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KevinJS said:
I should give that one a spin. It just occurred to me that I never play the 5th, in spite of having several versions.
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I’m always looking for classical and romantic era music on vinyl that is well done. Sometimes the record shop I work at has a decent amount of RCA Living Stereo stuff come through but to get it in VG++ condition is a little too pricey for my taste


However I’ve completely justified a 2nd press of Trout Mask Replica that’s NM for $125 so....

If you have any suggestions for ANYTHING classical/romantic I’m very interested in learning
 
BSharp said:
I’m always looking for classical and romantic era music on vinyl that is well done. Sometimes the record shop I work at has a decent amount of RCA Living Stereo stuff come through but to get it in VG++ condition is a little too pricey for my taste


However I’ve completely justified a 2nd press of Trout Mask Replica that’s NM for $125 so....

If you have any suggestions for ANYTHING classical/romantic I’m very interested in learning
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Unfortunate that it comes expensive. In my part of the world, classical is just about giveaway.
Best advice I can give anyone is to watch this thread, regardless of the genres you are interested in.
 
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'The Big Ball' by Various artists. Really cool 2 record set found at my indie for $3.00 Always loved these WB Loss Leaders. A great album to play (especially when you are doing dishes). :laugh:

In the bygone days before multinational corporate mergers and acquisitions left the record industry a smoldering husk of its former self, Warner Bros. Records launched a series of bargain-priced label samplers dubbed Loss Leaders: available via mail order for two bucks or less, these remarkably generous compilations often featured B-sides and other non-LP tracks, but what's most notable is the sheer consistency of the listening experience -- Warner and its affiliated labels housed a veritable murderers' row of rock & roll legends, and only rarely does a disappointing track squeak into the mix.

The Big Ball represents the first Loss Leaders release of the 1970s, and it's a corker, spotlighting a veritable who's who of legends including Van Morrison (the heart-stopping "Caravan"), Neil Young ("The Loner"), Joni Mitchell ("Big Yellow Taxi"), and the Grateful Dead ("Turn on Your Lovelight") alongside cult favorites like Randy Newman ("Mama Told Me Not to Come") and Tim Buckley ("Happy Time"). This is music that celebrates the creative spirit at its most daring and realized -- and proves a stinging reminder of how calculated and tame major-label rosters have become in the decades since.

AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny

SIDE ONE
[2:25] Nice Folks - The Fifth Avenue Band
[2:53] Red-Eye Express - John Sebastian
[1:55] This Whole World - Beach Boys
[2:45] New Orleans Hopscop Blues - Geoff & Maria Muldaur
[3:08] Coming in to Los Angeles - Arlo Guthrie
[2:34] I Was the Rebel, She Was the Cause - Eric Andersen
[2:56] Jubilee - Norman Greenbaum
[4:00] Ivy - Savage Grace

SIDE TWO
[4:57] Caravan - Van Morrison
[9:00] Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
[3:36] Sally Go Round the Roses - The Pentangle
[4:20] Nothing is Easy - Jethro Tull
[4:12] Flying - Small Faces
[3:14] No Mule's Fool - Family
[2:15] When I Turn Out the Living Room Light - Kinks

SIDE THREE
[2:25] I'm On My Way Home Again - Everly Brothers
[3:15] Happy Time - Tim Buckley
[2:16] Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
[3:55] The Loner - Neil Young
[2:56] Approaching Lavender - Gordon Lightfoot
[2:12] Mama Told Me Not to Come - Randy Newman
[3:20] Fire and Rain - James Taylor
[3:22] Sit Down Old Friend - Dion

SIDE FOUR
[4:05] The Illiad - Ed Sanders
[1:13] Kansas and the BTO's - GTO's
[2:35] The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes - GTO's
[2:23] Ella Guru - Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band
[1:06] The Original GTO's - GTO's
[3:02] WPLJ - The Mothers of Invention
[2:55] The Taster & the Story of the Taster - Wild Man Fischer
[1:16] Footnote - Pearls Before Swine
[6:30] Turn On Your Love Light - Grateful Dead
 
RICK72 said:
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'The Big Ball' by Various artists. Really cool 2 record set found at my indie for $3.00 Always loved these WB Loss Leaders. A great album to play (especially when you are doing dishes). :laugh:

In the bygone days before multinational corporate mergers and acquisitions left the record industry a smoldering husk of its former self, Warner Bros. Records launched a series of bargain-priced label samplers dubbed Loss Leaders: available via mail order for two bucks or less, these remarkably generous compilations often featured B-sides and other non-LP tracks, but what's most notable is the sheer consistency of the listening experience -- Warner and its affiliated labels housed a veritable murderers' row of rock & roll legends, and only rarely does a disappointing track squeak into the mix.

The Big Ball represents the first Loss Leaders release of the 1970s, and it's a corker, spotlighting a veritable who's who of legends including Van Morrison (the heart-stopping "Caravan"), Neil Young ("The Loner"), Joni Mitchell ("Big Yellow Taxi"), and the Grateful Dead ("Turn on Your Lovelight") alongside cult favorites like Randy Newman ("Mama Told Me Not to Come") and Tim Buckley ("Happy Time"). This is music that celebrates the creative spirit at its most daring and realized -- and proves a stinging reminder of how calculated and tame major-label rosters have become in the decades since.

AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny

SIDE ONE
[2:25] Nice Folks - The Fifth Avenue Band
[2:53] Red-Eye Express - John Sebastian
[1:55] This Whole World - Beach Boys
[2:45] New Orleans Hopscop Blues - Geoff & Maria Muldaur
[3:08] Coming in to Los Angeles - Arlo Guthrie
[2:34] I Was the Rebel, She Was the Cause - Eric Andersen
[2:56] Jubilee - Norman Greenbaum
[4:00] Ivy - Savage Grace

SIDE TWO
[4:57] Caravan - Van Morrison
[9:00] Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
[3:36] Sally Go Round the Roses - The Pentangle
[4:20] Nothing is Easy - Jethro Tull
[4:12] Flying - Small Faces
[3:14] No Mule's Fool - Family
[2:15] When I Turn Out the Living Room Light - Kinks

SIDE THREE
[2:25] I'm On My Way Home Again - Everly Brothers
[3:15] Happy Time - Tim Buckley
[2:16] Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
[3:55] The Loner - Neil Young
[2:56] Approaching Lavender - Gordon Lightfoot
[2:12] Mama Told Me Not to Come - Randy Newman
[3:20] Fire and Rain - James Taylor
[3:22] Sit Down Old Friend - Dion

SIDE FOUR
[4:05] The Illiad - Ed Sanders
[1:13] Kansas and the BTO's - GTO's
[2:35] The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes - GTO's
[2:23] Ella Guru - Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band
[1:06] The Original GTO's - GTO's
[3:02] WPLJ - The Mothers of Invention
[2:55] The Taster & the Story of the Taster - Wild Man Fischer
[1:16] Footnote - Pearls Before Swine
[6:30] Turn On Your Love Light - Grateful Dead
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I have a few "Loss Readers", "Appetizers" & "Brubank" and another one that I can't think of.
 
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