Just came in the mail....
Hindu Love Gods - S/T. Giant/Reprise 1990
Brand new and sealed. Thanks @pesky_wabbitt for posting about this one.
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Dire Straits - Money for Nothing. WB 1988
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Thanks Uber |
Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man. BMG 1992
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One of a couple cassettes that came in the mail today...
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks. Columbia 1974
This cassette is in mint condition. No Dolby labeling (74 was before it became common), but am trying it switched on in B anyway. Sounds pretty good with it on regardless.
Edit: turned Dolby off, and switched my iFi Mini Tube2 to ‘Set Mode’. Much better, smoothed out the play- back a lot. That little iFi is magical.
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Christian Thielemann conducts Schumann - Manfred Overture, Konzertstuck for 4 Horns, & Symphony #2. Philharmonia Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon 1997 |
Hillary Hahn - Elgar’s Violin Concerto & Williams’ The Lark Ascending. Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon 2004
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Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Grieg Serenades. Janos Rolla conducting Orchestre de Chambre Ferenc Liszt. Quintana 1991 German release
very very nice recording, engineering, and performances
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+1 Boxer. Cleveland’s own Pere Ubu. 👍🏼 |
Getting to some freebies from @uberwaltz
John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow. RIVA 1985
Cassette
Never bought a Mellencamp album before, albeit I kinda liked some I used to hear on the radio, or MTV back in the day. I think this tape is fine, but the engineering and recording technique of this album leaves a bit to be desired. Very ‘hallow’, poor SQ, and amateurish production vs some of the songs and music that deserved better. I don’t think quality recording was a concern here.....just ‘get it out there’. Probably sounded fine on most car radios. A shame really. |
The Allman Brothers Band - Shades of Two Worlds. Epic 1991
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Eric Clapton - August. WB 1986
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Had an urge to play some Eels today.
Eels - Blinking Lights and other Revelations. Vagrant 2005 2 CD set
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@uberwaltz
Abba?
We might have to take away your music card for a couple hours of ‘time out‘ period.
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George Szell conducts Schubert. Symphony #8 ‘unfinished’, & Symphony #9 ‘The Great’. The Cleveland Orchestra. Sony Essential Classic series. Reissue /Released 1992.
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Boulez conducts Mahler’s 7th. The Cleveland Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon. From the Boulez/Cleveland Orchestra box set. Released 2017.
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@uberwaltz
I guess you can look at it this way; after some of those ‘selections’, your preferred music will sound better than ever before. And so will your system, no doubt. ;-) |
Fitzwilliam String Quartet plays Shostakovich. Quartets 8,9,&10, CD #4 of the 6 CD set, ‘The String Quartets’. Decca 1998
Incredible set of music.
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@uberwaltz
Hang in there man. I’ve gotten those occasionally and they can be painful. The last one I had was actually in one of my shoulder blades, and that sucker lasted for weeks. Excruciating at times. Of course, stubborn me, didn’t go to the Doctor. Then one morning I woke up and it was gone. Just like that.
Luckily I haven’t had another in a while, just my long lasting and persistent lower back pain.
It’s hell getting old. |
Boulez conducts Bartok - Violin Concerto #2, Rhapsodies for Violin and Orchestra 1&2. Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Gil Shaham. Deutsche Grammophon 1999
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Well, I was playing some selections over last weekend from my Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Anthology set #6. I have two of these sets, and always keep my eyes peeled for another at a reasonable cost. Just to check, I did a search on eBay last Saturday, and lo and behold, Goodwill had a set #3, stated in ‘good condition’ for $45. I took a chance, as that is 2-3+ times less what these usually go for.
Arrived Wednesday, opened it, and it is more like Mint- condition. I’m not sure it was actually ever played, and if so, very sparingly. So, turned out to be a great deal. And shipped out incredible fast. So, I’ll be listening to a lot of this set over the next few days.
Set #3 is live recordings from 1960-1970.
Wednesday night I played discs 1 & 2. Tonight, discs 3,4, &5. I guess my turntable is getting a break ;-)
Love these RCO anthology sets.
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10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe. Elektra 1987
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Richard Thompson - Rumor and Sigh. Capitol 1991
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Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule. Virgin 1989
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American Music Club - Everclear. Alias 1991
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The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio w/Gene Harris & Mickey Roker. Concord Jazz 1987
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The Darling Buds - Crawdaddy. Columbia 1990
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Cowboy Junkies - Lay it Down. Geffen 1996
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Pere Ubu - Story of My Life. Imago 1993
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Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. Geffen 1988
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark. MCA 1982
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The Gene Harris Trio plus One. Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker & Stanley Turrentine. Concord Jazz 1986
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John Coltrane - Lush Life. Reissue/Remastered in 1987, Musical Heritage Society 1993
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The weekends are turning into my cassette listening days for whatever reason Uber 😁 |
Poi Dog Pondering - Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea. Columbia 1990. Their Austin years.
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Eno/Cale - Wrong Way Up. WB 1990
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Just received this in the mail today:
Vasser Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland S/T. Rounder Records 1985
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Interesting to see Dave with these two. Very nice addition to the collection!
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Of course you do @uberwaltz
What are you up to now? 3-4,000? 😁 |
Elvis Costello - Mighty Like a Rose. WB 1991
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The Cure - The Head on the Door. Elektra 1985
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Breaking out the Live RCO/Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw, 1960-1970 set #3 again (14 CD box set). Picking up where I left off with discs 6&7.
Brahms, Strauss, Wagner, Schoenberg, Heppener, Sibelius
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Joni Mitchell - Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter. Asylum 1977. Part of a complete European box set ‘The Studio Albums’.
Jaco’s bass playing is fantastic on this ‘album’.
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Tom Petty - Wildflowers. WB 1994
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Tchaikovsky-Dvorak-Grieg Serenades. Janos Rollo conducting Orchestre de Chambre Ferenc Liszt. Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings in C major/Dvorak, Serenade for Strings in E major/Grieg, Suite Holberg. Quintana/Harmonia Mundi 1991, German release
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Jun Märkl Conducts Debussy. Complete Orchestral works box set (9 CD’s). Orchestre National de Lyon. Naxos 2012. Wonderful set.
playing CD’s 7&8.
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My Sunday morning ritual...
The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. DGC 1989
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Maazel conducts Sibelius - The Symphonies (3 CD box set). Wiener Philharmonic. London 1991
CD #3 Symphonies 5,6,&7 |
Berlioz Complete Orchestral Works - Sir Colin Davis conducting. Philips box set 1997
CD’s 1&2. Symphony Fantastique, CD1 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; All others - London Symphony Orchestra
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Dvorak - The Symphonies. Istvan Kertesz conducting The London Symphony Orchestra. 6 CD box set. London 1991 release.
playing CD #5, symphonies 7&8 |
Schubert - The Complete Symphonies (4 CD box set). Jos van Immerseel conducting Anima Eterna Brugge. Zig Zag Territories 2012
Playing disc 3 from this set, symphonies 3,5,&1. Lovely recordings by Jos and Anima Eterna Brugge, as usual.
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Chailly conducts Mahler. ‘The Symphonies’ 12 CD box set. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Listening to Symphonies 3&4. Decca 2005. European release.
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