[sdiy] OT: busting out the old vinyl (Including Switched on Bach)

[anthony]

I got a Pioneer PL-600 turntable at a Goodwill store a while ago and then 
lamented that I didn't have anything to hook it up, but then it occured to 
me: duh! I have a DJ mixer! One half has my Roland MKS-50 and the other is 
my turntable now. So I've been going through the vinyl I have collected over 
the years and some of it is sweet like these never-been-played 35mm magnetic 
film mastered recordings: One is Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and 
the other is Brahms 3rd Symphony. And how did I find all of that Bartok? 
Velvet Gentleman: The Music of Erik Satie. This work is germaine to this 
list being that a few of the pieces are played on a synthesizer. The credits 
don't say whether it's a Moog or and EMS, but whichever it's about that 
vintage. I don't think this album has been put on CD. Just like Erik Satie 
Through the Looking Glass (whatever it's called). Both of the former were 
Camarata works. I have an extensive Satie collection. Then there's all the 
Front Line Assembly and such from my Industrial music phase (years I wasted 
when I could have been listening to My Bloody Valentine or kept on listening 
to Dinosaur Jr. like I have been lately...). Then there's Switched on Bach, 
a synth lover's friend indeed. Also an album wityh music from 2001: A Space 
Odyssey. I'm a big Ligeti fan. And some good punk rock and new wave thrown 
in: like the Missing Persons album I bought at the same time I bought the 
turntable. Now I need to go downtown and get those Klaus Schulze LP's I saw 
a while ago. $20-30 for most but still easier to find then some of it on CD. 
Of course being a Klaus Schulze collector is a daunting task if you're a 
completist, but thankfully to enjoy Klaus you don't have to be. But 
unfortunately I've been finding all of the Hearts of Space shows I have on 
mp3 showcasing his work a little disappointing. He still somehow makes his 
shows feel "new agey" now matter what he plays even if he eschews the term. 
I do get a chuckle when he invites you to listen to some "space music" from 
some Irish tin whistle players. His Aphex Twin show was good... But I 
digress... Finding Switched on Bach again was the real treat of my day 
today. Maybe I'll play Switched...2000 a little later. I have it, but I 
don't think I've ever sat through the whole thing. I'm an analog kind of guy 
...


cheers,
aa