"RCA Victor Basic 100" series

[dave b]

Does anyone happen to know whether this series of classical music works is still being sold, and whether it is a good collection or not?

[PerfectWagnerite]

Does anyone happen to know whether this series of classical music works is still being sold, and whether it is a good collection or not?

i think they are all OOP. But whatever I have from this series is excellent (except the cover really sucks).

[dave b]

You are right about the covers.

[springrite]

i think they are all OOP. But whatever I have from this series is excellent (except the cover really sucks).

Many of them are still available for order. I recently ordered Munch's Fantastique, for instance.

[dave b]

From amazon or arkivmusic?

[PerfectWagnerite]

Many of them are still available for order. I recently ordered Munch's Fantastique, for instance.

Many are available under other disguises from RCA, like the Munch Fantasque you have. But I think the whole series with that kind of packaging (stupid red on white) are very hard to find.

[Que]

Many of them are still available for order. I recently ordered Munch's Fantastique, for instance.

Why? It has been reissued in very well remastered sound.
(Which goes for quite a few in that old series btw).



Q

[springrite]

Many are available under other disguises from RCA, like the Munch Fantasque you have. But I think the whole series with that kind of packaging (stupid red on white) are very hard to find.

At least the one I ordered still has that stupid design on it. I wish it was different. Maybe it was a leftover or a trade-in. I don't know.

[PerfectWagnerite]

At least the one I ordered still has that stupid design on it. I wish it was different. Maybe it was a leftover or a trade-in. I don't know.

I have quite a few of them...in the bad cover, like a Daphnis and Chloe and the Mozart Flute and Harp concerto. You would think with a conver like that they would be selling for $6 when they were in print, but no - RCA wanted like $12. I remember seeing these at Towerrecords about 10-12 years ago and I said to myself: what the heck is this

[Iago]

Why? It has been reissued in very well remastered sound.
(Which goes for quite a few in that old series btw).



Q

Of course it's well remastered. In fact it's in SACD.