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In Reply to: Re: Casino Royale for $20? posted by Ray-o-Stat on August 1, 2005 at 11:32:06:
The stereo copy is worth $30 and that's a good price. Unlike standard thinking of recordings in this era, the MONO version is worth much LESS.It's considered by many to be one of the great audiophile stereo pressings.
Who'd have thought that?
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I like my mono copy, for what it's worth...
Hmm... I thought it was the MONO that was on Harry Pearson's superlist and not the stereo.As far as I know, he's the only reason this thing is worth anything at all. Musically it's a non-event, IMHO.
Not sure about that. Herb Alpert does the theme and then there's Dusty Springfield's contribution. Might be worth a listen.
Henry
Henry
but I've never heard an original.
There's also a 45 rpm version on Classic, but it's $150 . . . ouch.
Henry
Personally I don't do the 45 rpm thing. I hate constant flipping. It annoys me that a lot of new releases are split into doubles and have 2-3 songs per side. Besides, I actually like the sound of 33s better. At some point you've got to draw the line. I draw it at 33 1/3. There's plenty of great music available at that said rpm. Leave the flipping for others!
Pretty much the same here. Lifting the platter off, moving the belt from one pully groove to another. Not for me.
Henry
The Classic reissue (33 or 45) is not up to the oiriginal pressing on Colgems. When Classic first brought out Casino they only issued the title song by Dusty and Pearson (TAS) faulted that as being below the original in quality- loss of transients, etc. The original is well worth the money.
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