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It’s been a good day today at the boot sale. Picked up the following vinyl in absolutely mint condition for 50p apiece. Haven’t seen records at a bootsale in such good condition for a long time. Whoever owned them looked after them very well.
Mozart Divertimenti – in B flat, K.186; in F, K.253; in E flat, K.289, and Adagio in F, K.411
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The Netherlands Wind Ensemble, cond. Edo de Wart. Philips 6500 003 (1969).
Mozart – Horn Concertos: No.1 in D Major, K.412; No.2 in E flat Major, K.417; No.3 in E flat Major, K.447, and No.4 in E flat Major, K.495
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Soloist: Dennis Brain, Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Herbert von Karajan
EMI ASD 1140 (1954)
Mozart – Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat, K.482, and Concerto Rondo in D Major, K.382
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The English Chamber Orchestra, soloist and conductor Daniel Barenboim
EMI ASD 2838 (1972)
Brahms – The Four Symphonies; Tragic Overture and Academic Festival Overture
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The Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Otto Klemperer
4-record set HMV SLS 804 (1972)
Franz Schubert – Octet in F Major, D. 803
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Vienna Chamber Ensemble
DG 2531 278 (1981)
Chopin – 12 Etudes, Op.10, and 12 Etudes, Op.25
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Tamás Vásáry, piano
2-record set, DG 2721 208 (1965)
Vivaldi – Four Concertos for a Solo Woodwind Instrument
Concerto in A major, RV 461; Concerto in E minor, RV 484; Concerto in C minor, RV 441 and Concerto in D, RV 427
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Leo Driehuys: oboe, Marco Costantini: bassoon and Severino Gazzelloni: flute.
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Philips 6580 152 (1960)
Good work! Brain's performance is fabulous though I have it only on cd...
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Thanks James,
I have the K.412, K.417, K.447 and K.495 performed by Alan Civil with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, directed by Neville Marriner on vinyl (Philips 6500 325 (1972)), but I regard Dennis Brain's recording as being definitive Mozart Horn Concerto.
There was a fab R3 programme a while ago getting forensic about the horn concerti. I was fortuitous in hearing it as I went to work. Civil came up as did many others, but I fell for Brain's easy brisk rendition and indeed it was their favourite too.
Strangely I grew up with a recording my parents had but have no idea what it was... Not that it was better or anything, just it was my introduction to Mozart in a family with parents of Beethoven (and Sinatra) persuasion.
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Today I picked up another vinyl copy of Sinatra at the Sands, in very good condition for £1.
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Great buy if an original.. Usually got for 20/30 notes
Great buy if an original.. Usually got for 20/30 notes
It's on Warner Reprise (Reprise K 64002 (1966)), so I don't think it's an original.
Not that successful today. Only bought a 'coffee table' photo book on Blues artists: "Blues - Keeping the Faith" by Keith Shadwick. ISBN 1-86160-325-5 (2000). Hardback, originally costing £30, but picked up in excellent condition for £1.
It is a useful biographical reference book on the lives of over 300 Blues performers of the last century.
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vinylspinner
05-10-2019, 23:19
That’s a nice find, Barry, wouldn’t mind it myself.
Nigel
Not that successful today. Only bought a 'coffee table' photo book on Blues artists: "Blues - Keeping the Faith" by Keith Shadwick. ISBN 1-86160-325-5 (2000). Hardback, originally costing £30, but picked up in excellent condition for £1.
It is a useful biographical reference book on the lives of over 300 Blues performers of the last century.
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Audio Al
06-10-2019, 06:49
Not that successful today. Only bought a 'coffee table' photo book on Blues artists: "Blues - Keeping the Faith" by Keith Shadwick. ISBN 1-86160-325-5 (2000). Hardback, originally costing £30, but picked up in excellent condition for £1.
It is a useful biographical reference book on the lives of over 300 Blues performers of the last century.
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Agree with Nigel , Blinding bargain for £1 :)
Thanks Guys - it was a 'consolation' after seeing various traders wanting £2 or more for CDs. My local charity shop only charges £1 for CDs, some even less.
Pigmy Pony
20-10-2019, 11:15
A bit chilly this morning at car boot, but I think it was worth going - I got a new Briton door closer for a job tomorrow, cost a tenner (Screwfix price £60), and used some of the money saved for a new, still sealed vinyl copy of Roger Waters' "Is this the Life we really Want?" which I've never heard, but at twelve quid for a double album has to be worth a punt :)
I've stopped going to boot sales for the year (it's now too cold), but did pick up a couple of items in a charity shop recently, both in perfect condition:
Beethoven - The Early Quartets. Seraphim SIC-6005 (3 LP boxed set)
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and musically somewhat completely different:
Hans Werner Henze - 5 Symphonies. DGG 410 937-1 (1966) 2 LP set.
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Too Cold ?. Do like a Mozart Divvy record, have no 3 and 10 in Decca jubilee series, Simply gorgeous. Is the booty close to Dag, could even cycle or tube it over there for a decent scrummage around.
Nice finds there Barry, enjoy.
Mikeandvan
21-10-2019, 12:04
I only ever find crap at boot sales so I stopped going, same with charity shops, you can feel yourself dying inside.
Pigmy Pony
21-10-2019, 14:36
I stopped bothering with charity shops after I came across Led Zep's 'Physical Graffiti' on vinyl in a Barnardo's shop, which looked like they'd found it in a skip. They were asking £99 for it, and had it in a locked glass case to make it look more valuable :(
Mikeandvan
22-10-2019, 00:25
I stopped bothering with charity shops after I came across Led Zep's 'Physical Graffiti' on vinyl in a Barnardo's shop, which looked like they'd found it in a skip. They were asking £99 for it, and had it in a locked glass case to make it look more valuable :(
Yeh talk about over zealous!! That is exactly what its like in Brighton, I stopped bothering years ago. Mind you my record collection has been somewhat static for the past 5 years, Ebay is full of the same - overpriced overated buy it nows, mother stampers, bla bla…...
Inclined to agree with some of the sentiments expressed above regarding charity shops (especially Oxfam), but there are charity shops and there are charity shops.
Some simply look up the disc on ebay or discogs to see typical selling price, and will charge that regardless of condition (especially Oxfam). Others will simply ask £1 or £2 for vinyl, whereas some 'cherry pick' and select those that they think will sell and will charge, say £5.
I rarely buy anything other than classical music LPs either in a charity shop or at a boot sale; and then I'm very selective and always examine the disc very closely. In my experience the condition of the sleeve is often a good indication of the state of the record. Again, and this is somewhat contentious, based on samples I have found, classical music lovers seem to look after their records better than others.
Pigmy Pony
22-10-2019, 19:28
This was certainly true of my mum and dad's classical records, which were kept and stored with some care, and were generally listened to when at home alone. Unlike me, who often played records in the company of friends. And as teenagers we didn't give any thought to 'actions and consequences' - so often the vinyl would suffer beer spills, fag ash and 'boulder burns', and often found their way into the wrong sleeves, if they got put away at all! Played on crappy old record players, using the same long-suffering stylus for ever. It's amazing any pop/rock records survived the 60s and 70s :(
I'll give some of the lesser-known charity shops a go - town centres are full of them, now that no one else can afford the council tax.
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