[78-L] very unusual "Messiah"

[Michael Biel]

On 3/6/2011 6:01 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> On 3/6/2011 5:57 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>> On 3/6/2011 5:10 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>>> I'm trying to remember when I referred to any Westminster CD reissues in the
>>> last ten years, but anything's possible. The only ones I've ever seen have been
>>> in the Decca Double Decker series, a line which was in the stores for about
>>> five minutes.
>> Ah, but what a wonderful five minutes it was.  One of the sets was an
>> almost complete Leroy Anderson.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>> ________________________________
> And of course I meant MCA Double Decker. There were goodies in that series,
> including the Melvyn Douglas "L'Histoire du Soldat" (from Kapp), Alicia de
> Larrocha's mid 50s Deccas, Scherchen's Westminsters of Liszt Hungarian
> Rhapsodies and more.
>
> dl

And the English and Spanish Peter and the Wolf that might have been 
paired with the Douglas.  These were two CDs in separate jewel boxes 
snapped into a long-box sized plastic CD stand to hold about 25 CDs, all 
for under ten bucks.  A rare bargain in those early days of the CD.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com