tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578688126265821360.post7705664713249796316..comments2024-03-26T14:07:32.489-04:00Comments on Miles to Mozart: SR 90281 Another of the Best Mercury Living Stereo Recordsaqlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14158533801520443218noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578688126265821360.post-31356116371550285762013-08-16T18:42:10.301-04:002013-08-16T18:42:10.301-04:00I almost forgot to share the story of how I got th...I almost forgot to share the story of how I got this Mercury record. About 10 years ago when I was scouring all the used record stores in Chicago for classical records, I regularly received monthly updates from a record store called Dusty Groove. It still exists and is doing better than ever, or so I hear. They would send out lists of their latest acquisitions. Rarely they would have classical, and on one special occasion, I checked the list and saw SR 90281. RFR-1/RFR-1. Price? $9.99. You can bet in an instant that I emailed them to secure the purchase within minutes of that email. A day or two later, it came in the mail. That might be one of my luckiest moments in my search for classical records. Okay, maybe not THE luckiest. That might have been my discovery of SXL 2011, Ansermet conducting Petrouchka on Decca FFSS, in near mint condition for $1. Or finding a Festival Quartet album on RCA Living Stereo, NM, for $1 in a used sale. That almost never happens anymore, sadly, because people just have to use popsike to know how much their albums are worth.<br /><br />I will have to get back to you on my choice of the best Nocturnes. I actually don't have both the Decca and London of the Monteux, just the London. And yes, you're right. I did own the Ansermet at one point but sold it a few months ago.aqlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158533801520443218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578688126265821360.post-14678895793604125742013-08-16T15:48:37.656-04:002013-08-16T15:48:37.656-04:00Debussy Nocturnes. You've got SAX 2463, Monte...Debussy Nocturnes. You've got SAX 2463, Monteux on both Decca and London, and the Silvestri CD. All are 5/5. Which is best? How do the Decca and London compare? If you say you don't have Anserment London CS 6023, I'll be shocked.<br /><br />I just spotted a Philips Golden Import of the Nocturnes which might work well for those in the poor house.Meleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803490723541660219noreply@blogger.com