been looking for a clean copy of the Hovhannes record for years. would be nice to see a reissue of it

Hi Michael, thanks so much for this. I was able to order the vinyl repress of Será Una Noche on the MA site, however the Nima Ben David they did not have the Bangkok pressing, did you order direct from MA? Thanks.

Michael these were beautiful. And I could hear plenty of dynamics through your system and into KZbin even. Unaware of this label, will be looking into it. Curious about what their discography is like. The installation looked pretty wonderful too, special thing to get to do. Beautiful system by the way and well done!

Michael that Sera’ Una Noche sounds outstanding .

WoW!! Thanx Michael!!

I enjoyed the needle drops Michael. The first album, Noche, really caught my attention, very relaxing

Wonderful! Todd is sending me a copy of Resonance for review in Tracking Angle - can't wait! So glad I discovered this through you...

Hi Michael. Interesting label. Great inner sleeves for sure. Fab needle drops. Liking your speakers.

Hey Michael, Será Una Noche is a phenomenal LP. Love it. Super stuff!

A lovely tour around some glorious envy inducing premium vinyl there. Based on your choices I think you would love Britten’s Prince of the Pagodas. I don’t think it has been repressed yet but the 1970’s Ace of Diamonds GOS was released relatively late in the day so a nicely looked after copy holds its own against the current crop of high quality re- releases. Although it is true that from the RCA Living Stereo perspective things are pretty grim price wise in the UK I think one of the consolations is the abundance of very reasonable condition and price HMV/EMI second hand pressings from the 60s and 70s so my advice for UK collecting is to lean into those.

Im really quite jealous of whats available in tn US. These kind of releases just cant be found in the UK. Thank you so much for including those channel and shop links.

Nice Michael Small point that picture of Wilma Fine is not from when she first worked for Mercury, in the background in your photo u see Cello equipment that’s 20 years or more later and suspect this was a photo from her project to convert the analogue Mercury’s to CD

Michael, you have assembled a splendid assortment of classical recordings. I have yet to present the albums that I procured at the Goodwill. It has been over a year since I’ve purchased them. Classical music is so intricate that a new audiophile pressing is nearly essential if one wishes to avoid surface noise. I will keep my eyes open for the titles that you mentioned.

Michael awesome classical finds and descriptions I definitely thinking about taking the leap into Classical vinyl.

Lovely. You’ve inspired me to take a break from my jazz/Grateful Dead only streak to spin some RCA living Stereos this weekend. Still only spinning OGs/early presses. Need to finally jump into the Audiophile classical pool.

Classical Record Porn!!! I LOVE this whole new style of presentation! Even though I have many of these, I still found myself thinking "ooh! I must get that!!". One minor correction. The Classic Records 45 of the Paray/Ravel/Ibert actually OMITS the Ravel La Valse, which is such a daft decision. It's one of the highlights of the record. Thanks for the shout-out, btw. Looking forward to our next record scavenge.....

An enjoyable run-through, appreciated the notes you provided for each album. Thanks, great stuff!

Hello Michael. Great to see your Classical collection. It's a very odd experience, as if I'm entering an alternate universe. The American Classical music audiophile vinyl release scene seems completely different to the UK and Europe, despite much of the music originating from the UK. First off, RCA Living Stereo and Mercury Living Presence records weren't released in the UK in anywhere near the numbers they were in the US, mainly because UK labels would record and release the same music for the home market. Obviously this also goes for orchestras, where you are very unlikely to see American orchestras on UK releases. The cover design and artwork always look totally at odds with the design choices made here. Almost as if they were trying to appeal to very different audiences. The repertoire also seems quite different. Now, I caveat this by saying perhaps it's the choices of audiophile reissue labels, or perhaps your own musical preferences. Of course there are universal similarities, but it seems to me the American repertoire is narrower and a trifle more populist. With lots of releases of mixed programmes of pieces, rather than complete works. Ballet music seems far more popular in the US, and skews towards the Romantic and modern periods. This isn't an observation based just on your video, but on a number of other audiophile classical music KZbin channels. No Baroque? Is this a period of music you don't gravitate towards, or is it not well represented in the audiophile releases? A fascinating video made all the more enjoyable by your fabulously soothing voice. I think you could have a career as a voiceover artist. Cheers - Hedley P.S. I very much enjoyed your recent album.

Wow what an impressive selection of records , amazing !

Well you have come a real long way from those early punk days Michael. Some beautiful looking albums and wonderful information. I do enjoy classical and continue to try to show some though I can’t speak really intelligently about it. I’m more about the stories around the songs which are all very rock n roll

Excellent list my friend! Many of those have been on my wishlist forever! Hoping the rest of this year I can finally buckle down and seriously work on my classical vinyl collection.

Michael! Missed this but caught up recently. Beautiful work, they did some good rock reissues too but didn't realize they were defunct. That's the version of Nevermind I have plus they did SY's Confusion Is Sex. A little bit of everything on there, Mingus even.

Michael, that was a nice dive into the label, great narrative there, an informative and interesting video with calm, smooth and well spoken voice. Well done! Cheers

Hey Michael, always a great pleasure to see another video of yours. I especially need to check out the Borodin and Sten meets Chet. The Johnny Hartman is just perfection 🤩. Have a great weekend my friend.

Nice to see you back mate ! Awesome video

Great video Michael, well done. I’ve always been a ORG fan.. hopeful for a return .

Nice one Michael. Fab issues. I got some Coltrane recently and think they are egg excellent.

Great to see you posting a new video - I love this new style. I would love to get some of these, but they are pretty expensive on the second-hand market. BTW, the ORG "The Mysterious Film World of Bernard Herrmann" is currently available at a blow-out price of, I think, $20 at Elusive Disc. It's a fantastic record, especially the suite from The Three Worlds of Gulliver, and at that price an essential purchase. I reviewed it on Tracking Angle.

Wow, you have a new career Michael. Your voice is perfect for these type of videos. I felt like maybe I was dressed nice enough to even listen it. I felt I needed wine instead of beer. So you are doing different videos on a different platform now? This was extremely professional. I love classical music but couldn’t tell you a thing about the pressings. Very enjoyable

Thanks Michael, impeccable taste as always!

Nice to see you back! I think I have all of those classical titles but I just stopped by to say hello has to be one of the best, if not the best sounding album I own...I listen to it quite often!

Kool info and Noted ✌️ thanks Archived🪬

Nice video Michael, there are several there I would love to track down. Glad to see you are enjoying the Phi-Psonics too! All the best - D

Hi Michael, always a treat to be notified of a new offering from you. Interesting recommendations in a wonderful presentation. ~Paul

Michael love the feature on ORG never seen that Johnny Hartman I put it on my wants to get. I have a few which I dig dearly Crescent by Coltrane, Heavy Weather by Weather Report and First Light by Freddie Hubbard Classical is a genre I have to dip my toes in those you when look very interesting great collection Michael.

Thank you Michael for your taste and talent in music!

This was such a great interview, with tons of interesting questions. New collectors don't fully appreciate Music Matters Jazz significance in the audiophile world. MMJ set a new standard for quality regards to pressings, jackets, mastering etc. Whoever denies that impact is either is a newcomer or has never hold a MMJ in his hands. There is something magical about those album presentations, the session photos, the sound, the glow. When they started there was NO vinyl resurgence and Jazz was not fashionable on the vinyl community .

One thing I'm still wondering is: Why would Music Matters (initially) intend on imitating the originals if Classics Records - just - finished a reissue program doing the same thing? That puzzles me, especially because Joe appears to have always had "audiophile" leanings, and IME audiophiles have long preferred more dynamics, wider (stereo) soundstage, etc., which OGs do not have. Perhaps that was more what Ron wanted at first? I also wonder if they intended to do 45 RPM from the very beginning or if that developed after they started. Put simply, I always wonder if there were any decisions made based on their realization that their main customer demographic was going to be "audiophiles" opposed to "collectors".

Great stuff. I could listen to joe all day. Would have liked to know. About the srx did rti approach mmj or other way. Think music matters were first to use it.

Hi Michael, first always a p,ensure to see you and hear your thoughts on music. Though I have backed away from the whole audiophile scene ( mainly due to prices) it is fun to hear how some of this has evolved from the key players in remastering. Enjoyable as always

Wow 🤩, what an honor to have such special guests. Looking forward to hearing this interview. Paul did an amazing job with the intro 👏

This was an interview I been waiting for years and it was beautiful hearing Kevin Gray and Joe Harley breaking down the Music Matters beginning and changes it definitely was a benchmark for jazz great remastering campaigns which I love thank you Michael , Paul and Jeremy for asking the killer questions which was so interesting . I also want to thank Kevin Gray and Joe Harley for their love of jazz and releasing them to the masses this is definitely a must see for jazz love thanks for sharing🥂

I don't have time to watch this whole thing now, but the first five minutes give the impression this is something special. Beautiful intro, and great concept for a discussion. Bravo, Paul , congrats on this!

Wow! Very cool intro!

Hey Michael, nice to see you having time to put out some newer videos. I'll resubscribe. Did David delete his YT account? Link above appears broken.

That was the most relaxing conversation I've listened to in a long time. Great suggestions thank you both!

Nice video indeed. Nearly all the choices here very much resonate with my taste (Low, TW, Tortoise,Nils Frahm, Arooj Aftab, Johann Johannson and Mahler are all firm favourites). I shall watch more if you’re planning more of these conversations.

Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation, and walked away with a list of music to explore. Thanks and hope you have a chance to do this again.

So, so great. Looking forward to watching this later 🤩

I really enjoyed the conversation, Michael. Congrats on "Street of Dream".