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These are great recordings. Mozart/Haydn pictured above, playing now.
Note: Just make sure your London-labeled LP was pressed in the UK.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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I agree! (Of course these days, I have almost all of the Karajan/VPO albums on Japanese CD's.) One recording which stands out for me is Karajan's VPO recording of "The Planets" - it's SO much better than the remake which the conductor did with the BPO on DG. That DG recording dates from the era when their Tonmeisters were using 60-zillion microphones per session, and had the awful synthetic sound to prove it! ;-)
(OTOH, there are other DG recordings from that same era which I never thought could be salvaged, and yet the newest Dolby Atmos incarnation of Karajan's 70's set of Beethoven Symphonies, recorded in a similarly over-miked way, now sound amazingly natural in comparison - even though they've no doubt undergone even more digital manipulation!)
Thinking back to my London Stereo Treasury pressing of the Karajan/VPO Also sprach Zarathustra, it drove me out of my mind, since side two was pressed off center, so that the ghastly wavering of pitch got increasingly noticeable towards the inner grooves. I trust that the original London and Decca issues did not have this problem?
You could have tried to time it so that the wow in the record was offset by the wow from the TT. I had just such a TT years ago, would have been perfect though I never did get the timing down.
I have two copies of Zarathustra from the Stereo Treasury Series. One has the small label, the other has the large label. Neither is off-center on the second side.
However, some STS were pressed in the US. The US pressings are awful, to be avoided.
BTW, the original Columbia CD copy of Nick Lowe's Nick the Knife had wow all the way through. The LP, however, is perfectly centered. Weird.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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I've got maybe 800 classical LPs and as far as I can recall, none of them are off-center on either side.
Even the US pressings (none of which are London).
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
Karajan and Decca did make some great recordings. The Otello is my reference version of that opera. I also have the Aida, although I am not as familiar with it as I am the Otello.
No need to fear the Dutch pressings either. The sonics were better than the Speakers' Corner reissues I've heard.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
The Dutch pressed the most silent records in those days. Even piano recordings were almost noiseless. You must have spent a bundle on that one. The shipping was probably more than the record!
If I'd been more patient and bought it at the local store instead of ordering from Ebay, would have cost me three whole dollars.
Jubilees, even Decca Jubilees, are cheap. Collectors aren't interested. Makes all the difference.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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I listened to this last night. Interestingly, this was not issued on vinyl by Telarc. It was issued by Universal in 2006 with Telarc disclaiming responsibility for the record. And yet it's great! Some extremely loud sounds on this one during the polkas. I bought this at a fairly reasonable price before prices spiraled to over $300!I had also gotten ROUND UP, a collection of Western themes with Erich Kunzel when it came out on Universal. I think these were the only two records issued by Universal that were formally only on compact disc. Not sure how or why these two were chosen to be issued on vinyl.
* Good ol' Google. I googled ROUND UP and got weed control products...
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The LPs are too expensive. Most Telarcs aren't, but the Pops are. Go figure.
I'm a huge Telarc fan, have many of the LPs. My favorite version of Beethoven's 9th is on Telarc, one of those recordings the company didn't issue on LP.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
Was this one of the discs recommended by Mark Ward?
There's some opera in there that I'll pass on, but I already had a copy of Zarathustra , the other Strauss disc with Death and Transfiguration on it, is on its way. So are The Planets and Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
Got the Dvorak 8th Symphony on London Jubilee. The Jubilee series was pressed in Holland and they're damned good.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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