Some really awesome pickups here. The more time goes by the more I have grown to appreciate the mercury golden imports series. Just a note on that first mercury record, that's actually a 1963 recut compilation of SR90195 from 1959, with the Russian Easter Overture added from SR90265. Mercury did a few of these compilations of earlier recordings in the mid 60s. That brightness you're hearing might be from the diminished bass that was cut in order to fit more material on the LP.
@poetryonplastic Thank you for the info! It makes sense now about it being a recut and the brightness. I completely missed that it says "compilation" right on the various discogs version notes.
Another excellent series of albums. I'm looking forward to looking for them in the maze of used records. Please keep up the great work that you do. I'd like to hear about your system or how you listen. It won't change my opinion but it might help me understand why you hear what you hear and as a reference what I might hear.
@samuelbruce1425 Hi Samuel. Yes for these reviews I feel the need to listen with headphones to give a proper judgment. My near field speaker set up seems to smooth over some flaws and has such a different and forgiving feel. I am much more critical with headphones. As of now my current path is: SAE1000e (HOMC) > Grace G704 Unipivot tonearm > Technics SP10MK2 > EAR 834P (Clone) phono stage > Topping L30 Headphone amp > Hifiman Sundara Headphones. I am happy with the setup but in truth I am longing for a shibata stylus profile again as I feel they give a more realistic presence on amazing sounding discs at the price of being a bit unforgiving on average sounding discs. It is a bit of a pain to change and setup on this tonearm so I will wait to wear out this SAE before changing back again. The SAE is quite nice, pleasant and very good on vocals but I feel bit laid back for minty crisp classical.
Great video. I love the Golden Import from McPhee. Amazing composition. Did you check out the site of Arturo Salvatore. Interesting stuff about early pressings from Mercury, RCA, Decca etc. Cheers.
@emilestoffels4268 Oh that is great that you feel the same way about McPhee, it might be a future classic. Yes I read most of the website from Arturo Salvatore. I remember him saying he prefers the Golden imports to the originals. I do trust his ears. All the discs that are on his list that I happen to have are very very good.
A great selection that was right up my street. Thanks for the shout out and for continuing to put out great content. I totally agree about Living Baroque consistently high quality recordings and pressings. I picked up a ton of Neville Marriner and the ASMIF on that label, doesn’t have the collectibility of the Argo label but all very good. You’ve pretty much got all the great Bonynge recordings but keep an eye out for a copy of Tales of Hoffmann a great James Lock recording from Victoria Hall post Ansermet that sounds an absolute treat, quite a lot of dialogue though so highlights version may get more plays. The Patineurs disc is superb but for a completely OTT tubetastic early Decca treatment look out for the Martinon Israel Phil where they turn up the tympani at the beginning to a Spinal Tap setting of 11!
@analogueanorak1904 Haha I will keep an eye out for that spinal tap 11 Martinon! Also the Tales of Hoffmann, I'm fairly sure that will not command a high price at the store, just judging from the cover art alone. Hidden sonic treasures to be sure.
Thanks for the video. Came across a good sized collection of classical at goodwill today. Mostly small European labels I have never heard of from late 70s early 80s. Sound is very impressive. Less production and more heart can lead to wonderful sounds.
I notice you feature an SAE cartridge in your video intro. I bought a couple of these NOS a few years back (an "E" an and an "LT"). Great sounding cartridges and a bargain at the price I paid (which of course I now can't remember!).
@ClassicsAndVinyl Yes I missed the boat on the LT and was just able to get the 1000e. Pretty great sounding for $100 and it is surprising the suspension is still fine after all these years. I do quite like it, it seems detailed but easy to listen to. My overall experience with MC is limited so I'm wondering what is next. After it wears down I'm thinking about doing a retip to ruby or boron cantilever with maybe a micro line. What do you think, would it worth it for this particular generator or save up for something better?
@@ClassicsAndVinyl Thank you, Fair enough. I did read that then SAE1000/ Adcom were made by Excel and have the same generator and internals as the the current Hana SH line. Considering the price of an exotic retip, it seems brand new would be better.
@ClassicsAndVinyl That is great ! I would say any of the living baroque series (if in great condition) will yield excellent results. In my experience with them, I have not heard one yet that is less than superb !
@@VinylBliss The only Living Baroque issue I have already is Bach's Orchestral Suites with Raymond Leppard and the ECO. I did a video of the 3rd Suite ua-cam.com/video/pP6wsyDUBhY/v-deo.html 😀
@@ClassicsAndVinyl Oh nice! Listening to your video now. I swear I have this disc but cannot find it , it must be in the "Less than Near mint" boxes somewhere. I do have the Bach 3 Concerti Per 1 & 2 Cembali with the same team, very good also (9502017).
@@VinylBliss I've just got the Frederick the Great Living Baroque disc you mentioned in your video. A nice minty copy 😀. Sounds great - thanks for the heads up! No doubt it'll make an appearance on my channel at some point 🤣
@@ClassicsAndVinyl Oh that is excellent to hear!! I just picked up Johann Christian Bach 6 symphonies (Marriner AOSMITF) on Living Baroque. It sounds splendid as expected. I don't think I have heard a bad Living Baroque to date, it seems they are all great!
Some really awesome pickups here. The more time goes by the more I have grown to appreciate the mercury golden imports series. Just a note on that first mercury record, that's actually a 1963 recut compilation of SR90195 from 1959, with the Russian Easter Overture added from SR90265. Mercury did a few of these compilations of earlier recordings in the mid 60s. That brightness you're hearing might be from the diminished bass that was cut in order to fit more material on the LP.
@poetryonplastic Thank you for the info! It makes sense now about it being a recut and the brightness. I completely missed that it says "compilation" right on the various discogs version notes.
Another excellent series of albums. I'm looking forward to looking for them in the maze of used records. Please keep up the great work that you do. I'd like to hear about your system or how you listen. It won't change my opinion but it might help me understand why you hear what you hear and as a reference what I might hear.
@samuelbruce1425
Hi Samuel. Yes for these reviews I feel the need to listen with headphones to give a proper judgment. My near field speaker set up seems to smooth over some flaws and has such a different and forgiving feel. I am much more critical with headphones. As of now my current path is: SAE1000e (HOMC) > Grace G704 Unipivot tonearm > Technics SP10MK2 > EAR 834P (Clone) phono stage > Topping L30 Headphone amp > Hifiman Sundara Headphones. I am happy with the setup but in truth I am longing for a shibata stylus profile again as I feel they give a more realistic presence on amazing sounding discs at the price of being a bit unforgiving on average sounding discs. It is a bit of a pain to change and setup on this tonearm so I will wait to wear out this SAE before changing back again. The SAE is quite nice, pleasant and very good on vocals but I feel bit laid back for minty crisp classical.
❤great video
Great video. I love the Golden Import from McPhee. Amazing composition. Did you check out the site of Arturo Salvatore. Interesting stuff about early pressings from Mercury, RCA, Decca etc. Cheers.
@emilestoffels4268
Oh that is great that you feel the same way about McPhee, it might be a future classic. Yes I read most of the website from Arturo Salvatore. I remember him saying he prefers the Golden imports to the originals. I do trust his ears. All the discs that are on his list that I happen to have are very very good.
Thank you for the video and the many great albums to look out for! I can really feel your love for the hobby.
@MichaelVinyl75 Thanks so much for watching. More record reviews incoming !!
I really enjoy your videos. You share my passion for the music. Please keep the videos coming
@johnkreutz3207
Thank you so much for listening. More to come !
A great selection that was right up my street. Thanks for the shout out and for continuing to put out great content. I totally agree about Living Baroque consistently high quality recordings and pressings. I picked up a ton of Neville Marriner and the ASMIF on that label, doesn’t have the collectibility of the Argo label but all very good. You’ve pretty much got all the great Bonynge recordings but keep an eye out for a copy of Tales of Hoffmann a great James Lock recording from Victoria Hall post Ansermet that sounds an absolute treat, quite a lot of dialogue though so highlights version may get more plays. The Patineurs disc is superb but for a completely OTT tubetastic early Decca treatment look out for the Martinon Israel Phil where they turn up the tympani at the beginning to a Spinal Tap setting of 11!
@analogueanorak1904
Haha I will keep an eye out for that spinal tap 11 Martinon! Also the Tales of Hoffmann, I'm fairly sure that will not command a high price at the store, just judging from the cover art alone. Hidden sonic treasures to be sure.
Thanks for the video. Came across a good sized collection of classical at goodwill today. Mostly small European labels I have never heard of from late 70s early 80s. Sound is very impressive. Less production and more heart can lead to wonderful sounds.
@truestereo1323
ohh there could be some gold in there, nice haul! Please keep updated with which ones sound great.
I notice you feature an SAE cartridge in your video intro. I bought a couple of these NOS a few years back (an "E" an and an "LT"). Great sounding cartridges and a bargain at the price I paid (which of course I now can't remember!).
@ClassicsAndVinyl
Yes I missed the boat on the LT and was just able to get the 1000e. Pretty great sounding for $100 and it is surprising the suspension is still fine after all these years. I do quite like it, it seems detailed but easy to listen to. My overall experience with MC is limited so I'm wondering what is next. After it wears down I'm thinking about doing a retip to ruby or boron cantilever with maybe a micro line. What do you think, would it worth it for this particular generator or save up for something better?
@@VinylBliss I'm not sure I'd pay to re-tip it myself. Something from the Hana range might be a good alternative.
@@ClassicsAndVinyl Thank you, Fair enough. I did read that then SAE1000/ Adcom were made by Excel and have the same generator and internals as the the current Hana SH line. Considering the price of an exotic retip, it seems brand new would be better.
Thanks for the video! You've sent me off on a search for some of these albums 😃
@ClassicsAndVinyl
That is great ! I would say any of the living baroque series (if in great condition) will yield excellent results. In my experience with them, I have not heard one yet that is less than superb !
@@VinylBliss The only Living Baroque issue I have already is Bach's Orchestral Suites with Raymond Leppard and the ECO. I did a video of the 3rd Suite ua-cam.com/video/pP6wsyDUBhY/v-deo.html 😀
@@ClassicsAndVinyl Oh nice! Listening to your video now. I swear I have this disc but cannot find it , it must be in the "Less than Near mint" boxes somewhere. I do have the Bach 3 Concerti Per 1 & 2 Cembali with the same team, very good also (9502017).
@@VinylBliss I've just got the Frederick the Great Living Baroque disc you mentioned in your video. A nice minty copy 😀. Sounds great - thanks for the heads up! No doubt it'll make an appearance on my channel at some point 🤣
@@ClassicsAndVinyl Oh that is excellent to hear!! I just picked up Johann Christian Bach 6 symphonies (Marriner AOSMITF) on Living Baroque. It sounds splendid as expected. I don't think I have heard a bad Living Baroque to date, it seems they are all great!