Tonight I've been listening to various alternative pressings of some duplicate recordings in my collection: time to help some find a new home...
Mahler, Symphony No. 3 - Horenstein/LSO, Unicorn RHS 302/3 (my all time favorite performance and recording of this work! The Nonesuch pressing is very good, but the original Unicorn pressing is simply better: cleaner, more transparent, more dynamic. Object lesson in record cleaning here: when I first listened I thought I preferred the Nonesuch. Then I remembered the Unicorn had been cleaned with an old home-brew cleaning fluid of distilled water and isopropyl. So, did a quick Disc Doctor fluid cleaning and listened again. BIG difference! Once "properly" cleaned, it became completely apparent which pressing was better.)
Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) - Kertesz/LSO, Decca SXL 2289 (SpeakersCorner reissue, King SuperAnalogue reissue, London early pressing, Decca Jubilee -- it's been a lot of Dvorak tonight... The Decca Jubilee was a real contender, btw. I'm always impressed with how well re-mastered were the budget reissue Jubilees.)
Playing now... Donovan's Greatest Hits (Epic).
Coming up... Neil Young's Zuma
Sandra, no tv, but will a laptop and internet connection qualify? :^)
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