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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #435 on: January 31, 2012, 06:46:40 PM »
From RadioActive Records;

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
On The Road - Traffic
<both with STERLING in the dead wax>
So - Peter Gabriel
CSN&Y - 4 Way Street
My Favorite Chopin - Van Cliburn
Prokofiev Sonatas for Violin and Piano - Perlman/Ashkenazy
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1 - Van Cliburn
<3rd or 4th copy of this I've bought, but this one incredibly clean>
Shostakovich Sym No. 11 (1905) - Stokowski/Houston Symphony Orchestra

A lot more clean classical, much of it appears treated with LAST, but it will have to wait till my next trip.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #436 on: February 01, 2012, 07:04:39 AM »
Since we have been on the subject of box sets,I was on amazon this morning and noticed a pre-order listing for a Mercury Livung Pressence box set which will be released on March 6th.



50 music CDs and one disc containg an interveiw with Wilma Cozart Fine all for $132. Not a small sum of money to drop at one time, but on the other hand it comes to just a little over two and a half dollars a disc.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005XBA9Y8/ref=s9_newr_bw_g15_ir02?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0837TRJ8MM711FH9T3K3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1247290242&pf_rd_i=5174
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #437 on: February 07, 2012, 07:30:07 PM »
At RadioActive again;

Mingus Ah Um Stereo - Charles Mingus
Africa/Brass - The John Coltrane Quartet
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
Dark Side of the Mooon - Pink Floyd
Certified Live - Dave Mason

Immaculate copy of DSOTM, EU edition import, gatefold cover with all the goodies still stuffed in it. A reissue, I called Bill and the colors he said the original EMI-Harvest label had not the same as this, but I'm still excited to have found it. According to stevehoffman.com, I have an A2/B3 copy per dead wax markings, supposed to a better pressing, plus DOUG scratched in the dead wax.

The Kob is also near mint, I have a few of these, but you can't have enough clean copies. This is a 6 eye reissue.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #438 on: February 07, 2012, 09:45:02 PM »
At RadioActive again;

Mingus Ah Um Stereo - Charles Mingus
Africa/Brass - The John Coltrane Quartet
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
Dark Side of the Mooon - Pink Floyd
Certified Live - Dave Mason

Immaculate copy of DSOTM, EU edition import, gatefold cover with all the goodies still stuffed in it. A reissue, I called Bill and the colors he said the original EMI-Harvest label had not the same as this, but I'm still excited to have found it. According to stevehoffman.com, I have an A2/B3 copy per dead wax markings, supposed to a better pressing, plus DOUG scratched in the dead wax.

The Kob is also near mint, I have a few of these, but you can't have enough clean copies. This is a 6 eye reissue.

Nice finds.

Damn, now you've got one up on me. I have a British DSOTM, but not one marked as from the EU.

Oh well, you can't have them all (not that this ever stopped me from trying.)  :rofl:
« Last Edit: February 07, 2012, 09:46:44 PM by tmazz »
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #439 on: February 08, 2012, 06:58:49 PM »
Last ones for awhile, I'm done with phase 1 in FL for a bit, so looks like I'm getting reassigned to Altoona, PA.

Altoona???????

What kinda name is that?
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #440 on: February 08, 2012, 08:16:49 PM »
Big score at the Crack House today. I got 13 box sets from the Time Life Series "Arthur Fiedler's Favorites". Each box contains three Boston Pops LPs, pressed for Time life by RCA Records, and a 16 page book. Of the 39 total LPs all but 3 of them look like they have never seen a TT. Not even any spindle marks. The Sets are as follows:

-Guests of the Pops
-The American Spirit
-Classics, Carols & Cinema
-Latin Rhythms
-The Good Old Days
-Love Songs
-Fun with Fiedler
-The Ballet
-Concertos
-Classical Treasures
-Light Classics
-Marching in Review
-National Classics

So it was 13 sets with a total of 39 records and the whole thing cost me $9.78 (including sales tax!). I have one or two other sets from this series and while they are not reference grade from a SQ basis they did have more than credible sound making them a fantastic buy to the money.  :thumb:

Now the last dozen or so times I went to the Crack House I walked out empty handed, but as I have said before when you do hit you usually end up hitting in spades. :thumb:
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #441 on: February 10, 2012, 07:42:55 AM »
At RadioActive again;

Mingus Ah Um Stereo - Charles Mingus
Africa/Brass - The John Coltrane Quartet
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
Dark Side of the Mooon - Pink Floyd
Certified Live - Dave Mason

Immaculate copy of DSOTM, EU edition import, gatefold cover with all the goodies still stuffed in it. A reissue, I called Bill and the colors he said the original EMI-Harvest label had not the same as this, but I'm still excited to have found it. According to stevehoffman.com, I have an A2/B3 copy per dead wax markings, supposed to a better pressing, plus DOUG scratched in the dead wax.

The Kob is also near mint, I have a few of these, but you can't have enough clean copies. This is a 6 eye reissue.

Nice finds.

Damn, now you've got one up on me. I have a British DSOTM, but not one marked as from the EU.

Oh well, you can't have them all (not that this ever stopped me from trying.)  :rofl:

OK, based on the pic you posted in the Just home thread it looks like the EU DOSTM pressing that you picked up is in fact one of the 30th Anniversary pressings. Not only do I have that one , I also have a couple of spare copies in case something happens to mine. (I told my kids to considered them life insurance for them - if they did anything to damage  my copy I wouldn't have to kill them.  :lol:)

I feel vindicated.  :D

The good news is that it is a great find for you. IMO the 30th Anniversary edition is far and away the best sounding Dark Side LP ever produced. Enjoy! :thumb:
Remember, it's all about the music........

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• Sunfire True SW Super Jr (2)
• McIntosh MC 275
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #442 on: February 10, 2012, 08:11:15 AM »
At RadioActive again;

Mingus Ah Um Stereo - Charles Mingus
Africa/Brass - The John Coltrane Quartet
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatra
Dark Side of the Mooon - Pink Floyd
Certified Live - Dave Mason

Immaculate copy of DSOTM, EU edition import, gatefold cover with all the goodies still stuffed in it. A reissue, I called Bill and the colors he said the original EMI-Harvest label had not the same as this, but I'm still excited to have found it. According to stevehoffman.com, I have an A2/B3 copy per dead wax markings, supposed to a better pressing, plus DOUG scratched in the dead wax.

The Kob is also near mint, I have a few of these, but you can't have enough clean copies. This is a 6 eye reissue.

Nice finds.

Damn, now you've got one up on me. I have a British DSOTM, but not one marked as from the EU.

Oh well, you can't have them all (not that this ever stopped me from trying.)  :rofl:

OK, based on the pic you posted in the Just home thread it looks like the EU DOSTM pressing that you picked up is in fact one of the 30th Anniversary pressings. Not only do I have that one , I also have a couple of spare copies in case something happens to mine. (I told my kids to considered them life insurance for them - if they did anything to damage  my copy I wouldn't have to kill them.  :lol:)

I feel vindicated.  :D

The good news is that it is a great find for you. IMO the 30th Anniversary edition is far and away the best sounding Dark Side LP ever produced. Enjoy! :thumb:


I purchased that one because Tom told me to. If I didn't I would be most definately be ostracised.    :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
« Last Edit: February 10, 2012, 08:35:16 AM by pumpkinman »

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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #443 on: February 18, 2012, 10:44:08 AM »
$3 each downtown


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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #444 on: February 19, 2012, 10:56:07 PM »
President's day sale at the Crack House.  :yay2:

Picked up a 14 CD set of live music from the shows that The Dead did in Morrison CO between June 15th and 20th of 2004 and it cost me the grand total of........96 cents.  
« Last Edit: February 20, 2012, 06:25:23 AM by tmazz »
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #445 on: February 20, 2012, 07:45:43 AM »
I just got a VPI 16.5 record cleaner so I can now attack the 2 boxes of old LP's that a friend dropped off last year sometime. They were his fathers and are old and moldy and in generally not so great shape. But now I can clean them properly and assess what to keep and what to give away.

I'll be posting what I like on the other thread.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #446 on: February 21, 2012, 08:58:37 PM »
Last Sunday was my son Bobby's 18th birthday, so today we took our traditional birthday trip to PREX.   :D

I tried to be good and control myself. I failed abysmally, but I tried.  8-[

CDs:
George Benson: Forever Gold - St. Clair
Earl Klugh: Midmight in San Juan - Warner Bros
Earl Klugh: Live Stories - Warner Bros
Elaine Elias: The Three Americas - Blue Note
Jacky Terrasson: A Paris... - Blue Note
Various: Blue Note Plays Jobim - Blue Note
Spice it Up, The Best of Paquito D'Rivera - Chesky
Cody Moffett: Evidence - Telarc
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Blues on Bach - Atlantic
The Best of Tuck & Patti - Windham Hill
The Who: Quadrophenia - MCA
Thunderfingers, The Best of John Entwistle
AM Gold: 1968 - Time Life
AM Gold: #1 Hits of '70-'74 - Time Life
George Thorogood & the Destroyers: Rockin' My Life Away - EMI

SACD:
Linn Records SUper Audio CD Sampler - Linn

Vinyl:
Frederick Fennell: March Time - Mercury Living Presence Stereo
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - Mercury Living Presence Stereo
Stan Getz & Arthur Fiedler at Tanglewood - RCA Living Stereo
An Evening with Harry Belafonte - RCA
The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herman - London Phase 4
Henry Mancini and his Orchestra: Hatari! - RCA Living Stereo
Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays - Capitol (Canadian Import)
Tom Paxton: 6 - Elektra
Tomita: Pictures at an Exhibition - RCA
Tomita: Firebird - RCA
Lester Young: Giants of Jazz -m Time Life (3 LP Set)
Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter - Atlantic (2 LP Set)
Larry Carlton: Discovery - MCA Master Series
Woody Herman: Road Father - Century (Direct to Disc), Promo
Wynton Marsalis - Columbia
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass: Big Band Jazz, Volume 2 - PA USA
Mel Torme'/Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass - Concord (Promo)
The David Chesky Band: Rush Hour - Columbia
Duke Ellington/Countg Basie: First Time, The Count Meerts the Duke - Columbia
Ella Fitzgerald and Andre Previd Do Gershwin - Pablo
Oscar Peterson: Royal Wedding Suite - Pablo
Oscar Peterson: The Personal Touch - Pablo
Oscar Peterson in Russia - Pablo
Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass A Salle Pleyel - Pablo
Michael Hedges: Live on Double Planet - Windham Hill
The Guitar Album - Columbia
Blue Note Live at the Roxy - Blue Note
Herb Ellis at Montreux - Concord
Adam Makowicz: From My Window - Choice
Randy Brecker & Elaine Elias: Amanda - Passport
The Marshall Tucker Band: Greatest Hits
Pete Townsend: Empty Glass - Atco
Pete Townsend White City - Atco
Heart: Little Queen - Portrait
James Taylor: Dad Loves His Work - Columbia
Billy Joel: Songs in the Attic - Columbia
Mannheim Steamroller: Fresh Aire V - American Gramaphone

Look like it's time to mix up another batch of VPI Fluid.  :roll:
« Last Edit: February 21, 2012, 09:58:35 PM by tmazz »
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #447 on: February 22, 2012, 05:10:28 AM »
You'll find this to be an excellent release Tom...performance and sound quality.... :thumb:




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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #448 on: February 22, 2012, 05:21:24 AM »
Tom - congrats to Bobby on hitting the milestone.

And control yourself at PREX - puh-lease, what's that nonsense!

Heading to FL next week, and looking to hit RadioActive as they posted a bunch of Jazz in, though some folks at AC have also discovered them, so there's competition now.

I never see Mercury Living Presence vinyl though I always look for it.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #449 on: February 22, 2012, 05:52:34 AM »
New 45RPM audiophile LPs...




New Speakers Corner 180g LPs...




New vintage vinyl buys...



I would have bought more vinyl but Gene has been spending some of my money on scotch.

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