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Posted on: 01 May 2014 by Bert Schurink

great..

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by ewemon

Originally Posted by Bert Schurink:

simply superb...

Need to play this album again Bert as I never really took to it.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by ewemon

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Dark Round The Edges. The legendary private pressing. If you have a copy I can give it a nice new home. If you are curious, have a listen on youtube and discover why it's the most valuable album made by a band who are not (but should be) a household name

I have a ripped cd taken from the vinyl. Haven't played it in a long time though. If you wanted a cd copy it is still available.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by The Man With Nonaim

Originally Posted by ewemon:

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Dark Round The Edges. The legendary private pressing. If you have a copy I can give it a nice new home. If you are curious, have a listen on youtube and discover why it's the most valuable album made by a band who are not (but should be) a household name

I have a ripped cd taken from the vinyl. Haven't played it in a long time.

Now that is something that I would very much like to hear. You are a very lucky as there were only 2 batches each of 30 copies plus 2 test copies per batch. I'm green with envy........

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by ewemon

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Originally Posted by ewemon:

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Dark Round The Edges. The legendary private pressing. If you have a copy I can give it a nice new home. If you are curious, have a listen on youtube and discover why it's the most valuable album made by a band who are not (but should be) a household name

I have a ripped cd taken from the vinyl. Haven't played it in a long time.

Now that is something that I would very much like to hear. You are a very lucky as there were only 2 batches each of 30 copies plus 2 test copies per batch. I'm green with envy........

Don't have the vinyl anymore and what will sicken you even more is when I ditched vinyl playback (my LP12 and Ittok are in a drawer) I gave away all my albums for nothing to friends. A copy of this album went that way.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by The Man With Nonaim

Should also add that I have the Akarma and Machhu Pichhu records plus the M.P. download. Just need to get the kissing spell cd, plus some of the other vinyl reissues and once I've completed the set, I can stop being so obsessive...........

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by ewemon

Communique

With the slightly longer versions of some of the trax.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by The Man With Nonaim

Ewemon, do you know what an original Dark Round The Edges is worth ?

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by ewemon

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Ewemon, do you know what an original Dark Round The Edges is worth ?

To be honest haven't got a clue. The collection I gave away included a lot of really rare records including stuff that was never released to the public by record companies. I had a copy of a JJ Cale with Christine Lakeland record feat them on their home porch that was never issued. You could hear the crickets in the back ground amongst a ton of other stuff.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by ewemon

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by Bert Schurink

...great..

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by Haim Ronen

New arrival first spin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwvnp3OWLiE

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by Tony2011

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

On Qobuz Premium

(2012 Remaster)

Steve, thanks for reminding me of this album. Haven't heard it for almost 30 years. Kept on listening to In a Glass House and forgot how good it really is,

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by J.N.

I have long loved the eponymous 'Cicadas' album, and have just received Rodney Crowell's 2003 album 'Fate's Right Hand'.

Witty, intelligent lyrics; great melodies and musicianship. Not a bum track.

John.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by kuma

I love the pleasant surprise like this.

Never heard of this conductor ( Konstantin Ivanov ) and this was a digitally remastered from its original '62 stereo recording. Alto did a nice job on this.

Surprisingly clean and natural with a minimum distortion on the high frequency, instruments preserving the tonal colours. Dynamic and excellent degrees of details and air. Bass could be a bit deeper but this is nicely done considering the vintage from USSR in this vintage. ( usually their recordings are a lot to be desired )

But what I am more impressed with is the performance.

Modern sounding and paces well. The intro has a feel of chilly but nice sunny spring feel about it. It make me anticipate what comes next. It has an excellent pacing and use of pauses before the next segment starts. Rhythmic as Toscanini on the march scene. A nice change from a heavy handed many others I have heard on this. March is perhaps less irony than Toscanini but just as urgent and menacing and gripping. Handling of slower and quieter bit also is expressive keeping the same momentum and tension for a good story telling. He's keeping the 2nd movement short and sweet as Toscanini almost like a prelude to the longer Adagio.

I can follow the tune so much easier on this than Lenny/NYP. ( sounds much better, too )

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by The Man With Nonaim

Originally Posted by ewemon:

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Ewemon, do you know what an original Dark Round The Edges is worth ?

To be honest haven't got a clue. The collection I gave away included a lot of really rare records including stuff that was never released to the public by record companies. I had a copy of a JJ Cale with Christine Lakeland record feat them on their home porch that was never issued. You could hear the crickets in the back ground amongst a ton of other stuff.

The last one sold on ebay realised £6,600. There has been a lot of recent interest in the band so it's probably worth a lot more. One of your friends is a very fortunate person and I'm still green with envy.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by ewemon

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Originally Posted by ewemon:

Originally Posted by The Man With Nonaim:

Ewemon, do you know what an original Dark Round The Edges is worth ?

To be honest haven't got a clue. The collection I gave away included a lot of really rare records including stuff that was never released to the public by record companies. I had a copy of a JJ Cale with Christine Lakeland record feat them on their home porch that was never issued. You could hear the crickets in the back ground amongst a ton of other stuff.

The last one sold on ebay realised £6,600. There has been a lot of recent interest in the band so it's probably worth a lot more. One of your friends is a very fortunate person and I'm still green with envy. Is there any way that I could have a copy of the needle drop ? Contribution to a charity of your choice.

I lost touch with him a couple of years back and the last I heard he was based in Indonesia travelling all over the world working in the Oil biz as a sort of trouble shooter but could try and track him down. His Mother and Father are deceased and I don't know where his sis is.

There was always an agreement between myself and anyone I gave albums to that if they still had them and I wanted it back I would get them but since it wasn't written down on paper it isn't worth much.

Posted on: 01 May 2014 by kuma