And I really felt Napster's lack this morning when I tried to find the versions of "Icarus" (by either Winter Consort or Oregon)and "Sail" (by Oregon) to play for my sweetie(odiesdee. I finally had to dig up the vinyl, and clean off the stereo to play them for him. (Being young and mundane, he had never heard either of these pieces).
What brought up looking for them to play to him was that I was reading George Martin's All You Need is Ears, and Martin mentioned that he had been the producer for the Winter Consort version. Having known Oregon from my WBAI-FM days, and this piece being one of the most gorgeous pieces of music I have heard in my 50 years on this planet, I immediately ralized that I needed to share it with odiesdee. Not wanting to spend an hour looking for it, I went to Gnucleus, which had nothing under Oregon, Paul Winter, Winter Consort, or Paul Winter Consort.
I actually had to dig out the vinyl, and clean all the stuff off the turntable case to play him both "Sail" and "Icarus" (and why is it reasonable to clean all one's stuff off the stereo to play two cuts, but not to play only one?) He just stood there, swaying to some of the most gorgeous oboe work in jazz, and is now listening to it for about the tenth time.
Well worth the trouble, but I do believe if Napster was still around, I would have had both pieces with no problem, and a lot less loss of time (of course, when I explained to the friends I am meeting *why* I'm running late, it was not a problem, because they would do the same thing).
Fortunately, while wandering, I found that I can get both pieces on CD, but what about all the wonderful stuff that is vanishing daily?
Wouldn't it be cool if we could access all the old stuff like that?
However, even having the technology doesn;t make things happen.
One of my dearest friends is a telephone reference librarian for the central branch of a major public library. She informs me that when they computerized the card catalogue, they did not enter anywhere near all the books they had in the catalogue, and they threw out all the cards and the beautiful catalogue drawers that used to be in the library's main hall, so that they could put in a coffee bar. So, there is no real definitive catalogue any more of what the library system has. Sigh.
I'm actually collecting old vinyl against the day I can buy a laser record scanner and turn the music on them into mp3s and make them available under a non-profit organization.
At the moment, it's mostly stuff from the early half of the 1900's.
That's good. I've got this 10 volume set of music books titled 'The World's Best Music' dated 1908. Someday I hope to find _inexpensive_ scanning software so I can change the sheet music to MIDI format and post them on a website.
Grr...I hate when it posts before I finish typing....
I have a lot of classical music that Marc Glasser and I found abandoned on a street in Greenwich Village one evening. We couldn't believe our stroke of luck, and shoved records into every thing we had with us capcable of holding them. We had to take a taxi to get them all to our homes, but it was well worth it. We figure that between us, we got a couple of hundred dollars worth of good music for the cost af the cab ride (about $20, split between us). Also, if you are looking, I have a lot of stuff from the late 60's through about the mid 80's.
When you have the technology, I would be willing to arrange loans of vinyl for copying.
Napster, Gnucleus, etc.
What brought up looking for them to play to him was that I was reading George Martin's All You Need is Ears, and Martin mentioned that he had been the producer for the Winter Consort version. Having known Oregon from my WBAI-FM days, and this piece being one of the most gorgeous pieces of music I have heard in my 50 years on this planet, I immediately ralized that I needed to share it with
I actually had to dig out the vinyl, and clean all the stuff off the turntable case to play him both "Sail" and "Icarus" (and why is it reasonable to clean all one's stuff off the stereo to play two cuts, but not to play only one?) He just stood there, swaying to some of the most gorgeous oboe work in jazz, and is now listening to it for about the tenth time.
Well worth the trouble, but I do believe if Napster was still around, I would have had both pieces with no problem, and a lot less loss of time (of course, when I explained to the friends I am meeting *why* I'm running late, it was not a problem, because they would do the same thing).
Re: Napster, Gnucleus, etc.
What if it *wasn't* around?
I don't like stealing music but it would be nice to have big fat servers with issues of all that old, cool music.
Music I like I pay for... but I haven't heard much recently.
-m
Re: Napster, Gnucleus, etc.
Fortunately, while wandering, I found that I can get both pieces on CD, but what about all the wonderful stuff that is vanishing daily?
Wouldn't it be cool if we could access all the old stuff like that?
However, even having the technology doesn;t make things happen.
One of my dearest friends is a telephone reference librarian for the central branch of a major public library. She informs me that when they computerized the card catalogue, they did not enter anywhere near all the books they had in the catalogue, and they threw out all the cards and the beautiful catalogue drawers that used to be in the library's main hall, so that they could put in a coffee bar. So, there is no real definitive catalogue any more of what the library system has. Sigh.
Re: Napster, Gnucleus, etc.
At the moment, it's mostly stuff from the early half of the 1900's.
Re: Napster, Gnucleus, etc.
-m
Re: Napster, Gnucleus, etc.
Re: Napster, Gnucleus, etc.
I have a lot of classical music that Marc Glasser and I found abandoned on a street in Greenwich Village one evening. We couldn't believe our stroke of luck, and shoved records into every thing we had with us capcable of holding them. We had to take a taxi to get them all to our homes, but it was well worth it. We figure that between us, we got a couple of hundred dollars worth of good music for the cost af the cab ride (about $20, split between us). Also, if you are looking, I have a lot of stuff from the late 60's through about the mid 80's.
When you have the technology, I would be willing to arrange loans of vinyl for copying.
Re: Napster, Gnucleus, etc.