Hi Alan, nice Steve Reich albums and also some early stereo classical records. You must live in a parallel universe where all the charity shops have just the best records and no Jim Reeves or Max Bygraves. Things have now got so bad that I recently saw an average copy of Bridge Over Troubled Water in our local charity shop for £15, crazy prices. However I have found some great finds in the past so there is still some hope for us all. Cheers, Paul
Hi Paul, believe me I have to wade through some dross. I am constantly seeing albums way over-priced these days. I have learned never to question though: everyone's an expert. Best to let them get on with it and hope for the odd one which slips through.
@@statictraveller Yeah, it takes some dedication to trawl around lots of charity shops. Now I'm retired I will have more time but boot sales and village yard sales have given me the best returns recently. Roll on the spring! Currently listening to The Mekons, The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen on this bleak winters afternoon - highly recommended!
Oh Alan,this almost brings me to tears.....I so much miss all the wonderful decades I had finding Classical vinyl...I am really glad you posted this for our pleasure.....I adore THE PLANETS by HOLST so much that I did a ranking of KING CRIMSON albums "69-"74 and put In The Wake of Poseidon last...reasons being...a soul-less retread of In The Court of the Crimson King AND....a ghastly rip-off of Mars Bringer of War.....SACRILIGE!!!!!!......I played my von KARAJAN vinyl PLANETS endlessly as an 18year old.....THE PLANETS is the template for "PROG"...just as BEETHOVEN and WAGNER were the originators of "HEAVY METAL"....sigh....
I am so sorry. Please, wipe your eyes and blow your nose on a tissue my dear David. I have not watched your Crimson videos, I'm afraid. I have been taking a short break from viewing. I think you might have to do a little video about your classical finds and your love for The Planets. That kind of thing is so inspirational.
Wow, you get absolutely brilliant stuff like Reich and Glass at your charity shop, and all I find is Englebert Humperdink and Max Bygrave LPs! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!
Thanks Dan. The Reichs were a very unusual find. It's worth looking into the best pressings and recordings of classical music. There are some gems out there.
Afternoon Alan👋🏻, nice charity finds for real!! Koyaanisqatsi!! Awesome I have the movie version on vhs tape had it for years awesome play I love it!!...good video thanks - Lis 🎶😎
Hi Alan, always love your work. Drooling over the Reich (In dreams I find OG Reich in charity shops, so I'm glad someone is living my dream!!). Love you highlighting the other classical records including the late 50s Stereo and showing us the labels. Of course I look, but never find. Still I keep looking! Cheers- Dean
Hi Dean- great to hear from you! I couldn't believe my eyes when the first record I pulled from the shelves was Steve Reich: finding 3 was quite amazing. Will it ever happen again? Unlikely.... Classical records are not for most of the VC, but if people can gain a little knowledge from this kind of video, then that's wonderful. Can you imagine a day when you stop looking? I can't.... best not to think about it...
Lovely records, Alan. My Reichs are also almost exclusively on CD, so I can imagine how nice that felt to come across these. You should watch/listen to Six Marimbas done on my favourite family of instruments. Six Marimbas for Gamelan, arr. by Iwan Gunavan, that if you haven’t already. It’s available here on TH-cam. Thank you for tagging me earlier and for showing more classical. The VC as I know it is a much more wonderful, kind, jolly, wise, challenging, creative, and lovely place simply because you happen to be in it.
Octet and Koyaanisqatsi are essential, although the lack of visuals dilutes it. Drumming a little dull, I vaguely recall seeing that live when Reich was in the UK with his ensemble back in the 80s' maybe.
I have never listened to the Glass without visuals, so it could well lack something. That is one soundtrack inextricably linked to the film. I am looking forward to the Octet. One of his I am not familiar with.
@@statictraveller It brings the visuals back, it does stand alone as music better than the Powaqqatsi score did. Did you see Stunty's take on Glass?, talk about maximalist audacity, his maverick take bordered on 'hate speaketh' delivered with his usual earnestness and integrity. Octet Lp was the weaker of his 3 ECM efforts, Piccolo flute a little irritating. The other Side much stronger
@@statictraveller I love Stunty, he might be the Numero Uno vinylista in the VC, but le garcon has an immunity to rhapsody at times. But, I find his more cerebral vista of value. He got me looking at Glass post 2010, I had no idea he'd butchered Lodger as well as Low and Heroes quite recently.
Now I see the sort of thing and knowledge I'm lacking. Holst with cover I've never seen. Wasn't the Reich with the blue cover Psalms there? Of course that difficult third album for Steve took six years to complete. Those last too yes they didn't stand out so much at all who knows what I've been past and missed out on. I doubt my ears would understand anyway you have to get so familiar with a piece to notice. Cheers Alan.
The thing to look out for is the code with classical LPs: SXL for Decca, original recording by on the label. SAX for Columbia. Blue / Silver label and Stereo on front sleeve. But, later pressings can actually sound better. I am always learning. The Phillips label is not one I am very knowledgeable on at all.
Those are great finds you lucky duck!
Hi. Yes, they were. I have since moved away from the area, and great finds are now decidedly thin on the ground... Sigh...
Lovely finds, this was worth watching for seeing that Decca inner sleeve alone!
That is the marvellous thing about collecting records, isn't it? We have the music, the covers and the inner sleeves alone can be things of beauty.
Nice haul for a thrift shop
Thanks. Perseverance pays off....
I don’t know any of these, but I can bet you got some winners for your collection!! You’ve got a great eye for records!! Cheers
Thanks Jon. There are some collectors items here, for sure.
Charity Shops trump Thrift Stores every time!
Agreed!!
Judging by what I see from US videos, you may well be right Ed.
@@statictraveller He's wrong, a month thrifting in the USA tends to be worth a decade of it in the UK. But you need to pick your spots, as it were.
Great finds Alan. I may have 8 hours in the car to hope for such luck...
Believe me, it can take much more than 8 hours to find this sort of stuff!
Hi Alan, nice Steve Reich albums and also some early stereo classical records. You must live in a parallel universe where all the charity shops have just the best records and no Jim Reeves or Max Bygraves. Things have now got so bad that I recently saw an average copy of Bridge Over Troubled Water in our local charity shop for £15, crazy prices. However I have found some great finds in the past so there is still some hope for us all.
Cheers, Paul
Hi Paul, believe me I have to wade through some dross. I am constantly seeing albums way over-priced these days. I have learned never to question though: everyone's an expert. Best to let them get on with it and hope for the odd one which slips through.
@@statictraveller Yeah, it takes some dedication to trawl around lots of charity shops. Now I'm retired I will have more time but boot sales and village yard sales have given me the best returns recently. Roll on the spring! Currently listening to The Mekons, The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen on this bleak winters afternoon - highly recommended!
Oh Alan,this almost brings me to tears.....I so much miss all the wonderful decades I had finding Classical vinyl...I am really glad you posted this for our pleasure.....I adore THE PLANETS by HOLST so much that I did a ranking of KING CRIMSON albums "69-"74 and put In The Wake of Poseidon last...reasons being...a soul-less retread of In The Court of the Crimson King AND....a ghastly rip-off of Mars Bringer of War.....SACRILIGE!!!!!!......I played my von KARAJAN vinyl PLANETS endlessly as an 18year old.....THE PLANETS is the template for "PROG"...just as BEETHOVEN and WAGNER were the originators of "HEAVY METAL"....sigh....
I am so sorry. Please, wipe your eyes and blow your nose on a tissue my dear David.
I have not watched your Crimson videos, I'm afraid. I have been taking a short break from viewing. I think you might have to do a little video about your classical finds and your love for The Planets. That kind of thing is so inspirational.
Wow, you get absolutely brilliant stuff like Reich and Glass at your charity shop, and all I find is Englebert Humperdink and Max Bygrave LPs! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!
I couldn't believe my eyes Pete. Though there were two shelves of Engelbert and Max just below... just so the universe didn't implode.
@@statictraveller There must be a wormhole connecting your charity shop to mine, down which all the crap is sent 😁
Those Steve Reichs were a great pickup. Some of these look worth getting just for the beautiful sleeves!
Thanks Dan. The Reichs were a very unusual find. It's worth looking into the best pressings and recordings of classical music. There are some gems out there.
Afternoon Alan👋🏻, nice charity finds for real!! Koyaanisqatsi!! Awesome I have the movie version on vhs tape had it for years awesome play I love it!!...good video thanks - Lis 🎶😎
Thanks Lis. I have the DVD. It's been far too long since I watched it. Shame on me...
Hi Alan, always love your work. Drooling over the Reich (In dreams I find OG Reich in charity shops, so I'm glad someone is living my dream!!). Love you highlighting the other classical records including the late 50s Stereo and showing us the labels. Of course I look, but never find. Still I keep looking! Cheers- Dean
Hi Dean- great to hear from you! I couldn't believe my eyes when the first record I pulled from the shelves was Steve Reich: finding 3 was quite amazing. Will it ever happen again? Unlikely....
Classical records are not for most of the VC, but if people can gain a little knowledge from this kind of video, then that's wonderful.
Can you imagine a day when you stop looking? I can't.... best not to think about it...
Lovely records, Alan. My Reichs are also almost exclusively on CD, so I can imagine how nice that felt to come across these. You should watch/listen to Six Marimbas done on my favourite family of instruments. Six Marimbas for Gamelan, arr. by Iwan Gunavan, that if you haven’t already. It’s available here on TH-cam. Thank you for tagging me earlier and for showing more classical. The VC as I know it is a much more wonderful, kind, jolly, wise, challenging, creative, and lovely place simply because you happen to be in it.
That is quite simply the best thing anyone in the the VC has ever said about me. Thank you Riccarda.
@@statictraveller #happydork
Great score with those Steve Reichs.
Cheers. They were a great find. Highly unlikely ever to find their like again...
Octet and Koyaanisqatsi are essential, although the lack of visuals dilutes it. Drumming a little dull, I vaguely recall seeing that live when Reich was in the UK with his ensemble back in the 80s' maybe.
I have never listened to the Glass without visuals, so it could well lack something. That is one soundtrack inextricably linked to the film. I am looking forward to the Octet. One of his I am not familiar with.
@@statictraveller It brings the visuals back, it does stand alone as music better than the Powaqqatsi score did. Did you see Stunty's take on Glass?, talk about maximalist audacity, his maverick take bordered on 'hate speaketh' delivered with his usual earnestness and integrity. Octet Lp was the weaker of his 3 ECM efforts, Piccolo flute a little irritating. The other Side much stronger
@@miketomlin6040 I will have to go back on Stunty's video. Though reading your comments to each other is all I really need...
@@statictraveller I love Stunty, he might be the Numero Uno vinylista in the VC, but le garcon has an immunity to rhapsody at times. But, I find his more cerebral vista of value. He got me looking at Glass post 2010, I had no idea he'd butchered Lodger as well as Low and Heroes quite recently.
Now I see the sort of thing and knowledge I'm lacking. Holst with cover I've never seen. Wasn't the Reich with the blue cover Psalms there? Of course that difficult third album for Steve took six years to complete. Those last too yes they didn't stand out so much at all who knows what I've been past and missed out on. I doubt my ears would understand anyway you have to get so familiar with a piece to notice. Cheers Alan.
The thing to look out for is the code with classical LPs: SXL for Decca, original recording by on the label. SAX for Columbia. Blue / Silver label and Stereo on front sleeve. But, later pressings can actually sound better.
I am always learning. The Phillips label is not one I am very knowledgeable on at all.
Mate, where on earth are your charity shops?!
Ah, who said they were on Earth?
@@statictraveller well they're certainly not in Oxfordshire!
@@geoffbirchenall Hahahahaha!
@@statictraveller seriously though. Very impressive finds sir!