This has always been a real annoyance for me as, I assume, it has been for other collectors - that is the custom of record companies to issue a series piece meal over several months or years, and then offer the final items only as part of the complete set. I purchased the entire series of Mercury Living Presence recordings during the '90s as they came out, (I also purchased all of the Golden Imports from Philips in the same manner and the entire set of SACDs); now if I interpret the postings from Tom Fine and others correctly, it appears that there are some Mercury releases that are only available in these new boxes and won't be available separately.
A similar situation came up with the complete remasterings of the Toscanini recordings from RCA in the '90s, (and maybe even back into the '80s). Like many other collectors, I bought every CD is it came out until I finally had the complete set; then RCA supplied a cabinet for the CDs and a booklet as a guide to the entire collection, but these items were only available to people who purchased the entire collection, (at a far cheaper price than the individual prices). I was in a store in Detroit who had an extra copy of the booklet which they were willing to sell me but they contacted RCA first and was forbidden from letting me have it. Don't these companies realize that it's buyers like me that keep these series afloat? If nobody was buying the Mercury or Toscanini CDs as they came out and they were just collecting dust in the stores, they wouldn't have kept issuing them.
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> From: Randy Lane <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:41:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] New MLP box set promo video now on YouTube
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>I don't think either set has either of the Skrowaczewski Minneapolis
>Schubert CDs (one had Sym #5 & #8, the other Sym. #6 & #9)
>I also have not seen the Detroit/Paray CD with the Dvorak Sym. #9 and
>Sibelius Sym. #2.
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>On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> Hi Randy:
>>
>> First, to answer Ben Roth's question -- no overlap between the two sets.
>> Volume 2 is 53 more MLP CDs originally released as single discs (and a few
>> 2CDs) in the 1990s.
>>
>> As to your question, off the top of my head I can name two three CD titles
>> not in either box set:
>>
>> 1. Dorati's Brahms symphony cycle (2CD)
>> 2. Adam "Giselle" (2CD)
>> 3. Fennell conducts Gershwin and Porter pops tunes
>>
>> I think that the Paray Schumann symphonies is also not included in either
>> set.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Lane" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:18 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] New MLP box set promo video now on YouTube
>>
>>
>> Yes, this volume 2. Get this one too and you'll have almost all of the
>>> content of the offical MLP CDs issued by Philips under the direction of
>>> WCF.
>>> I am curious if Tom can tell us what is not contained in the 2 sets that
>>> makes the completeness just an "almost all".
>>>
>>> On Thursday, February 14, 2013, James Roth wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Is this a different box set from the one I bought about 3 months ago?
>>>> At the end of the Youtube video there's a big, red numeral 2 behind the
>>>> letter R of COLLECTOR'S.
>>>> What does that indicate?
>>>>
>>>> Ben Roth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:
>>>> [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Donald Tait
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:55 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] New MLP box set promo video now on YouTube
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Tom. Is there going to be a complete listing of the set's
>>>> contents at some point, somewhere?
>>>>
>>>> Don Tait
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
>>>> To: ARSCLIST <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
>>>> Sent: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 8:42 am
>>>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] New MLP box set promo video now on YouTube
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MLP Boxset 1080p FULL<http://www.youtube.com/**
>>>> watch?v=_e9vGCyRaHU&feature=**youtu.be<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e9vGCyRaHU&feature=youtu.be>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> this is a good description/marketing video for the new box set. Non-US
>>>> release will be in April, USA in May. 55-CD box. Pricing should be in
>>>> line
>>>> with the previous box (about $2 per disc). New 6-LP collector box will be
>>>> released soon after the CD box. Manufacturing numbers will be about the
>>>> same as last time, so availability will likely be about the same --
>>>> somewhere less than a year before they're all gone. UMG/Decca did a
>>>> really
>>>> nice job on this one. The first box was very successful and they came
>>>> back
>>>> and raised the bar on the second one rather than stick to the exact same
>>>> thing.
>>>> Between the two boxes, all but a handful of the original CDs have been
>>>> brought back into print (temporarily).
>>>>
>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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