Yes,but they played quite well. Roger --- On Wed, 3/9/11, Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury Madness To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 9:35 PM Oh. My. God. I'm going to be rich! Where did you do this? eBay? cj On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Roger Kulp <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I recently sold a couple of reel-to-reel tapes of common Bob Dylan and Led > Zeppelin albums for over $100 each.About eight years ago I sold one of the > earliest RCA Reiners,the Beethoven 7 I think,for almost twice that. > > Roger > > > > > --- On Wed, 3/9/11, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury Madness > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 8:47 PM > > The SACD's were mastered in Germany. I'm surprised some are still sold by > Amazon, there must be some inventory left in the retail channels. They have > been out of print for a few years now. > > As for reel tape prices, no idea why people pay $$$ for something that was > reissued on CD. It's hard to put a value on artifacts when it comes to > collectors, so that could explain part of it. The RCA 2-tracks from that > same era go for $$$ also. > > All Mercury CD's can be bought either as in-print manufactured CD's or as > one-off CDR licensed copies at Arkivmusic.com. > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roderic G Stephens" < > [log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:08 PM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Mercury Madness > > > Hello All, > This is something that Tom should be able to address. It is a really a > tribute to Tom's mom and dad's historic recordings, but this resurgence of > recognition and value truly shows that they did something special. I've > found that Amazon is offering excellent re-masterings of the Mercury Living > Presence series including some even in SACD, although those are, of course, > 3-track. The prices are in the $6-12 range depending if used or new. My > first question is, who is doing the re-mastering, and Tom, are you involved? > The personal reviews on Amazon are mostly all five stars by those who have > purchased them. My second query has to do with the original two track reel > to reel tapes that are currently being sold on eBay. Can you believe that > today, the Antal Dorati recording of Brahm's Variations on a Theme of Haydn, > MVS5-25 sold for $202.50?!! Not only does the CD remaster have that tune, > but it also includes the Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No. > 2. In addition, tape MDS5-3, Bizet: Carmen Suite and L'Arlesienne Suite No. > 1 sold for $305! So, what is the reason for this madness? Pondering, Rod > Stephens > > > > >