tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post6758344697747370523..comments2024-03-28T19:42:09.480-04:00Comments on The Shellackophile: Bloch and Gould on Mercury WingBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-87209616235568675272013-09-12T23:09:56.565-04:002013-09-12T23:09:56.565-04:00I've hit a problem trying to download the MP3 ...I've hit a problem trying to download the MP3 version of the Bloch Concerto Grosso, filefactory keeps going back to it's start page every time I choose download.Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-23886626123097831072012-07-18T21:49:51.238-04:002012-07-18T21:49:51.238-04:00Oh...another thing Bryan doesn't do. He does ...Oh...another thing Bryan doesn't do. He does NOT transfer records with off-center holes (unlike the fellow who, ahem, uploaded the old mid-50s Ormandy performance of the K.550 G minor/G major/G# Symphony of Mozart...<br /><br />Steve--appreciative retired engineerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-89390132540315565842012-07-18T21:25:38.055-04:002012-07-18T21:25:38.055-04:00Dear Bryan:
What a surprise, and treat, to see th...Dear Bryan:<br /><br />What a surprise, and treat, to see the Bloch/Gould record--as I am the requester of Spirituals! Why, one would say, do you want THAT when the other side is the great Kubelik Bloch performance?! Well--it so happens that I have a mint copy of MG 50001, which was the first issue of the Bloch, coupled with Bartok MFSPC, which was released on a MLP CD, restored and transferred by Wilma Fine. To tell the truth, the sound on that Olympian pressing was JUST a tiny bit better than the Wing reissue, so I am covered there; but the Gould on the other side had much more vivid sound and was quite superb. I confess, blushing and looking down at the floor, that I *love* this Gould piece (he couldn't keep up the inspiration, as some of his last works sadly demonstrate.)<br /><br />I was equally fulfilled when you transferred Schelomo with Feuermann, another of my requests.<br /><br />Now, here is ANOTHER REQUEST.<br /><br />READERS OF THIS BLOG who are also bloggers who transfer records. PLEASE, oh, PLEASE do as well as Bryan does! I can't begin to explain the many differences in his results, but they are shocking to me when I listen to other bloggers' uploads. Bryan's files have NO BUZZING. They have no TURNTABLE RUMBLE; no HUM; no bad skips; no cut off track starts/stops; no intrusive noise reduction; no clipped levels; no weak level (barely rising above a whisper); no gurgling from over-compression...(inhale--deep breath)...no tiny cover pictures which are 150x150 pixels and no other documentation; no bizarre midrange suckout at 900 Hz; no trashed disks that should have been left at the Goodwill store. In other words, Bryan is a master at this--if any editing is necessary, such as a fanatic's need to tweak the hiss level of old records, HE leaves it up to the listeners, probably each one of which will have an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT point of view!<br /><br />All those things he DOES NOT DO are indeed done by other bloggers, bless their souls (not all at once, of course, or I would go mad.)<br /><br />Keep it up, Bryan. And other friends: for pity's sake, use Bryan as a model of how to present archival material in a respectful, clean, documentary fashion that will be of use FOREVER.<br /><br />Best,<br />Steve-retired engineer, SJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-20190341251516419482012-06-30T17:30:41.223-04:002012-06-30T17:30:41.223-04:00Ashot - Sorry to hear of your trouble and hope it ...Ashot - Sorry to hear of your trouble and hope it resolves itself soon. I have added you to my links at the right.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501152469280142504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-82652611474064084662012-06-30T14:04:52.644-04:002012-06-30T14:04:52.644-04:00Hello Dear Bryan, this is Ashot Arakelyan, the own...Hello Dear Bryan, this is Ashot Arakelyan, the owner of the blog forgottenoperasingers.blogspot.com. <br />I hope you are fine. A few days ago my blog was deleted by two crazies Francois Nouvion and Samuel Goldenstein, who even after deleting my blog can't stop to leave me alone and sending me every day porn pictures saying that the girls are my sisters. I created a new blog http://goldenageoperasingers.blogspot.com/ and already added in the link section your blog, Please, if it's possible, replace in your blog old link with a new. And as always if I can help you in something tell me to know.<br />All the best<br />Cordially<br />AshotAshot Arakelyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18334729826165373343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-86841392855340929202012-06-27T00:35:29.275-04:002012-06-27T00:35:29.275-04:00Bryan...seeing that we're close to July 4th, c...Bryan...seeing that we're close to July 4th, can you check your father's collection to see if he has "The Testament of Freedom", by Randall Thompson...the one with Hanson, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, on Mercury? If so, perhaps you could post it?<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />GilGilinAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642091715881166979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631827761986497493.post-25485574253551278322012-06-26T19:07:39.076-04:002012-06-26T19:07:39.076-04:00Looking forward to this. Many thanks, Bryan.Looking forward to this. Many thanks, Bryan.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695978009050320418noreply@blogger.com