vinyl Asylum, Awesome movie (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-11-14, 07:52:37 (73.223.126.3)
I will admit that the run-up to the attempted murder scene was creepy and too real, but I should have had more faith in Tarentino and his history-altering bent. .......
189: Vinyl Asylum, Good points, of course (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-11-13, 09:30:11 (73.223.126.3)
According to AD's article, some 65,000 301s were sold during the first run. I suspect their projections now are perhaps a few hundred per year, and while the initial run uses refurbished and/or NOS pa .......
190: Vinyl Asylum, Featuring a brand new super turntable! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-11-12, 16:35:57 (73.223.126.3)
The cover of the December 2019 Stereophile has a picture of a brand new turntable - the Garrard 301! This is, of course, the Garrard 301 as newly remanufactured by SME (now the owner of everything Gar .......
191: Vinyl Asylum, Local retailer vs. speciality online ships vs. Amazon (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-28, 08:48:24 (73.223.126.3)
I buy from all three (and also eBay). For me, Amazon is a life-saver for so many items. Saturday was my day to change my heater filter, and lo and behold, I discovered that my heater needed another 3 .......
192: Classical Court, Nor did I say that I understood Parsifal better than Gergiev (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-15, 15:53:34 (73.223.126.3)
Only that he didn't seem to understand it. Read Fogel's review that I posted below for another view of how poorly Gergiev's conducting in this piece comes off. .......
193: Classical Court, Henry Fogel's take on the Gergiev Parsifal (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-15, 15:39:05 (73.223.126.3)
This mirrors what I heard. I don't always agree with Fogel - he is a MAJOR Furtwangler-ite - but here he nails it (from a 2011 issue of Fanfare). As important as good singing and good vocal acting are .......
194: Classical Court, I have a beautiful set of the sonatas (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-15, 15:10:07 (73.223.126.3)
as played by Gieseking, courtesy of Mr. John Marks. These are original EMI releases, with wonderful jackets. I don't often listen to the Mozart sonatas, but when I do, the Gieseking set works beautifu .......
195: Vinyl Asylum, FWIW (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-15, 14:33:36 (73.223.126.3)
They have released them as individual symphonies as well. Check out the SFS Media store. I've seen them at the symphony store. .......
196: Classical Court, Ah, I was giving Chris a well-deserved hard time (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-15, 14:30:44 (73.223.126.3)
Look at the thread on Parsifal. Of course we have views on what we hear! .......
197: Classical Court, So you understand the Rach 3rd better than they do (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-15, 13:45:46 (73.223.126.3)
i.e., Trifonov and Nezet-Seguin? Sounds a bit arrogant to me. .......
198: Classical Court, I clearly expressed it as an opinion (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-14, 18:04:36 (73.223.126.3)
As in "I believe" rather than categorically saying "Gergiev does not understand Parsifal." Are you saying that I am not entitled to express an opinion here? .......
199: Classical Court, Maybe (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-14, 12:49:02 (73.223.126.3)
Or at least I am looking for someone who I find persuasive. I haven't listened to the Gergiev since it was released, since I have so many alternatives that I find to be better. I found his direction o .......
200: Classical Court, RE: Man, I acquired an absolutely flawless Philips red/silver box set of that performance just before dumping my (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-14, 10:56:21 (73.223.126.3)
Lots of copies of this out there, and it was even available as a modern reissue for a time -Speakers Corner, maybe? Upon my re-entry into vinyl, I acquired it via the 11 disc set that includes the Saw .......
201: Classical Court, Of the 3 you mention (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-14, 07:42:46 (73.223.126.3)
To me, it is an easy choice of Kna. The Solti recording, while not bad, doesn't feel to me that he lived with the work long enough before recording it, while Kna's experience with Parsifal by 1962 sho .......
202: Classical Court, Given a rave review in Fanfare, and (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-13, 11:52:29 (73.223.126.3)
For what is it worth, I consulted at a company where Natasha's mother, Natalie worked. Unfortunately, at the time, I had 0 idea of the relationship (Natalie did not make a thing of it), so I have no i .......
203: Vinyl Asylum, Wow, that was a long time ago! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-11, 08:25:22 (73.223.126.3)
My own Mahler journey started about a decade later, when I bought the Odyssey reissue of Mahler's 1st conducted by Walter. .......
204: Vinyl Asylum, Comments (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-11, 08:23:32 (73.223.126.3)
I once owned the Kletzki 4th on the Seraphim release - let it go when I downsized my vinyl collection in the early 90s, and didn't re-buy it when I started to get back into vinyl about 15 years ago. .......
205: Vinyl Asylum, Intereresting list (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-11, 08:19:11 (73.223.126.3)
I have not heard all of those but many of them. I find the choice of Kubelik for the 6th interesting - I think Kubelik drives pretty hard through that symphony. Only heard it once - actually my least .......
206: Vinyl Asylum, Favorite Mahler recordings on vinyl? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-09, 17:13:49 (73.223.126.3)
There is a discussion over on the Classical board about Mahler 1, but of course most of it revolves around silver discs and downloads. I am intrigued by the almost complete set of Kubelik recorings ( .......
207: Classical Court, tempted by these (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-09, 17:02:40 (73.223.126.3)
180 gram, late analog, gotta be higher quality than the DG. .......
208: Classical Court, Anyone heard the Kubelik Mahler recordings on Audite? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-09, 08:21:05 (73.223.126.3)
The DG Mahler 1 is justifiably famous, and I have owned it in multiple formats. About 10 years after his DG Mahler cycle, he did a series of live Mahler recordings with the Bavarians issued by Audite, .......
209: Classical Court, How wide a range of interpretation actually exists? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-08, 08:19:47 (73.223.126.3)
I know someone who has a view that the Enigma Variations is a great work, but the range of interpretation choices are so narrow that any competent performance is good enough. Can't say that I have tre .......
210: Vinyl Asylum, Always great to explore the fringes (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-10-03, 08:51:39 (73.223.126.3)
I have recently been listening to Kalinnikov symphonies, Myaskovsky symphonies and the violin concerto, and also Howard Hanson symphonies (Nordic and Romantic). I don't understand why great works like .......
211: Classical Court, RIP Jessye Norman (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-30, 16:09:03 (73.223.126.3)
Just read that Jessye Norman has died at age 74, apparently of complications from a spinal cord injury. Never heard her live, but there was no doubting the magnificence of her voice on record. ::: TOP .......
212: Vinyl Asylum, Chris/John..... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-27, 13:59:34 (73.223.126.3)
You guys are slightly sick....maybe it is the smell of the glue that gets you going..... I have had very little luck at thrift stores, FWIW. Quite a bit more at a record store where the owner doesn't .......
213: Vinyl Asylum, "Country Music" is costing me $$ (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-25, 10:55:48 (73.223.126.3)
So far, since starting to watch this, I have bought LPs by Earl Scruggs/Lester Flatt, the Byrds (did not have Sweetheart of the Rodeo), Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson, and looking .......
214: Classical Court, I think you need 2 of the complete ballet (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-23, 16:42:29 (73.223.126.3)
One conducted by the composer, and one other. For my one other, I have Dorati on Mercury. The Suite is more complex due to the 3 versions extant - the 1911, the 1919, and the 1945. Again, I think ever .......
215: Vinyl Asylum, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-23, 09:41:47 (73.223.126.3)
A few years back I was visiting my sister in Virginia, and happened to spend a couple hours of my free time visiting a couple of record stores in Fairfax. I found a beautifully pristine copy of the .......
216: Classical Court, Two that worked for me (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-20, 16:08:52 (73.223.126.3)
What I believe to be the first Wand recording (at least in stereo) of the 7th, and believe it or not, the Schuricht recording with the Hague Phil on Nonesuch. I didn't respond to the Karajan that well .......
217: Vinyl Asylum, Yes, it was! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-19, 08:57:51 (73.223.126.3)
Not to mention the segments on Elvis and (especially) Johnny Cash. And do you remember Brenda Lee as such a powerhouse singer, even at a very young age? I didn't. I also had not known that Willie Nels .......
218: Vinyl Asylum, Anyone watching Ken Burns' Country Music? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-18, 15:27:57 (73.223.126.3)
I thought the first two episodes were interesting, but just OK, but last night (title The Hillbilly Shakespeare, which was Hank Williams) was way better. I already knew a lot about Hank Williams, but .......
219: Classical Court, Different era (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-18, 11:54:26 (73.223.126.3)
That's when the majors were really the majors. I think it is different today, when labels like Channel, Pentatone, Hyperion and Chandos are probably putting out as many releases as any "major", and ye .......
220: Classical Court, J-Fi (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-18, 09:08:37 (73.223.126.3)
Chris, like you I thought she was making a mistake when she moved from Pentatone to Decca. She was Pentatone's best selling artist, and received a major opportunity to record a wide range of music. Si .......
221: Vinyl Asylum, Do cartridges have a "family" sound? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-17, 16:52:30 (73.223.126.3)
Just received my copy of TAS Oct. 2019, which features a lot of gear I will never be able to afford, or justify buying if I could. The Von Schweikert Ultra 9 is on the cover, and retails for $750,000 .......
222: Classical Court, Huh? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-16, 16:04:03 (73.223.126.3)
I haven't heard it, so couldn't say if it was good - in fact, I don't know if the Bychkov set is good, but it was just released, seems like a good value, and I have seen him conduct quite a few times .......
223: Classical Court, And now for a non-punk maestro's recordings of Tchaikovsky (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-16, 14:24:36 (73.223.126.3)
Decca has recently released Semyon Bychkov's, with the Czech Philharmonic, recordings of the symphonies (including the Manfred), the piano concertos (with Gerstein, a good pianist IMO), and a few othe .......
224: Vinyl Asylum, Awesome, congrats! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-14, 10:57:21 (73.223.126.3)
I was out of vinyl for some 20 years, but not getting the same enjoyment from music from digital sources. I did get a P3 myself, as I kept some of my vinyl collection, and one day I realized that the .......
225: Classical Court, Hmm - never thought about it before, but (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-13, 14:50:14 (73.223.126.3)
I suspect a Yamaha would be a better fit for how Gould used a piano than a more full-bodied piano. .......
226: Classical Court, Gould v Gould (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-13, 08:30:34 (73.223.126.3)
I have both Gould recordings, and while everyone went gaga over the 56 (?) version, I find the 81 version much more satisfying. .......
227: Classical Court, But... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-06, 13:55:26 (73.223.126.3)
Is there any record of Beethoven shaking hands with anyone? Somehow it feels like Beethoven would have been more likely to make other gestures. (FWIW, Beethoven is easily my favorite composer......-) .......
228: Classical Court, Walter made a lot of great recordings (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-06, 08:18:29 (73.223.126.3)
Some that I have really enjoyed are: The stereo Brahms cycle (there are some who prefer the mono cycle, of course, but I find the sound a little thin). The Mahler - actually I have not heard the comme .......
229: Vinyl Asylum, I once owned one (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-04, 14:22:33 (73.223.126.3)
It makes great music, and I don't think you would be unhappy with it. .......
230: Classical Court, Olof is mentioned often in Culshaw's books (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-09-04, 09:31:08 (73.223.126.3)
Both in Ring Resounding and Putting the Record Straight. I believe he was senior to Culshaw at Decca. I would need to go back and read the references in order to summarize, but the first one I read wa .......
231: Classical Court, Heard on the radio today (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-27, 18:04:24 (73.223.126.3)
While driving to a client, I heard a performance of the "Lebewohl" (or "Les Adieux") sonata by Beethoven. I didn't catch the pianist's name before the start, but I did hear the entire sonata. Wow, not .......
232: Classical Court, Liapunov, huh? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-27, 17:51:46 (73.223.126.3)
There seems to be no end of obscure Russian composers. In fact, this one was so obscure that I found no mention of Liapunov on the arkivmusic site- of course, that's because they spell his name Lyapun .......
233: Classical Court, Kalinnikov 2nd symphony (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-26, 17:12:33 (73.223.126.3)
I enjoyed my LP of Kondrashin conducting the Kalinnikov 1st Symphony so much that I decided to follow up and acquire the Svetlanov recording of the 2nd. That one was more a stretch, in that I already .......
234: Classical Court, She was fortunate they could provide a replacment (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-26, 09:10:39 (73.223.126.3)
I once attended a concert at Royce Hall (UCLA campus), where the pianist, Garrick Ohlsson, broke a string in the first half, and gave a little speech before intermission, indicating that the string wo .......
235: Classical Court, Kleiber's Fledermaus (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-21, 14:20:59 (73.223.126.3)
I don't own it but I've heard it, and personally I find Ivan Rebroff as Orlovsky over the top - he uses a campy falsetto for the part which I find doesn't wear well. YMMV, but for me, I prefer one of .......
236: Classical Court, We really get into these, don't we (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-21, 09:14:22 (73.223.126.3)
For example, even though I am not a fan of Janowski's conducting, I found myself acquiring the complete Pentatone Wagner recordings, made with Janowski at the helm. More positively, I also acquired Br .......
237: Classical Court, The Melos Quartet and Schubert (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-21, 09:10:16 (73.223.126.3)
I once heard an all-Schubert concert given by the Melos Quartet in the Herkulesaal in Munich - I was in Munich for a 3 week work project, and happened to score a ticket. Really a superb evening. I own .......
238: Vinyl Asylum, You mean the Spencer Davis Group? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-20, 18:02:31 (73.223.126.3)
AKA his band before Traffic? Let's face it, he's been around. Great career. .......
239: Vinyl Asylum, Anyone springing for the Traffic Box Set? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-20, 11:59:15 (73.223.126.3)
Rave review in the latest issue of TAS. Somehow during the day I missed most of Traffic, except for John Barleycorn is Dead. Later became a huge Dave Mason fan, but don't know the Traffic stuff. Any t .......
240: Classical Court, Haven't heard those (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-12, 11:51:16 (73.223.126.3)
I have managed to collect quite a few recordings of Brahms symphonies, and I might be happy with just 3 - this Abbado set, the Walter stereo, and the Szell. .......
241: Classical Court, My favorite Abbado (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-12, 09:29:04 (73.223.126.3)
BTW, I was listening to the same performance, broadcast here in SF on KDFC, and to me it seemed really good, not knowing who was conducting. I haven't always found Abbado to be the most enlivening con .......
242: Vinyl Asylum, And, the votes for top Richter recordings? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-09, 11:21:32 (73.223.126.3)
My own list is probably pretty weak, as I don't have a HUGE set of Richters - but I would have to include the Mussorgsky Pictures and the Liszt piano concertos - in both cases, so definitive that I do .......
243: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Great recording of Vivaldi's La Stravaganza (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-07, 13:45:12 (73.223.126.3)
I have it on SACD (purchased years ago) and concur with your assessment of the performance. I purchased the companion Four Seasons on LP, and also concur with your assessment of the product quality. : .......
244: Vinyl Asylum, Quality of Melodiya vinyl (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-05, 15:46:24 (73.223.126.3)
I started a thread on the classical forum about the Kalinnikov Symphony 1 recently. Just as a recap, a reviewer in the magazine Fanfare who I find reliable (James Altena) published a very positive men .......
245: Classical Court, Chris, not sure of what point you are trying to make (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-04, 11:10:57 (73.223.126.3)
Although, as pointed out, you are probably mostly trolling. For my ears, the Zesto room (which I visited 3 times, once with you) was the most natural sounding room in the entire show. Like you, I foun .......
246: Classical Court, long article on various performances of various version of Mahler 10 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-08-01, 14:44:41 (12.201.4.178)
I don't know how current this is, and actually haven't read the full thing, but here it is. .......
247: Classical Court, Mine was more complete than yours, anyway (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-31, 16:02:05 (73.223.126.3)
:-) .......
248: Classical Court, Oh, and to add on the Bruckner (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-31, 15:27:48 (73.223.126.3)
Apparently some of the source materials have been discovered only recently, hence the large number of completions. The anecdote seems to be that one of the folks notorious for their re-inventions of B .......
249: Classical Court, Actually, there are many completions of Mahler's 10th vying for your attention (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-31, 15:22:29 (73.223.126.3)
Cooke did 3, Wheeler has apparently done 4 (!), and there are versions by Carpenter, Mazzetti (2, from what I read), Barshai, Samale/Mazzucca, and Gamzou. Cooke is certainly the standard, and Carpente .......
250: Classical Court, As I mentioned to you (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-31, 09:30:42 (73.223.126.3)
At the show, but expanding on this for everyone's benefit :-), my exposure to Honeck has been a single live concert and a hearing of his Beethoven 5th recording on KDFC. My view, based on this limited .......
251: Classical Court, RE: Don't foreget the Merrill TT (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-30, 14:55:43 (73.223.126.3)
...I know how to spell forget......- .......
252: Classical Court, Don't foreget the Merrill TT (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-30, 09:03:09 (73.223.126.3)
That you really liked in the Zesto room! I know that you really want one! JK, but looking forward to the rest of your report. .......
253: General Asylum, What I heard from a local retailer (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-29, 09:29:12 (73.223.126.3)
About a month ago I visited a retailer in SF who carries a number of lines I find interesting (and most of you would, too). Without me bringing it up, he mentioned that the show's promoter seems to ha .......
254: General Asylum, Attended yesterday (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-27, 10:58:17 (73.223.126.3)
What is disappointing is that every year the show gets smaller, but, as you said, there are some great rooms. My favorite was the Zesto room, which featured a Merrill TT, Zesto electronics, and Joseph .......
255: Classical Court, Altena's assessment of various versions (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-24, 17:03:07 (73.223.126.3)
Apparently there are diverse views on how to handle the reprise of the theme from the second movement in the finale to the end - and that some of the conductors interpret the indications to broaden th .......
256: Classical Court, Just bought the LP on eBay (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-24, 14:42:40 (73.223.126.3)
Not that expensive. Doesn't have the Balakirev though. .......
257: Classical Court, RE: I enjoy both Kalinnikov symphonies, but I haven't delved into comparative performances of them (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-24, 10:53:57 (73.223.126.3)
Yes, I was pretty sure that you would be a fan, given statements you have made about composers like Rimski and Borodin. Off this topic, but another thing I learned this from this Fanfareissue was tha .......
258: Classical Court, Any Kalinnikov mavens? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-24, 10:02:48 (73.223.126.3)
Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901) certainly would qualify as one of those composers who died too young. In the July/August 2019 issue of Fanfare, reviewer James Altena (someone who I have found knows his .......
259: Classical Court, Let us know how they are (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-24, 08:32:09 (73.223.126.3)
I cut my teeth on Bernstein's first (Columbia) set while in high school - I had a summer job, decided I needed a set of Beethoven symphonies, and ended up with that one, probably because Bernstein was .......
260: Classical Court, LOL (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-23, 17:49:35 (73.223.126.3)
He is a dork, but he has a great gig, right? .......
261: Classical Court, August 2014 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-23, 16:59:52 (73.223.126.3)
No doubt it has changed much since you were there. I can't remember the place we stayed but it was close to Wenceslas Square - and connected to one of the Beer Spas in Prague. So a beer spa is wort .......
262: Classical Court, More on Smetana and Prague (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-23, 10:07:38 (73.223.126.3)
I don't know for certain, but my theory is that Smetana takes pride of place for the Czechs over Dvorak due to the fact that he was the creator of opera in the Czech language. Outside of Czechia (t .......
263: Classical Court, Carmel Bach Festival (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-23, 09:53:48 (73.223.126.3)
At one time in my life I was a relatively frequent visitor to the Carmel Bach Festival. Haven't been for years, and actually haven't even thought about it for some time. There was a time when the Fest .......
264: Vinyl Asylum, McCartney's Amoeba's Gig (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-21, 11:22:37 (73.223.126.3)
I have long owned the 4 song EP of the famous McCartney concert done at the Hollywood Amoeba back in 2007. I think this came in maybe 09 or so, and it was called Amoeba's Secret. The four songs were O .......
265: Classical Court, Sure we do! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-21, 11:14:18 (73.223.126.3)
I have started a few threads on classical LPs on the Vinyl Thread, and usually get a response. Heck, even Chris trolls over there and usually responds - I think in secret he pines for vinyl! Anyone, .......
266: Classical Court, Look at Haydn and Wagner (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-18, 08:54:24 (73.223.126.3)
Haydn was 77 when he died - Beethoven just under 57. Haydn also composed some of greatest works in his later years. Wagner was 69 when he died - Mahler died at 51. Imagine Beethoven and Mahler with .......
267: Speaker Asylum, Boy, I don't agree with this thread (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-17, 17:19:02 (73.223.126.3)
1. The LS50's are really, really good speakers. You should only comment on the quality if you have heard them. 2. You don't need to buy Reference 1 stands for these - I paid a few hundred dollars for .......
268: Classical Court, Musing on composers who died too soon (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-17, 15:39:10 (73.223.126.3)
So sometimes my job bores me to tears, and I start thinking about stuff like this. What would it have been like if.....fill in the blank. One of these is to consider the careers of composers who sadly .......
269: Speaker Asylum, Not their first rodeo at this price (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-16, 16:56:22 (73.223.126.3)
I bought a pair about 18 months ago at this price. Great value. .......
270: Classical Court, Only aware of 1 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-14, 14:16:35 (73.223.126.3)
Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, with Fischer-Dieskau, recorded by EMI. Arkiv music also lists what look like some live performances of this cycle as well. I always have felt that DFD's recording with .......
271: Classical Court, I have been waiting to see if someone else would jump on this (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-14, 12:13:39 (73.223.126.3)
And I can understand your point. Since I am not a Furtwangler fan, I have not given the matter much thought before, but certainly there must have been quite a few high-ranking Nazi's in attendance. On .......
272: Classical Court, For you Wilhelm Furtwangler fans (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-12, 13:28:14 (73.223.126.3)
A 22 SACD set containing all of the existing Berlin Philharmonic radio broadcasts with Furtwangler at the helm. Just read the rave review given by Fanfare critic and former Chicago Symphony president .......
273: Classical Court, Huh...28 recordings listed at arkivmusic (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-10, 13:45:52 (73.223.126.3)
And he is the ONLY composer noted by anyone that I had never heard of before. Well, learning is one of the reasons we come to this site. .......
274: Classical Court, Is ignorance bliss? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-10, 13:25:04 (73.223.126.3)
Never heard of Kasputin. .......
275: Classical Court, Some preliminary findings (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-09, 09:03:23 (73.223.126.3)
Wow, there are some 29 composers mentioned, and only 5 of those received multiple votes! Stravinsky received 4, and Scriabin, Ligeti, Bartok and Cage each received 2 votes. John Marks gave Britten a t .......
276: Classical Court, OK, here is a poll....most original composers of the 20th century? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-08, 14:25:47 (73.223.126.3)
The thread on Berlioz got me thinking about something that the music writer and critic B.H. Haggin once wrote, which was that the two great originals of the 19th century were Berlioz and Mussorgsky. I .......
277: Speaker Asylum, RE: KEF LS50 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-08, 14:08:24 (73.223.126.3)
I have not heard the Harbeth P3ESR, but I have heard the Harbeth 30.2 and the Harbeth Super HNL5Plus, and I prefer the KEF LS50s to either of those speakers. For everything that I have read about them .......
278: Classical Court, Which LSO version? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-08, 14:04:34 (73.223.126.3)
:-) The first one was in the 60s with the LSO on Philips, and the last of the 4 recordings (that I know of) of the SF by C. Davis was also with the LSO, in what seems to be the year 2000. It turns ou .......
279: Classical Court, Guilty pleasures (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-08, 11:40:57 (73.223.126.3)
I have always viewed Berlioz as a romantic classicist - despite his reputation and use of original forms (is there anything else before Berlioz remotely like "Harold In Italy"?) - there is almost alwa .......
280: Classical Court, I was there Saturday Night (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-03, 19:35:56 (73.223.126.3)
According to the SV Symphony web site, the opening piece was Beethoven's Egmont Overture. For you, you thought the Sibelius was adequate - I don't think I was calling it superb, but deserved a much be .......
281: Classical Court, Nakamatsu (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-03, 09:43:55 (73.223.126.3)
No, I haven't heard this one. Chris, I know that you are close to Nakamatsu...-.and I also know that a single concert is insufficient basis on which to form an opinion. But....of course, I did. I hear .......
282: Classical Court, Rhapsody in Blue (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-07-03, 08:23:58 (73.223.126.3)
Hackneyed though it is, it is really a great piece. Was listening to a broadcast of Americana last night and had the urge to hear it, something I haven't done for ages. My introduction to this piece w .......
283: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Traveling Wilburys Box (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-30, 16:57:50 (99.203.42.39)
No idea, unfortunately. I was doing CDs when the Traveling Wilburys stuff first came out. Never heard an original LP. .......
284: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Traveling Wilburys Box (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-30, 12:02:39 (73.223.126.3)
I bought the Rhino reissue (an earlier incarnation, I believe) when it first came out some ten years ago. For me, THE best things in the box are the extended versions of "End of the Line" and "Handle .......
285: Classical Court, Found one last night that I hadn't remembered (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-29, 14:17:35 (73.223.126.3)
I have the RCA LP of Steinberg conducting the BSO in the Great C Major. Recording and performance are both OK, but nothing special. I always think of Steinberg and the BSO as a DG initiative, but it .......
286: Classical Court, But - one would think (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-28, 10:42:06 (73.223.126.3)
That moving from Andante to Allegro ma non troppo would imply an accelerando, no? Just checking back reviews in Fanfare, and of course there is disagreement over the effectiveness of this approach, a .......
287: Speaker Asylum, KEF LS50 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-28, 08:23:02 (73.223.126.3)
Well, it does look nice - but it is also a great sounding speaker (not for the money - period). .......
288: Classical Court, You really think so? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-27, 17:13:32 (73.223.126.3)
Giulini was an exceptionally thoughtful conductor, but....why would he be the sole one (to my knowledge) to be right on this? BTW - as a music professional - can you describe how he interpreted this - .......
289: Classical Court, Walter and Schubert (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-27, 17:10:59 (73.223.126.3)
While I am no maven on the 5th, his performance of that seemed really fine to me as well - I bought the 2-LP set that contained the 5th, Unfinished, and Great C-Major .......
290: Classical Court, Schubert symphonies - several versions of the 9th I don't like (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-27, 15:19:54 (73.223.126.3)
I don't have much of an opinion on any of the Schubert symphonies besides the Great C-Major, which in my lifetime has been the 9th, the 7th and the 8th - I believe it is back to being the 9th now. The .......
291: Vinyl Asylum, Don't know if I have all, but I have a ton and (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-26, 17:33:03 (73.223.126.3)
He really wrote a lot of great songs. "Fountain of Sorrow" might be #1 on my list, but are so, so many. .......
292: Vinyl Asylum, The BEATLES Vinyl Buyer's Bible (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-24, 14:24:48 (73.223.126.3)
Found this yesterday at Barnes and Noble - essentially a heavy magazine format. Published in the UK, it focuses on the UK releases, and even gives advise on "how to buy them" - how to spot valuable ra .......
293: Classical Court, That explains it (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-14, 11:53:28 (73.223.126.3)
Thanks. We have a different view of what Beethoven was trying to say. .......
294: Classical Court, Not what I hear (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-14, 09:49:43 (73.223.126.3)
But to each his own. Curious about the Beethoven you like, though. .......
295: Speaker Asylum, RE: Audio in the SF Bay Area (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-14, 07:51:30 (73.223.126.3)
Yes, that one. I have attended twice - the first time a few years back when it was near the SF Airport, and last year, near the Oakland airport. It was larger a few years back - fairly small last year .......
296: Classical Court, My .02 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-14, 07:48:52 (73.223.126.3)
It is an outstanding cycle. .......
297: Speaker Asylum, Interesting set up - no vinyl source? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 15:02:05 (73.223.126.3)
I don't often do vintage, but perhaps my Garrard 301 counts. Very robust construction of course. Also have a Technics RS1520 RTR which probably counts, and at this stage, my Sony XA9000ES SACD player .......
298: Speaker Asylum, I see.... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 14:43:26 (73.223.126.3)
I supposed that I should have known better. .......
299: Speaker Asylum, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 12:59:10 (73.223.126.3)
Impressive list of brands. .......
300: Vinyl Asylum, Mehta.... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 12:56:48 (73.223.126.3)
So I lived in LA from 75-80, and subscribed to the LA Phil during the time. Heard Mehta several times as well as Giulini. Also, because Mehta was popular in LA, a number of friends owned his recording .......
301: Classical Court, Yes (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 11:27:39 (73.223.126.3)
To me, it was one of his better pieces, but when I heard it live a couple years back (MTT conducting), I kept saying to myself, OMG, I can't believe he is getting away with that....and what "that" is, .......
302: Classical Court, RE: Reiner's '54 Heldenleben (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 09:54:09 (73.223.126.3)
I don't know of a better performance for this cheesy but fun work. (I take Strauss at his word when he claimed that he is a first-class second rate composer.) .......
303: Speaker Asylum, RE: Ha! You'd be lucky to find it at that price! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 09:24:51 (73.223.126.3)
Can you share what system you have? Didn't see it on the list of inmate systems. Also - do you have a dealer around here you work with? I have been a solid-state guy all of my life, but I have been im .......
304: Vinyl Asylum, Reiner and Kempe for me. (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 07:50:34 (73.223.126.3)
The Symphonia Domestic didn't make it into the Karajan box and I don't see a Karajan recording on arkivmusic so maybe that's one he didn't get around to. Not really a fan of either Mehta nor Janowsk .......
305: Speaker Asylum, If I see him I will... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-12, 07:35:01 (73.223.126.3)
The Joseph Audio web site does not list the dealer network, and an inquiry I sent via the contact us form (on amplifier compatibility) went unanswered. I suspect that Joseph Audio is about a 5 person .......
306: Speaker Asylum, What it means (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-11, 17:02:11 (73.223.126.3)
For a brief time I was the only one in the Joseph suite. Thought he was a dealer, so I shook his hand and asked him his name....."Jeff Joseph"....anyway, I wanted to hear some classical so I asked hi .......
307: Vinyl Asylum, I don't think Chris would take that (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-11, 16:57:02 (73.223.126.3)
Even if he should, if he knows what is good for him. But he doesn't. I would, though! :-) .......
308: Speaker Asylum, Ha! You'd be lucky to find it at that price! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-11, 14:35:50 (73.223.126.3)
Maybe you've hit on something.....I actually wondered if it were more of a cultural thing - "technology" has taught folks here to accept compromised sound for the sake of convenience, so perhaps there .......
309: Speaker Asylum, Audio in the SF Bay Area (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-11, 13:29:48 (73.223.126.3)
The latest issue of Stereophile has reviews of a number of interesting speakers, from Graham and Falcon (compared to each other) and the new Joseph Audio Perspective Graphene - and none of them seem t .......
310: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Kempe EMI traversal..... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-10, 17:57:16 (73.223.126.3)
Yes, the Kempe set receives a lot of love. I own 3 EMI boxes of his Strauss recordings, which probably had 10 LPs and is quite complete. I also have all of the Reiners on RCA which seem to me to have .......
311: Vinyl Asylum, Reissue of Szell's Symphonia Domestica (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-10, 15:32:43 (73.223.126.3)
Coming in July from Speaker's Corner, on 180 gram vinyl, according to Elusive Disc.. Have to tell you that this one surprises me a bit. Not necessarily top drawer Strauss, and while Szell was a fine c .......
312: Classical Court, Yes, but.... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-07, 12:03:06 (73.223.126.3)
I remember CLO very well, and in fact, he has a new (and I believe) self published book out on the current state of opera. I haven't read it. DFD was not George London nor was he Hans Hotter, but the .......
313: Classical Court, Here's a vote FOR DFD's Wotan (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-07, 07:52:55 (73.223.126.3)
I don't see DFD in Walkure or Siegfried as Wotan/Wanderer (and Thomas Stewart, a great Wagnerian fills in admirably) but I think he portrays the sleazy nature of the Rheingold Wotan to perfection. Le .......
314: Classical Court, Me, too (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-06, 09:07:37 (73.223.126.3)
I was always put off by the unrestrained adulation Hvk received from the English press while he was alive, and didn't take an objective view of what he actually was doing. Since then, I listened with .......
315: Classical Court, Raw numbers (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-05, 15:44:44 (73.223.126.3)
Meaning that it includes BluRays (I think he has led quite a few) and multiple packagine, but the Dude's numbers were raw as well. .......
316: Classical Court, Also interesting (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-05, 14:47:47 (73.223.126.3)
How many of these posters want to discuss artistic merit rather than the point of the post, which is Who Da Man! As John Marks put it, there is no one today with the right mindshare quotient. Dudamel .......
317: Classical Court, Speaking of conductors (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-05, 12:24:59 (73.223.126.3)
I just read that MTT will be out of action for 3 months for heart surgery. I wish him well. He is supposed to return in time for the opening of the next SFS season in September, his final season as mu .......
318: Classical Court, Thanks, please do (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-05, 11:32:56 (73.223.126.3)
That would be very interesting to hear about. .......
319: Classical Court, Not really my point, but more on Grammy awards (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-05, 07:57:29 (73.223.126.3)
TWB - you keep wanting to bring this argument to the realm of artistic merit, which really wasn't my point. Anyway, Boulez won 26, second to Solti in the classical realm. I note that you don't have hi .......
320: Classical Court, It is heresy, but... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-05, 07:36:06 (73.223.126.3)
I agree with you. I have done some head to head comparisons of Kleiber recordings to other conductors, and while I find the Kleiber recordings to be fine, externally, to my ears he misses the final to .......
321: Classical Court, Perceptive! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-04, 16:19:22 (73.223.126.3)
Well, maybe that is because I agree with you! Well, Stokie made some great records, even if Toscanini considered him to be a clown. And I was really impressed with Nelsons in the concert I attended (n .......
322: Classical Court, No on Solti, because.... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-04, 14:39:23 (73.223.126.3)
As I noted in the original post, Solti and Bernstein were HvK's two closest competitors, but I discarded Bernstein due to the fact that he wanted to just conduct and compose, and didn't hold another a .......
323: Classical Court, Nah, repertoire shouldn't matter (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-04, 12:34:04 (73.223.126.3)
If (s)he is the top dog, it will be clear. And they will be conducting, as Toscanini and Karajan did, a broad repertoire. .......
324: Classical Court, Posing another question - who is today's leading conductor? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-04, 11:02:59 (73.223.126.3)
I have been around long enough to be aware of a sense of conducting hierarchy, that there is likely a "top dog" in the conducting profession. You have to think about this in terms of positions held, p .......
325: Classical Court, Schuricht and Mahler (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-03, 09:33:38 (73.223.126.3)
As you point out, Schuricht was an early Mahler advocate and continued to conduct his music outside of Germany after Mahler was banned in Germany. Looks like you can buy his performance of Das Lied wi .......
326: Classical Court, eBay pricing for his LPs (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-03, 07:51:42 (73.223.126.3)
I was a little shocked by the high prices for some of his other recordings as well - the Beethoven LPs are priced very high. .......
327: Classical Court, AnyCarl Schuricht mavens out there? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-02, 20:29:03 (73.223.126.3)
For Americans, I believe that the conductor Carl Schuricht is an obscure figure - he was mostly active in Central Europe and seems to have spent very little time in the US and certainly never held a p .......
328: Vinyl Asylum, My local vinyl shop had 1 Steve Goodman in stcok (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-06-02, 17:47:06 (73.223.126.3)
Say It in Private - no idea if it is any good or not...but 2.99 .......
329: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Analogue Productions re-issue (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-31, 10:44:50 (73.223.126.3)
+1 Wish they would do a re-issue of Catch Bull at Four - my copy is quite worn. .......
330: Vinyl Asylum, Arlo v. Willie v. Steve (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-29, 15:34:27 (73.223.126.3)
My wife and I rode the Verde Canyon Railroad last Sunday while in Sedona, Arizona for a short weekend getaway. Quick hits - the pictures you see of Sedona on line and on YouTube don't do justice to th .......
331: Vinyl Asylum, Not really a one-off (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-23, 16:21:20 (73.223.126.3)
I have been at this a long time, trying a variety of formats, including RTR and SACD. I loved CDs when they first came out for their convenience, longer play and seeming indestructibility (we found ou .......
332: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Maazel/VPO Sibelius on Decca/London is excellent IMO. nt (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-23, 11:59:25 (73.223.126.3)
A valid choice. I have the Maazel cycle on LP as well. I just think that Szell cuts closer to the heart in the 2nd that anyone else I have heard. .......
333: Vinyl Asylum, LPs you are missing :-) (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-23, 11:29:22 (73.223.126.3)
This is a great set of LPs, and while some might quibble (as I did) over a performance here or there, you will get a ton of hours of musical enjoyment from these. Once you have absorbed these, there a .......
334: Vinyl Asylum, An area where Heifetz might be underappreciated (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-22, 16:31:26 (73.223.126.3)
His dedication to and achievement in chamber music. I have the complete Beethoven sonata set and also a few of the Beethoven trio recordings he made - makes me want to seek out more. Actually, he wa .......
335: Vinyl Asylum, RE: As if I need more proof of vinyl superiority over CD (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-22, 15:53:57 (73.223.126.3)
Nope - my Blue Note LP is recent - has two copyright dates on it - 2014 and 2012. I think I mentioned that I have had the CD for a very long time - not sure of the date. .......
336: Vinyl Asylum, As if I need more proof of vinyl superiority over CD (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-22, 11:24:00 (73.223.126.3)
I have longed owned Horace Silver's Song for My Father (the place where Steely Dan copied the opening for Rikki Don't Lose That Number) on CD - but recently decided to spring for the Blue Note LP reis .......
337: Vinyl Asylum, Wow (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-22, 10:45:00 (73.223.126.3)
That is like a basic list of great RCA recordings. I will say that Monteux's recording of the Sibelius 2 is not my favorite of that symphony. It is a famous recording and others like it better than I .......
338: Classical Court, Solti was an important opera conductor (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-22, 08:05:26 (73.223.126.3)
And made many important recordings. Sorry that opera is not your thing - it is magnificent when done well. So which are your favorite Solti recordings? .......
339: Classical Court, Mostly I am pro-Solti (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-21, 14:27:45 (73.223.126.3)
I still think his Ring is the best, and of his other Wagner recordings, I think highly of his Tannhauser, and I think he made THE best recordings of several Mozart operas (Marriage of Figaro and Magic .......
340: Classical Court, Haitink's Bruckner (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-21, 11:04:32 (73.223.126.3)
I once owned the 3rd, 4th and 5th from that series and found them kind of snoozeworthy - of course, I am not really a Brucknerite. For the 3rd, my preference is Szell, in the 4th, Klemperer (surprisin .......
341: Classical Court, Haitink on record (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-21, 08:55:46 (73.223.126.3)
In general, I have found his recorded legacy to be somewhat dull, but not always. Back in the peak SACD days (maybe 2005?) there was an SACD club that allowed you to get a monthly SACD pretty cheap - .......
342: Classical Court, Solti's Mahler 7 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-20, 10:54:26 (73.223.126.3)
I had to donate my tickets for the SF Symphony playing Mahler's 7th last Saturday night, under MTT, so in consolation I pulled out a recording I had not heard in a very, very long time - Solti conduct .......
343: Hi-Rez Highway, McIntosh v. McIntosh (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-19, 14:18:07 (73.223.126.3)
In my quest to find a replacement for my Sony SCD XA9000ES - e.g., an SACD player that supports multichannel - I did see that McIntosh offers the MVP901, which is listed as a home theater product but .......
344: Hi-Rez Highway, And: how does in sound in SACD? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-18, 10:34:13 (73.223.126.3)
My XA9000ES continues to refuse to play certain SACDs, so right now I am playing Adam Fischer's recording of Haydn 97 and 102 on MDG on my Oppo BDP-105 - and it just doesn't sound as good as the Sony .......
345: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Shaded Dog (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-17, 17:38:28 (73.223.126.3)
Sure, these are famous records and for good reasons as you point out. I will bet that quite a few inmates have most if not all of what you picked up. Can you list them all? .......
346: Hi-Rez Highway, So: (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-16, 12:09:30 (73.223.126.3)
I read one review on Amazon where the guy say he uses this unit ONLY for SACD playback, and it is better that the dedicated Sony player (the 770 ES) that it replaced. Are you using it for multichannel .......
347: Classical Court, It doesn't, but (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-16, 12:02:47 (73.223.126.3)
who is going to make you post it someplace else? :-) .......
348: Hi-Rez Highway, Sony... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-15, 10:31:25 (73.223.126.3)
I can feel my hair turning gray(er) while I wait..... .......
349: Vinyl Asylum, I did not know that (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-13, 17:41:08 (73.223.126.3)
As said on Wayne's World. Always thought Tide is High was kind of a cool mixture of Reggae with Mariachi overtones.... Had to look up to see if in fact Rapture was an original Blondie song..which it w .......
350: Classical Court, Tenor Michael Fabiano (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-10, 11:17:21 (73.223.126.3)
Just received an email from Pentatone announcing the release of Michael Fabiano's first solo album, and ordered it. I have heard him live twice, once in La Boheme and once in Luisa Miller, and at leas .......
351: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Multichannel SACD players....any out there? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-09, 16:53:06 (73.223.126.3)
I have an Oppo BDP 105 that I use for BluRay and video streaming. Yeah, and it plays SACDs as well. I don't think it sounds as sweet as the Sony. My budget would stretch to the Mark Levinson (announce .......
352: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Or just give in and rip them. (NT) (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-09, 16:48:55 (73.223.126.3)
Not for me. I spend all day with technology and my computer...when I listen to music I prefer not to be doing something that feels like work. .......
353: Hi-Rez Highway, Multichannel SACD players....any out there? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-09, 15:25:31 (73.223.126.3)
My venerable and beloved Sony SCDXA9000ES is becoming increasingly temperamental. I purchased it in maybe 2004, and it has been to Sony repair once before for failing to read certain discs, and increa .......
354: Vinyl Asylum, Either.... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-09, 14:46:43 (73.223.126.3)
a set of avant-garde drums, or a proctologist's workbench! .......
355: Vinyl Asylum, LOL (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-09, 11:43:48 (73.223.126.3)
Wow, those speakers would make some kind of statement, although I am not sure which one. I just checked out the VPI current line. If I were to go for a VPI TT, I would be looking at the "bespoke" line .......
356: Vinyl Asylum, Looks are in the eye of the beholder, right? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-09, 08:42:50 (73.223.126.3)
I personally think the VPI Prime looks cold and sterile. YMMV. .......
357: Vinyl Asylum, Tompkins Square, revisited (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-08, 17:04:37 (73.223.126.3)
I mentioned below that I had ordered an LP from Tompkins Square, and there was a question about the arrival time and packaging - both exceeded my expectations actually - the LP arrived less than a wee .......
358: Classical Court, Dude..... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-06, 15:46:49 (73.223.126.3)
Copies of this are/were easily available on the used market, and it would have been a cinch to have replaced the side with the long scratch (which probably was caused by some carelessness, right?) wit .......
359: Classical Court, Bjoerling (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-06, 13:01:47 (73.223.126.3)
Well, I do count myself as a Bjoerling fan but Corelli's voice was a different kettle of fish entirely. Boy, was the world blessed with tenors in those days. .......
360: Classical Court, Turandot (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-06, 11:33:29 (73.223.126.3)
Definitely pronounced with the "t". I like the Nilsson/Bjoering better than the commercial Nilsson/Corelli - maybe it is the conducting or maybe the fact that Corelli doesn't hold the last note of Nes .......
361: Classical Court, You gave that up? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-06, 11:20:48 (73.223.126.3)
I hope it went to a good home.... .......
362: Vinyl Asylum, I will post when it arrives (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-01, 10:41:23 (73.223.126.3)
I don't have it yet. .......
363: Vinyl Asylum, Just purchased an LP from Tompkins Square (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-01, 08:43:39 (73.223.126.3)
Kinloch Nelson - Partly on Time. A set of recordings made for solo guitar back in 68-70. Listened to the on-line except and thought this would be something I would like, in the style of some of the Wi .......
364: Classical Court, Malkki is building quite a resume (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-05-01, 08:34:02 (73.223.126.3)
Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic and Principal Guest Conductor of the LA Phil. Saw her conduct the Beethoven 3rd piano concerto (with Peres as soloist) and the Sibelius 5th with the SF Sym .......
365: Vinyl Asylum, I suscribed to both High Fidelity and Stereo Review (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-28, 19:13:52 (73.223.126.3)
And felt that High Fidelity was a superior magazine - way ahead in in-depth coverage of classical music, for example - the comparative discographies were something to behold - and the equipment review .......
366: Classical Court, Who is this? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-26, 11:45:41 (73.223.126.3)
I recognize Nakamatsu, having seen him in concert, but who is the babe on the right of the picture? .......
367: Vinyl Asylum, All Things Must Pass (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-25, 15:58:11 (73.223.126.3)
Is the 3 LP set released by George shortly after the Beatles broke up. Produced by Phil Spector. I first bought the Spectorized Let It Be back in 1970 or so when it first came out. That one might hav .......
368: Vinyl Asylum, Disagree, of course (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-25, 08:43:16 (73.223.126.3)
Sorry, I have been misspelling his name - Spector. Fortunately, he was not involved in the recording process process, so Paul and the EMI folks were able to strip out his post-production changes. My c .......
369: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Need to revisit that album... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-24, 16:31:22 (73.223.126.3)
Well - Let It Be-Naked IS the original, as the Beatles left the tapes, and the original issue of Let It Be is....well, I should leave this be before I confuse myself. The poster child of what was done .......
370: Classical Court, The Stokies (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-24, 16:24:30 (73.223.126.3)
Just checked my record shelf and I have both on LP, but the first one that came to my attention was the RCA, which, as you say, has good sound. I am not sure that I have listened to the Phase-4 yet. .......
371: Vinyl Asylum, Let It Be: Naked (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-24, 11:38:27 (12.201.4.178)
I found, even when I bought it on first release, that Let It Be was really weak. A few years back I bought the re-done Let It Be Naked which strips out the post production Specterized additions - make .......
372: Vinyl Asylum, A high school English teacher's take on Sgt. Pepper songs (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-24, 08:47:04 (73.223.126.3)
She's Leaving Home - in Mr. Brown's view, the lyrics are actually sarcastic, and show the young lady leaving as quite shallow (as she ends up with a man in the motor trade, and is now happy). Not sure .......
373: Classical Court, Scheherazade (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-24, 08:30:31 (73.223.126.3)
This is one for which you are likely to get a ton of recommendations. As jdaniels mentions, the Reiner is typically highly recommended, but while I found it well-recorded and played, it was also a tou .......
374: Vinyl Asylum, Sgt. Pepper (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-21, 14:34:30 (73.223.126.3)
It would be interesting to throw in the 50th anniversary remix into this...the 2012 Beatles stereo issues were, IMHO, subpar due to the limitations of the digital masters used, while the mono reissues .......
375: Vinyl Asylum, Are they the Guilty Ones now? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-19, 13:28:30 (73.223.126.3)
I believe he started with the Guilty Men, and then moved to an all-female backup group, so they became the Guilty Women. Mixed sex now? Regardless, I have always found this to be hysterical. ::: TOPI .......
376: Vinyl Asylum, Cool (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-19, 10:58:49 (73.223.126.3)
I'll be looking for this one. Enjoyed seeing Dave live with his Guilty Women back a few years at the Not Strictly Bluegrass festival. .......
377: Classical Court, I was there for the Requiem as well (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-19, 10:57:28 (73.223.126.3)
I recall being disappointed that he didn't use the entire hall for the brass choirs, instead having them situated around the stage - Ozawa did when I first heard the Requiem back in the early 70's. St .......
378: Classical Court, My views on Dutoit are based 100% on live performances (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-18, 16:39:22 (73.223.126.3)
Works I have seen him perform include The Planets, Don Quixote, Damnation of Faust, Harold in Italy, the Shostakovich 11th and other, including the Firebird Suite, which didn't come off well due to po .......
379: Classical Court, Mars the Bringer of War (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-18, 08:44:14 (73.223.126.3)
Steinberg does take it at a fast pace - others seem slow and cautious after hearing this. One may call it frenetic or one may call it impactful. .......
380: Classical Court, Disagree on Dutoit (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-17, 16:33:42 (73.223.126.3)
and I probably have years of posts to prove that I disagree. I have seen him perform at least a half dozen times, leading large romantic and post romantic works, and have always (with one exception wh .......
381: Classical Court, Agreed (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-17, 16:30:13 (73.223.126.3)
Yep - I own others, but the Steinberg is the one. I did hear Dutoit lead it live once. .......
382: Classical Court, I've never found this list to be credible (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-17, 09:56:32 (73.223.126.3)
At least, from my own listening perspective. Steinberg/Boston at #48? No way. .......
383: Vinyl Asylum, Great topic (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-17, 08:12:43 (73.223.126.3)
I personally would like to have my TT set up with two arms - one stereo, and one mono, with a mono cart. I have a LOT of mono records. There are loads of pre-stereo items that are extremely worthy - i .......
384: Classical Court, Off-topic, but I am in shock (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-15, 13:20:23 (73.223.126.3)
When I lived in Paris, I would often go to Notre Dame in the evening, after the crowds has thinned out, to sit in front of it and simply look at it while meditating on life. Notre Dame is the true hea .......
385: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Damn you! :-) (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-12, 14:15:27 (73.223.126.3)
I have not done a good job updating my system profile. I have the Koetsu Black mounted on a Notthingham Space/294 TT, but about a year back I started experimenting with my system and right now I have .......
386: Vinyl Asylum, Dar Williams' first release on vinyl (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-12, 13:17:37 (73.223.126.3)
I have been a fan of indie folk-rock singer/songwriter Dar Williams for quite a few years, since first hearing her on the late, lamented KFOG Acoustic Sunrise radio show (this was a show that ran for .......
387: Vinyl Asylum, Damn you! :-) (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-12, 13:08:40 (73.223.126.3)
I was going to pass on this LP, since I have Hell Freezes over on CD, and all of the studio LPs and both volumes of Unplugged 94....but now I need it! .......
388: Vinyl Asylum, Arrau and Chopin (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-11, 12:59:08 (73.223.126.3)
I'm a fan - I have all of the Philips recordings and also the earlier EMI etudes. I was hooked when I heard the recording of the etude Op.10 #3 - beautiful arch to it, taking a slightly lower than nor .......
389: Vinyl Asylum, There's always one..... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-11, 07:53:59 (73.223.126.3)
and usually it is me! :-) .......
390: Vinyl Asylum, Song of My Father (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-10, 16:39:35 (73.223.126.3)
I knew I had seen the cover of Song of My Father before, and it turns out a copy of the CD was sitting in my jazz CD selection. Playing it now - 1. Very cool stuff, but 2. The CD sounds to these ears .......
391: Vinyl Asylum, Cool, thanks (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-09, 18:28:53 (73.223.126.3)
Good stuff .......
392: Vinyl Asylum, Vinyl Me Please Story of Blue Note Records (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-09, 12:55:03 (12.201.4.178)
Some of you may have seen the announcement of the sale by VMP of a 6 LP set called "Story of Blue Note Records" curated by Don Was, President of Blue Note (yes, that Don Was). I have been impressed by .......
393: Vinyl Asylum, Oh, right - now I recall (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-08, 17:33:13 (73.223.126.3)
Thanks. They would have been hard-pressed to come up with that on their own, I believe. .......
394: Vinyl Asylum, The Shinola Runwell Turntable (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-04-08, 09:38:54 (73.223.126.3)
Was on a trip to New York last week, and while in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn passed by the Shinola store and saw the TT (and speakers) through the window. Didn't have a chance to hear it, but a nic .......
395: Classical Court, I'm fond of George Szell's remark about Gould (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-31, 15:16:39 (72.227.178.162)
"That nut's a genius!" I like his Bach quite a lot, even if I generally prefer "original" instruments. .......
396: Classical Court, How do you know it is reprocessed? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-27, 17:38:22 (73.223.126.3)
I have the Karajan EMI Hansel & Gretel, which clearly states that it is electronically reprocessed - but the Falstaff doesn't say that. I see on discogs a 1961 release in stereo, on Angel. Cannot tell .......
397: Classical Court, RE: Thanks! I don't know Falstaff either. I've read that the mono EMI Karajan is legendary. Nt (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-27, 12:31:56 (73.223.126.3)
Can't help you as much there - I have seen Falstaff twice and own several recordings (Toscanini, the Karajan with Gobbi, and the Colin Davis), but it is an opera that I just don't "get" in the way I g .......
398: Classical Court, RE: I still need to sit down and give a serious listen to Otello. Nt (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-27, 11:09:40 (73.223.126.3)
Worth doing. I would go for the Karajan with del Monaco and Tebaldi, or the Serafin with Vickers and Rysanek. The latter has Gobbi as Iago, of course. .......
399: Classical Court, Rossini and Verdi (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-27, 10:37:14 (73.223.126.3)
Barber of Seville and William Tell. Otello .......
400: Classical Court, RE: Well, I guess we disagree as to how exaggerated it is to say. . . (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-27, 09:56:27 (73.223.126.3)
OK - yeah, I hear the similarity in the theme now that you have pointed me in the right place - and in your defense (not that you need it) I can also see how Wagner might have been influenced by the H .......
401: Vinyl Asylum, Funny and true! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-26, 17:09:37 (73.223.126.3)
Collecting and playing records is an obsession. And there are crazy things that we want, for crazy reasons. Case in point - for many years, I have owned the early 70's box reissue of the Solti Ring cy .......
402: Classical Court, Kind of an exaggeration... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-26, 15:06:15 (73.223.126.3)
to say it was lifted straight from the Hebrides Overture - yeah, there are a few similarities, but Wagner's music is WAY different. I have a novel (which I need to read) called "Mendelssohn on the Ro .......
403: Classical Court, I had not re-read your comments before posting, and (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-26, 09:10:00 (73.223.126.3)
Interesting that you felt the lack of hall ambience/differentiation in the LPs as well. I do think that the way for a producer to avoid that variation would be close miking, and that is definitely wha .......
404: Classical Court, Kubelik and the Beethoven 9 (long) (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-25, 15:51:49 (73.223.126.3)
I have a lot of recordings of Beethoven symphonies - but somehow there is always the compulsion to hear another take on them. I have long admired the work of Rafael Kubelik, and in fact, even saw him .......
405: Classical Court, Which production? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-25, 14:47:48 (73.223.126.3)
There was one a few years back that was fairly mainstream - the first one I saw was the Jean-Pierre Ponnelle where the entire thing is a nightmare of the drunken steerman...-...- mid-80s Regietheater, .......
406: Classical Court, Musically antiquated? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-25, 13:28:03 (73.223.126.3)
Huh - not sure what you mean by that. It is a transitional piece from his earlier works but taken as a whole very effective, with the creation of interesting and variegated characters. It is the Wagne .......
407: Vinyl Asylum, Did you ever ask him... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-25, 08:19:33 (73.223.126.3)
If things were the same as they ever were? .......
408: Classical Court, I have an early 70s EMI reissue (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-24, 12:47:34 (73.223.126.3)
My view of the Klemperer cycle is that in some of the movements he is really too darn slow (although surprisingly lively elsewhere) and deliberate for this cycle to be a first or only choice. The Fift .......
409: Vinyl Asylum, Record stores in NYC (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-22, 07:57:04 (73.223.126.3)
I have an upcoming trip to New York - what is the latest scoop on record stores there? .......
410: Vinyl Asylum, Cool thing to do (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-21, 13:32:49 (73.223.126.3)
What music do you guys listen to, mostly? .......
411: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Seller's remorse . . . not vinyl, but analog nonetheless. (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-21, 11:32:34 (73.223.126.3)
I think the sweet spot these days is the ability to play 15 ips 2 track with support of both NAB and IEC equalization. Many of the old decks were NAB only, but when the Tape Project kick started the R .......
412: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Michael Fremer interviewed (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-20, 16:55:23 (73.223.126.3)
Somehow I feel that you have taken this one for the team by watching and it is my turn to pass. Thank you for your service! .......
413: Vinyl Asylum, Yep - I gave fair warning (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-18, 17:13:05 (73.223.126.3)
I was completely bored and needed a break one day....almost didn't make it through the video, but stayed to hear the recommendations - which really aren't bad, all of the sets except maybe the Rattle .......
414: Vinyl Asylum, No (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-18, 17:05:24 (73.223.126.3)
He was genuine. You took this way too seriously. The guy admitted that he doesn't know much, but he was really recommending that others who don't know much ought to look into a set of Beethoven sympho .......
415: Vinyl Asylum, RE: One person's fun is another person's torture (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-18, 15:51:26 (73.223.126.3)
As I started my original post....I watched it so others did not have to..... .......
416: Vinyl Asylum, VMP Titles - might have to agree (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-18, 09:26:25 (73.223.126.3)
I might not be in the target demographic for Vinyl Me Please - looks like lots of Hip Hop and indie rock, mostly. Did a 3 month trial - we will soon see how that goes. I am impressed with the product .......
417: Vinyl Asylum, Nothing in the package indicates any involvement from Rhino (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-17, 14:26:28 (73.223.126.3)
And the label indicates manufacture by Vinyl Me Please. .......
418: Vinyl Asylum, Veedon Fleece from Vinyl Me Please (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-17, 12:41:13 (73.223.126.3)
Finally arrived yesterday - took a month following the initial order. (Their reasoning - this was a February selection and they then bundled it with the March selection - oh well). OK, so it was worth .......
419: Classical Court, Loads of folks admire this work (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-17, 11:40:43 (73.223.126.3)
I recall when the Farberman was a cult favorite. I purchased the Botstein when Telarc released it as an SACD (lessee, is that pronounced BotSTEEN, or BotSTINE, or should we just go 100% echt-Deutsch a .......
420: Vinyl Asylum, -1 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-17, 11:33:38 (73.223.126.3)
Because it was fun, which was the entire point. .......
421: Vinyl Asylum, Hey, Chris, want to hear what he says about you? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-15, 15:51:07 (73.223.126.3)
He told me that you are a babe. :-) .......
422: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Fremer, Dudley, Marks (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-15, 13:47:08 (73.223.126.3)
Dudley is still very active. John Marks left a few years back. Has his own site now. .......
423: Vinyl Asylum, Yes (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-15, 13:45:14 (73.223.126.3)
When record companies moved from analog to digital......-. Fremer did mention several recent sets - the Jarvi and the Rattle. Haven't heard them, and shouldn't judge - but other experiences with thes .......
424: Vinyl Asylum, I have a bunch that Fremer didn't list (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-15, 09:04:13 (73.223.126.3)
Besides the Walter and Karajan 62 that he did list, on LP, I also have Toscanini, Szell (it does sound better on Epic than on Columbia), Klemperer (an interesting alternative choice, but not a first c .......
425: Vinyl Asylum, Fremer on Beethoven - video on Analog Planet (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-14, 15:25:24 (73.223.126.3)
I watched it so you don't have to... you can thank me now. :-) Actually it is kind of fun, although meandering and takes a long time to get to the point - Fremer highlights 6 sets of the Beethoven 9 - .......
426: Classical Court, And (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-12, 16:06:57 (73.223.126.3)
A 401K requires that you invest your own money-while this is tax advantaged and is a great wealth builder, one needs to be a dedicated saver. Not everyone is. By and large, the idea of pensions as bei .......
427: Classical Court, My planned contribution to Women's History Month (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-07, 09:11:28 (73.223.126.3)
I just purchased the Naxos recording of Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony, a composition which to my surprise made it into the top 100 works as voted on by the listening public in the annual poll conducted .......
428: Classical Court, Hmm, I would differ with your view (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-06, 15:53:51 (73.223.126.3)
I think there is quite a large amount of attention being paid on this forum to attractive females that is above and beyond the actual artistic interest. But you are free to feel otherwise. ::: TOPIC .......
429: Vinyl Asylum, RTR - but... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-06, 09:46:37 (73.223.126.3)
I have two RTR decks, one for 7.5 ips, most of which are older prerecorded tapes, and another that is dedicated to 15 ips tapes -I was a charter subscriber to The Tape Project. So for the 7.5 ips tape .......
430: Classical Court, Visual aspects are trumping musical ones (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-03-06, 09:12:32 (73.223.126.3)
Shame, really. If I did this correctly, attached is an image of one of Buniatishvili's earlier releases. The Fanfare reviewer of this (the waspish Lynn Rene Bayley) took serious offense to the cove .......
431: Vinyl Asylum, Just subscribed to Vinyl Me, Please (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-24, 16:04:46 (73.223.126.3)
The reissue of Veedon Fleece is what did it. I am trying to put together everything that Van has done, on LP, and good used copies of Veedon Fleece are hard to find and expensive. Well see how this go .......
432: Classical Court, Surprised by the comment on the sound (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-22, 15:07:29 (73.223.126.3)
I own the set of original singles (combo of Decca and London) on LP, and always thought the sound to be pretty good. Hard to say about the performances since I haven't compared many of the earlier one .......
433: Classical Court, Doris Day with a cigarette! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-21, 17:04:16 (73.223.126.3)
Of course, different times. .......
434: Vinyl Asylum, Callas recorded Norma twice (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-21, 13:35:37 (73.223.126.3)
There is a book called "The Callas Legacy" by John Ardoin - I have a paperback of the first edition, published in 1991, and most of the discussion is about her stuff on CD (looks like there it is now .......
435: Vinyl Asylum, The Monkees are indeed a guilty pleasure (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-21, 13:20:26 (73.223.126.3)
They really didn't sing that well, and mostly didn't write their own songs....etc - but the songs they did sing were written by the best. There are times when I want to play their stuff for hours. I u .......
436: Vinyl Asylum, Just heard that Peter Tork died (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-21, 10:19:29 (73.223.126.3)
Two of the Monkees now gone. Tork was considered to be, along with Mike Nesmith, a real musician. All of the Monkees apparently thought he should have played lead guitar and Nesmith bass. (And actuall .......
437: Classical Court, You mean Topsy-Turvey? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-19, 09:48:08 (73.223.126.3)
If so, I agree. Puts a human face on Gilbert and Sullivan, and relates Gilbert's obsession with getting The Mikado just right. .......
438: Vinyl Asylum, Awesome (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-19, 09:09:32 (73.223.126.3)
Simply awesome to have seen him live. My own experience with him while he was still with us were mainly the Ed Sullivan appearances. Towards the end of his life I believe he was underappreciated for w .......
439: Vinyl Asylum, Louis Armstrong Town Hall Concert Plus (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-18, 12:20:11 (73.223.126.3)
Have owned this LP for a few months but just got around to playing it this weekend. It turns out that quite a few of these cuts were on a CD that I have owned for some 30 years - Pops, the 1940's Smal .......
440: Classical Court, Current releases (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-18, 10:48:46 (73.223.126.3)
I can understand the desire to keep up with current artists, but at this stage with respect to a lot of the core repertoire I am not feeling the need to seek out new recordings of pieces where I own m .......
441: Classical Court, To me, vinyl is like democracy (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-18, 09:22:44 (73.223.126.3)
Flawed, but every other system of music reproduction is even more so. Not everyone agrees, of course, and on this particular forum there are quite a few vocally anti-vinyl types, not to mention a larg .......
442: Classical Court, And you are not a vinyl guy? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-14, 10:55:58 (73.223.126.3)
Deep inside you there is one waiting to break out......- I am impressed as well. .......
443: Classical Court, Hmm- I bought many, and found other conductors more interesting (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-13, 15:22:43 (73.223.126.3)
At one time I owned Haitink's recordings of the Bruckner 3, 4, and 5, and of the Mahler 2 and 9....honestly, in my opinion, I listened with respect but without passion. Maybe it was partially due to t .......
444: Classical Court, All the time...so much music (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-13, 15:17:10 (73.223.126.3)
While something like 60% of what I have is classical, I have a lot of classic rock, a lot of jazz, and a bit of other types of music - musicals, soundtracks, New Age, stuff like that. .......
445: Classical Court, Manfred Honeck, or, I don't get this (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-12, 17:27:04 (73.223.126.3)
We have tickets to an upcoming concert - it was going to be an all-Schumann concert, with my favorite Schumann symphony featured - the 2nd. Never heard it live, so was kind of excited. It was to be le .......
446: Vinyl Asylum, interesting (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-11, 15:42:53 (73.223.126.3)
I have a few sets of Brandenburgs - Harnoncourt (first), Ristenpart, Britten, Klemperer (had to hear it for a few $$ - probably won't be listening again) and a modern SACD set, but right now my fave i .......
447: Classical Court, Happy to take any classical LPs off anyone's hands (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-11, 11:47:46 (73.223.126.3)
Snarky comments included, if need be. .......
448: Classical Court, From what I can see, no (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-05, 13:04:14 (73.223.126.3)
Looked at both arkivmusic.com and amazon - neither listed a complete or near complete set of Saint-Saens, a la Brilliant Classics. Just complete sets of individual genres - like the complete piano con .......
449: Classical Court, If you mean by making the right call, signing a contract (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-04, 16:25:28 (73.223.126.3)
with Nelsons I would agree, at least based on my limited exposure to him. I don't know anything about Mirga. There is a rumor floating around that the DG recordings made with the Brussels Philharmonic .......
450: Classical Court, Personally headed in the opposite direction (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-04, 16:02:40 (73.223.126.3)
My sets of the complete Beethoven SQs include the Takacs, the Julliard, and the Quartetto Italiano, not to mention other singles or boxes of other quartets - the Yale, the LaSalle, the Smetana and a f .......
451: Jazz Alley, Thanks - but I think this is the original (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-04, 12:01:19 (73.223.126.3)
And the one you linked to is a reissue - could be wrong. .......
452: Jazz Alley, Gene Ammons (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-02-04, 10:49:03 (73.223.126.3)
Let me preface by saying there are many jazz musicians whose music I don't know, and I may not have even heard of - yesterday while doing an errand I was listening to the local jazz station (KCSM) and .......
453: Vinyl Asylum, It is, and he made a few others (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-31, 15:57:38 (73.223.126.3)
I have 5 - Mona Bone Jakon, Tea for the Tillerman, Teaser and the Firecat, Catch Bull at 4, and Foreigner (which I didn't appreciate when it came out - but it is better than I gave it credit for). I g .......
454: Vinyl Asylum, Working from home today, and spinning (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-31, 14:53:27 (73.223.126.3)
Teaser and the Firecat (Cat Stevens), because I can, and wanted to hear those bouzoukis. .......
455: Classical Court, Not sure if I would have admitted that..... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-30, 15:15:37 (73.223.126.3)
;-) .......
456: Classical Court, A better mousetrap! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-30, 12:07:11 (73.223.126.3)
I like the way they compiled the list much better than my local radio station - but interesting that the top two positions are the same. .......
457: Classical Court, The URL (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-30, 10:26:27 (73.223.126.3)
It really helps when a URL is put into the optional link URL place so that it is clickable. .......
458: Classical Court, Local Radio Station's top 100 Classical Works (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-30, 08:34:52 (73.223.126.3)
Our non profit local station here in the SF Bay Area does a "Top 100" each year - a listener gets to vote for 3 works. I think every year for the past 5 (at least) Beethoven's 9th has been the #1 choi .......
459: Classical Court, RE: #5 and #7 and #1 with the #10 adagio... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-29, 15:22:29 (73.223.126.3)
Oddly enough, the review suggests that the Westminster recordings are 1, 2, 5 and two of the song cycles with the 2nd symphony being the sole instance of stereo, and that the 7th and the Adagio of the .......
460: Classical Court, Yes I did (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-29, 13:15:04 (73.223.126.3)
Nice and authentic sounding. .......
461: Classical Court, More Mahler, this time from Scherchen (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-29, 11:36:04 (73.223.126.3)
Working my way through that latest issue of Gramophone (Jan 2019) and this time I see the issue of the almost complete Mahler symphonies conducted by Hermann Scherchen - everything but the 4th (and no .......
462: Classical Court, Kubelik's Mahler - DG vs. Audite (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-26, 15:13:07 (73.223.126.3)
The latest issue of Gramophone (January '19) devotes a full page to the most current reissue of Kubelik's DG Mahler cycle, the first complete cycle with a single orchestra (later, Kubelik would record .......
463: Classical Court, And why do we think this is? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-26, 14:57:14 (73.223.126.3)
Some would say - pure analog, with the use of tube-based recording gear, and minimalist recording techniques? .......
464: Vinyl Asylum, Feels like a high-quality niche product (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-26, 10:07:13 (73.223.126.3)
Office system for the well-heeled vinyl aficionado who has limited space? But - one looks at it and says "I'd like to own that".... .......
465: Classical Court, OK - how much of the "sound" of an orchestra is the orchestra, and how much is the conductor (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-24, 15:00:43 (73.223.126.3)
Ormandy famously said -"The Philadelphia sound....it's me" (or words to that effect. Was the sound of the BPO during the Karajan years a result of his conducting? For example - he was one of the few .......
466: Classical Court, So- I am impressed (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-24, 14:52:36 (73.223.126.3)
Not only do you have other works by Holst, you have views on them as well! .......
467: Classical Court, The Prinicipal Guest Conductor (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-24, 09:16:17 (73.223.126.3)
I don't believe my local orchestra has ever appointed a Principal Guest Conductor. At one time, I thought this was a fairly normal thing for an orchestra to have, as I recall well the Solti/Giulini co .......
468: Classical Court, So...how many of us own another work by Holst (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-24, 09:03:29 (73.223.126.3)
I think I have seven recordings of the Planets - and a single non-Planets composition, the Fugal Overture. The St. Paul's Suite gets a lot of air time on the local classical station, but besides that, .......
469: Classical Court, RE: Claudio Abbado and Mahler 8 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-23, 16:13:50 (73.223.126.3)
Yeah, you're right, I see it listed on www.arkivmusic.com as recorded with the Berliners. Maybe the context was that he never got to it with Lucerne. .......
470: Classical Court, You are reading it correctly (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-23, 11:11:04 (73.223.126.3)
And it seems we are not alone in our ambivalence towards his work. I have said this before, but I feel almost the same way about Murray Perahia - a widely recorded and widely praised pianist - except .......
471: Classical Court, Claudio Abbado (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-23, 08:09:47 (73.223.126.3)
In his post on Mahler below, TWB mentions Abbado as a renowned Mahler interpreter, and certainly he was famous and well-regarded for his Mahler. I have read that he recorded everything but the 8th, an .......
472: Classical Court, Excellent (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-21, 15:00:12 (73.223.126.3)
You just never know what is going to grab someone. I think the 8th is the hardest to put across on record. I've heard it live, twice, and I think that's the best way of getting to know it. ::: TOPIC:: .......
473: Classical Court, Best starting place is likely the 4th symphony (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-21, 08:12:36 (73.223.126.3)
Although you never know what will grab someone - my own intro to Mahler was the First Symphony (the Walter) and I was taken by the intro to the first movement, and the way the tension created by that .......
474: Classical Court, Salonen (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-20, 10:07:17 (73.223.126.3)
Last night my wife and I attended the SFS concert led by our new music director-designate, Esa-Pekka Salonen. As soon as I heard the news of his appointment and the fact that he was going to appear th .......
475: Classical Court, Not from this source, IMO (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-19, 11:32:19 (73.223.126.3)
Back in my rabid SACD days I purchased the Telarc SACD with Paavo conducting the Sibelius 2nd, along with a Tubin symphony. I thought the Sibelius was average, at best - I would have been happier with .......
476: Classical Court, Richard Egarr named music director of Philharmonia Baroque (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-17, 10:20:59 (73.223.126.3)
Heard this on the radio while driving this am - he is replacing Nicholas McGegan, of course. He won't assume the role on a full-time basis until 2021. I have to admit that I have not really followed .......
477: Classical Court, Ansermet......and Beethoven (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-16, 08:21:11 (73.223.126.3)
OK, to be clear, I have never heard the Ansermet recordings of 1-8. They might be great. I did start listening to his 9th a couple of years ago, and I had to turn it off - the orchestral execution sou .......
478: Classical Court, Well, there's always an exception (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-15, 16:08:50 (73.223.126.3)
Two conductors where my truism doesn't hold true are Bohm, whose DG set I own and rank it right at the bottom of the sets I have heard, and in fact NEVER want to hear it again - dull, plodding, boring .......
479: Classical Court, I appreciate the vote of confidence! And... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-15, 14:45:23 (73.223.126.3)
To a certain extent, any set with any competent conductor and orchestra will give one an excellent overview of these essential works. My own introduction was the Bernstein NYPO (on Columbia) which I p .......
480: Classical Court, Ha!! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-15, 07:59:51 (73.223.126.3)
I didn't know about his assertion about Nielsen > Sibelius.....wow! Wish I had known that when I asked him about Elgar. .......
481: Classical Court, My own recommendations (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-15, 07:57:50 (73.223.126.3)
My first choice is Szell, as I have stated before, and if you can find a good set of the Epic LPs (and you play vinyl), that's the way to go -they sound more compressed on the Columbia pressings. Ano .......
482: Classical Court, Bernard Jacobson (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-14, 14:18:08 (50.227.76.70)
Don't get the "Mr. Repeat" moniker - I'm sure there is something clever there. I read his work for years - first at High Fidelity, then at Stereophile, where he was kind of the top dog reviewer, and l .......
483: Critic's Corner, Interesting (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-11, 11:15:29 (73.223.126.3)
Took a look at your system and see that you are running a Prima Luna preamp with the NAD Masters series amps. I have heard others comment favorbly on the idea of a tube preamp co-existing with a solid .......
484: Classical Court, I am a fan of Vanska, but... (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-11, 09:41:19 (73.223.126.3)
I have managed to see Vanska live 3 times, all with the SF Symphony, and have been very impressed - concerts of Sibelius, Dvorak and Vaughan Williams. I think highly of his Minnesota Beethoven cycle a .......
485: Critic's Corner, Stirring the pot - is there an amplifier war going on in the pages of Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-09, 13:31:23 (73.223.126.3)
Of course, the January issue featured two amps on the cover with very different design objectives, the Cary tube amp and the Cambridge solid state amp, with the statement if one is right, the other mu .......
486: Critic's Corner, +1 (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-09, 13:09:19 (73.223.126.3)
I want to hang out in Sea Reach, drinking wine and listening to music, too! .......
487: Critic's Corner, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-08, 08:30:45 (73.223.126.3)
Could have been anything - but that is certainly unexpected! And funny. .......
488: Critic's Corner, Missing lines in Feb Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-08, 07:54:01 (73.223.126.3)
Received my Feb 19 issue yesterday, and there is a very interesting column by Herb Reichert about his visit with Nelson Pass. However, the end of the last paragraph on page 43 doesn't tie into the beg .......
489: Classical Court, Hugh the Drover on EMI (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-07, 13:44:05 (50.227.76.70)
You had the EMI set and not the domestic Angel? Conducted by Groves, right? .......
490: Classical Court, My one live experience with Janowski (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-07, 08:11:27 (73.223.126.3)
was also a Beethoven concert, a few years back with the SFS, and IMO it was one of the most badly led concerts I have attended. .......
491: Classical Court, And don't forget the operas! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-06, 13:38:55 (73.223.126.3)
Actually that comment is a bit tongue In cheek, as I have no claim to know rhem... only an interest. I have the SACD of The Poisoned Kiss and the LPs of Pilgrim's Progess and I am looking for good cop .......
492: Classical Court, I second that (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-04, 15:55:47 (73.223.126.3)
When I listen to the Mehta LAPO Planets, I hear an extremely well-recorded rendition, with second rate execution and interpretation. My own favorite Planets is the Steinberg, and I own about 5 others, .......
493: Classical Court, Available on DG (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-04, 08:26:51 (73.223.126.3)
Giulini and the LA Phil recorded it together - I think this would have been around '78 or '79. I recall it as a rather stately performance, the kind of thing you would have expected from Klemperer, fo .......
494: Classical Court, Kubelik's 2nd cycle (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-03, 17:35:06 (73.223.126.3)
I just did a quick search on eBay, and you're right the DG recordings are much more prevalent - I suspect they sold a lot more of them then the later Columbia set. .......
495: Classical Court, Wow- so much Schumann! (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-03, 10:40:49 (73.223.126.3)
I have managed to accumulate the sets from Karajan, Solti, Kubelik (DG), Sawallisch and Szell in a variety of formats - LP, RTR tape, CD and SACD, and I believe I might have a recording of one of the .......
496: Classical Court, Let us know how it is (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-02, 13:16:26 (73.223.126.3)
Although I am not sure I want to read a whitewashed autobiography by a former Nazi supporter..... Having said that - I am not a great fan of Boehm's Beethoven (note how I dealt with the umlaut issue.. .......
497: Classical Court, A source for my Toscanini quote (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-02, 13:04:12 (73.223.126.3)
Which I didn't write correctly .......
498: Classical Court, I had forgotten (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-02, 08:51:00 (73.223.126.3)
About the allegations, so did a quick Google search and see that the charges were dropped in 2010. Brings up an interesting point - should we stop listening to artists, and their recordings, who have .......
499: Classical Court, Actually (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-01, 16:23:27 (73.223.126.3)
I think so - Pentatone has released a few of the Julia Fischer recordings on vinyl - check it out on their site. But - there was an implication in my post that while my preferred medium is vinyl, sinc .......
500: Classical Court, Rimsky opera suites (0.00)
Posted by TGR on 2019-01-01, 15:24:22 (73.223.126.3)
I don't see much available on vinyl. Any views of the Pletnev on Pentatone? .......
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