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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Price of Pleasure
A boutique maker of high-end headphones has just brought out a new model. Audez'e offers the LCD-2 for about a grand; it's a popular headphone amongst afficionados. I haven't tried the LCD-2 so I can't say anything about it; I … Continue reading
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Sentence of Shame
This afternoon I indulged in my hobby of restoring old 78 RPM albums; I find it relaxing and rewarding and just kinda fun all around. On today's menu: a rare but not particularly valuable 4-disc set from 1935, of Eugene … Continue reading
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A Revisit, A Disappointment
Columbia Masterworks MM-850 is a Broadway legend. 1949's original cast album of South Pacific is one of the best-selling albums of all time, has never been out of print, and continues to be available in a remastered digital release. In … Continue reading
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Lucy and Mary and Ed
I guess it’s a slow news day. Our hyper-abundant media conglomerates with their armies of pundits and hosts of commentators don’t have enough to do. Hordes of reporters mill about aimlessly, confused and disoriented with nothing to report. So they … Continue reading
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Homecoming
Take a good look at the picture below. I'll admit that it doesn't look all that prepossessing. To a person in the know about San Francisco Symphony recordings (we few, we valiant few) this is opulent treasure indeed. For this … Continue reading
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Alfred Hertz’s Great Big Heart
Some years ago I wrote an article for SF Classical Music Examiner in which I bewailed and lamented the inaccessibility of Alfred Hertz’s recordings with the San Francisco Symphony. There are 24 pieces altogether, immortalized on shellac over a period … Continue reading
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