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At the moment the worst seems gone, but they forecast some heavy rain for tuesday.

Great performance and spectacular recording. In other words it's like having the cellist in the room with you. It's around 100 $ for three LP, luxury box and booklet, not cheap, but originals are 'obnoxious'. In the last years original Decca, Mercury, RCA, EMI, even DG, reached audiophile and collector crazyness on the web or record shop. So if I have to pay the same price for an used original with all 'tick' and 'pop'... These days for classical music I usually depredate for free the old box sets in the cave and garage of friends and relatives: the covers are dead, but the records, once cleaned, are usually mint. Think about it, thirty years ago everybody in the upper middle class SHOULD own all those Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, was almost part of furniture, usually nobody listen to them, they spent evenings watching at tv, or drink martinis with pop music as background, but they SHOULD have a hi-fi gear with a bunch of Brahms or Tchaikovsky or Vivaldi, just to show they were cultivated people. Obviously some of them even played classic records. Maybe I am a bit snob and cynical. Around here it is relatively easy to find good classical LPs in perfect or near perfect shape, usually for $4 or $5 a piece. I am very picky--I only buy ones with perfect vinyl or close to it. It seems classical records were more often bought then listened to. I'm happy with that state of affairs. I do like those Mercury Living Presence LPs, quite a bit, and wish I could find that one. Some years ago I bought on line huge box sets of Emi, DG, Philips from 50 cents up to 3 dollars per records, the Decca were a bit more expensive, up to 7/10 $. Usually from U.K. and Germany. Often the shipping, because of the weight, was more expensive then records. I wish I had bought more of them.

Great performance and spectacular recording. In other words it's like having the cellist in the room with you. It's around 100 $ for three LP, luxury box and booklet, not cheap, but originals are 'obnoxious'. In the last years original Decca, Mercury, RCA, EMI, even DG, reached audiophile and collector crazyness on the web or record shop. So if I have to pay the same price for an used original with all 'tick' and 'pop'... These days for classical music I usually depredate for free the old box sets in the cave and garage of friends and relatives: the covers are dead, but the records, once cleaned, are usually mint. Think about it, thirty years ago everybody in the upper middle class SHOULD own all those Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, was almost part of furniture, usually nobody listen to them, they spent evenings watching at tv, or drink martinis with pop music as background, but they SHOULD have a hi-fi gear with a bunch of Brahms or Tchaikovsky or Vivaldi, just to show they were cultivated people. Obviously some of them even played classic records. Maybe I am a bit snob and cynical.

J. S. Bach - SUITES FOR UNACCOMPAINED CELLO - Janos Starker, Mercury, stereo. (Speakers Corner reissue). Beyond the Bach's masterpieces, that every human being fully equipped of brain and hearing should listen to, I warmly reccommend it to all vinylist of the forum. BTW All Speakers Corner reissues worth the pricey ticket of admission. IMHO definitely better then same pricey Classics and at the same level of the Music Matters. Lately I bought few 'cheaper' Sundazed and Scorpio (Rhino) pressings, and I am disappointed: noisy vinyl, mastering just ok, and usually less 'musical' then originals, though one might find that a 20 bucks reissue is fair if original pressing fetch 300 and more. Overall in this vinyl renessaince I found that quality of cheapest went down, like Sundazed. Analogue and Classic were ok, though I didn't buy them lately. http://www.speakerscorner.de/Speakerscorne...te/E/index1.htm

They are still there, I live on one of them, but, you know, all those immigrants from Thracia, Epirus, Britannia and the rest of the Empire, we should place them somewhere.

'Recession economy' for who? Ferrari has just announced this will be its best year since its foundation, go figure! or

Actually all the galleries are current, (lazy webmasters I presume), yes the flood is going on now, the worst should be this night according to experts. People should be safe, probably lots of damages.

http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/...-di-roma/1.html http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/...orestale/1.html http://roma.repubblica.it/multimedia/home/4074942 http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/...tiberina/1.html Man, first time I saw it since I live in Rome.

THE COMMITMENTS - OST - MCA, german pressing. I loved the movie at times, as well as the music. Andrew Strong was a unexpected surprise as singer and the band was first class. Excellent recording too. Overall a good record, nice to dig into my collection.

It might be.

A country music collection ( Rodgers, Carter Family, Dolly Parton, etc from RCA catalog) I got for free thirty years ago with a pair of Levi's. It's called 'Levi's in Concerto'. BTW I still wear the same size of Levi's.

The 13th Floor Elevators - THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUND OF: THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - Sundazed, mono reissue.

Aretha Franklin - ARETHA NOW - 4Menwithbeards reissue, stereo.

Aretha Franklin - LADY SOUL - 4Menwithbeards reissue, stereo.

W. A. Mozart - DON GIOVANNI - Angel, stereo (Klemperer, Philarmonia Orchestra).

W. A. Mozart - DON GIOVANNI - Angel, stereo (Klemperer, Philarmonia Orchestra).

Impossible task! Every time I put one Mosaic in rotation my reaction is: Wow, this is great why didn't I noted those faboulous tracks/solos/etc? The big box are still growing in me everytime I listen to them.

Of course, we will do. The thread I suggested is a user-friendly tool for our analphabet music lovers to have all the music you, blessed musicians, create in one place, instead of those unfriendly semi-tones discussion you have on musicians forum. It's a bit frustrating for a guy like me who can play only few Dylan's songs on a crappy guitar! (well, maybe some Kaukonen' finger picking to). BTW Thanks for your passionate effort, I'll get the cd, you can bet about it.

MG, I guess I am older fart then you. now spinnin' Bob Dylan - BRINGIN IT ALL BACK HOME - Sundazed reissue, mono.

Congrats! BTW you should post this in http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=33019, a dedicated thread Jim created under my humble suggestion.

How about some Johnny Zhivago or Heaven 17? I play those while I am driving my Durango 95. :rsmile:

W. A. Mozart - Piano Concerto k.466 - Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra, CBS

W. A. Mozart - 'Haydn' String Quartets - Julliard String Quartet, CBS.

Keith Jarrett Trio - TRIBUTE - ECM