What a Wonderful World!

Just had a delightful conversation with a friend of mine who just purchased the 51 CD set of the Mercury Living Presence Box Set (out March 6, 2012).  He is so excited to find some of the finest classical recordings ever made in one place!  These were meticulous recordings and deserve a new listening.
Mercury Living Presence Box Set

Then I went to www.amazon.com and noticed the Living Stereo 60 CD Box Collection from RCA.  These were some of the finest recordings ever made in the '50's and '60's with first class talent, such as Cliburn and Rubinstein.  Living Stereo 60 CD Collection Box

But the great news is the collectors dream come true:  Arthur Rubinstein:  The Complete Album Collection.  Are you sitting down?  142 CD's and 2 DVD's!  Plus a 164 page book!
Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

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If you bought all these sets, you would have approximately 253 CD's and 2 DVD's, all for a little over $2.00 each!  What a wonderful world...

The RECORD-MATIC!!!

Any one out there ever own a Record-Matic?  The coolest record holder on the planet.  It would hold 25 single albums in a plastic tray, with the albums stored upright.  When you flip the first, the rest could follow in a dominos fashion.  It worked!  And as far as I could tell (and believe me, I'm as anal about my vinyl as one could get) the records never warped.  It was just that you would need one of these devices for every 25 albums.  Lots of real estate space taken.  I would set one on top of my speaker.

Couldn't find a decent pic of one.  But if any of my faithful readers have a pic, please send it and I'll post it.

One of my great friends and music lovers recently posted a comment about vinyl album cover art that I hadn't thought about.  We will talk about that next time.