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Edited Aug 06, 2015, 17:21
Re: Just Like Peter Townshend Sang...
Aug 06, 2015, 17:18
IanB wrote:
...the MFP Ride A White Swan compilation.


Ah, that MFP comp with the mottled purple sleeve and a prime selection of Tyrannosaurus Rex oldies. I loved it, and to this day 'Elemental Child' remains my favourite slice of primest Marc. These days I dig it in the context of its original release ('A Beard Of Stars', natch) but I'd love to find a decent nick copy of that cheap MFP release to bring back the memories.

While we're on the subject of Music For Pleasure, I owe that label a great deal for giving me a love of classical music which, as a child, came way before any appreciation of rock and roll. I still rate their versions of Beethoven's Symphonies 5 to 9 (William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) very highly, even though I've since gone on to hear, and own, many other, more lauded, recordings. They even put out Wilhelm Furtwangler's stunning studio Vienna Phil Beethoven Fourth - I still have it. And MFP gave a new lease of life to a load of forgotten Philharmonia monos featuring great, underrated conductors like Igor Markevitch, Paul Kletzki, Nicolai Malko and George Weldon. There is no finer 'Scheherazade' than that of Lovro von Matacic, a 12/6d stone bargain back in 1967.

My sig pic is yours truly about to play that very record. I've put on a bit of weight since then...
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