The Direct to Disc thread

[DaveyF]

Back to the D2D's. Tonight I re-visited this LP... and it is truly an excellent disc. One that definitely belongs high on this list.

Also listened to the Thelma Houston LP... . While this has decent sound, the music does nothing for me. So a pass on this one IMO.

 

[DaveyF]

Tonight, what I believe to be one of the best sounding classical guitar recordings and a great performance to boot. A real joy to listen to on my SF GH's.

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

Yes, of course I know about 'For Duke'...but let's add the special M&K Lp's here:

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3) Flamenco Fever.. View attachment 25547 Great sound, music is superb ( IF you like Flamenco). Hard to source today.

Others....

I like it but not that much! Holy Cow Batman!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIOPHILE-...035801?hash=item1eae76bbd9:g:jAQAAOSwKtlWhoT5

 

[jadis]

I like it but not that much! Holy Cow Batman!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIOPHILE-...035801?hash=item1eae76bbd9:g:jAQAAOSwKtlWhoT5

I get updates on the price of this LP for the past so many years, and this is the highest asking price that I've seen. Usually it hovers in the $400-$500 range.

 

[Steve Williams]

I get updates on the price of this LP for the past so many years, and this is the highest asking price that I've seen. Usually it hovers in the $400-$500 range.

Not bad when the initial MSRP was $3.99

 

[DaveyF]

I saw this at a thrift store yesterday...in a G- condition, so I passed.

Any thoughts on this D2D?

 

[Bill Hart]

Not bad when the initial MSRP was $3.99

And got remaindered at that!

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

I saw this at a thrift store yesterday...in a G- condition, so I passed. View attachment 26549

Any thoughts on this D2D?

I listened to it on you tube last night and it did nothing for me at all.

 

[DaveyF]

I listened to it on you tube last night and it did nothing for me at all.

Interesting. Although I don't think that one can get a good idea of the SQ of the LP from a you tube vid. The music OTOH could certainly be enjoyed...or not, as the case may be.

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

Interesting. Although I don't think that one can get a good idea of the SQ of the LP from a you tube vid. The music OTOH could certainly be enjoyed...or not, as the case may be.

Exactly! What he said...

I was not listening for sound quality, I was listening for general musical involvement/enjoyment.

It was a matter of if I liked it enough to click the buy it now option...or not.

I love you tube for music discovery, that and the prog rock thread here.

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

Picked these two up for $10.
Not a spindle mark on them!



And these for $40.




Getting very anxious to get my kit back together!

 

[DaveyF]

The Thelma and For Duke are great scores.....however, looking at the covers, they would seem to be in VG to VG+ condition, at best. Even though there appear to be no spindle marks, have you actually played them?
Spindle marks are not always the best determinant, IME.

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

No I have not played them, thus my comment at the bottom of my post.

The Houston cover is rough I know but the vinyl inside by every visual indication is dead flat and flawless.

I was not about the play them on the provided turntable at the store, only used it to check flatness.

He also gives a blanket, "If it's not as quiet as you want it to be, bring it back y'all"

He does not try to hide anything, he does not clean them prior to putting them out so you get to see how they were treated throughout their life.

Been collecting vinyl for many many moons and some of my quietest vinyl has come out of some pretty nasty covers and some of my worst vinyl out of some of the cleanest covers (some new sealed), sometimes I pair them up.

The vinyl being the most important.

 

[jadis]

Picked these two up for $10.
Not a spindle mark on them!



And these for $40.




Getting very anxious to get my kit back together!

Great hunting! A few years ago I stepped inside a record shop in San Francisco and asked for a few titles, the shop owner punched into his computer and have me skyrocketing prices based of eBay etc. Certainly there was nothing around $10 for a good direct to disc over there.

 

[DaveyF]

Here's the thing of it...IME when collecting vinyl, one can never really know what the true condition of the record is until it is played on one's TT. The cover can be pristine, the record can be pristine ( to the eye) and yet it can be as noisy as hell once the stylus comes down.
Conversely, the cover can be poor ( although again IME, that is not a good sign as to the overall quality of the condition of the vinyl once it has hit the TT) and the record can be quiet....not usual though, IMHO.
Just some of the joys of collecting vinyl..

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

Agreed 100% on all counts, so if the price is right I don't mind taking the chance.
I heard LSC1901 Pathetique at THE Show a couple years ago for the first time and loved it. So of course I came home and got stupid on ebay and bought what looked like a pristine copy, and it is, looking....SMH

So with my recent haul, all of it is exchangable if I don't like it.

Now since I have takin my kit down I have aquire probably 4-500 new and used wax discs to sort through.

It truly is a sickness I cannot control!

 

[jadis]

I just remember I have this on my self, haven't played it in a long time, but sure is a 'demo quality' guitar and bass album, by Almeida and Ray Brown, on the original Jeton label from Germany, Direct to Disc.

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

Get your wallets out yall!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIOPHILE-...270259?hash=item3f62304533:g:FfgAAOSwIjNXJtBM

 

[PeterA]

Get your wallets out yall!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIOPHILE-...270259?hash=item3f62304533:g:FfgAAOSwIjNXJtBM

One of the problems with the resurgence of vinyl. I know a guy who searched for years for a sealed copy of this title. He bought five or six NM copies instead because he never found a sealed copy. Then one day his new bride gave him a sealed copy as a gift. She had known he was looking and had stumbled upon a copy somewhere. One never knows how that can happen, but it does. He knows he married the right woman.

 

[Ron Resnick]

One of the problems with the resurgence of vinyl. I know a guy who searched for years for a sealed copy of this title. He bought five or six NM copies instead because he never found a sealed copy. Then one day his new bride gave him a sealed copy as a gift. She had known he was looking and had stumbled upon a copy somewhere. One never knows how that can happen, but it does. He knows he married the right woman.

This is a 100% true story. And the wife is delighted that she made it into a WBF post!