New or S/H Single Work Bargains

[teamsaint]

Bit of William Schuman here at knockdown used price.

(amazon, symphonies 3/5/8 Bernstein)

[soileduk]

You may want to delete that link as I could get into your Amazon account.

[Parry1912]

You may want to delete that link as I could get into your Amazon account.

... and just how many different Verdi and Wagner anniversary boxes did you order?

[teamsaint]

You may want to delete that link as I could get into your Amazon account.

cheers.

hmmmm...not clever.

[soileduk]

Let's be careful out there.

cheers.

hmmmm...not clever.

[soileduk]

... and just how many different Verdi and Wagner anniversary boxes did you order?

I couldn't do it from my Tablet,drat!

[Bryn]

Not quite as dangerous as it at first appears. In my experience such links take one not to the account of the poster but to one's own account.

[teamsaint]

Not quite as dangerous as it at first appears. In my experience such links take one not to the account of the poster but to one's own account.

Is this worth flagging up elsewhere Bryn, in your opinion?I suppose not if you are correct.

Every time I try a link from somebody else it does take me to my own account, though.

[Ruhevoll]

Victoria: Requiem, The Tallis Scholars £0.15 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...condition=used

Does anyone know if buying discs of this age from Gimmell are at risk of 'bronzing' or otherwise degrading?

[pastoralguy]

Victoria: Requiem, The Tallis Scholars £0.15 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...condition=used

Does anyone know if buying discs of this age from Gimmell are at risk of 'bronzing' or otherwise degrading?

I've bought many discs from Zoverstocks at ultra bargain prices and although they take a few weeks to arrive the merchandise is very good.

[soileduk]

Victoria: Requiem, The Tallis Scholars £0.15 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...condition=used

Does anyone know if buying discs of this age from Gimmell are at risk of 'bronzing' or otherwise degrading?

Anything manufactured by PDO UK between 1988 and 1993 maybe 1994 is almost definitely going to die.

[soileduk]

According to a list compiled on Classical.net CD ROT affected labels include Albany Records, Appian Records, APR, Archiv Produktion, ASV Records, Cala, Collins Classics, CRD Records, Danacords, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Globe Style, Hyperion Records, IMP records, L'Oiseau-Lyre, London Records, Memoir Records, Pearl Records, RPO Records, Testament Records and Unicorn-Kanchana. According to user reports on the Internet, other affected labels are Ace Records (UK), A&M, Big Cat, Demon, Island, Some Bizarre, Utility, labels distributed by World Serpent (Durtro, Threshold House, United Dairies, etc.), Warp Records and Zippo.

I had a copy of Sinopoli's Mahler five on DG turn up from an Amazon seller a little while ago. I had an instant refund once I had alerted them to the problem with no need to return the disc. This particular disc was a 'made in West Germany' item but the disc itself was labelled 'made in UK' This is a key point as although the disc is a PDO pressing it wasn't marked as such. Any of the above posted labels marked 'made in UK' is very much at risk.

[Parry1912]

Anything manufactured by PDO UK between 1988 and 1993 maybe 1994 is almost definitely going to die.

Don't panic! The Hyperion website says:

"In view of the nature of this problem (i.e. that the corrosion progresses over time) a disc that was last played many years ago might show signs of corrosion when next taken from its box. However, given the length of time that has elapsed since the problem was discovered, we believe that if a disc is going to corrode, it will certainly have done so by now, so if it hasn’t done so already, there is no cause for concern in the future."

[soileduk]

Don't panic! The Hyperion website says:

"In view of the nature of this problem (i.e. that the corrosion progresses over time) a disc that was last played many years ago might show signs of corrosion when next taken from its box. However, given the length of time that has elapsed since the problem was discovered, we believe that if a disc is going to corrode, it will certainly have done so by now, so if it hasn’t done so already, there is no cause for concern in the future."

Well, It's all alright then.

[teamsaint]

Some stuff I picked up at a record fair at Olympia:

Monteverdi Madrigals. Norrington/Schutz choir

Ives The Symphonies. Dohnanyi/Marriner/Mehta.2 Cd set. Decca

William Alwyn SQ#3/String Trio/Rhapsody for piano Quartet.

£10 total.
No idea if i have bargains or bloopers !!

lots to look forward to though !!