Just wondering why there is so much classical to be had.
Is this because:
So much classical has been re-released on CD?
Classical collectors are an older lot and prefer the simplicity of a CD
player?
Classical collectors are quicker to adopt new & better sounding formats?
Is classical less collectible than other genres?
Of course all of these questions are certainly arguable.
I'm just wondering.
joe salerno
On 8/11/2013 4:26 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> David Lewis wrote:
>>> http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/new-york-public-library-puts-vinyl-archive-up-for-sale
>>> Sorry, in my opinion, an outrage. David N. Lewis
>
> I'm surprised at Dave's reaction because that article starts "Over
> 22,000 duplicates go on sale to the public." and then continues
> "Representing decades of unsolicited donations of records that are
> already archived in mint condition,..." I had linked to a number of
> detailed and illustrated articles on facebook but it seems that my
> recent email problems lost the links I had tried to post here. R&H had
> been been blogging with photos for a week or so.
>
> http://rharecordsale.tumblr.com/
>
> http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/818
>
> Leah was there on Friday, and apparently most of the popular and shows
> went on Thursday. It was mainly classical. 22,000 LPs is not that huge
> an amount, New Yorkers have become very jaded because of all of the
> great disposals in the past 5 years or so. I'm still sorting and
> shelving the hauls I got when Footlights closed. B. George had
> thousands of classical LPs being practically given away a few years ago
> at the ARC sales. Acadamy always haves loads of classical LPs. Back in
> the 70s and 80s the R&H sales were legendary because of the 78s.
>
> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
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> From: Roger Kulp <[log in to unmask]>
>> Well I got a look here.
> http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/nyc-library-selling-22000-vinyl-lps-for-dollar1-each
>
>> And I wasn't impressed. Roger
>
> From: [log in to unmask]>
>>> not to mention more John Gary records than you could shake a stick at...> >
>
> On Aug 9, 2013, at 4:56 PM, B. ARChive of Contemporary Music bARC
> wrote:
>>>> Relax all - these are 2d or 3d copies and main collection kept intact. >
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Joe Salerno
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