[78-L] What the heck did I just buy!!!

[Sean Miller]

Please do, especially the white label Victors.  I've been collecting those for years.  They usually sound FAR better than the original pressings do unless you've got a stone cold NOS copy, of course....

Sean

On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:57 AM, agp wrote:

> The RCA Victor Heritage series disc that I picked up is unbelievably 
> quiet. I haven't heard anything quite like it, especially as an 
> acoustic recording. Just a wee bit of surface distortion on the loud 
> bits. The gold sleeves on everything they had are bit battered, but 
> okay if I recall.
> 
> The Victrola custom pressings are quiet too -- almost like RCA's 'Z' material.
> 
> As to the Brunswick/ Polydors --
> 
> a blue label -- 95032 Der Freisschutz - Act III Scene II (mx.477 gs) 
> Act II Scene II (mx. 476 gs) - Tiana Nemitz with the Berlin State 
> Opera. -- stamped in the runout -- mechan copt. 1935
> a red label -- 95056 Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serial Act I (mx 475 gs) 
> Act II (mx 546 gs) -- Julius Patak and the Berlin State Opera. -- 
> stamped in the runout -- mechan copt. 1935
> 
> They are both extremely quiet -- almost remarkably so. In fact, while 
> I admit that this is not my genre, I am totally captivated by these 
> last two on levels from the performance through to the recording quality itself
> 
> I am heading back to Half Price Books in a few hours to grab the rest 
> of the Brunswick/ Polydors, the Victtola Customs, and the Heritage 
> reissues. I'll list them after acquisition in case there is any interest.
> 
> T
> 
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