RE: Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim)

Posted by Mali (A) on April 1, 2012 at 11:21:52

In Reply to: RE: Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim) posted by Kas on March 31, 2012 at 10:51:51:

"As for their vinyl, it wasn't top-shelf, but it was no worse than the full-priced Angels. People who were really finicky about sound used to spend a fortune on pressings from EMI's European arms."

Yes, I went that route once. The Seraphim pressings of the Kempe-Dresden Strauss orchestral works, were pretty bad. They might play half-way decently once but would quickly deteriorate. The Kempe performances were top notch, considered the best, and still considered by many as the best, and here they were only available on third rate vinyl. In those days there was an outfit called German News that imported German EMI records and they had available a box set of the complete Kempe-Dresden recordings on ten or twelve Lps. I bought it, paying a pretty penny for those days, but these were first class pressings that played beautifully. About ten years later EMI issued those recordings on CD for the first time in three separate box sets, but the CDs were a far cry from the German Lps as far a sonics are concerned and a huge disappointment for that reason.

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Topic - Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim) - tesla 17:06:37 03/30/12 (19)

Truly Great Collection - Larry I 11:45:55 04/02/12 (0)

RE: Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim) - Kas 10:51:51 03/31/12 (10)

RE: Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim) - Mali 11:21:52 04/01/12 (8)

Hmm. . . that's funny - Chris from Lafayette 19:35:01 04/01/12 (7)

RE: Hmm. . . that's funny - Mali 21:07:52 04/01/12 (6)

I agree - it would be nice to see them in hi-rez again - Chris from Lafayette 07:41:54 04/02/12 (5)

Have you seen this? - Mali 09:34:10 04/03/12 (4)

RE: Have you seen this? - Chris from Lafayette 10:02:18 04/05/12 (3)

RE: Have you seen this? - Mali 12:52:32 04/05/12 (2)

You and me both! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 13:15:02 04/05/12 (1)

Come to think of it. - Mali 13:37:30 04/05/12 (0)

Yea, Angels were pretty much awful, too. - Mali 19:58:01 03/31/12 (0)

A few I have are pretty decent.. - kuma 23:47:26 03/30/12 (1)

RE: A few I have are pretty decent.. - tesla 03:13:41 03/31/12 (0)

RE: Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim) - Mali 19:49:25 03/30/12 (4)

"[T]heir pressings were terrible …"??? - Charlie F. 20:35:49 03/30/12 (3)

If you really want to hear terrible, - rbolaw 13:12:53 04/04/12 (2)

While I agree in general and in principle, … - Charlie F. 18:34:55 04/07/12 (1)

Yes, I was making generalizations, of course. nt - rbolaw 07:13:16 04/12/12 (0)

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RE: Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim) - Mali 11:21:52 04/01/12 (8)

Hmm. . . that's funny - Chris from Lafayette 19:35:01 04/01/12 (7)

RE: Hmm. . . that's funny - Mali 21:07:52 04/01/12 (6)

I agree - it would be nice to see them in hi-rez again - Chris from Lafayette 07:41:54 04/02/12 (5)

Have you seen this? - Mali 09:34:10 04/03/12 (4)

RE: Have you seen this? - Chris from Lafayette 10:02:18 04/05/12 (3)

RE: Have you seen this? - Mali 12:52:32 04/05/12 (2)

You and me both! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 13:15:02 04/05/12 (1)

Come to think of it. - Mali 13:37:30 04/05/12 (0)

RE: Picked up a collection today...(Seraphim)

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