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Various Artists - Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition Vol. 3

Product No: ADEC 80585
Available: InStock
Category: Vinyl Box Sets
Label: Decca

Worth the price of admission

5 Stars
Posted Saturday, April 4, 2015 by Anonymous Just for the brand new re-mastering of the 1954 mono recording of Respighi Roman Festivals and Church Windows. For all the technological advancements that have taken place since the early 50s, if audio never got any better than what I heard when I put this brand new re-issue mono LP on my turntable, I couldn't have cared less. Stunning mono (and stereo) sound on superb quality pressings as has become the norm for these reissues.

Various Artists - A Journey Into Stereo Sound

Product No: ADEC 4769545
Available: InStock
Category: 180 Gram Vinyl Record
Label: Decca

A Blessing For Equipment Auditioning

5 Stars
Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 by Andrew Maher Aspects of this disc are a bit cheesy. It is the one where the narrator says "ping" in one channel, and "pong" in the other. It opens with a steam train running between the speakers, contains the Ceremony of the Keys from The Tower of London, and car racing. There are also several musical excerpts such as Decca/London's famous "Espana" recording that are still used by some equipment reviewers to try out new gear, Solti's 1958 recording of Act III of "Die Walkure" gives us a taste of grand opera, and there is a brief sequence of Ernest Ansermet rehearsing "The Rite of Spring". The popular music of 1958 is probably a bit dated, but the virtue of the disc is that it does provide a series of different musical styles that allow listeners to try out their gear without having to swap records frequently. The recording quality is remarkably good. The pressing had a couple of minor extraneous noises, but was otherwise very silent. Take this with you when audtioning a new turntable.