Interesting piece from todays SF Chronicle

Lp's to have never made it to CD, and CD's which now go for big Ebay bucks...Chronicle story

 

Very interesting.

Tho I'll bet all the posters here could come up with well over a 1000 or so albums that haven't seen cd release yet

 

OMG! Some of those OOP CDs can be found in cutout bins for under $10!

 

I did e-mail Joel saying that "Introspect" is out on CD as part of a twofer with "Don't It Make You Want To Go Home" on Raven in Australia.

 

too bad they didn't mention that some of the titles are bringing the higher bucks because they sound better than the no noised compressed rereleases, the Bowies would have been a good one to bring up as they don't have the Ryco bonus tracks and go for even more money.

 

I read the article with my morning coffee. It was nice to see something along those lines in print, and although Mobile Fidelity was mentioned, no mention of DCC.

 

Boz Scaggs "Moments" CD are available, if only as a Japanese import.

 

Although very rare, I didn't expect to see Carl Wilson's "Youngblood" CD on that list . The favorite pick for these kind of lists is usually brother Dennis Wilson's "Ocean Pacific Blue". How could they fail to mention that one?

 

It's being released there yet again as a DSD remastered CD and several of his other 70's albums are getting same treatment. It P's me off that they're not SA-CD's, and available in Boz's home country too!

 

The reason the RCAs bring more than the Rykos has nothing to do with sound quality and everything to do with scarcity. The RCAs were issue in the early days of CDs, and weren't pressed in very large quantities. The Rykos were issued in the late '80s and were available for years. None of them is very scarce. Bowie completists are the ones who have driven up the price of the RCA titles, not people searching for better sound quality.

Regardless of what you might take away from the general atmosphere on this group, the world at large is not very critical about CD sound and will happily feast on whatever is presented as the newest and "greatest". Most music collectors are not very critical when it comes to the relative sound qualities of different CD masterings, either.

Kwad

 

I beg to differ about those RCA Bowie CD's. Although you're correct that they weren't pressed in as great of quantities as the Ryko or Virgin issues, there's another reason why they're in demand. Those original CD's sound closer to the original vinyl LP's, and haven't had No-noise processing or overt EQing and compression applied to them. The RCA's are basically flat transfers of the original masters with little additional processing.

 

Time to go shopping!!

 

Martin Briley-One Night With A Stranger...$250+ was up to 500+ a few years ago!

 

...please list some...I'd like to go hunting for them around here.

 

Good! Hopefully they won't find out, some are still a bargain on ebay...

 

Meanwhile, the article shows a definite West Coast bias. Peter Wolf's Lights Out seems to consistently sell in the $30-75 range when available.

 

I have it on good authority that Hip-O Select is working on a Martin Briley package. That $250 price range may bottom out before long.

 

It's been unobtainable at a reasonable price for years...at the moment, the price is the lowest hovering at the $250.00 mark...is the Hip-O package a comp or individual album release?...Martin did a few LP's I'm aware of...I'm hoping for a complete reissue of "One Night With A Stranger".

 

There's actually a copy of that Martin Briley CD listed on eBay right now. It's right around $60, with about 2 1/2 days left to go on it. Had almost forgotten about him. I did like that song "The Salt In My Tears". Good pop record.

 

What exactly is that "obsolete" piece of equipment used in mastering the Neil Young record, and why can't an old one be located/used?

 

...seem's to be doing well on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43652&item=4070750388&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=307&item=4070341577&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Completed! Yikes!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43652&item=4067418241&rd=1

 

Lenny Payton will play at your bar mitzvah for less than that!

 

Geez...If I had the slightest idea where in my archives my CD of this album was, it would be heading right to eBay...Sigh...

Kwad

 

From the oft' quoted file:

I know somebody who clings to a low paying job at the City's largest trader in used media. Of course, he sits there in the CD department and gets much of what's worth something for himself. E-bay, what'd ya think, he's a seller by all means! My odds of finding intresting or valuabe stuff in this store are exceedingly low. Stille, I love shopping used, the thrill of the hunt, I suppose...