abh@ccivax.UUCP (Andrew X. Hudson) (08/10/84)
You think you had it bad, I had to take back 12 copies of La Traviota before I could even get it on my turntable! And even then I had to go out and buy a Beocenter XW350p to play them they were so warped. And the jackets! The jackets were so dust laden that I had to get a Ronko record vacuumer to keep the damn things clean. The torture never ends - they must have cretins in the printing department, the mixture of of pigments on the cover was superfluously atrocius. I had to go into the stockroom before I good get a decent cover. There just ain't no justice for people of our taste. Mr. Greenjeans -- "Freedom of choice is what you got Freedom from choice is what you want" - DEVO ...[rlgvax | decvax | ucbvax!allegra]!rochester!ritcv!ccivax!abh
ahearn@convex.UUCP (08/11/84)
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convex!ahearn Aug 11 10:44:00 1984
I also went through three or four shots at Columbia's version of
La Mer. Fool that I am, I tried again in order to get a recording
of Glenn Gould performing some pices from *The Well-Tempered Clavier*.
I had to try several copies of it as well and what I wound up with
is pretty poor.
Suprisingly, I had to return two Phillips recordings last time I
bought records. The surfaces of both were fine, but they were badly
warped. Since I've never gotten a bad Phillips record before, I just
chalked the experience up to the heat (the heat gets blamed for
everything in Texas).
Has anyone had any especially good or bad experiences with pre-recorded
classical cassettes? I've been impressed by the quality of some of the
latest DG offerings--any other opinions?
Joe Ahearn
Convex Computer Corp.
{allegra, ihnp4, uiucds, ctvax}!convex!ahearngrw@hydravax.UUCP (08/15/84)
I had the same problem with La Mer. I went through 5 copies before finding one with only one or two minor problems. I'll think long and hard before going through that again. Next time it goes back and I buy someone elses recording of the piece. Gary Wasserman Hydra Computer Systems decvax!cca!ima!hydravax!grw