A Contest to Celebrate 10,000 Subscribers!

[@audiophileman7047]

Well, I don't make videos, so I wish everyone who does luck.

[@olevet75]

Dude, long time no see! Was wondering where'd you go. YT read my mind🙂

[@MrLovell1971]

Congratulations Michael on 10,000 subs

[@zbigniew---1959]

Swìetny material jak zawsze 👍Pozdrawiam

[@jmm04003]

Congrats Michael, what a milestone! Just completed my contest entry. Keep up the great work.

[@thesurfacespins]

Michael, congratulations and well deserved too! I have uploaded my contest entry video. This one got me listening to my classical records and thinking what 'heavy" really means. It was time well spent. Satori is in my hands, btw!

[@continentalgin]

Congrats! I may come out of hiding and enter your contest. A picture disc with no music on it is a goofy idea, but more power to them for having the gall to do it!

[@davidkipperman5218]

I think your content is worth watching. Congrates!

[@danielbatesj]

Congratulations on the new goal! I love the prompts and threw up a video

[@georgealanlpsandcds9311]

Hi Michael, this is the type of contest that I could really sink my teeth into - it will take a few days for sure to prepare for, but I will get video posted - very cool😊.

[@analoguecity3454]

I "gravitated" to your channel because your very interesting person and you have so much knowledge of this subject, more than me and I'm 52 been buying LPs since 1984! Keep up the good work kid, it's nice to see young people in this hobby and so knowledgeable! It's you young folks who's going to keep it going long after us old fogies pass away!

[@analoguecity3454]

Congratulations by the way!

[@ythagakure]

Congratulations! I am all in this contest!

[@JamesHLee-un8un]

Congratulations! you're my favorite classical vinyl guy!! Also, City pop! Many more cool vid to come!! Come back to Boogie Maru soon!!

[@elliottcrews4997]

Hi Michael, just wanted to give you a heads up that I've up loaded my contest entry. Great prompts, enjoyed putting it together. Take care, Elliott

[@NickP333]

Congrats on 10K subs, Michael! 🔊🎶🥳

[@poetryonplastic]

Thanks Nick!

[@vinylpuff]

Not meaning to sound like one of those who often get a ‘whatever floats your boat’ …but, I like to watch. That being said, good luck to those participating in the contest. And thank you for posting some enjoyable and informative content. I learned some cool things.

[@hubtunes9607]

Hey Michael! Congrats on all the channel success! Well deserved!! My contest entry is up . 🎶☮️🎶

[@jerryandlisa27]

congrats 👏 we'll deserved !

[@bobsykes]

Glad to have been one of them since I found your channel during the depths of the Covid lock-downs! So much to learn about music and musicians here, as well as the interesting audiophile stuff. Congratulations!!! ✌️

[@vmvlev]

" the Reiner sound " is also a smart funny wording .. like " the clearer/pureer sound "

[@zeram01]

Congratulations on 10k. I’m the shy type who is reluctant to make a video, but it’s nice to offer up two prizes.

[@thevinyltruffle]

I no longer make videos, but I may just get in on this. Simply to show my support for what I consider a superb VC content creator.

[@poetryonplastic]

I would be honored if you did!

[@RekkidTalk]

I now have an entry up. I went back to your 2018 video on post-hardcore and posted my "first impressions" of the bands covered, as I only have Fugazi in my collection.

[@MissEwe]

Congratulations Michael !

[@BillsBoxOfSound]

My video is up! Congratulations and keep on making your awesome videos.

[@ruhrvalley78tk30]

Hey Michael, congrats on 10k. Even though I don't upload videos to KZbin, I thought I'd answer the questions anyway. Just for the fun of it. 🙂 *Question 1 - Show a Classical record, if you don’t have a classical record, show something with an orchestral arrangement.* Oh boy, it's hard to limit myself on this one…I’m gonna list a couple of records I like Maurice Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe (Charles Munch, Analogue Productions LSC 1893) Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije/Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale (Fritz Reiner, Analogue Productions LSC 2150) Georg Solti - Venice (Analogue Productions LSC 2313) Gounod: Faust Ballet/Bizet: Carmen Suite (Alexander Gibson, Analogue Productions LSC 2449) Jascha Heifetz - Bruch: Scottish Fantasy (Malcolm Sargent, Analogue Productions LSC 2603) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Lieder ohne Worte (Daniel Barenboim, Deutsche Grammophon 2022) Grieg: Peer Gynt (Oivin Fjeldstad, Speakers Corner 009 2012) Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet. The complete Ballet (André Previn; Warner Classics 2018) *Question 2 - Show the heaviest sounding album you own.* Actually, I dont’t own many Metal records on vinyl, although I enjoy listening to it. I definitely need to make up some ground there. But what I have are the recent reissues of the first three Slipknot albums. And the second album is the most heaviest of these in my opinion. Answer: Slipknot - Iowa In Terms of classical records that have a Heavy Metal feel to it, I would like to throw in Bela Bartok’s ‘Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta’. (Fritz Reiner, Analogue Productions LSC 2374) Actually, many Metal Artists wish to appear this creepy and scary like Fritz Reiner does on the picture on the backside. 😆 *Question 3 - Show an artist or group you got into primarily because of vinyl/record collecting* That’s quiet easy for me… Kraftwerk. Even though I'm from Germany and like listening to electronic music, I've never really dealt with Kraftwerk. In 2020 their catalog has been re-released on translucent vinyl. (Clear, Blu, Yellow, Red) I first bought ‘Trans Europa Express’ and was pleasantly surprised how fresh this music sounds. So the albums ‘Autobahn’, ‘Radio Aktivität’, ‘Die Mensch-Maschine’ und ‘Computerwelt’ quickly followed. And what can I say… Kraftwerk are legends for a reason. The Reissues of 2020 (Labels: Kling Klang/Parlophone) are top notch - great sound, great packaging. Highly recommended. *Question 4 - Show a foreign and/or non English record, bonus points for an import pressing* Since I live in Germany, I could of course just name a German album now, but that would be too easy. However, I have some albums in my collection that are neither in German nor in English. For instance in Spanish Albums by artists like Rosalía and Lido Pimienta. Turkish by Altin Gün - funky Anatolian Psychedelic Rock. French by Christine and the Queens, Feu! Chatterton and more. But my Pick is a polish Alternative Rock Album by the Band HEY intitled ‘Miłość! Uwaga! Ratunku! Pomocy!’ on white Vinyl. (Label: Antena Krzyku) Great Album with glimpses of Post Rock, Electronic and Avantgarde. Nice packaging. And it can actually be called an import because I ordered it from an online shop in Poland. 😉 *Question 5 - Show a CD, Tape, Digital download of an album that needs to be pressed on vinyl* I've looked through my CD collection and haven't really found an album that hasn't been released on vinyl at least once. So I got to cheat a little bit here. I'll take an album that came out on vinyl when it was first released in 1998 and hasn't since. (according to Discogs at least) A Tribe called Quest - The Love Movement All other ATCQ albums have been reissued multiple times on vinyl. But why not this album? *Question 6 - Letter to the Editor* I just stumbled across your channel this spring. The reason was that I only recently became more interested in classical music. That's how I came across your video ‘25 records to start a classical music collection’ and liked it a lot. Some suggestions from this video have already made it into my collection, like ‘The Reiner Sound’, ‘Scheherezade’, ‘La Mer’, Elgar’s Cello Concerto and ‘The Four Season’ by Interpreti Veneziani. However my favorite video on your channel is “10 favorite orchestral recordings (of works I’ve performed)’ because of how you combine your personal experiences performing this pieces with a short profound review of the record and personal stories like the ‘spitting episode’ or when all the lights went out while performing 'Götterdämmerung'. 😄I'd really like to see a video of that performance. Also, the video drew my attention to some very interesting pieces, such ‘Symphonies for wind instruments’ by Stravinsky, ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ by Bartok oder ‘An Alpine Symphony’ by Richard Strauss that I never heard about before. Actually, I'll attend the latter in a concert hall nearby in two weeks time because of this Video. 😎In fact, it will be the first time that I will attend a classical concert at all. Would be great if you could upload similar videos in the future. For example about recordings of pieces that you would like to play. Or about recordings of chamber music that you’ve played. Or just an update of said video. Anyway…keep up the good work. See you at 20,000 Greetings from Germany, Thomas @poetryonplastic

[@DeAudiofilosyLocos]

This looks like a great challenge, I will try

[@gerardfletcher1203]

allways thought provoking. and i enjoy ur. excellent videos. . u deserve. a million. keep up the good content and i admire ut musical taste. and like ur set uo from austrlia . p.s im ole fart

[@vintagestereocollector3415]

Gorgeous Turntable you have there

[@poetryonplastic]

Thank you, I think so too!

[@143GADGETS]

Congrats! Side note… that Umami looks BEAUTIFUL!

[@poetryonplastic]

Doesn't sound half bad either!

[@djhrecordhound4391]

Congratulations on 10k, Michael! Your classical knowledge is on par with one of my doctors who I highly respect. His son is living in Paris and performs Baroque-era music as you do. I feel I could learn a lot from you.

[@comeon9796]

Sorry to misuse this option to post, which is still missing on thetrackingangle. Your Mahler set review there is fantastic! You just should have bought the Analogphonic set of the same at the time, mastered around 2014 from Kevin Gray and partly already the Emilberliner staff. It has none of your described problems of the current and the 2016 reissues and sounds really good, much better than original LP’s and CD’s.

[@georgealanlpsandcds9311]

Hello Michael, I just posted my contest entry this morning - it was lots of fun 🤠.

[@sully1296]

Congrats Dude! You have a fantastic channel!!

[@theboomerscalper]

My entry is posted. Congrats Michael!

[@josemorenorahn]

When you mean classical record, can it also be contemporary classical music?

[@poetryonplastic]

Of course!

[@TCatsDeepVinylTraxx]

What an awesome contest, these are some great questions that will get people thinking and maybe get people to explore music out of their comfort zone. I have a question about #5 though, how would you like to see a digital download displayed on the video. I'll be posting a video sometime hopefully during the week.

[@poetryonplastic]

You can just talk about it! No worries.

[@miketomlin6040]

A friend of mine asked me how to approach L'heptade. I suggested if they were seeking a more visceral veracity a night locked into a Fromagerie smelling a rancid slice of Stilton.

[@sonicyouth29]

congratulations on the 10k subs

[@culturefan]

Congrats Michael, my contest entry is up.

[@analogueanorak1904]

I think I’ve uploaded a contest entry! Correction KW engineered rather produced Introduction and allegro - rookie error!

[@jackstraxcontests4952]

Hey Michael! Just wanted to let you know that I have made an entry for the contest! I tagged you but just in case it didn't go through I wanted to comment just in case. Congrats on 10k!

[@poetryonplastic]

Thanks Jack, since I can't reply on your video I'll just say here, great response! Glad you enjoy strange days, (although I reach for LA Woman just as often I think)

[@blockssonicwafers]

Hey Michael, Congrats on a brazilin subs. My entry for your contest is processing as we speak. It's long, sorry.

[@primeanalogrecords]

Great video! I’ll be getting on board with this ! Did you say how long we had to get it done!? LMK

[@poetryonplastic]

October 7th!

[@StuntrockConfusion]

Ha, there’s a Buck Tick record I have featuring an Autechre remix, and it’s a good one! Have you checked the Parmegiani we talked about ? Congrats btw

[@poetryonplastic]

I listened to creation du monde a while back, very heavy Stockhausen vibes! I do know about those remix albums Buck-tick have, but I don't have any. If you get the chance to listen to one of their normal songs, I highly recommend Dress (the music video is pretty artsy as well).

[@StuntrockConfusion]

@@poetryonplastic again, la creation du monde is pure musique concrete, very different from the one I suggested you

[@poetryonplastic]

@@StuntrockConfusion You're right, you send me Orphee! I put it on my watch later, i'll try to stream it on my 4 hour drive friday!

[@donnahallick5125]

Rachel sent me!

[@primeanalogrecords]

Hey Michael I made you a video! Hope you enjoy it!

[@gcahill51]

I wish you would talk about Japanese vinyl sometime. Collectable but utterly lacking in bass. Compare US and Japanese Beatles or Blue Note releases. Meanwhile, extra points for including Shostakovich

[@poetryonplastic]

Maybe some Japanese pressing of US and UK rock albums are lacking in bass, but domestic Japanese albums are definitely not. I have tons of 70s and 80s domestic Japanese albums recorded and cut in Japan that sound fantastic with excellent bass.

[@VinylRundown]

Congrats and I made a video too. 🎻🎻

[@musiconrecord6724]

Hey Michael! I just put my video entry up on my channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYe9mpyGr9GFobs Such fun to do -- afraid I got a little carried away, so many great records to show. Congrats on 10,000 subs and rising. Richly deserved. So glad you will be an ongoing contributor to Fremer's channel. Next time you're in LA....

[@rufus_the_cat]

OK, I made mine. :)

[@TCatsDeepVinylTraxx]

I just uploaded my contest entry here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnvEpH2srdqggJo

[@PieterKleij]

Much love !