Classical Vinyl Reviews (Audiophile): Everest, London phase 4 , EMI
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2024
- The fourth set of Reviews for Classical Vinyl Records. We search for Audiophile quality within the following labels:
Everest, London phase 4 , EMI
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Glad to see a video talking classical music. I have a few of what you’ve shown. I’ve collected 8000 classical records and can truly say there are many hidden gems out there. Because of the vast number of classical recordings and the relatively inexpensive nature of them, it is a great opportunity for exploration and learning.
Whoa 8000!! Yes it's the hidden gems and discovering new composers / pieces that I never would have found otherwise that keeps me enthralled with classical on vinyl. That and the sublime sound of course :)
I agree with you that it may be important to distinguish between poor pressings or dirty records and those with hiss or hum as part of the mastering or submastering process. My experience has been that even the premium labels' records were not impervious to pops and clicks, and that some budget labels had very clean pressings. Everest's records were always unpredictable on both counts. And as Everest moved from its Belock origins to its disreputable Los Angeles owners, one could never know what to expect on its reissued records on the orange, black, gold, blue and then orange/blue labels. For Everest collectors, it's best to look for the turquoise/black/silver or purple label records.
it makes a lot of sense, After the early Belocks the consistency went out the window. I still do pick some Everests up though due to the unique and rare music that they recorded. I just bough another "Archive of Piano Music" and the sound quality is not the best but still worth it for the rare recording.
I’m glad you reviewed the Everest and Seraphim pressings. I see them often just haven’t picked any up.
As long as the expectations of sound quality are low as well as the price the Seraphims can be ok, they certainly are plentiful. I have opened a couple sealed Seraphims and they still sounded crackly with fairly high noise floor. Seraphim vs Everest I would say Everest is better :)
If you want great Everest get the Classic Records reissue of many of their great records. Acoustic Sounds has them.
Bravo! Loved this one. I was totally blindsided with the weapons grade title expecting you to go down the FFRR Decca Arthur Haddy U boats path but instead enjoyed the tour around all those cool Everests and appreciated hearing about Somerset label for the first time. Really useful comments section about Everests as hadn’t a clue beyond a vague idea that the 35mm ones were not as good as equivalent Mercury records.That nightmarish fever dream of a Phase 4 album cover was the highlight for me it must be a US cover as I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to forget that one if I had seen it in the wild!
Haha! I actually think that mahler cover was also the same in the UK as far as I can tell on discogs. It was a UK pressing also.
I’m a bit confused when you speak of noise levels and refer to pops and clicks. I would assume that pops and clicks are a result of dirt or scratches on the record, static, or low quality vinyl, but noise level might have to do with mastering and the noise extraneous to the actual music in the recording or processing stages, and often heard as hiss or hum. Pops and clicks can be remedied by cleaning or by buying a different pressing. Noise level can be reduced by equalization or by remastering the original tape.
This is true . I will try to mention where I believe the noise is coming from. As you say it can be form multiple sources. Some pressings are just noisy right out of the wrapper. Sometimes you can hear the tape hiss coming in at the start of a record if it is pressed on clean vinyl, that is always a good sign in my opinion. Sometimes I have been frustrated with beautifully flawless vinyl but it is still noisy even after cleaning like the dust is baked into the grooves.
Just recently discovered this channel and loving the reviews. You have so many amazing recommendations, how do you get so many, like where from
Thank you for the encouragement. I get most of them at the record stores. You can check thrift stores also or record swap meets /flea markets. In my humble opinion The first and most important thing to remember is to only buy classical records that are mint or near mint, they really don't do well when they are scuffed or mistreated, the pop and crack make it distracting in the quite passages. The good thing about classical is that they are usually quite reasonably priced as genres like modern or classic rock sell much faster.
The "ß" in Große is not a B. It's call an eszett and is pronounced as an S. So, Große is pronounced "Grow-suh".
Thank you for that !!
Did you overdub techo beats into a classical piece? Whaaaat??? WTF??!!!!! Don't do that shit.