tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578688126265821360.post4669198094757095098..comments2024-03-26T14:07:32.489-04:00Comments on Miles to Mozart: Decca SXL 6119: Ansermet conducts Russian Delightsaqlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158533801520443218noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578688126265821360.post-73048970224725486932016-04-20T23:11:19.915-04:002016-04-20T23:11:19.915-04:00I'll add from my own study of the later blueba...I'll add from my own study of the later bluebacks this is not a full tube blueback. These near misses can sound pretty good, but they won't do the special things that tube recordings do and especially some of the better later bluebacks. This is muddied by the label approach on Decca which uses this label for four more years or so. The original recording was from May of 1964. Some of the low level distortion Aqlam mentions may be due to a number of early transistor devices in the signal path (which aren't the end of the world as discrete transistor circuits are often preferred to the modern integrated circuit (IC) for sound.Meleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803490723541660219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578688126265821360.post-87669099750115788392016-04-20T23:01:47.268-04:002016-04-20T23:01:47.268-04:00I'd like to hear this record and I might have ...I'd like to hear this record and I might have a copy lurking around, but I suspect it may not be a great pressing. A NM London CS6405 is on ebay for $10 right now, but be sure to ask the seller the stamper numbers or if it is a "grooved" pressing (the seller may have a later pressing and is not showing the label for this reason, but a later British pressing might also be fine) . The grooved pressing should be comparable to the record under review. Both the Decca and London came out around November/December 1964 and I'd bet the Decca might be marginally superior though both probably have the same mother and so should be close.Meleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803490723541660219noreply@blogger.com