Readers Digest Classical Collections should be reissued

I've had great success stopping at EVERY at Goodwill  I pass while driving around.

Box sets of unmolested discs for a couple of bucks. You just have to sift through the Pat Boone and Wayne Newton albums to find a good one.

Last find was a Sibelius collection. Being more of a casual fan of Classical, the Readers Digest series are fantastic. Decent sonics along with great music on the cheap!

Nearly  as good as some of my "real"  RCA,Columbia, DG....period albums.

"as far as i know, the festival in light classical music, the Beethoven Cycle with Rene Leibowitz, and I believe their is one more from this era from the late fifties and early sixties that are the ones to have. they are true Decca recordings. many of the Readers Digest Box sets are in Mono so you have to look for the ones that say cyclophonic miracle sound. on the records they actually say "stereophonic" on the records. These are for all intensive purposes Living Stereo recordings."

tzh21y- that’s some useful info for the next trip,Thanks. That vintage sounds like is a rare find. I’ve only scored 70’s editions, which are quite common.
Not quite the quality you speak of, but good music, and cheap.

Speaking of "a true show of your system record." I’m willing to bet there’s a "Fanfare for the Common Man" in a compilation of Copland. That’s what I’d love to find.

"I have the Copland box of the Time/Life "Great Men of Music," and yes, "Fanfare for the Common Man" is one of the many pieces in that box, Disk 1, track 1 specifically."

Johnnyb53- Now on my radar,thanks!
These box finds at least in my neck of the woods, always seem to be played maybe 1-2 times and then shelved. If only I could find that Blue Note mono or Parlophone Beatles in these same bins...sigh.

Well, all this talk about RD box sets has now made them "desirable"
and the market will respond by upping the price to maybe $3.00.
thanks guys,for spoiling the ride!

Tzh21y-

Good info. My only copy of "Fanfare" is a scratchy 6 eye Columbia 
"history" disc that your grade school teacher would play in the classroom.

Its  Eugene Ormandy with the Philly philharmonic, and despite the quality, the performance/sonics are shockingly good. I'd like to find whatever the  album this was on.