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Building a classical library through the kindness of strangers, and others.

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etcarroll

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Building a classical library through the kindness of strangers, and others.
« on: 9 Oct 2010, 12:01 am »
It's amazing that once you let folks know you have an interest in classical, things begin to just 'appear'.

I let a fellow AC member Pumpkinman,- an avid vinyl collector, but not for classical,-  know of my desire to build a classical library, nd he's been sending me records he turned up from time to time.

Last night I met him at a second hand record shop as it said it had just got in 50 DG titles, this a shop Pumpkinman made me aware of a few months back, aprox. 1.75 hours drive from my home. He said he had a few albums for me as well.

Well, a few was 3 small to med. boxes full, plus 3 more boxed sets.

Right now listening to side 3 of a 3 lp Tchaikovsky set from Melodiya/Angel in VG condition;
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Overture
 
Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin

So don't be shy, let folks know you listen to classical!  :thumb:
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Re: Building a classical library through the kindness of strangers, and others.
« Reply #1 on: 9 Oct 2010, 01:04 am »



I thought I'd never find anyone dumb :wink: I mean kind enough to take them
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Re: Building a classical library through the kindness of strangers, and others.
« Reply #2 on: 9 Oct 2010, 03:13 am »
I just missed out on vinyl's heyday, and as a classical music lover, that makes me kinda sad...
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« Reply #3 on: 9 Oct 2010, 11:07 am »
Quote from: Tyson on  9 Oct 2010, 03:13 am
I just missed out on vinyl's heyday, and as a classical music lover, that makes me kinda sad...

Spinning Lp's is great fun Tyson and it's never to late to start   :thumb:
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« Reply #4 on: 9 Oct 2010, 12:18 pm »
Classical records are for the most part, very very high quality vs all some records that ought not to have been printed at all. 

I am still digging through a 18 album set of Archiv German records I own in an auction....most of the recorded at the height of the Cold War....  They all sound, ah, so incredible and they do not cost no friggin' $45/album as some of these new LPs with really sh--tty music ask for.

Paul
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Re: Building a classical library through the kindness of strangers, and others.
« Reply #5 on: 9 Oct 2010, 01:10 pm »
Quote from: pumpkinman on  9 Oct 2010, 01:04 am


I thought I'd never find anyone dumb :wink: I mean kind enough to take them

Well, I will be 're-gifting' a few, such as the Herb Albert plays classical, and others like it.

But I'm keeping the boxed set from DG of the Vienna Sym. Orch. playing all of Beethoven's symphonies.

Amazing!
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« Reply #6 on: 9 Oct 2010, 01:12 pm »
Quote from: pumpkinman on  9 Oct 2010, 11:07 am
Spinning Lp's is great fun Tyson and it's never to late to start   :thumb:

Absolutely. In my case, I 'retired' my turntable over a decade ago, just dusted it off the beginning of this year, and really only started to use it in earnest a few months back when I finished collecting the parts of my 2 channel system and got a rack for them.



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