everyday_ffm
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Everything ok with our friends @AF..... ? Delays, no new releases ...
I was thinking the same. My AF Stereo SACD remaster of Quincy Jones "The Dude" was canceled recently by ImportCD. Quite the delay!!!!!!!!!Everything ok with our friends @AF..... ? Delays, no new releases ...
Yes, we are seeing prices go below market, only to skyrocket in "the disc stock market." We've seen this movie before too many times. So in this time frame, one might still find bargains (or not that much higher than retail). But if not, best to play the waiting game until prices come back to earth somewhat.You can go over to Acoustic Sounds and still find many of the AF SCDs, stereo or Mch.....the only difference is instead of being marked down, they are marked up! "The Collection", which many folks poo-pooped here, is now $100. Maybe I should have bought a dozen.
I was really looking forward to the Blue Cheer as it was an LP that got played to death when I was in 7th and 8th grade, I had such high expectations that it would be a SACD stereo masterpiece but sadly it just sounded the same as the CD. Probably Vincebus Eruption would be a rare recording that would only be best as an analog LP? Did you know the original LP had all raised lettering and photo, first raised lettering on a record jacket that I ever owned.Well, I just bought my first and most likely last Gold Stereo only SACD's by Audio Fidelity. After careful consideration, I bought Paul Butterfield SACD, and one I had my eye on, Blue Cheer SACD. $35 bucks shipped. Too great a deal to pass on. There was other titles I liked. Rage Against the Machine, Elvis, Rush. But had to stop somewhere. I noticed HH Thrust was gone.
Thanks for the info. Yes, somewhere around 1969-71, we had a department store in the San Francisco East Bay Area that had Blue Cheer as you described. I was able to buy the record along with other Blue Cheer titles for about 33 cents each in the cut out section. So here I am 50 years later buying the same title for cheap! Crazy when you think about it.I was really looking forward to the Blue Cheer as it was an LP that got played to death when I was in 7th and 8th grade, I had such high expectations that it would be a SACD stereo masterpiece but sadly it just sounded the same as the CD. Probably Vincebus Eruption would be a rare recording that would only be best as an analog LP? Did you know the original LP had all raised lettering and photo, first raised lettering on a record jacket that I ever owned.
You provide ammo for the argument that we should all be ripping our hi-res/surround collections to hard drives as it seems that replacement of the original media continues to become prohibitively expensive.. Even if one doesn't have the ability to play from the hard drive, at least one will have backups in case of disc damage or other debacle.You can go over to Acoustic Sounds and still find many of the AF SCDs, stereo or Mch.....the only difference is instead of being marked down, they are marked up! "The Collection", which many folks poo-pooped here, is now $100. Maybe I should have bought a dozen.
Kewl!Elusive Disc still has a few copies of Sittin' In by Loggins & Messina on Hybrid Stereo SACD for $19.99
Worth nabbing if you don't own a copy.
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Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina Sittin' In Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid Stereo SACD
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