Rolling Classical vinyl thread

crooners

How did it turn out? All duds?

NickB I feel for you, I bought & sorted a 10,000-record collection in summer of 2012 and I think it took a few months off my life.

at the eleventh hour i emailed the guy back and told him that i was slightly worried that the original photo he posted wasn't a representative sample of the actual contents. he swore that he had now separated out all the easy listening stuff and that it was now all 100% classical. i asked him for some further sample photos and got back shots of several records by mantovani and a bunch of budget line light orchestral comps, so at that stage i told him i was bailing and now i'm just waiting for the refund. there were lots of assorted charity shop price stickers on the follow-up pictures and it turns out he'd bought a pallet of records off "some guy" who i'm guessing must have been in the waste collection business. could still have been a few gems in there but basically it was garbage. whether the initial photo was a fluke or deliberate i don't know. seller was slightly pissed off, but it ended up being too much of a risk for me to waste a day and a tank of petrol on...

dodged a bullet there imo

went to a charity shop and found some cheap scott walker vinyl instead. we came through....

swore that he had now separated out all the easy listening stuff = this is a clear giveaway

a shame but probably caveat ebayor

i still of course harbour completely unrealistic dreams of finding a huge stack of treasure somewhere, probably just around the next corner

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/_58.jpg

what a strange collection of records i've just won

a bit of swingle, a bit of stockhausen

the three on the top left are all peter maxwell davies afaict. dunno what the ecm looking one is

http://www.high-endaudio.com/softw.html

this guy seems... passionate... lots of info

These are the oldest, rarest and most expensive pressings. In addition, they are also the poorest sounding and usually in the worst condition.

lol

he really lays into record dealers every chance he gets, it's a hoot

Caution - The reader is now going to enter a bizarre world of fantasy, paranoia, ego, greed and wishful thinking: The Fantasy, Egotistical (and Greedy) World of Decca Record Collectors and Dealers

ha, this is great.

also, they're spot on about the decca headline series sounding incredible!

huh interesting what he has to say about the mercury golden imports which i almost always completely ignore and don't play when i get them. will have to listen to some i guess.

while there are definitely labels that have a high percentage of great sound, he is correct in saying that it depends on the record. not the pressing, but the actual individual record that you have in your hands. (though it could be said of any kinda record i guess. i don't CALL records hot stampers but all records are not created equal.)

i can play 10 DGG records from the same era and in the same near mint condition and maybe get one truly superior record.

What are some of the best classical guitar records or artists to look for? Segovia is obvious but I don't know enough about the "scene" and the highlights in it.

i picked up this Rostropovich/Britten album over the weekend, it's pretty amazing. i think this LP was referred to upthread maybe?

https://img.discogs.com/GJjn-0ZNOXmkELOFzy7IwLyguYY=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-4354737-1423038215-8477.jpeg.jpg