tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post3117326002238372792..comments2024-03-28T02:53:44.198-07:00Comments on RETROMANIA: conflicted retromaniacs, blank regenerations, Auteur as compiler versus compiler as auteur SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-63026623791527428052014-05-13T10:22:20.145-07:002014-05-13T10:22:20.145-07:00well there are a lot of the Turnabouts and quite a...well there are a lot of the Turnabouts and quite a few of the RCA New Music ones in circulation, so possibly they were pressed in reasonable amount numbers and sold budget price - encouraging curious punters to give it a try. and most of these punters later got rid of them most likely after only a few listens. Same with Nonesuch electronic stuff - I am always seeing things like the Kenneth Gaburo LP Music for Voices, Instruments and Electronic Sounds, or the Pulitzer winning Time's Encomium by Charles Wuorinen, or Tragoedia by Andrew Rubin, going in the used racks and usually for not much,. Same with Morton Subotnik's LPs, they crop up quite frequently.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04914714256308986691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-23123618826424193992014-04-30T14:55:59.041-07:002014-04-30T14:55:59.041-07:00Ah, looks like the ones you've posted up there...Ah, looks like the ones you've posted up there with the uniform covers are stereo versions of the same albums. Mine is the mono version of the one with the purple cover.<br /><br />I wonder how well they sold outside of academic circles? Did many classical music fans / afficianados dip a toe in, as it were?Bollopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370552901325861855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-6649546190971955902014-04-30T08:23:56.942-07:002014-04-30T08:23:56.942-07:00That is niiiiiice!
I have some of the RCA New Mus...That is niiiiiice!<br /><br />I have some of the RCA New Music ones but the cover design is uniform but different from that one -- not quite as cool<br /><br />That isSIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-39512143133730226342014-04-30T05:20:38.978-07:002014-04-30T05:20:38.978-07:00Ooh, I have that first Turnabout LP, but I had no ...Ooh, I have that first Turnabout LP, but I had no idea they did a whole series - will have to look out for the others.<br /><br />Here's a lovely cover from a New Music series on RCA / Victrola:<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/bollops/268090589/in/set-72157594325536438Bollopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370552901325861855noreply@blogger.com