Jay 37,352 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Ordered from SAE Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HunterTech 991 Posted December 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2021 I would've considered Arnold's Godzilla as well, but I don't have any familiarity with it, and it was out of stock when I ordered this. Amer, Marian Schedenig and Naïve Old Fart 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Great stuff, @HunterTech. LIFEFORCE is a personal top-5 Mancini score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 39 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Great stuff, @HunterTech. LIFEFORCE is a personal top-5 Mancini score. Is that the only reason you watch the film- for the ' score'? 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 991 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Here's an odd quirk I recently found about the album presentation: on the LP and early CD presentations, Evil Visitation comes after The Discovery Suite. However, after the VS CD release in 1990, they've swapped places, which the BSX versions have kept. I'm not sure if this is a genuine error, or a conscious choice Mancini decided on for the later pressings. It doesn't change the general flow too much, but it is a curious decision nonetheless. Also, on BSX copies: Lifeforce Theme and Evil Visitation are just reduced to Theme and Visitation, which are even stranger choices to make. Especially when the digital release (also put up by them) retitles the former to Main Theme. Guess I'll have to ask someone who worked on the set about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Karol Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Another entry for my collection of re-recordings of Hitchcock scores: Dial M for Murder - Dimitri Tiomkin Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by William Stromberg What I heard so far from Tiomkin is always well composed, but far from memorable. Concerning golden age scores I am a little spoiled, because I heard a lot of Rózsa. But I guess this score might be a grower. I can't remember the movie, and for the joy of Spellbound it definitely helped to watch the film. Jurassic Shark and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2021 So very thankful that this wonderful set was made available again for the 20th anniversary, and even more grateful that I had the opportunity to pick it up in time for Christmas. Truly a special score in Williams' repertoire. Also bought the new West Side Story album digitally. My appreciation for the wonderful performances has increased exponentially since catching the film yesterday, and I'm really trying to take care of myself with good things and the like. Much love to all! Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Bespin, Holko and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amer 2,102 Posted December 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2021 Just when you thought 2021 was done, Quartet Records hauls you back in!!! Raiders of the SoundtrArk, crocodile, Bespin and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 That's a great haul, @Amer! Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: That's a great haul, @Amer! Yeah. And everyone on FB knows it. 😝😅😉😊 Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Amer's on Facebook? Cool Amer and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 crocodile and Amer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 8,006 Posted December 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2021 Last minute arrivals: Happy Christmas to me! Karol Amer, Naïve Old Fart, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted December 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2021 Haven't posted since mid of June, so here's me catching up: Big Music Box order from June. Music Box from August. Music Box from October. Bits of various Amazon orders. The Rattle Carmina Burana came highly recommended, but I'm mostly not a fan. It's often too vulgar for me (even for that work). Gerharher is a great singer, with a voice not so different from Fischer-Dieskau's, but again he often takes exceedingly vulgar turns in his pieces. The acoustics are not ideal either - the choral parts are hard to separate from the whole most of the time. Curiously, this is always described as very percussive and super fast. It's certainly percussive (though overly so, I'm not sure - at times it's just the recording where the percussion manages to stand out while the rest becomes a bit of a blur), and it's overall a whole three minutes slower than the Jochum version I grew up on (and which I still don't think of as particularly fast). Assorted other bits. Lionheart came from Varese as a separate package from the last order I posted in June (with some customs troubles because of mislabelling that were well and very quickly handled by Varese's support). Home Alone 2 is Chris Afonso's spare copy which he kindly gave to me after I kept saying the old Varese DE is good enough for me before I reconsidered and failed to get the LLL before it went OOP. The Debussy/Ravel I picked up in Berlin, and the Kraemer I won from Jay for my JWFan donation - verdict: I agree with Jay and Shark that the main and end titles are the highlights. The rest is always competent underscore, but doesn't leave too much of an impression, probably because it doesn't sound like it stands out all that much in the film (which might be due to the film or the director's wishes). All the way through, it reminds me of Williams, particularly Jurassic Park - although the main and end titles sound rather a bit like The Post to me (which was written later!) Christmas presents. I'm only just beginning to make my way through the Huppertz. The Popov I had on my wish list for the 1st symphony, but the chamber symphony is also a fine discovery and seems to remind me of Williams's concert works at times (and there's a section that sounds quite a bit like The Conversation). Jurassic Shark, crocodile, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 25 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: the Kraemer I won from Jay for my JWFan donation - verdict: I agree with Jay and Shark that the main and end titles are the highlights. The rest is always competent underscore, but doesn't leave too much of an impression, probably because it doesn't sound like it stands out all that much in the film (which might be due to the film or the director's wishes). All the way through, it reminds me of Williams, particularly Jurassic Park - although the main and end titles sound rather a bit like The Post to me (which was written later!) The score to Jack Reacher feels like a prequel to MI5, which I guess it kinda is. Looking forward to your verdict of Die Nibelungen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 I purchased some CDs I didn't already have in my collection, for a reason or another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,525 Posted December 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 27, 2021 Busy December! My poor bank account Marian Schedenig, Naïve Old Fart and Amer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Great haul, @Holko. I've always wanted an ANTHOLOGY poster, comprising of the three covers. Poor bank account, yes, but "hello ears"! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Holko said: Busy December! My poor bank account Didn't think you could still find the old Berglund Sibelius box anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,525 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Marian Schedenig said: Didn't think you could still find the old Berglund Sibelius box anywhere. I found one on Amazon Marketplace in Like New condition after you recommended it! Unfortunately its Disc 4 is wrong, instead of Our Own Land and Origin of Fire, it has Oceanides, Finlandia and Tapiola like on another release, they printed the wrong master and as I saw by some googling, it's not a unique case, half the tracklists have one, the other half the other. These 3 pieces are already present on Disc 6 but at least in a different performance so at least they're not completely redundant, I just got scammed out of 2 pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 That's odd. And unfortunate - I love those two choral pieces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Bought it the other day but only listened this morning: Very good interpretation/recording. Karol Bespin and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kühni 485 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 . Amer and Bespin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted December 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2021 crocodile, Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Amer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 One of those is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: One of those is brilliant. Yes, I'm glad to finally have the Masada album recording on CD. Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Do you actually love it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Jurassic Shark and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Ghost in the Machine Synchronicity - The Police Julius Caesar - Miklos Rozsa Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 An odd mix, @Grace Under Pressure, but three good records. Of the two by The Police, GHOST IN THE MACHINE is definitely, the better one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I dit it again (prices are in $CA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 11 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: An odd mix, @Grace Under Pressure, but three good records. Of the two by The Police, GHOST IN THE MACHINE is definitely, the better one. Wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1977 1,743 Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 Amer, Bespin, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Something old, Something new, From the Land of the 😄Fart! GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I finally purchased it, as it popped up on an audiophile website I consult. Spotlight on John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 It's a good album, we have a multi-page thread about it Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 It's hardly audiophile though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 36 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: It's hardly audiophile though. Don't do that. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Do what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 You know what, I'm tired if all this negativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 On 28/12/2021 at 12:35 PM, Naïve Old Fart said: One of those is brilliant. The Lego man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Audiophile refers to VINYL Lps mastered from original sources or at high- speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 First CD arrival of the year: And first new purchases of the year: Karol Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: From when is this recording? Interesting collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I don't really know. At least it can't be earlier than late 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 Just realized I didn't post tmy 2021 final batch: Bespin, 1977 and crocodile 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I've got one of those and it's decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, May the Force be with You said: Just realized I didn't post my 2021 final batch: Where did you manage to find a copy of Balto? 3 hours ago, GerateWohl said: From when is this recording? Interesting collection. I saw that BSX has licenced a lot of Citadel recordings and made them available digitally. Here are a few others: Spoiler Spoiler GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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