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Have you ever bought a music collection?

post #1 of 6
12/11/11 at 2:23am
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Tonight I watched a Time-Life lat night informercial for a classic country collection.  Admittedly, I loved a lot of it.  There was Left Frizzell, Webb Pierce, George Jones, and much else to love.

 

I know, I know.  Late-night infomercials are tacky and generally in poor taste.  But I kinda liked this collection.  I won't make four payments of $29.99 because I already have  lot of it.  Though it would be hard to pass over for $20 at the Goodwill.

 

Anyway, is anyone willing to admit to buying music from a late-night infomercial?  Did you enjoy it?  How is the recording quality?  Is there anything you'd recommend to us?

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post #2 of 6
12/11/11 at 3:07am

Not Time-Life Uncle-E, but bought two collections recently (price was too good to pass up)!

 

4-CD set (covers below)

 

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Tchaikovsky was very disappointing - and I am a real Pytor Illych fan.  Dynamics were awful - the recording was just really flat - no life.

 

The Mozart though - stunning - dynamics were really good, better than I expected.

 

NZD 6.50 per set of 4 (that's roughly USD 5.00 for 4 cds) - absolute steal.

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post #3 of 6
12/13/11 at 12:19pm

I would have but I could never decide between the 4 lps and 2 double-play 8-track cartrdges.

 

"So many of the tunes of our well-known popular songs were actually written by the Great Masters, like these familiar themes..."

 

 

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post #4 of 6
12/13/11 at 1:03pm
My folks bought Time-Life classical collections back in the day when they were advertised in places like Reader's Digest. They may be sort of tacky, but I owe my life-long love of classical music to those recordings, crappy though they may have been.

I don't know about getting collections if you're already into a genre, but as introductions, they're hard to beat (assuming it's not some cover horrorshow).
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post #5 of 6
1/26/12 at 4:25pm

I have the Time-Life AM Gold collection of oldies. 8 CDs worth of 60s and early 70s rolk. They are fun at a party.

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post #6 of 6
1/26/12 at 4:52pm

TIme Life put out a spectacular set of DVDs of performances from the Grand Ol Opry. Netflix has it. It's got a lot of the clips they show on the TV ad.

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