Teasing the Korean

How is the audio? Is it a decent mix?

Bernard Herrmann - Obsession This is the City of Prague recording, which is not highly regarded in some circles.

Miklos Rozsa - Spellbound This is the WB stereo recording, conducted by Ray Heindorf, with Samuel Hoffman on Theremin

In the edition that I have, Gioia says in the preface something to the effect of, "This book could not have been written ten years from now."

Well, another Halloween has come and gone, so we will be putting this thread away until next October. In the meantime, please remember, as Johnny Mathis told us, that the secret of Halloween is not the things you do at Halloween time, but the Halloween things you do the whole year through.

Thanks. As I mentioned, I'm not really into buying LPs anymore. I was vaguely interested in that one LP that Blue Note is too L7 to reissue. But it is gone. But I will be interested in seeing what some of these go for. Thanks again for sharing.

Pete Rugolo - Thriller

Bernard Herrmann - It's Alive 2

I use the Discwasher stylus brush with Dishwasher fluid. Works fine.

Now enjoying: Blood-red Coppola Cabernet for Halloween!

Well, I ended up bidding on John McFarland's Provocatif, because Blue Note is way too square to release it. Imagine that - going from the height of hip to L7 in just a few decades. They may as well be selling Edison cylinders. Anyway, I bid $30 in last 30 seconds, and it ended up going for $59. I am simultaneously sad and relieved. Five of the album's nine tracks are on the InterTubes.

Various composers - More Monstrous Movie Music

Thank you! It does pop up at specialty shops now and then, but it's not part of the Twinings A list carried by most US grocery stores. And yes, I knew you were asking in jest.

Thanks! Did you see my addendum about Ceylon Breakfast Tea?

No, I don't put milk in tea. Being that you are in London, am I doing it wrong? Incidentally, my favorite black tea is Twinings Ceylon Breakfast, but it is hard to find in the States.

Ennio Morricone - The Thing This album includes Morricone's score, but not John Carpenter's synth music. I wonder how the two would sound integrated into the same program.

Twinings English Breakfast tea with organic honey.

Ennio Morricone - Exorcist II: The Heretic. This would be a very easy Halloween costume. All you need it is a black belt, two red push pins, and two white cell phone charging cords.

Thanks for that! This will be included in my wife's Halloween show next year!

Historically, whenever I would digitize a mono LP using a stereo stylus, I would always do the transfer in mono. This is because when you sum a stereo signal, if everything is in phase, the center increases in volume by 6.02 dB relative to what is on the sides. The sound of the stereo stylus travel is out of phase, and it virtually disappears when you sum to mono. Also, left/right anomalies such as inner groove distortion or minor clicks are reduced in volume by 6.02 dBs. But lately, I have been playing around with transferring the mono albums in stereo, and then using Audacity's "isolate center" feature. This has virtually the same effect as summing to mono, and may result in an even better signal-to-noise ratio. I'm curious to know if anyone has tried this Audacity feature, and how it has worked for you.

Stimulus progression (1950–1960)[edit] The company began customizing the pace and style of the music provided throughout the workday in an effort to maintain productivity.[17] The music was programmed in 15-minute blocks, gradually getting faster in tempo and louder and brassier in instrumentation, to encourage workers to speed up their pace. Following the completion of a 15-minute segment, the music would fall silent for 15 minutes. This was partly done for technical reasons, but company-funded research also showed that alternating music with silence limited listener fatigue, and made the "stimulus" effect of Stimulus Progression more effective. This was the time when Muzak began recording their own orchestra – actually a number of orchestras in studios around the country, indeed around the world – composed of top local studio musicians. This allowed them to strictly control all aspects of the music for insertion into specific slots in the Stimulus Progression programs.[18][19] A growing awareness among the public that Muzak was targeted to manipulate behavior resulted in a backlash, including accusations of being a brainwashingtechnique and court challenges in the 1950s.[20][better source needed] The popularity of Muzak remained high through the mid-1960s. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to pump Muzak into the West Wing, and Lyndon B. Johnson owned the Muzak franchise in Austin, Texas. NASA reportedly used Muzak in many of its space missions to soothe astronauts and occupy periods of inactivity.[21] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak#Stimulus_progression_(1950–1960)

Might you provide some context?

Philly Joe - Blues for Dracula

When I used to DJ, I used to pattern the arc of my sets after Muzak's "stimulus progression" theory. It is brilliant.

They used that jingle for quite a while. I'm guessing that it dates from the early- to mid-60s, and the particular commercial on YouTube dates from later.