Your most valued off air recordings

[jayne lee wilson]

And how about this bulbous rarity...(note the Ferrari trim...)



The very first time I ever heard Suk's Asrael Symphony, I recorded it on one of these... I think it was a Czech Radio EBU concert. The rest is life-changing personal history...!

[Beef Oven!]

And how about this bulbous rarity...(note the Ferrari trim...)



The very first time I ever heard Suk's Asrael Symphony, I recorded it on one of these... I think it was a Czech Radio EBU concert. The rest is life-changing personal history...!

Nope. Fast and bulbous?

[Bryn]

In addition to those already mentioned, there's the 'complete' Webern series in bite size chunks, which included arrangements of other composers' works. Then there was the David Atherton Ravel and Varèse series which introduced me to the original versions of the interpolation tapes for Déserts.

Regarding compact cassettes, the main problem I found with all makes and coating types was the loose fitting between the tines of the cassette hubs and the spindles that drove them. Shock waves sent down the tape as the feed hub clunked its way round would introduce wavering in the recording. I found short lengths from the plastic straws available in McDonald.s were just the right diameter and thickness to act as shims. Dolby C was horrendously dependent on being played back on the machine used for the recording. Loves Dolby S at the time though.

Oh yes, and the Cage and Messiaen weekends are very precious to me, even with the broadcast problems with Cage's 101.

[Petrushka]

The very first time I ever heard Suk's Asrael Symphony, I recorded it on one of these... I think it was a Czech Radio EBU concert. The rest is life-changing personal history...!

This concert perhaps: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/80ddcbe14...c155f6d7a70a64

[jayne lee wilson]

This concert perhaps: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/80ddcbe14...c155f6d7a70a64

Bullseye! That was the very one.... and things go around and come around, and I believe my only Valek recording on CD is.... a much-loved cycle of the Martinu Symphonies with the Prague RSO on Supraphon... .... what would life have been like without them?

[jayne lee wilson]

Nope. Fast and bulbous?

You betcha....here's the Suono 330 P4...

[Beef Oven!]

[David-G]

I have a reel-to-reel tape of "Lucia di Lammermoor" broadcast live from Covent Garden in 1959, with Joan Sutherland as Lucia; this was the run of performances which made her famous. The tape was made by my mother on her "Simon" tape recorder. Domestic tape recording was very innovative then, and my mother was very proud of the Simon. I was brought up on R3 and taped music. We didn't get a record player until many years later.

[BBMmk2]

I would have a very hard time hear. I have these past few months, found great solace in David Hill’s recording of RVW’s Dona obis Pacem.