Ripe for Reissue: Munch Boxes from the NEW Overflow Room

RCA has been quite dilatory in finding imaginative ways to repackage and reissue material from its big boxes, and the Munch legacy is a case in point. Here are two sets currently in discographic limbo--alongside a little preview of my new storage space that I'm very excited to show you (and fill up with stuff).

[@theforceiswithme8804]

What's even more impressive is that you have been able to fit all that music into your head!

[@SimonHesterLonelyPianist]

Thanks Dave. After showing my wife the space you have to fill with thousands of CDs, she now feels so much better about my humble 600 cd collection. Although the more I watch your reviews, the more CDs I buy!!

[@retohofmann5878]

I know people with about 10000 LPs, but I never saw a CD-storage that big in my 61 years adventure on this planet. Wonderfull, thank you for showing it!

[@mariodelahuerga3614]

Nice to see the overflow room getting finished. As a side note I miss seeing the various tam tams you used as backdrops to your videos. Always great to see and sometimes hear them. Please bring them out again when you can.

[@stradivariouspaul1232]

Very jealous of your overflow room Dave (and my wife is very worried!)

[@tragoudia]

Space... the final frontier! Great job done there, dear Dave. Looking forward to seeing the new reviews!

[@bingbongtoysKY]

the Overflow room! hell yeah 🎉🎉🎉Bravo Dave- also do a Video on George Antheil!!!!! Make a mountain out of an Antheil!!!!

[@markmiller3713]

Yes, please do more "random reviews". Those were so much fun!

[@michaelirons1609]

I look forward to hearing the acoustic gradually change as you move everything in!

[@jgesselberty]

Any Berlioz that Munch did was worth having. A Munch Berlioz Box would be most welcome.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

You need to have a chamber ensemble concert in there.

[@dmntuba]

Wonderful looking space👍 It's going to be so much fun seeing the progress and fulfillment of it...and we definitely need the return of the gongs. Hope the kittens will be allowed down under.

[@TimSwensen]

This prompted me to find your video on how you organize your collection. Beyond impressive collection.

[@geertdecoster5301]

WOW... what a room 😀 I want one of those

[@FREDGARRISON]

Yes indeed, you certainly have a lot of space there. The only other larger space I have come across is between my ears. Great video. Thanks Dave....

[@bbailey7818]

Thank you! As a CD 20th century troglodyte, I crave wall space. Double depth shelves are a blessing. I could also see building freestanding shelves in the middle of the room, library-style. By the way, the room, as is, sounds bright but nicely resonant. A great place for listening to recordings and broadcasts made in Studio 8H.

[@leestamm3187]

Great looking space. It'll be interesting to see how quickly you fill it up.

[@psono429]

Nice! Congrats! I think my Aunt who lived in Boston when CM was director there was at Munch's Beethoven Ninth she loved him. I love his stuff! I hope to get both boxes. Oh that Schubert ninth was great. I saw Bohm VPO thanks to my dad.

[@alanmcginn4796]

what a space!! congrats my friend still though..the double depth....woudl drive me crazy :) a lot to do with your space..but looks amazing

[@williamkeller5176]

The self-indexing of alpha order brings with it the issue of factoring in “unused” space for future additions. But the boxes behind boxes may make that a non issue for years. Looks great.

[@JamesAdams-ev6fc]

A lot better than a one bedroom apartment, despite the pleasures of the City!

[@edwardcasper5231]

I'm curious about how you choose which of your recordings are kept in your main living space and which go into your overflow room.

[@martinhaub6828]

Those Munch boxes I have -- they're great. But RCA needs to redo the big box of all the RCA recordings which I missed when it came out.

[@BAW05X]

These are wonderful boxes! I've never understood why Graffman's Chopin 1st concerto wasn't in the first box, or why RCA/BMG/Sony.Whatever hasn't kept Graffman's work generally available. I have the Chopin #1 on Newton Classics, a reissue label I generally enjoyed (with some great and hard to find performances), but that label itself is mostly gone. Speaking of Newton and Romantic masterworks, I read your positive review of Mut's Vienna Schumann cycle, and keep waiting for someone to re-re issue that, too.

[@Vikingvideos50]

Fun!

[@Matt-yj2ie]

Just happens to pull out Blomstedt's Schubert cycle. The midas touch!

[@tom6693]

Overwhelmed, overjoyed, overcome by this preview of the new Overflow Room! Can't wait until you're fully installed there in the "nerve center" when we'll be treated to that magnificent background for your videos. Down-right inspiring. Just a question, though: do you still have to move everything from the old Overflow Barn to this new space, or is all the actual packing & moving done and your task is now just (just!) unpacking and reshelving all the cds? In any case, congratulations on finally having enough ROOM. Enjoy!

[@grantparsons6205]

I'm jealous!

[@johkkarkalis8860]

Oh! boxes and boxes of Munchies! There are still only 24 hours in a day. Any ideas on how to compress time?

[@heatherharrison264]

Seeing this gives me nightmares of when I used to be buried in records and CDs. I finally had to let go of physical media and use the computer hard drive instead. I live in a very expensive part of the country, so space for physical media is a luxury that I do not have. This comes with its own problems. I still want to own the music, so I have to find downloads. First and foremost, backups are necessary because hard drives sometimes fail and the entire collection could be lost all at once, whereas with CDs, maybe a few will succumb to CD rot, and the entire collection will only be lost if there is a fire or a natural disaster. Some items (especially boxes) are only available as physical media and not as downloads. However, there are others that are only available as downloads. Amazon has become a royal pain for downloads, so I have given up on buying anything there. Presto has the Munch box with the earlier Romantic material for download only (and it is expensive), but not the late one.

[@eddihaskell]

Whatever you do, back up any drive. I am shocked at the number of people who do not (my prior job was tech consulting). But you all know this, right?

[@MichaelFrontz]

It seems like the ‘Romantic Masterpieces’ box (not in print) CAN be streamed, but the late masterpiece box cannot be streamed. Or so it seems. Strange

[@stephengailey2400]

The problem with having double depth shelve is finding the CD that you want easily. It would probably be easy at first but after a while a person can forget the location.

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

Not if they're reasonably well organized. No problem at all.

[@philippecassagne3192]

@@DavesClassicalGuide Double depth shelving is a practical option and I agree there is no real problem to find a CD easily. The main problem, to my point of view, is that you cannot see part of the CDs : personally, I could not live without a "visual contact" with my preferred CDs.

[@stradivariouspaul1232]

​@@philippecassagne3192 I'm with you there, I need to see the CDs on the shelf to browse along!

[@matthiasm4299]

I think I'll stick with my MicroSD card 😉

[@janouglaeser8049]

Dave, what are your thoughts on Munch's Eroica?

[@greenbeginner3353]

My goodness! If that’s overflow, how big is the main storage room?

[@steveschwartz8944]

I moved in November. 40 years of CD buying (minus my losses to Hurricane Katrina) are still in boxes, awaiting shelving. The cabinet makers tell me it's a matter of weeks.

[@2134yanto]

That space looks incredible Dave. Out of interest, do you know how many CDs you actually have?

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

I have no idea. I gave up counting after 70-80k.

[@Warp75]

I thought I had a lot about 8k. The space looks great 👌🏻

[@2134yanto]

Dave - that’s absolutely mind boggling!

[@matthiasdieterkuster696]

I would be more interested in Your listening room