Mercury Living Presence Vinyl Reissues

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Mercury living presence vinyl reissues.

My collection of rca living stereo and mercury living presence is not the largest but i have kept nearly all my acquisitions. As a companion release to the mercury living presence collector s edition volume 2 of this limited edition set presents six iconic and much sought after lps on high quality 180 gram vinyl. Fine the son of the original mercury living presence producer wilma cozart fine and recording engineer robert fine has since 2011 overseen the living presence reissues for label owner decca classics. Background starting in 1951 mercury began a series of lp record albums of classical music the first album having catalog number mg 50000.

I settled for buying a handful of the mercury cd reissues in the early 1990s. Bach s six cello suites and dvorak s cello concerto to be released on. Tom fine son of robert fine and wilma cozart fine discusses analogue productions mercury living presence reissues. He s re mastered or overseen the mastering of more than 25 mercury titles in the digital domain.

Here are two favorites. I am not a purist as i collect these recordings on the cd sacd formats and not on vinyl. I have a love hate relationship with the mercury cd reissues. He recently took a turn in the audiophile all analog world.

One feels oneself in the living presence of the orchestra the new york times. The latest mercury living presence reissues feature cellist janos starker. Vinyl lp reissue remastered country. Whatever their shortcomings these recordings have a grainy but vivid sonic texture.

Since 2010 tom fine has been overseeing mercury living presence remastering working with state of the art modern digital technology. Additionally there are pdf files for the cd and sacd reissues of recordings from the living presence library with cover images and other information. At the time i only purchased a couple of the original living stereo reissues these were of course from the first batch of around the same time so they were the old 16 bit redbook standard.