The Super-Duper Cheap Bargains Thread

[bigshot]

OK, here's a weird 'un. This one went oop a long time ago. I actually bought one of these for about $270 and then sold it (unopened) on Ebay for about double that (minus various fees).  Anyway, apparently it wasn't a "limited edition" cuz it's back. I wonder if the price will later dip waaaay down like the Rubinstein? (seems the graphic won't come through--it's the 103 disc Jascha Heiffetz box)

The $300ish Heifetz boxes are being made in China. They're like the Beatles Stereo Box, most of them you see are bootlegs.

[Brian]

Naxos might distribute Sony, but they don't own it. Naive CDs are also labeled Naxos of America, on Amazon, increasingly.

A fun site to poke around, BTW, is Naxos Licensing. You can see which Naxos-distributed albums and labels have been on things like Breaking Bad, House of Cards, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Walking Dead.

[Ken B]

Naxos might distribute Sony, but they don't own it. Naive CDs are also labeled Naxos of America, on Amazon, increasingly.

A fun site to poke around, BTW, is Naxos Licensing. You can see which Naxos-distributed albums and labels have been on things like Breaking Bad, House of Cards, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Walking Dead.

Well it has trashed hundreds of listings on Amazon, maybe more. I wrote them. They are listing stuff I received as pre ordered! And no-one can buy that stuff right now.

[kishnevi]

Well it has trashed hundreds of listings on Amazon, maybe more. I wrote them. They are listing stuff I received as pre ordered! And no-one can buy that stuff right now.

Perhaps something is screwed up on Amazon?  Won't be the first time, although probably not on such a scale.

I checked one CD I'm interested it--Andsnes's second CD of Beethoven concertos, which is due out next week.  Amazon's listing still shows it as being released on 11 March, and the label is given as Sony.

[Manos]

My Amazon.co.uk email was mistakenly labeled spam:

Various "Living Stereo Collection - Volume 2"
Estimated arrival date: April 07 2014 - April 11 2014

[Mookalafalas]

The $300ish Heifetz boxes are being made in China. They're like the Beatles Stereo Box, most of them you see are bootlegs.

You could be right, but I'm doubtful because it is being sold at Amazon.de   I don't think Amazon would piss off a top client by selling knockoffs (unlike, say, a Hong Kong vender selling on Ebay).  If the box isn't labeled "limited edition" (which most are), there is no reason why the producer couldn't run another batch (such as Mercury seems to have done with their first box--unless that, too, is a Chinese knockoff that some Amazon outlets don't mind selling...).

  And I just unwrapped the Verdi box--finally arrived!

[Moonfish]

You could be right, but I'm doubtful because it is being sold at Amazon.de   I don't think Amazon would piss off a top client by selling knockoffs (unlike, say, a Hong Kong vender selling on Ebay).  If the box isn't labeled "limited edition" (which most are), there is no reason why the producer couldn't run another batch (such as Mercury seems to have done with their first box--unless that, too, is a Chinese knockoff that some Amazon outlets don't mind selling...).

  And I just unwrapped the Verdi box--finally arrived!

Verdi!   How do you make room for all your boxes? Perhaps there is a parallel universe of shelves around our sound systems that could expand our shelving capacity?

[AnthonyAthletic]

Verdi!   How do you make room for all your boxes? Perhaps there is a parallel universe of shelves around our sound systems that could expand our shelving capacity?

LOL

I was thinking just the same, maybe Baklava should take some photos and pop them up on this thread so we can see his wall of goodies!!

We used to have a thread something similar years ago about 'Your listening room', quite a few persons posted their delights.  IIRC Harry had wall to wall cd storage packed with dreamable stuff!!  Sarge had a listening room with everything filed his way  , all ready, and all at hand. 

[Moonfish]

*Bait for Baklavaboy*



Sony is re-releasing the box of Baroque Masterworks that initially came out back in 2008 or so.  It is a great deal for 60 very good recordings (emphasis on Kuijken, Bruggen, Leoonhardt etc). I have personally enjoyed this collection quite a bit over the last six years.

It is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.de for about 50 Euros and due out on March 21.   
Strange to see these "limited editions" coming back again. It seems like Sony is revisiting a number of their older megaboxes for a new release cycle?

http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Barock-Limited-Edition-Various/dp/B001CBX2RO/ref=pd_sim_m_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0PDBMFVKJNKFX4JD47DK

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Contents:
1-2 Bach Brandenburg Concertos La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
3 Bach Overtures Collegium Aureum, F. Maier, H.-M. Linde
4 Bach Musical Offering Ensemble Sigiswald Kuijken, G. Leonhardt
5 Bach Great Organ Works Gustav Leonhardt
6 Bach The Art of Fugue Berliner Bach Akademie
7 Bach Goldberg Variations Gustav Leonhardt
8 Bach Inventions and Sinfonias Gustav Leonhardt
9 Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Gustav Leonhardt
10 Bach Works for Lute Julian Bream, George Malcolm
11 Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin Rudolf Gähler
12-13 Bach Cello Suites Guido Schiefen
14 Bach Motets Cantus Cölln
15 Bach Sacred Cantatas Max van Egmond, Frans Brüggen
16 Bach Secular Cantatas Collegium Aureum, Reinhard Peters
17 Bach Christmas Oratorio Gächinger Kantorei, Bach Collegium Stuttgart
18-19 Bach St. John Passion, Bach-Ensemble der St. Matthew Passion EuropaChorAkademie, J. Daus
20-21 Bach Mass in B minor Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock
22 Bach / Magnificat/ Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Vivaldi Beatus Vir Gloria Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling
23 Buxtehude Organ Works Rainer Oster
24 Corelli 6 Concerti grossi Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon
25 Corelli Sonatas Op. 5 ("La Follia") Frans Brüggen, Anner Bylsma, G. Leonhardt
26 Couperin Concerts Royaux Ensemble Sigiswald Kuijken
27 Frescobaldi Fiori Musicali Canticum, Christoph Erkens
28 Fux Requiem Clemencic Consort, Rene Clemencic
29 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks, Orchestre de Chambre Water Musik Jean-François Paillard
30 Handel Organ Concertos Op. 4 Collegium Aureum, Rudolf Ewerhart
31 Handel Concertos M. Messiter, London Festival Orchestra, R. Pople
32 Handel Te Deum, Chandos Anthem "Let God Arise" Vocalsolisten Frankfurt
33 Handel Messiah The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
34 Handel "Rinaldo", "Alessandro" La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy, J.-C. Malgoire, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
35-36 Handel "Julio Cesare", "Tamerlano", J. Malafronte, N. Treigle, "Serse" R. Jacobs, N. McGegan
37-38 Lully Ballet Le Bourgeois Gentil- Capriccio Stravagante, homme, Divertissements Skip Sempé, La Petite Bande
39 Monteverdi/ Vespro della Beata Vergine / La Grande Écurie et Charpentier Te Deum La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
40 Pergolesi Stabat Mater Wolfgang Gröhs, Stefanie Kopinits, Gabriella Bessenyei, Europa Symphony
41 Pergolesi La serva padrona Collegium Aureum
42 Purcell / Locke Anthems and Hymns David Cordier, Gustav Leonhardt, Harry van der Kamp
43 Purcell "Dido and Aeneas", "The Fairy Queen", "King Arthur" Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon
44 Rameau Suites from "Les Indes Galantes", "Pygmalion", Collegium Aureum, La Petite Bande, "Zoroastre" G. Leonhardt
45 A. Scarlatti Duet Cantatas Dominique Labelle, Christine Brandes
46 D. Scarlatti Sonatas "Pour le Clavecin" Andreas Staier
47 Schütz Psalms of David Musica Fiata Köln, Frieder Bernius
48 Schütz Symphoniae Sacrae II Musica Fiata Köln, La Capella Ducale
49 Telemann Suite "Don Quichotte" a.o. Cis Collegium Mozarteum, J. Geise
50 Telemann Concertos from "Tafelmusik" Collegium Aureum
51-52 Vivaldi L'Estro Armonico St. Petersburg Soloists, Michail Gantvarg
53 Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni, Ensemble Sigiswald Kuijken, Concertos for Oboe La Petite Bande
54 Vivaldi Concertos for Violin Pinchas Zukerman
55 Vivaldi 6 Concertos James Galway, I Solisti Veneti
56 Froberger/Kerll/ Organ Works Pachelbel Gustav Leonhardt
57 Bach/Handel Choruses Mormon Tabernacle Choir
58 Carissimi/ Jephte/ D. Scarlatti/Vivaldi Stabat Mater Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel
59 (Anon.) Missa Salisburgensis, Hymnus "Plaudite Tympana" Escolania de Montserrat
60 Pachelbel/Albinoni and others Barock Highlights Ramón Vargas, The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King u.a.
61 English and German e-booklet (pdf) with comments

[Mookalafalas]

LOL

I was thinking just the same, maybe Baklava should take some photos and pop them up on this thread so we can see his wall of goodies!!

Nothing impressive, I'm afraid. I have my cds in card catalogue style, so they don't take up much room.  This is a very wide angle lens, so it actually make look larger than it is. (you can "recalibrate" by remembering these are all CDs, not LPs!

[The new erato]

I wondered who bought that Yo-Yo Ma box. Now we know who.

[Mookalafalas]

I wondered who bought that Yo-Yo Ma box. Now we know who.

I got that puppy for $120.  Tons of Ax, Isaac Stern,etc., and wonderful chamber stuff.  For the original $500...no way, but for $1.30 a disc--a steal!

[stingo]

I wondered who bought that Yo-Yo Ma box. Now we know who.

I actually bought it too (for a little more than Baklavaboy paid) for a friend of mine who absolutely loved it.

[AnthonyAthletic]

I spy the Lumieres, RCA Volume I and what looks like a good old Archiv box on the top right of piccy one 

Those chairs look ace for musical meditation 

[AnthonyAthletic]

Just received this from the USA for £22 delivered.

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When it got to the UK....

It came with a Customs & Excise bill for £6 & a Royal Mail handling charge for £8

Got stung for the £14 import duty!!!

Can't complain as its £50 here in the UK.  Overall it cost me £36, but nearly nabbed it for £22 

Been collared only twice for Import Duty in the last 10 years, so I have had a good run.

[Harry]

Nothing impressive, I'm afraid. I have my cds in card catalogue style, so they don't take up much room.  This is a very wide angle lens, so it actually make look larger than it is. (you can "recalibrate" by remembering these are all CDs, not LPs!

Your lucky, I have to store as many as over 20.000 CD'S. luckily I have a dedicated room for this, and they are in plastic sleeves.

[springrite]

I have to store as many as over 20.000 CD'S. luckily I have a dedicated room for this, and they are in plastic sleeves.

My idol.

[Mookalafalas]

I spy the Lumieres, RCA Volume I and what looks like a good old Archiv box on the top right of piccy one

  Actually, all the boxes up top are empty! I find if the discs are the boxes, they never get played--too much of a pain to dig them out. 

   20K CDs in plastic sleeves. Wow!  One a day for a life span...

[Harry]

 
   20K CDs in plastic sleeves. Wow!  One a day for a life span...

Yes that is a great worry to me, not enough years to listen to them again

[The new erato]

 
   20K CDs in plastic sleeves. Wow!  One a day for a life span...

And people wonder why oil prices are up!