elusive disc is bad for my wallet (1 Viewer)

[Mike Broadman]

Cruising elusive disc, I came across a real tasty set of SACDs being releases next week. Oh, my poor wallet:
Stakowski: Rhapsodies
And import, $39.99. Too rich for my blood. :frowning:
All the following are hybrids from Analogue productions:
Cannonball Adderley- Know What I Mean?
This is a fantastic album. Analogue has yet to dissappoint- I'm highly recommending this one without having heard the SACD. The music is class A.
John Coltrane- Standard Coltrane
Analogue P is my favorite SACD producers. They're really playing to my tastes! It's Coltrane, how can you not get it?
CCR- Cosmo's Factory, Willy & The Poor Boys
Bill Evans- Moonbeams, Sunday at the Village Vanguard
I have never heard Moonbeams. Village Vanguard is my favorite of the ones I have. The other album of music recorded from these concerts, Waltz For Debby, is already out on SACD. Debby musically is less interesting for my tastes and I lamented that it, not Vanguard, was released on SACD. This has been remedied at last!
Vince Guaraldi, Black Orpheus
I never got into him. He's probably most famous for his trio albums of Charlie Brown music.
Thelonious Monk, 5 By 5
Ah, bestill my beating heart. Monk is man. I am so on this disc.
Art Pepper- Meets the Rhythm Section
Never heard any Art Pepper, believe it or not.
Mobile Fidelity steps up with SACD!
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul
Gettin'-it-on music in high-res! Now I can hit on girls with a higher sampling rate.
Fidelis Records:
Astor Piazolla- Histoire Du Tango
I'm not familiar with Piazolla. I just know that he's a huge influence on a lot of songwriters and guitar players.
Tchaikovsky- Seasons
Vivaldi, Bach, Kodaly- Violoncello
Interesting. I remember hearing Kodaly once and liking it. I want this record.
Ok, so I pretty much want all of these. I'm not even kidding. I am both happy that they are being released and angry that I can't have them all now.
Doesn't anyone want to buy me some of these, you know, in appreciation of all my wonderful posts and for being a generally swell guy?
NP: Dr. Octagon, Dr. Octagonycologist

 

[Lee Scoggins]

Mike,
Don't forget about the 45 LPs also on sale as mentioned by Steve Hoffman.
And I second the Adderley album - very good. Mike you are now hurting my wallet (like there's anything left after the Stones spree at midnight!)
Acoustic Sounds rules!

 

[Lee Scoggins]

Art Pepper- Meets the Rhythm Section

Never heard?!?
Boy are you in for a treat. The XRCD is awesome!
Piazolla is the tango meister supreme. David Chesky via Carlos Franzetti, a well-known composer, has done several tango albums of his music and musical themes.
A recommendation: Orquesta Nova on Chesky. I even worked on this one Recorded at the General Theological Seminary (read great acoustics) in the early 90s, this is a modern classical recording of latin/tango themes. Usual Chesky sonics and good performance.

 

[Mike Broadman]

Never heard?!?

I know. There goes my jazz "expert" status on this board.
Lee, there is no way in hell I'm gonna start getting into vinyl. I can't even keep up with SACD, DVD-A, and the slew of CDs I want to get.
I was thinking about this on the way home today: the Analogue Productions discs are the basic technology as the Rolling Stones discs- stereo hybrids of older recording. Yet the Stones discs are going for $12.99 at Best Buy and the Analog Pro jazz discs are $24.99 at elusive disc!
I desperately need to find an alternative way to get these titles. If they were reasonably priced, I'd get pretty much all of the titles I listed in one fell swoop. Now... I just can't do it. $50 for 2 CDs? Man, that is messed up.
I'm going to explore the Acoustic Sounds site (right after I blow more cash on the Best Buy web site), but if anyone has any alternatives, I would be in your debt.
NP: Oscar Peterson / Michel Legrand, Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite, SACD

 

[Mike Broadman]

I just poked around Acoustic Sounds and Elusive Disc and came to the same conclusion brighter folks on this board already came to a long time ago: Analogue Productions charges more than Telarc, Sony, and most other SACD makers (I was blaming Elusive Disc :b ).

Why? What makes them so special? And why must Murphy's Law come into play and set it up so that their titles are my most desired discs?

 

[Emil Stoica]

Yeah Mike,

I agree there are quite a few discs coming that will put a dent in the wallet besides the Stones disc. However, I would expect that several of these will probably not make that date. The Stones discs are kind of putting out a monopoly on Hybrid SACD production.

There are some other titles due any time soon coming from Virgin (I will post when they actual start shipping):

Roxy Music - Best of
Adiemus - Songs of Sanctuary
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - A Brief History
Ennio Morricone - The Mission (OST)
Michael Nyman - The Piano (OST)

Hopeful by mid September other titles will start to show.

 

[Mike Broadman]

I agree there are quite a few discs coming that will put a dent in the wallet besides the Stones disc. However, I would expect that several of these will probably not make that date. The Stones discs are kind of putting out a monopoly on Hybrid SACD production.

Hmm. I don't know the logistics of this operation, but I gotta assume that a release date so close to us is going to be kept, as they have not announced anything else.
I just realised that the 30th, when these will be sold by elusive disc, will be a Friday, not a Tuesday. I guess their not stuck under the Tuesday rule of B&Ms.
I also realised that the 30th is pay day and rent day.
Rent... or jazz. Rent... or jazz.
Looks like I'll be sleeping at the Y next month.
NP: Billie Holiday, Lady In Satin

 

[Emil Stoica]

Hmm. I don't know the logistics of this operation, but I gotta assume that a release date so close to us is going to be kept, as they have not announced anything else.

Mike,
I wish that was true. The reason I posted is because I have been waiting for the CCR discs for a while and seen it happen before. As a matter of fact, go to Elusive's site and go into the stereo SACD pre-orders. You will see at the bottom the following titles:
Astor Piazolla - Historie Du Tango
Tchaikovsky - The Seasons
Vivaldi, Bach & Kodaly - Violoncello
None have been released and all are tagged with an August 15 release date. Believe me, I am really looking forward to some of the above titles. But I think you will be safe from the Y for a least a little while.

 

[Mike Broadman]

Emil,

This concern is why I have not pre-ordered the discs and am waiting until the 30th to see if they actually list them as "In Stock."

NP: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

 

[Mike Broadman]

Well, it looks like Emil was right. All of these titles are delayed. The date given now is September 24th. The Isaac Hayes is listed for November.