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Welcome to Talk to London. If Hyde Park has its corner, then London Records must have its web chat. We've included this area in the new site in response to the many requests for an on-line discussion forum. We hope that you will submit your comments and thoughts through the miracle of technology for others to absorb. Check back frequently as we'll be refreshing this area with new topics. (Feel free to submit any here as well.) Thank you for your interest. Now, chat-away! What are your thoughts on the current state of classical music? |
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To LONDON RECORDS:
Please re-release Del Tredici's Final Alice on CD restoring the cuts made in the vinyl recording.
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Does anyone have any info for Bronski Beat contact. Management or record company info. I am trying to contact Steve Bronski.
E-mail me at tc007@earthlink.net Greatful for any info you might have. Thanks.
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I am an 18 year old student at Manhattan School of Music. My major is voice. Classical music is by no means dead. While more and more young people are flocking to their local record store for the latest Smashing Pumpkins or Puff Daddy, the crowd with which I associate myself is salivating in anticipation of the new Don G. with Renee Fleming. One of the problems with the way classical music is viewed these days is that it is made out to be the intangible entity for only the snobby at heart. I have mixed feelings about these "Classical Music for Dummies" recordings. While they draw people into the "Wonderful World of Classical Music," they make it sound as if only highly intellectual people can comprehend the music. That is simply not true. I came out of a high school in Norfolk, VA where opera was taught. My teachers were often criticized by the local public school choir directors for this. How dare they teach opera to young singers. I see no problem with that. It is that mentality that scares people away. Of course they won't sound like Domingo or Fleming(but who does?), but they can have FUN with the lighter repetoire and learn a great deal from the experience. It is so exciting for me to return to the school to visit and see all of these 14-17 year olds discussing the performances at VA Opera and the differences in the interpretations of L.Price and Callas. I should probably stop writing now because I tend to get into tangents.
MY MAIN REASON FOR WRITING: When will the Don Giovanni with Solti and Fleming be released? Who is the Elvira? Is London recording the Rusalka with Fleming? Respond at Sweynworld@aol.com or Bratsche1@aol.com or if it's before Aug. 25, pky@mccoy.evms.edu. THANKS!
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I am an 18 year old student at Manhattan School of Music. My major is voice. Classical music is by no means dead. While more and more young people are flocking to their local record store for the latest Smashing Pumpkins or Puff Daddy, the crowd with which I associate myself is salivating in anticipation of the new Don G. with Renee Fleming. One of the problems with the way classical music is viewed these days is that it is made out to be the intangible entity for only the snobby at heart. I have mixed feelings about these "Classical Music for Dummies" recordings. While they draw people into the "Wonderful World of Classical Music," they make it sound as if only highly intellectual people can comprehend the music. That is simply not true. I came out of a high school in Norfolk, VA where opera was taught. My teachers were often criticized by the local public school choir directors for this. How dare they teach opera to young singers. I see no problem with that. It is that mentality that scares people away. Of course they won't sound like Domingo or Fleming(but who does?), but they can have FUN with the lighter repetoire and learn a great deal from the experience. It is so exciting for me to return to the school to visit and see all of these 14-17 year olds discussing the performances at VA Opera and the differences in the interpretations of L.Price and Callas. I should probably stop writing now because I tend to get into tangents.
MY MAIN REASON FOR WRITING: When will the Don Giovanni with Solti and Fleming be released? Who is the Elvira? Is London recording the Rusalka with Fleming? Respond at Sweynworld@aol.com or Bratsche1@aol.com or if it's before Aug. 25, pky@mccoy.evms.edu. THANKS!
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i would like any information on a record released on the London records Inc. label,
by the Rolling Stones, titled , "Flowers". I am not sure of the release date.
Any information on it would be appreciated. Thanks. Send replys to GTucke@worldnet.att.net
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i would like any information on a record released on the London records Inc. label,
by the Rolling Stones, titled , "Flowers". I am not sure of the release date.
Any information on it would be appreciated. Thanks. Send replys to GTucke@worldnet.att.net
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In the course of buying various CDs in recent years, I find I have amassed a small collection from London's British Collection. I find the combination of content and artwork a great success and I want to know more. Can someone kindly let me know the following: Where can I obtain a catalogue of the full collection? Is the collection still being added to? Who is the artist(s) responsible for the front covers? Please respond here, or I can be contacted on bill@pardoe.demon.co.uk. Thanking you in anticipation.
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Can anyone at London Records help me with the information I need. I need either a management or personal contact for Steve Bronski of Bronski Beat. E-me at tc007@earthlink.net I would be so grateful for any info thanks Tony
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Bill Carrol
I want to work the Portishead Record when it comes out. I need to work the Portishead Record. I live to work the Porteshead Record. Stay in touch.
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I have an old 78 RPM of a song called "All Night Long" (Benjamin. Weiss, Singer, Stillman)
It is by Jimmy Young. Release on the London label (probably in the 40's) This song is amazing
and I can't seem to find any information at all on Jimmy Young or the song. Can anyone help?
Thanks
-Rick
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I have left messages for your publicist and to no avail do I get a call back. Very rude.
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I've been having a time finding music of my type.Is there a publishing co there where I may order Italian military marches?Also,how can I find Italian operas maybe by catalog,or printed music for italian marches and opera?
Jim
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I am seeking a recording of Nicole Williamson reading "The Hobbit" released in 1974 on Argo Records.. ZPL 1196/9. Do you know if I can purchase this anywhere? Reply to nashflash1@aol.com
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I have had occasion to visit this site for a number of weeks. Obviously, for those who are interested in the products which London/Decca may have to offer, this site is of no use. However, it was very nice to learn about a Geroge Szell Centennial set being offered by the Clevealnd Orchestra at their web site. Based upon the information which correspondents have provided, I have ordered the set, which appears to have material which is not available on commercial discs.
If London/Decca have any interest in serving the record-buying public and in promoting their own product, this site is a bizzare manner of doing so. One would think that the persons responsible for this site would be interested in utilizing it for their company's benefit. However, that is obviously not the case.
All that this site appears to offer is a bulletin board on which correspondents can provide information to those persons who may have an interest in classical music, though not necessarily anything to do with Decca/London products. To that extent, it may have some use. However, it is difficult to imagine how those who are responsible for maintenance of this site can justify their existence given the lack of any genuine effort to provide information on their own product.
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Does anyone where i can purchase past works on the Argo label.
Do they have an adress which i can contact for a catalogue?
thanks---- petrescu@u.washington.edu
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600 Beechwood Ct. D43
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
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Does anyone have any idea when the rest of the Jean-Yves Thibaudet-Debussy recordings will be released? These guys are driving me crazy! E-mail nergil@aol.com, thanks
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I am looking for information on a London artist called YA-KI-DA who had an album called PRIDE (with a song called I SAW YOU DANCING).
Please write if you know how I can obtain a copy of the CD. Thank you. rstern@attmail.com
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I've got an old Rolling Stones album (vinyl)
"their satanic majesties request" the original front cover picture in 3D.
London Records 1967 Ltd. if anyone is interested e-mail me at
solodrum@total.net
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I am looking for the cd a man without love by engelbert humperdinck on london records 820 768-2.please e mail me at fpet.@prodigy.net
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Hello,
We are writing a grant to purchase all of the recordings in the Entartete Musik series. It would be wonderful to be able to see a listing for all of the recordings in this series. Are some of the recordings being released by DG and Phillips as well?
You can contact me at: mnitz@apl.org
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Can I obtain a complete catalog of your classical compac disks?
Thanks. padre@midmonet.net
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I'm looking for Orchestra!, a video series with Dudley Moore and Georg Solti (1991 The Decca Record Co.) 071229-3. Must be NTSC format. (Marketed in USA by Polygram Music Video). Appreciate any help. kevinmbm@opus.com.br
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Have been looking for reissue of old Phase 4 series-- Ted Heath
(especially "Sound of Music"), Edmundo Ros, Stan Kenton, etc. Had
some of the records, wore the grooves off them. Did any of the Phase 4
ever make it out on CD?
rhsterno@collins.rockwell.com
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I am also looking for phase4 series that would be on cd. especially spain by stanley black and gypsy by werner muller.
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I was totally facinated by the movie Moll Flanders...and I was therefore interested in the CD, which poved to my likes as well as teh movie. I thought tha movie page was also good, not only did it give samples on music, but also short movie sections. I loved it, I bookmarked, thus I plan to come back and experience more of what you guys have to offer.
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Does anyone know if the soundtrack to Even Horizon has been released yet? And if so, where a person might be able to obtain a copy? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Vu Pham (whataload@aol.com)
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Hi. Just calling your attention to to the fabulous new songs by
the unpublished band dot.com. They can be found in Real Audio format
at button
Check them out and share your thoughts. Bye and thanks.
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Can anybody help me with a simple question? How many CD's has Cecilia Bartoli sold worldwide? I apologize for asking a business-type question (hoping to get someone from her CD company, but that looks doubtful). I am also an enchanted fan and heard her at Emory in Atlanta (Anyone else there?). The answer will help me with a presentation I have to make--I need to show that an opera singer can be popular. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Eric J. Carsten ecarste@emory.edu
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This site is rather disappointing. I have always held Decca/London in the highest regards for their recording quality, but the utter nonsense of this website greatly diminishes that reputation. This was truly a waste of my time. Totally unacceptable from your so-called "professional" outfit.
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I have to agree with Brian. The quality and responsiveness of this website should be an embarrassment to a prestigious label as London.
If anyone there cares .......padre@midmonet.net
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I can understand why there are so many frustrated visiters to this C/R, but I must say the London "bashing" alone is worth the trip. However, in all fareness to this recording company one should keep in mind the fact that they are a music recording company and provide this space for persons of similar intrest to communicate. Save the bashing for when they stop making great recordings. By the way did I mention that we have just completed a new recording of Beethoven's "Diabilli" Variations in historical temperment? The first such recording of it's kind. It sure would look good on a London lable. (It's the least they could do after I stuck up for them like that, right? Well if anyone else is interested in this late great work of Beethoven, check out www.pshift.com/credo.
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Please check Christopher Hogwoods web page as his discography for Haydn has not been listed (actually I think his name is missing and the Cello concertos are also missing)
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When are you going to release the Brahms Beethoven and Haydn recordings of Ernest Ansermet, on CD. To refresh your memory, Maestro Ansermet is the Conductor responsible for establishing Decca/London's reputation throughout the World. Know that you know, why don't you include him on your web page.
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Hello Decca/London
Would expect to see in you pages the complete catolgue of currently
available discs,divided in price categories. What about to start this
project?
Kind regards.
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Can anyone tell me where I can get an autographed photo of Cecilia Bartoli? Is it possible? Will London please include an sendmail for inquiries?
cullen@smithville.net
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I heard that London Records will be releasing the score album to Event Horizon. Is this true? Do you have a release date yet?
acope@aristotle.net
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I've been told that Event Horizon has already been released (release
date: August 25th, 1997), but I can't find it anywhere, nowhere on
the internet online CD stores, not mentioned anywhere, and nowhere
in stores around here. Is there somewhere I can order this???
Or at least a SKU number or something so maybe I can find a way to
order it that way.
Thanks.
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NO ONE CARES ABOUT MY NAME LET A LONE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. SO LONDON RECORDS THIS SITE IS SHIT AND MEANINGLESS. WAKE UP YOU BORING OLD FART OF A RECORD COMPANY... DO YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!!@#@#$@#$$#@%
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I have recently in the Danish Radio heard of a planned new recording of Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore" and wonder if this is coming from DECCA and when will it then be avilable ?
Please respond to windj@post5.tele.dk
Thank you !
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Dear Niels, Like you and so many before you, all have tried to pose a question to us at London Records. Let me start by saying we don't give a shit about you let alone any trivial questions you may have. Go forth and multiply as I would tell you. To anyone else thinking of posting a genuine question for our consideration, go tell it to Virgin or someone else who might give a $#!@
SO PLEASE QUIT ASKING DUMB ASSED QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T ANSWER.
Thank you all for your time and wasted effort.
Now if this does not prompt a reply from the owners of this site nothing will.
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hi,i'm from texas,usa,i love england!!!
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hi joel!!!! its me!! hahahah
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i have to say that the new oasis album is amazing.how they improve on there other albums is amazing.
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i am from the uk and i lovw skyla
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i love joel!! he's the finest britsh guy on earth!!
for you baby*wink*
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oops,i mis spelled british, there ya go.
england and america rule!!!
oasi rocks too!! champaign super nova!!!
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i would also like to mention that london records does a very good job!!
don't let the critics get ya down!!!
i must be annoying you,so i better leave this sight,, stay cool england!!
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Could you please post a list of your recordings online just like Philips Classics do with their elegantly designed website?
I am looking for the Symphonies 6,7,8 by Haydn with ASMIF and Marriner, I believe it is a Argo or Philips recording, I cannot even find Marriner mentioned in your site.???
thanks, Alfredo
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I'm also looking for the CD version of gypsy! by werner müller. Please if somebody knows where to find it, post me at lpereira@cherubim.org. Thank you!
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Could you please tell me what does your new opera Campaign consists of?
Is it going to lead to price reduction ?
If yes in which countries ?
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As Founder/Artistic Director of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation in Salt Lake City, Utah, I would like to invite anybody who is interested in speaking about piano music, wonderful young artists of the piano, or something to do with the world of piano to respond to my inquiries about the world of piano. We sponsor international competitions, festivals, and other piano-related events, and would welcome interchange with anybody interested in the pianistic art.
Address is:
GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL PIANO FOUNDATION
ATTENTION; DR. PAUL C. POLLEI, FOUNDER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
P.O. BOX 11664
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH USA 84147
TEL. 801.521.9200
FAX. 801.521.9202
E-MAIL: paulpollei@earthlink.net
There is a website also under GINA BACHAUER
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When is the Metropolitan Opera recording of Verdi's I Lombardi going to be released?
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Hello! I'm from Sydney Australia and am am attempting to contact Michael Nyman and the Apollo Saxophone Saxophone. If you can help me GREETINGS!. Please email me jodie@zebedee.me.su.oz.au. I'm not a looney, just a crazed composer wanting to chat. The state of classical music (are we still on that question....I'm new)...
The music in the East has developed to such a complex microtonal journey as a result of passing down the traditions of their musical culture aurally. Each generation adds their own ideas, their own wise development, so that only the music of the last generation is every trully remembered.
Imagine the state of "classical" music today if this had occurred throughout Europe since the time of Christ? And now we have such advanced technology for preserving every musical episode... will we ever take another step up Liszt's ladder?
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From the Law Offices of "Gluem, Skruem and Tatooum"
Public Notice- IN ACCORDANTS WITH SIBER LAW : Star date D #F A C: Gamma Quad. 3.14159265+: @ warp 7 (and Brooklyn Municipal Code)- I, Paul, hereby claim "SQUATERS RIGHTS" on this abandoned web site. In the future all questions, comments and especially *Financial Transactions must be directed to me.
Fine Print- 1.This claim includes all water and mineral rights 25 feet from center of the double yellow lines, both lanes.
2. In addition to record sales *Financial transactions include; Drugs, Prostitution,"Kitty" porn, Chinese automatic weapons, Russian Plutonium, trinkets made by deft Mexicans, all longshore work on the south dock and contributions to the Democratic National Comity.
3. E-mail me at Credo@pwshift.com.
4. Hey London meet me at the OK coral (that's the one Bach didn't write) @ High Noon if you think your "Man" enough. Otherwise stay off my turf. Anyone else can check out our one record at www.pwshift.com/credo it's a great recording and we will return your Email.
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I have been looking high and low for music by Ricardo Drigo, called Le Ballet de Esmeralda. It is on the London label. If anyone knows how I can get it, please let me know. Thanks for your help. Email me at Raquel-x@msn.com
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Hi there! By now we're all aware that Sir Georg Solti, an Ialmost/I
exclusive London Records artist (he did make a few recordings for RCA,
CBS, and Capitol), has passed away at the age of 84.
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Any guesses as to how the present Web page will reflect this sad event?
I can think of three possibilities:
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LIThey will post a thoughtful obituary on Sir Georg's life and career;
LIThey will expunge his image and name from this site, 'cause dead
artists can't tour and aren't "good box office";
LIThey will simply ignore the event as though it had never happened.
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The Ibest/I choice would be the first one. I'm banking on number
three, although I regret to admit that number two is equally likely.
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Any further thoughts? Come visit my
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See you real soon!
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BMatthew B. Tepper/B
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First of all, this page NEEDS SOME SERIOUS ATTENTION.
I wonder if the recording by Ivan Davis of Gottschalk piano music recorded in 1975 has been released on CD.
This is an outstanding recording with fabulous musicianship by Ivan Davis. The record is CS6943 and is titled "Great Galloping Gottschalk America's First Superstar"
Actually, Davis is the superstar and the recording engineer John Dunkerley and producer Michael Woolcock simply outdid themselves. bernards@hudson.net
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First of all, this page NEEDS SOME SERIOUS ATTENTION. The server is really slow. Get some help, fast!
Now, I wonder if the recording by Ivan Davis of Gottschalk piano music recorded in 1975 (London ffrr) has been released on CD.
This is an outstanding recording with fabulous musicianship by Ivan Davis. The record is CS6943 and is titled "Great Galloping Gottschalk America's First Superstar"
Actually, Davis is the superstar and the recording engineer John Dunkerley and producer Michael Woolcock simply outdid themselves.
This recording remains a topic of conversation in the newsgroups. Just check with dejanews. bernards@hudson.net 11 sept 97
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What an horrible site: no info at all!!! New realases never changed in 3 months (I hoped after 3 months there would be any ameliorations, but no)!! Is anybody working on this site, changing things?? I don't believe...
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Hi there, this is Al, head of Polygram USA. Do you losers really think
we care about your complaints? Shit, all of the money you chuckleheads
spend on this classical crap would hardly buy me a noseful of decent
blow. We'll update this site if and when we fucking well feel like it,
and I can tell you right now that it won't be soon enough for you
little crybabies. Why don't you just stroke your little cocks if that's
all you want. As for Sholti, big fucking deal! I met him once and he
blew me off, the arrogant bastard. Who cares about him now that he's
dead? Nobody at the New York office, that's who! Dead guys playing
music by dead guys, that's not where music is at. And I've got news for
you -- London Records is gonna be unloading all this classical crap,
starting in 1998. So you can go whining and bitching to record stores
in other companies if that's all you want. Jesus, grow up and get a
life already!
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I am trying to locate an album by Ronnie Alderich (?) It contains songs of movie themes in the mid 60's (67-68). Songs such as A whiter shade of pale, alfie, you only live twice...the title was two pianos today... If anyone knows where to find this CD in Canada (preferebly in Toronto), please contact me at RobLevy123.aol.com. THANX!
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How about that band BUCKWHEAT ? Please advise if you have any copies of their LP's
from the early, early 70's. You should have a compilation cd of their recordings.
Wonderful stuff. Please reply. overdub@bellsouth.net thanks, dc
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i'm looking for some musicians/vocalists/spoken word artists to perform
a 20th century work by a Chicago composer. The work is based on the
text of William Borroughs -- there are two voice parts, rhythmically
complicated and improvisationally pitched, and a piano part. I'm looking
for the voices and a narrator, as i play the piano. this piece was
performed at numerous composers forums in Chicago and is a real thrill to perform.
It is essentially a performance art piece, with costume and theatrical qualities.
if rehearsals go well, i'd like to look for venues to expose the piece and any other projects
we may progress to. please contact me at dmb224@stern.nyu.edu
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Why no acknowledgement of the death your star conductor, Sir Georg Solti? Let's have a large Solti edition again, like 1991
Rajeev
autodrom@eureka.lk
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I especially enjoyed this page...some comments were pure poetry..thanks.
However, I came here looking for info on Cecelia Bartoli, and like many others,
it seems, found little or nothing. This may seem silly, but, any chance
of getting help?
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When will the Metropolitan Opera Recording of I Lomabrdi be released. I understand this was to be released on London/Decca. with Pavaotti and June Anderson and Ramey. Any word on a release date. Thanks.
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I am really surprised that many recordings of Joan Sutherland have not yet been released on CD. Are we going to wait for years to listen to the "Serate musicale", Suor Angelica, JS sings Wagner.
Furthermore, I found a DECCA Catalogue in Germany in 1991 mentioning a new (!!!) CD-Set of Joan Sutherland singing Verdi's Ernani. Where is this recording ??
Some information please
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How can we ever find out more about a classical recording released through
London? I am wanting more information on a recording entitled Britten's
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with the London Symphony and English
Chamber Orchestra.
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Looking for a copy of a record (yes the ol' black plastic) released by London Records back in 67 or 68. The name of the group was Touch, and they had a song titled "Miss Teach". I beleive there was another song titled "The Funeral for Howard Greer". Any information on how to locate a copy, contact me at greg.kerr@pcsmail.pcshs.com.
Thanks...
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Hey London's Webmaster
Wake Up and Smell The Coffee!!
The 'Net is a fine place to get your products noticed. Your Website is in serious need of re-engineering. An e-mail platform is deperately needed! B.T.W. I'm trying to find a recording ( CD preferably ) under the London Treasury Label entitled "Baroque Brass" -- performed by the London Festival Brass Ensemble. The catalog number of the cassette I have is
STS5 15577. Info can be sent to: waara@bignet.net
In advance...Thanks
LW
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Your London Records artist list is deficient as it includes only current select artists and not the complete active roster (as opposed to dead artists). I want to use the list to determine if a CD is still in print rather than rely on the Schwann Opus catalog.
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I am looking to purchase a new or VG album London Phase4 with
Leopold Stokowski conducting Mussorskys "Pictures...." and
on the same album Debussy's "Engulfed Cathedral"
It is actually the "...Cathedral" I am after.
If any has a copy, please suggest a price.
Contact me at dmj@flmnh.ufl.edu. This is URGENT.
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Hello.
I downloaded a movieclip O sole mio (Pavarotti duet with Bryan Adams)
but when I try to open the file with quicktimemovie is says
could not open movie solemio.mov What's wrong with the movie?
contact me at badfan@usa.net
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Gday there.
Would your record label be related to the old Decca label ?
Reason I ask this..I am keen for the performances of a past Decca artist to be released as a priority.(!)
I'm talking about Rosalyn Tureck, who, to my mind at least has never been surpassed in interpretation of the Keyboard works of J.S.Bach.
As I remember she recorded the 48 Preludes and Fugues (The Well Tempered Klavier)
and I had the old vinyls up to 10 years ago.
If I'm on the right track here, how come it's taking so long to have her performances remastered on CD ?
Your comment or response would be appreciated.
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I have a number of circa 50s and early 60s London recordings by Stanley Black and Ted Heath. Is there a list available of which, if any, of these recordings may have been or will be released on CD?
Thanks.
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Hey, London. How about releasing Bernard Herrmann's recordings of
Faure's "Pavane," Holst's "The Planets," and Honegger's "Pastorale
d'ete." These were orginally on Phase 4. My vinyl is worn-out. And
do it soon. These recordings are very long over due.
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Are there 2 London Records? This site covers the classical,
side, but where is the site for all the alternative/electronic
bands you have, including FFRR, Payday, etc...
thanks
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I think I can see why everyone is so upset with the apparent lack of
information on your site. It has been quite some time since Sir Solti
passed away and yet there hasen't been a mention of his passing. That
dosen't seem to indicate much respect for such an incredible musician.
When will the new Don G. with Solti/Fleming be released? There were no
dates listed in your new release section. Thanks.
jps0011@jove.acs.unt.edu
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Hi, I'm the new head of Polygram USA! And I want to say first thing that
we are going to keep right on neglecting our classical clientele, 'cause
frankly we don't care about you. Al Imperato is to be commended for just
sitting around and letting everything go down the toilet. Don't complain
about our neglect of Solti because, once again, we simply don't care one
bit. Give up, because we will never update this site. Ha ha ha ha hahh!
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I am posting this message again, since I forgot to include my email address, which is: adaniels@cre8v.com.
Are there any plans to release additional recordings by Stanley Black and Ted Heath on CD? I know that one or two have been released, but I am particularly interested in the Stanley Black "Cuban Moonlight" series of LPs originally released in the late 50s and the Ted Heath recording "All Time Top 12 Billboard Hits" from the same priod.
Is there a comprehensive listing of London recordings on CD? If so, how can I obtain it.
Thanks.
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I felt obliged to inform you about the inaccuracy contained in your print advertisement for the new recording of I Lombardi with Pavarotti and Anderson. It states that this is the "first ever digital recoding" which it definitely is not. Hungaroton recorded the opera with Sass, Lamberti, Kovats and Gardelli (his second recording) in digital sound during the 1980's. Someone didn't do his/her homework!
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Hey, Doc Calleja, so we lied! So sue us!
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this site sucks. I am trying to buy All Things Bright and Beautiful -- London 448 6822. First the web address listed in today's Globe and Mail is wrong, then I spend all thins time trying to get to London Records and then I get this feeble, no content, useless site. london records, what can you be thinking of. If you can have Graham Wright, the producer of Beautiful, write to me, I will be grateful, but I am not holding my breath
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Hey, Nancy, how's things in Toronto? Yeah, we deliberately planted a
fake URL in that paper. You Canadians should have to do a little bit of
work to find our Web site. If you don't like it, tough -- we think it's
DAMN cool! Spiffy graphics are where it's at, who cares about content?
And yeah, I was just having lunch with Graham at Sardi's last week, but
I don't know that I'd want to bug him with your request. Love ya babe.
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Hey, Phil Bird, how's it flying? Nope, Polygram's Decca label has
nothing to do with the old American Decca label, nada, zippo. In fact
we wanted to call our stuff Decca over here but my fellow paisans over
at MCA wouldn't budge. And you wouldn't want to mess with those guys,
you know what I'm saying? So now MCA is owned by Eddie Bronfman, but his
kind would squeeze a penny until Abe Lincoln sings "Hava Nagila" if you
get my drift. So anyway the upshot of all this is that Decca puts out
some stuff in Europe and if we want to issue it here we have to print
new booklets, change the name on the label, that sort of crap. And I
would rather spend the money on lapdances than bring something like the
one-CD version of Sholti's Mahler Eighth to you bunch of ungrateful
losers. If you don't like it you know where you can take a flying leap.
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Al, you putz! Lay off the ethnic shit or I'll kick your dago ass all
the way back to Mulberry Street!
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Just <what> is going on here?
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Just <I>what</I> are you guys talking about?
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How do I get a copy of the London record Catalog in order to order more of these phenomenal sacred Christian CD's such as Be Still My Soul?
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Hey Jim, you can't, so don't ask. We don't want your stinking money.
You hear what I'm sayin'?
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Hello there, can anybody hear me???
Does Cecilia have a recording of some rather quaint Vivaldi accompanied by
vioilin, violo and cello? If she does, please let me know, I would like
to buy it?
Thank you very much
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Hey Joe, we can hear you, we just don't care. Yes, Cecilia is going to
record some quaint Vivaldi, which is kind of the point to her singing
it in her current tour, don't you think? Naturally we will release it,
and we'll up the price by two bucks just like we did with her latest CD.
After all, I gotta pay my bills. My bookie, my pusher, and my pimp got
expenses to meet too.
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You have a truly dreadful, useless website...I suggest you check out
Hyperion
or EMI...at least they give you a catalog to look through...
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Actually, our sister company, Decca, has many great titles in print that
we've deleted just because we're assholes! You can, however, order them
direct from the UK at prices cheaper than retail in the US from
www.mdt.co.uk!!! Just because London records sucks doesn't mean your
record collection has to!
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I love this website. Can't stop laughing. Good 'ol Al.
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Hey,Al...has anyone told these losers from London that Solti is D-E-A-D
....How about some past tenses in the bio........
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Who's Solti? That be my question.
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Who's Solti? That be my question.
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Oops, sorry about that... just my Alzheimer's acting up again...
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I'd just like to say that this is the first time I've ever been on the
Internet! Oooh, I'm all a-flutter! And I want you ALL to know that my
next series of HIGHly sucCESSful marketing projects will be continuing
with the following titles: Telemann for the Toilet; Beethoven for B&D;
Fauré for Fisting; and (my PERsonal fave) Prokofiev for Piercing! So
toodles, girls! Kiss kiss!
If we were on the moon, we'd suck on the moon!
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Wed, Oct 8, 4:06PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Hey, "Disgusted in Maryland"! Who's a bastard? I don't know about you, but
MY parents were married! Eventually, anyway!
Disgusted in Maryland: Wed, Oct 8, 4:16PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Al-go back to your cocaine and whores...I'll let you know when there is
another catalog entry to delete!!
Fred Gaisberg: Wed, Oct 8, 9:08PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
So Solti arrives at the pearly gates. St. Peter is standing at the gate. He
looks down upon the bald pate of the new arrival and says "...and just who
might I ask are you?" to which Solti replies "Why, I am Maestro Georg
Solti, conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for nearly two decades,
conductor of the greatest recording of Wagner's Ring in history, Knight of
the British Empire!" St. Peter looks at his list, saying "Solti... nope...
no... well, nuh-uh... sorry boobie, don't see your name here" as he pulls a
lever to his left. The clouds give way under Solti, and he falls down a
shaft for what feels like an eternity, only to land on his butt in what
looks like a cave with flames shooting out of small pools, rows of slaves
toiling, wailing and gnashing their teeth as evil-looking horned overseers
crack their whips. A tall, horned figure with a long, pointy tail looms
over the hapless conductor. "Ahhh... MAESTRO Solti! Or should I call you
Sir Georg! I've been waiting for you!!" His Satanic Majesty reaches behind
himself, dragging out a thoroughly disgusting dodecagenarin-looking old
lady and a pair of handcuffs. "Your punishment" says The Devil as he
handcuffs Solti to the old lady "is to wander these stygian depths for all
eternity handcuffed to this hag. Now begone!" Off walks Solti with the old
bag as Satan shouts "And your Wagner was overrated! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" @------@
A few days later, Solti and his "date" are wandering the caves of Hades
when who should they see but Fritz Reiner. Solti's jaw hits the ground as
they move in closer. "No... it CAN'T be..." says Solti as he sees Reiner's
own handcuffed traveling companion... none other than Marilyn Monroe! Solti
is outraged. He walks back at a frantic pace to the spot where he met The
Devil, cursing in Hungarian as he drags the old wench behind him. "This is
an OUTRAGE!" shouts Solti, the veins practically popping out of his
temples. "I was TOUGH to my orchestras, but not as MEAN as that BASTARD
Reiner! An you have the NERVE to handcuff me to this HIDEOUS old lady when
that SONUVABITCH Reiner gets to spend eternity..." "MAESTRO Solti," intones
the Devil, holding out his hand to silence the outraged Solti, "I will have
you know that Miss Monroe's punishment is no concern of yours!"
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Wed, Oct 8, 11:17PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
I'm getting really pissed at you fucking homosexual classical butt pirates
complaining about London. Why don't you fuckheads appreciate the cds we let
you dimwitted fucks buy. You know why we don't release more of Deccas?
catalog in the US? Because you are all a bunch of fucking culturally
illiterate morons. Look, at least we're one of the few companies releasing
music by white people for while people. Would you rather be buying frigging
negro shit from Def Jam? You know, I think we ought to fuck all you cum
swallowing assholes and sign more rap groups. Sure, you gotta put up with
the female ones bringing their fourteen kids with them, but they bring good
coke and even the fat ones at least suck a mean dick. Fuck all you
assholes. You thinking anyone from fucking London even reads this stupid
shit? Here, in six months this will still be here: I, Al Imperato, Capo of
Polygram, fucked Princess Diana's corpse up its ass, and even dead the
bitch enjoyed it. Fuck you.
Disgusted in Maryland: Wed, Oct 8, 11:38PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Al,baby...go easy on the PCP,crack or whatever you are buying with the
profits from your sucker customers....you are already a cult hero on
several classical newsgroups...come visit rec.music.cl...l.recordings
...the nerds there could use some of your wit and charm....you will be able
to bash your buddy Tepper there,as well......
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Thu, Oct 9, 1:23AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Hey Disgusted: What the fuck is a tepper?
R. Peter Munves, Polygram Conceptualizer: Thu, Oct 9, 1:28AM EDT (-0400
GMT)
Girls, girls! You can be SO "cattivo" at times! Sigh! And here I just
wanted to take a MOment to tell you about the WONNNNderful new Polygram
concept that we're going to roll OUT this winter. It'll be just in time for
Xmas, and a great stocking stuffer! The idea is to cater different
composers to, wait for it, different kinds of NOOKIE! Can't you JUST see
it? The first series of titles will be, now hold onto your panties, Handel
for Homos; Quantz for Queers; Dvorak for Dykes; Muffat for Muff Diving;
Beethoven for Blow Jobs; Schubert for Short Eyes (if you DON'T know what
that means, DON'T ASK! silly!), and the BEST one of them all, Zelenka for
Zipless Fucks! Couldn't you just DIE?????? Toodles, Petey
Greg Barbero, US VP, London Records: Thu, Oct 9, 1:41AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Hi this is GREG and you guys are using nauty words and im gonna TELL! your
not supposed to talk like that hear! anyway peepul keep asking about SHOLTI
and since im the one who made the desiziun (is that right yet?) ill tell
you wy. Its cuz i met him once one day peeter came to my room here at the
nice house and said well sur goerge i want you to meet the head of our
claskal operashns here in the U.S.A. his name is GREG (thats me!) and he
makes all the desizins on wut CDS go on sale in the U.S.A. And Sholti looks
at mee funny and sez your kidding right? And Peeter says no reely, this is
GREG and he reely is in charge. And then Sholti says something not nice and
he sais how did HE get this job? And Peetr sayz well gregs uncle is the big
share holdur of polly something and shlti gets mad and yells you stupid
americunz you meen becuz of youre nepo something you gave the job to this
con jenital IDIOT? And I was crying so hard and Peeter huged me and said
there there GREG dont to him hes only some kike who have a contract and we
haf ta put out his recurds. and I say Peeter that man wuz MEEN to me and we
arnt gonna put out his recurds any mor. and so one day al cumz to me and
sez thet sholt got a recurd of maller ate on only wun CD and it sells reely
good in englund and i say we never gonna sell it heer. And al sez your the
boss GREG and we never gonna sell it heer. and just last munth i ssaw my
unkle and tell him about Sholty and he looks at me and smiles and sez we
got ways of taking care of his peeple like we was doing during the war. And
I say what do you meen uncle and he saz dont worry about it. And then I
heer that Sholte iz DEDD and i happy and smiling and my unkle call and say
we take good care of him for you GREG! And I laff and say thank you unkle.
And now Sholti is DEDD and people say so why arnt you nice to him now that
hez dedd i laff and say we never gonna be nice to him now, ha ha ha! Well
that all for now I hope you all like me your pal GREG
Daniel Keyes, Athens, Ohio: Thu, Oct 9, 3:03AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Hey, Greg, don't forget to put some flowers on Algernon's grave in the bak
yard....
Gunther Breest, Sony Classics: Thu, Oct 9, 3:06AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Gott in Himmel! Am I glad I quit this furshlugginer outfit already!
Disgusted in Maryland: Thu, Oct 9, 8:52AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Al-check out what you were doing October 5th at 3:22PM... R.P.-howse about
"Delius for dinge-queens"?! Gunther-shut up you slimy kraut-Sony's web-site
isn't much better!!!
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Thu, Oct 9, 11:14AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Hey Disgusting in Maryland -- What was I doing at 3:22 pm? You mean apart
from the 13-year-old Puerto Rican, the swan, and the bong full of crack?
Mariss Jansons: Thu, Oct 9, 3:18PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Swan? ...did someone say "swan"!!!!....could it be the Swan of Tuonela? BE
SURE TO CHECK OUT MY RECORDING WITH THE OPO ON EMI....THAT IS EMI AS IN A
REAL RECORD COMPANY THAT HAS AN ON-LINE CATALOG AND ACTUALLY PAYS A YOUNG
WOMAN TO ANSWER E-MAIL....AND SHE IS VERY NICE.
Jean Sibelius: Thu, Oct 9, 3:24PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Mariss-I,for one ,just love your EMI recording of my Swan......you cannot
go wrong with EMI....BIS,which is recording my complete works, is also
first rate....I am surprised that the English tabloids don't blast DECCA
for naming a fifth rate division of the company after their capital city!
Disgusted in Maryland: Thu, Oct 9, 9:57PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Hey,Al....who is the guy in the trench coat holding the brolly....could it
be the infamous Mr. Imperato about to flash some innocent young
babe?....clean up the act,pal!
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Fri, Oct 10, 2:50AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Hey, Disgusting in Maryland -- I've got one for you. What's the best thing
about getting a blowjob from one of the Spice Girls? Give up? The answer
is, fifteen minutes of silence. (Or in your case, five minutes!)
Disgusted south of Pa.: Fri, Oct 10, 11:19AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Al-to quote one of your "classic" replys:"this is a CLASSICAL label,moron!"
...any oral sex on this website should be with the likes of Anne Sophie
Mutter or one of those hot young oriental chick violinists....maybe you can
offer them a "deal" to sign with London....
Big Al: Fri, Oct 10, 1:48PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
But why do we need any of them if we've got Cecilia Bartoli?
Disgusted south of Pa.: Fri, Oct 10, 2:27PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Actually I had in mind Joshua Bell.
R. Peter Munves, Polygram Conceptualizer: Fri, Oct 10, 5:46PM EDT (-0400
GMT)
Well, why ELSE did you think I SIGNED him? Toodles, Petey-poo
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Fri, Oct 10, 11:56PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Time to get back to answering the questions that you losers keep putting up
here. Art Daniels asked, "I have a number of circa 50s and early 60s London
recordings by Stanley Black and Ted Heath. Is there a list available of
which, if any, of these recordings may have been or will be released on
CD?" The answer is, no there is no list, we don't care whether you want
them, and you have an ass the size of Texas. Next question?
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Fri, Oct 10, 11:59PM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Glen A. Gill asked, "Hey, London. How about releasing Bernard Herrmann's
recordings of Faure's 'Pavane,' Holst's 'The Planets,' and Honegger's
'Pastorale d'ete.' These were orginally on Phase 4. My vinyl is worn-out.
And do it soon. These recordings are very long over due." And the answer
is, hey asshole, who the fuck are YOU trying to tell ME what to do? It's
your own damn fault for wearing out your LPs, pinhead. Go play in the
freeway already - your kind makes me sick!
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Sat, Oct 11, 0:01AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
Joseph (no last name, probably didn't know who his father was) asked, "Are
there 2 London Records? This site covers the classical, side, but where is
the site for all the alternative/electronic bands you have, including FFRR,
Payday, etc... thanks" And the answer is, go look for it, shit-for-brains.
Like I got nothing better to do than give you directions?
Al Imperato, Capo of Polygram: Sat, Oct 11, 0:04AM EDT (-0400 GMT)
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Joseph Stobaugh (Jesus H. Christ on a fucking Harley, another one!)
asked, "I think I can see why everyone is so upset with the apparent
lack of information on your site. It has been quite some time since Sir
Solti passed away and yet there hasen't been a mention of his passing.
That dosen't seem to indicate much respect for such an incredible
musician. When will the new Don G. with Solti/Fleming be released?
There were no dates listed in your new release section." ENOUGH with the
Sholti crap already! As you can plainly see, we have SHUT THE LONDON
RECORDS SITE DOWN rather than let you piles of garbage try to dictate to
us how WE should run OUR business! And you wanna date, I'll call my man
Kwami, he'll get you set up all right. You into 13-year-old Puerto
Ricans? Swans? Just remember, CASH UP FRONT!
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Art Daniels said, "I am posting this message again, since I forgot to
include my email address, which is: adaniels@cre8v.com. Are there any
plans to release additional recordings by Stanley Black and Ted Heath
on CD? I know that one or two have been released, but I am
particularly interested in the Stanley Black 'Cuban Moonlight' series
of LPs originally released in the late 50s and the Ted Heath recording
'All Time Top 12 Billboard Hits' from the same priod. Is there a
comprehensive listing of London recordings on CD? If so, how can I
obtain it. Thanks." Hey man, you want my half-brother Guido to come out
there and HURT you? Rule number one is LONDON RECORDS PUTS OUT ONLY WHAT
LONDON RECORDS WANTS! There are NO requests! All I need is make one
phone call and the master tape is wiped clean - something you should try
doing with your ass sometime. Christ almighty, is there no end to the
bullshit you people keep flinging at me?????
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Just remember, if you have any comment, I mean ANY comment, on the way
I'm doing things here, you let me know about it. My address is: 110 W
End Ave Apt 16C, New York, New York 10023-6343. Or if you're strong
enough to use a telephone and can get off the fucking computer every
now and then, ring me at (212) 362-3767. Oh yeah, if nobody calls me,
I'm gonna WIPE THE MASTER TAPE OF ALL THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA recordings
so you better call now!
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hey,al...howse about another dead princess necrophilia rant....that was
the best yet.....what LONDON recording "artists" were you listening to
when you hosed that royal bitch?
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I am a little confused....is this the OFFICIAL London records website......
I was just wondering if you plan to record the Morman Tabernacle Choir
anytime soon....I would appreciate a response-thank you..Elizabeth Hatch
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Inquisitive in Utah, also calling herself Elizabeth Hatch, asked: "I am
a little confused....is this the OFFICIAL London records website......
I was just wondering if you plan to record the Morman Tabernacle Choir
anytime soon....I would appreciate a response-thank you.." And the
answer is, hey, Lizzie, look at the URL, will ya? This is the real thing
whether you like it or not. And yeah, we're planning to do a whole bunch
of recordings of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir real soon now. They'll be
singing American folk songs and great inspirational gospel choruses -
only we're gonna issue this only in the UK! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
And then we'll follow up with a CD of Scientology chanties, which will
come out only in Germany. At least that's what our Marketing Wizards
tell us to do!
going to release them only in the UK!
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Hello? Is this the right place to ask a question about London Records?
Where can I find a catalog of all issues currently in-print,and a list
of record stores selling them?
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DOO-DAH,DOO-DAH....
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Readers of this page (if there are any left!) are reminded that the
remastered edition of Sir Georg Solti's recording of Wagner's _Der Ring
des Nibelungen_ is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 14 October.
However, a BOYCOTT has been called against this item due to London's
refusal to make note of Sir Georg's death last month. It is suggested
that you hold off buying it, and write a letter to Polygram offices in
New York explaining your objection to this shocking omission of simple
human decency. Thank you!
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hey,mein capo....THAT is what a "Tepper" is........
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Just in case anyone cares, I called the phone # left by"Al" and the guy was falling all over himself, begging me to spare his worthless life, that it’s not him on the London page, that it’s some whack-o using his name, and using the most profane language. His name is Al Imperato but he says he’s just some marketing guy with Harmonia Mundi, and has no idea who’s using his name. At that point I hadn’t even told him why I called, and had to wait while he went and changed his underwear. Poor bastard.
Hey "Al whoever you are" some of us aren’t little chicken shits that hide behind their mother's squirt while playing Billy Badass from the safety of oblivion. So either put your real name up there or SHUT THE
PHUQ UP. You can E-mail me at Credo@pwshift.com, or call me at 802-644-2797 if you have the guts, but I suspect your one of those "Classical Music wimps" you reefer to, so I won’t hold my breath. I would however like to speak with you in person regarding the recording
industry, so if your more than just a bag of wind, please call.
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Hey,Paul List!Go easy on THE CAPO...he is doing us classical music listeners a service
in his own sick,disjointed way...that guy you called should milk this for all it's
worth-instead of wetting his panties why doesn't he sue London records
for harassment...if the SOBs ever monitered their own website he wouldn't
be getting harassing phone calls from the liked of you!!
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Yo,Disgusted in Maryland...get with it-that couldn't be Paul List's
REAL phone #...he couldn't be so stupid as to give to Big AL....
knowing that devious mind-he would certainly spread it over every bondage
,torture,femi-nazi,gay pride,etc. newsgroup out there.....you know about
eyetalions and revenge....no-he couldn't be so stupid as to post his real #..
no way
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Matthew and others,
Sir George is remembered with two very moving pieces on the Ring Disc Website: button
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Matthew and others,
Sir George is remembered with two very moving pieces on the Ring Disc Website: button
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Yes, and Sir Georg is also remembered on the Chicago Symphony Website
at button . But that's not the issue -- it's the
fact that his own record label, an outfit he had been associated with
for FIFTY YEARS, refused and still refuses to update their site so as
to mention his death. That's surely reason enough for a boycott!
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Do they still remember that they have a site?
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R in R, Could it be that NO ONE IS WATCHING?
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LONDON RECORDS SUCKS, I laughed for hours after reading your "Do dah Do dah" put-down. Any Yankees who don't quite get it, trust me, it's priceless!
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Don't look now-but Christmas is almost upon us!...will London Records
be announcing it's Christmas cd releases anytime soon and will they be featured
on this web-site....I,for one,am hoping that you will be putting out a
new selection of English Christmas carols....Thank you-and Happy Christmas!
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Okay,Al....that jerk List has retired for the night...you can come out of hiding and start calling us all names again..
we are waiting....Al.......ah,Al..........all right boys and girls-everybody wish REAL hard and we can bring Al,THE CAPO
back.....Al.....don't let us down ,boy-o!
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Hey Web fans, John Denver is dead. Betcha HIS record company is already working on a Web eulogy!
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We want Al. WE WANT AL !!!!!!
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Folks, I have posted four messages over the past several days using four different names. One wonders if "Al" and "Greg" and perhaps others are the work of one devious human mind. Is one individual capable of such monumental chutzpah? Whaddya think? One guy or many?
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Wonders never cease. I have tried to go elsewhere in the London site and have been greeted with "Not Found." I went to the main Polygram site, followed links to London artists (Solti, the Pav, Cecilia) and again got "Not Found." So, it appears that everything at the London site is shut down EXCEPT this chat-line where anyone in the world with a computer and a modem can hurl foul insults at the company with total anonymity! Amazing …
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Actually I wondered if "Paul List" wasn't a fare thee well by our friend
Mr. Imperato........one thing you can say about London Records-they ARE
doing the public a service in providing a forum for human deviancy..hey,
I'd probably be out on the streets bothering 9 year old girls if I didn't
have Al and the rest of you to gab with....
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Disgusted, Who is Paul List? Must've missed something.
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Astonished-check out Oct.11th AT 10:17PM....
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Come on, people, you can't expect Alberto to be surfing the Web today!!
Its Columbus Day, and Al no doubt is hanging with his paisans, visiting
the widows and orphans, marching in the paradee in New York, and going
to the big Knights of Columbus do later on. By the way, who is John
Denver?
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Just trying to figure this out ... I still can’t get anywhere else in the London site. However, I have this chat line bookmarked. I suspect the only way to get here now is directly through the URL, since none of the other London links work. "Disgusted" "Agravated" (sic), are you guys coming here directly, through a bookmark, or what? And where the *%#@ is Al?
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I'll buy the Solti Ring remastered if it's really cheap.
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Did I scare Al off that easy? I guess that’s what they mean by the power of information. Hey"R in R" and "D in Md." It’s my real #. Yes, I’m that stupid. Hey by the way, what’s with the code names? Don’t tell me let me guess..... now watch as the power of information congeals into astonishing truth. Hum, let me see now........Disgusted in Md.
and Rational in Reno. I got it !!!!! You guys are independent truckers and those are your handles on the CB radio. I can just see it now.................somewhere out there..... it’s a dark and stormy night, all the other truckers are asleep. Only the real men are still out there pullin’ their load, (if you know what I mean). There, in a big black 18 wheeler, doin’ 90 mph, is the badest, most feared driver on the road, "Disgusted in Maryland". He’s a big man at 6 foot four, 290 lbs. bushy beard, an old leather cap and a big wada’ Red Man in his blackened teeth. He puts down the Mahler score his been analyzing for the last 200
lonely miles and picks up the mic of his CB. In a low mean voice that sounds like a rattle snake on the rag, he belts out, " Breaker one nine.... Breaker one nine, any of you pusses still out there, you got Disgusted in Maryland, com’on back". He waits for his answer
knowing that few men have the spine to swap air space with him. He is truly feared, in fact most of the call backs are from women tryin’ desperatly to lure him into their beds. Such is the life of.... a "legend". He’s about to give up when he hears the one voice that makes his thick skin crawl. "You got Rational in Reno, what the hell is scum the likes of you doin’ round here?" / DM-"I’m Hauling some missiles for Uncle Sam, how ‘bout you?/ RR- "I got some steel headin’ into Detroit. Hey, did you catch A&E last night? That thing they did on Nigel Kennedy was Wild, now there’s a boy with sum faaaar in his
gizzard"/ DM- " I was try’n tu see but these three chics I picked up hitchin’ couldn’t keep their hands off my #&^#($%&@."....................../ RR- " I missed that last part, you’ra breakin’ up bad,..over"/ DM- " Daaaag Burn-it, I slobbered tabaca juice on my mic, almost shorted it out, can ya hear me? RR- " I guess the thoughta them three girls got ya
dreulin’ ye buddy"/ DM- "Hell no I waz dreulin’ over that boy’s superior ver-choo-asity, he’s got sum fly’n fingers and bow arm to make old Gal-amian proud. Of course that $500,000 ax he’s grindin’ don’t hurt nun./ RR- "Say are you headin’ north? If so, maybe we could hook-up at the Bach Fest. and raise a little hell, what do ya say bro"/ DM- "Hell
ya, them Air Force fags won’t miss a couple a missiles for a few days. Hey, in the mean time lets head over to that "Physh" concert and kick sum ass, tell’em all "Gerry’s dead man, park er VWs and get a job!!!!!!"/ RR- " I’m there Man!!!!YYYEEEEEHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!............................. Work with me boys, I don’t have the sound crew that Garrison does, but hey am I close? The only other possibility was that it’s how you sign off to "Ann Landers", but I’ll spare you that one. P.S. would someone with a spine please resond.
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Hey, I think this room is shrinking, I feel like Luke Skywalker in the garbage bay. "C3PO turn off the crusher, quick". I have a feeling that Al forced them to shut down their web site. It's too bad he had that much clout. Hey London he's gone now, I scared the wazoo out of him. Real men have that effect on wimps (he must like Tchaikovsky). Real men also know when to beg so please don't shut us down. Don't erase that last intro by me, it's a Classic Masterwork. I'm not the "Al thing" and he isn't coming back. So let us little people have our little world. And seeing as I'm in the begging mood, my partner and I have made what is "THE" best recording of any "Beethoven Piano Work". A major American Recordings Mag. reveiwer thinks so too, but the editor may not publish the review because we don't have a lable, so the CD's too hard to get. -Enter London Records- You guys have an oportunity here if you have the forsite to take a chance and look us up at www.pwshift.com/credo if you don't someone else will. But I already feel at home here. Hey if we're left this space we might even chat about the current state of classical music.
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CHat about the current state of classical music??? But that's just what
they WANT us to do!!!!!
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But... The record companies are our friends. They tell us what is good
and we go out and buy it. meep meep meep meep Jean-Yves Thibaudet is
the greatest pianist since Liszt! meep meep meep meep
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To the victor belongs the spoils!...so crow all you want Paul List(!)...
you blew the big bad witch away....."Al" really wasn't that bad a guy...
a little neurotic,perhaps,and obviously impotent but,hey!,we all have
our crosses to bear....I like the trucker bit...but you got the Mahler
wrong....it's Brahms all the way.....(and HEY HAMMERED-Jean -Yves Thibaudet
is a pantywaist compared to Martha Argerich/no London artist she....
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Shit, I can't even take COLUMBUS DAY off without you morons thinking
that I've flown the coop or something! Okay, now back to the pig-ignorant
questions: Larwence (that's how he spelled it!) said, "hello i am a
singer and a songwriter does anyone know where i have to submit my
materials for recording contract consideration?" The answer is, it's
called a couch, and unless you're some dark-haired pussy with big tits
you can forget about it. Dipshit.
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Some fuckhead calling himself "expede" said, "is this site for real? I
thought I was posting to a legitimate music company." Of COURSE it's for
real, you drop of piss from an old queen's underpants. Look at the
fucking URL if you don't believe me. This is actually the server owned
by Polygram Records, and this is all that's left of the official London
Records page. I am Albert Imperato, and while my title is Vice President
of Deutsche Grammophon in the U.S. I am the guy in charge of marketing.
I was given this job by my godfather (don't laugh or I'll have your eyes
in a shotglass) after my cousin Cenzo screwed me out of some of the more
lucrative family business out west. I was going to return to the family
estates in Brescia (which is where my father was a planter and fought
against the fascists), and then Don Gaetano called me and said he wanted
to put me in charge of a record company, just to show I could run it.
But he promised that I could run it any way I wanted, and when I found
it was a fucking CLASSICAL company I nearly shit my pants right there.
So you're looking at one super teed-off paisan here, and if I don't
start getting some RESPETTO I'm going to wipe some Clifford Curzon
master tapes, and I mean wipe them on my ass after a prolonged shit. So
enough of the stupid questions, and if you don't like it you can fuck a
donkey for all I care!
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James Brooks, South Bend, Indiana said: "Hello? Is this the right place
to ask a question about London Records? Where can I find a catalog of
all issues currently in-print,and a list of record stores selling them?"
OK, you turd, that does it. I know WHERE you live, I know WHAT you do
for a living, you're a DEAD MAN!
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Chad from Bournemouth asked, "Don't look now-but Christmas is almost
upon us!...will London Records be announcing it's Christmas cd releases
anytime soon and will they be featured on this web-site....I,for one,am
hoping that you will be putting out a new selection of English
Christmas carols....Thank you-and Happy Christmas!" Thank you so much
for asking, Chad. Here at London Records we strive to make your every
visit to this site a fun and informative one! In answer to your query,
yes, we will be issuing a series of CDs devoted to the best and most
joyous of Christmas music. The store date is the second or third Tuesday
in November (sorry, I've misplaced my notes). But I've made a special
arrangement for you, Chad, since you're one of mour more devoted
customers. All you have to do when the day comes is to walk into your
local record stores, where a representative of the Polygram team will
pull out a Swiss Army knife and CUT OFF YOUR DICK!!!!! MWAH HAH HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA!
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whomeveriwannabe said, "Hey Web fans, John Denver is dead. Betcha HIS
record company is already working on a Web eulogy!" Like I give a fuck.
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Astonished in NYC said, "Wonders never cease. I have tried to go
elsewhere in the London site and have been greeted with "Not Found." I
went to the main Polygram site, followed links to London artists
(Solti, the Pav, Cecilia) and again got "Not Found." So, it appears
that everything at the London site is shut down EXCEPT this chat-line
where anyone in the world with a computer and a modem can hurl foul
insults at the company with total anonymity! Amazing." So what's it to
you, faggot?
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Hijacker said, "I'll buy the Solti Ring remastered if it's really
cheap." Don't do me any favors, you pissy bitch. And by the way if you
wondered why you haven't seen any more of Paul List it's because he's
gone on holiday ... and where HE'S gone they ain't wired. Unless it's
like that Twilight Zone episode with the phone line what fell on the
dead nona's grave.... You get my meaning, capisce?
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Hammered in Hackensack said, "But... The record companies are our
friends. They tell us what is good and we go out and buy it. meep meep
meep meep Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the greatest pianist since Liszt! meep
meep meep meep" Yeah, you're a nice little jerk you are. I oughta have
somebody cut off your dick and your tongue and sew em back on in the
wrong places.
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HEY EVERYBODY, I'M FUCKING ALBERT FUCKING IMPERATO, SUPREME COMMANDER
OF POLYGRAM IN THESE UNITED STATES, AND I'M BACK, BACK, BACK! WHOOOOOO
EEEEEE! DROP YOUR PANTIES, BITCHES, CUZ I'M GONNA DO ALLA YEZ!
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Well" Al-whoever", would you please explain the phone "chat" we had last Thursday night. If not here, then call me at my real #; 802-644-2797 or E-mail me. By the way "Al-whoever " I'm just as glad your back, I have a life and can't do all the entertaining here. By the way, am I the only one with guts enough to call you or at least the # you give. PS- Hey "DM" where's "RinR" I hope I didn't hurt his feelings giving you the star role, but hey, it came down to Seniority.
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" Al-Whoever" if your really "The Man" would you please cut this guys feet off. They're always in my way.
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List-I'm working on a publishing deal for contributers to "the site"....
keep that nutty eyetalion talking....we are going to have some heavy
hitters listening in!....
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Hey,Reno-you got your coasts ass-backwards...the real publishing powers
are on a small island off the northern coast of New Joisy....I'll see what
I can do to cement(don't get any ideas Imperato!)a deal....YOU work on the
MOVIE rights out in dum-dum land.....I see Mel Gibson starring as the
macho man from Maryland whop tells it like it is...Danny Devito is an
ideal "AL" type....Sharon Stone as that idiot polygamous broad from
Utah who turns out to be a hermaphrodite but none of the Mormons in Utah
notice cause they are too busy screwing their sisters....maybe we can get
Woody Allen to play List.....Sir Georg Solti can play himself!
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R in R, glad to see your not sore about the secondary part you got in my illusion (I’ll speak with the casting dept.). That "nutty eyetalion" was better back when he was using his real name (or at least not someone else’s) and E-mail address, crapping on this site and conversing about the Cleveland Orchestra. But somewhere along the way he got confused and thought this was a Q&A forum with The Label, he got more and more angry and finally (just like the time when he killed his mother) something in his toasted brain snapped and he took on this Al persona.-Just a brief history lesson for you new-comers.- Hey"Al Whoever", how’m I doin’ so far babe? I forgot he’s scared of me
and can’t bring himself to read my notes. To bad ‘cause if he did he would go to my web site- www.pwshift.com/credo- and read all that lofty stuff I wrote. Then he would have something to blast me with (is this a briar patch RR or what). By the way DM says he’s a Brahms man, Me I’m a Ludwig head, Al-Whoever is in with Tchaikovsky (their doing the
"Nutcracker" down in "Swan Lake" as we speak), where do you stand. PS I don't need a publisher, I need a RECORD LABEL.
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Java is just a programming language.
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Java is just a programming language.
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No, Java is time-wasting grey rectangles. So is everybody boycotting
the reissued Solti _Ring_ until London Records finally acknowledges Sir
Georg's death?
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Hey TNT, try- www.pshift.com/credo- THANKS
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Got it, thanks!
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I just clicked on Cecilia Bartoli's name on the Polygram site. "Not Found." Where'd they lose her?
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OK boys, I give up. Have it your way, if you won’t use your real names, neither will I. But don’t blame me if you can’t figure out who I am, after all this complex reconfiguration of my real name took the cryptography boys at the Pentagon three months to develop. Now don’t fret I’ll give you a hint, PAUL LIST (boy that "Subtle Writing" correspondence course from "Big Al U" I sent away for sure is payin’off, I guess it really
was worth the $19.95 plus three proofs of purchase from Decon). Hey, Mat Tepper is that your real name? Could it be that someone else has a real name? Don’t you know that your in the company of Ax Murderers, Rapist, Hit Men and Philip Glass fans? Look pal, run don’t walk, run to your nearest office of the FBI and beg for protective custody, they
my have a spot in the witness protection program. Tell’em Laul Pist sent you and wink. If you survive the strip search, your safe.
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Still rendered speechless ... been around the net a little .... been to a few chat-lines ... they ALL require verification by e-mail before you can participate (except maybe porn sites, and I wouldn't know about that). This is unfathamable! Suppose Henry Ford had set up a radio station in the '30s and allowed anyone in the wolrld to step up to the mic and hurl foul insults at Ford Motor Company? Suppose he had let any old moron with a radio broadcast world-wide using his name ... for weeks on end. Folks, we are witnessing telecommunications HISTORY here. Un f*&^%$# believable!
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Hey, watch your language! The word is "fucking"! Anyway, Classical
Insites also has some bulletin boards, and you can put any name you
like on them. They've remained cordial so far. I guess it's because the
people who post there don't have any reason to be pissed at the site
itself. Here on the official London Records site, though, it's a
different matter entirely. There used to be BBS pages on the BMG and
DGG pages, but those soon filled up with posts saying, "When are you
going to reissue such-and-such?" and "Is anybody reading this?" and
"When are you going to update your Web site? It's been three months
now!" and like that. Eventually somebody spotted what was going on and
shut those pages down, never to be reopened. (The DGG one was *supposed*
to reopen on January 15, remember?) So that proves that the people at
London Records are even less on the ball than everybody else. Thus, they
deserve to be humiliated this way.
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You've gotta remember that these labels are run by jerks who care not a
bit for art, everything for the bottom line. And they come from a pop
background, where everything is performer-driven and you gotta promote
the hell out of the new stuff by pushing it as hard as possible. Back
catalogue doesn't impress these feebs. There has to be some way we can
show them that they are fucking it up, that they are losing customers,
that we don't care about their current stable of losers. I mean, would
the world really be that much worse off without Jean-Yves Thibaudet?
I'd rather listen to Wilhelm Backhaus or Julius Katchen or even Alicia
DeLarrocha. We've got to find some collective way as consumers to hit
them, and hit them good, so they'll notice. Does anybody even care about
this, or are we just revelling in "Al Imperato, Capo" pretending to be
Harlan Ellison and lancing the London Records fools like ripe boils?
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So that's how it is. Sorry to be so Norma Rae on you, but we can have
all the fun we want and the record company sluts will still pull their
dumb stunts on us. We must all hang together, or else we're not going
to have piss-all of a choice but "Telemann for the Toilet" and "Commie!
the Party Music of Mitya Shostakovich." Who is with me? Anybody? Say
"YEA" or something if you agree with any of this!
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Pill ... Classical Inzxxzmxmdddrta?????? (sorry the stupid bloke's goddam foot is in the way and I can't tell what the f*&^%$# that word is. When will Web desiginers realize that the TEXT is what matters and no one give a flying f*&^%$ about thier pretty little pixels?
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UMMMM, YEA, I GUESS. Tell me, who is Harlan Ellison?
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You know Al, your getting dangerously close to the original theme of this forum "The Current State of classical Music" remember? Lets put my powers of reason to work here (take it easy RR, I said reason, don’t blow a head gasket)............ This was all part of the grand design by London; I see it all so clearly now, they set up this chat room like a
petrie dish in some genetic laboratory, smear on some yellow matter custard from a dead dog’s eye ( for witch they had to buy the rights from Michael Jackson), and let it simmer in a dark room all hot summer, and then, in the fall, with big steel tongs they reach in and see what they’ve grown. Whatever that is will get sold to the hungry public. I feel so used
and stupid....... IT’S ME, IT’S ME, TAKE ME NOW, QUICK BEAM ME OUT ...........
sorry... I’m so ashamed.
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Matthew Tepper said:
iSo is everybody boycotting the reissued Solti _Ring_ until London Records finally acknowledges Sir Georg's death?/i
Bought mine from a mail order service in England (Music Discount Centre) to reward Decca for painstakingly remastering this landmark whilst punishing London Records for treating their own territory like some sort of cultural backwater.
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Matthew B. Tepper said, "No, Java is time-wasting grey rectangles. So is
everybody boycotting the reissued Solti _Ring_ until London Records
finally acknowledges Sir Georg's death?" My answer is, then no, you're
never gonna get that ring cos we will never, never, never, never, never,
never, never acknowledge his death. Let the bootlickers at the home
office do it. We at London Records don't give a load of bull crap about
Sholti, we don't care what you think, and I hope you get run over by a
runaway steamroller!
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Hog tied in Texas said, "I just clicked on Cecilia Bartoli's name on
the Polygram site. 'Not Found.' Where'd they lose her?" And the reply
is, bitch is so fat I don't see any way you could lose her!
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Astonished said, "This is unfathamable! Suppose Henry Ford had set up
a radio station in the '30s and allowed anyone in the wolrld to step up
to the mic and hurl foul insults at Ford Motor Company? Suppose he had
let any old moron with a radio broadcast world-wide using his name ...
for weeks on end. Folks, we are witnessing telecommunications HISTORY
here. Un f*&^%$# believable!" And the reply is, suppose I send my
cousin Girolamo to scoop out your brain with a melon baller?
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Paul List and his clones said, "'Al-Whoever' if your really 'The Man'
would you please cut this guys feet off. They're always in my way." And
the reply is, done. Your feet will be cut off in the morning. You're
welcome.
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Astonished said, "Pill ... Classical Inzxxzmxmdddrta?????? (sorry the
stupid bloke's goddam foot is in the way and I can't tell what the
f*&^%$# that word is. When will Web desiginers realize that the TEXT
is what matters and no one give a flying f*&^%$ about thier pretty
little pixels?" And the answer is, never. The Web is for design majors
what couldn't do nothin else in high school.
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Asstonished said, "UMMMM, YEA, I GUESS. Tell me, who is Harlan Ellison?"
And the reply is, no, no, you got that completely wrong. Its supposed to
be, "Who THE FUCK is Harlan Ellison?"
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Fred Gaisberg said, "Matthew Tepper said: iSo is everybody boycotting
the reissued Solti _Ring_ until London Records finally acknowledges Sir
Georg's death?/i Bought mine from a mail order service in England (Music
Discount Centre) to reward Decca for painstakingly remastering this
landmark whilst punishing London Records for treating their own
territory like some sort of cultural backwater." And the reply is, you
people keep that up and I will wipe every Sutherland master tape out of
existence! I swear it!
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And remember, these messages are signed by an actual top guy at Polygram
on a server owned and operated by Polygram. We alone are responsible for
its contents. I will stand by every word I have uttered here or my name
isn't Albert Lorenzo Imperato. Swear to god.
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Shit! None of you pansy-asswipes has bothered to phone me ever since
that Pill List made up his asinine story about my being a distributor
for ugh, Harmonia Mundi,like I'd share my crack money with those guys!
So if you want to call me, call me at the office. (212) 333-8000, ask
for Albert Imperato and tell them I said you should call! If some bitch
secretary tries to stiff you with some lame excuse, get her fax number
and print out this whole fucking page and fax it to the pussy. I don't
care. This is for real, this is Albert Imperato speaking to you from
Polygram's official Web site. Check the URL if you don't believe me. And
I do officially speak for the management of Polygram USA. Capisce?
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Al try mixing some Thorozine in with the crack next time, it may help. By the way do you realize that fully 80% of your comments are repeating someone else’s question? This sounds like another problem with music today; a lot of stolen or mindless material added to pump up an otherwise empty offering. You might get away with it for a while, but
sooner or later it catches up with you. Well guess what? Clean up your act or I just won’t let you play anymore. I’m pretty sure your witty enough to hold your own without the shock jock crap, but frankly nobody’s shocked anymore, all the nice little readers went somewhere else. So, it’s down to a small core of gritty players, and we don’t shock well.
Either re-egauge your God given brain or move on. You'll be a sensation in the rap world, you speak both their worlds; fuck and you (I sincerely apologize for using Al’s favorite word ,but when talking to dogs, sometimes you must bark. It will not be used by me in the feature). WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COCOPHONIE PAL, THIS IS A
CLASSICAL LABEL. YOU’RE IN WAY TOO DEEP. Go to our web sight- www.pshift.com/credo.-and check out what your up against. Hey Joshua Bell fights computer dragons, me, I like mine real, with a splash of Tabasco, and a bottle of German beer. So keep being a dragon but but we don't burn, try using your brain. Please E-mail me at Credo@Pwshift.com-
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Hey Al, I'm your biggest fan! E-mail me at tarnhelm@aol.com. Look forward to talking ot you.
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Hey London, would you PLEASE consider opening this page back up and letting in some fresh air. "Al whoever" didn’t wash this month and the air is getting a little thick. I’m starting to get light headed. But if your waiting for the last 2 gladiators left standing to go toe to toe, I’m ready, willing, and able, I just wish I had a bigger crowd in the stands to
see me sharpen my boots on The Al-things thick scull. But know matter. .....Al Whoever, if you’ve got the guts, draw your forked tongue, pick your brains out of the sewer and show me what you’ve got. I’ve got more spinal fluid in my finger nails than it takes to send you packin’. At least e-mail me - That’s Credo@pwshift.com just like the last 10
times I gave it to you. I’m beginning to think you don’t have what it takes to compete in this game. Just four letter words. That would be a shame.
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Ooooooh, I hope that WICKED Solti story doesn't scroll off before all my
special friends can read it!
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So Solti arrives at the pearly gates. St. Peter is standing at the gate. He looks down upon the bald
pate of the new arrival and says "...and just who might I ask are you?" to which Solti replies "Why, I
am Maestro Georg Solti, conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for nearly two decades,
conductor of the greatest recording of Wagner's Ring in history, Knight of the British Empire!" St.
Peter looks at his list, saying "Solti... nope... no... well, nuh-uh... sorry boobie, don't see your name
here" as he pulls a lever to his left. The clouds give way under Solti, and he falls down a shaft for
what feels like an eternity, only to land on his butt in what looks like a cave with flames shooting out
of small pools, rows of slaves toiling, wailing and gnashing their teeth as evil-looking horned
overseers crack their whips. A tall, horned figure with a long, pointy tail looms over the hapless
conductor. "Ahhh... MAESTRO Solti! Or should I call you Sir Georg! I've been waiting for you!!"
His Satanic Majesty reaches behind himself, dragging out a thoroughly disgusting
dodecagenarin-looking old lady and a pair of handcuffs. "Your punishment" says The Devil as he
handcuffs Solti to the old lady "is to wander these stygian depths for all eternity handcuffed to this
hag. Now begone!" Off walks Solti with the old bag as Satan shouts "And your Wagner was
overrated! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" @------@ A few days later, Solti and his "date" are wandering
the caves of Hades when who should they see but Fritz Reiner. Solti's jaw hits the ground as they
move in closer. "No... it CAN'T be..." says Solti as he sees Reiner's own handcuffed traveling
companion... none other than Marilyn Monroe! Solti is outraged. He walks back at a frantic pace to
the spot where he met The Devil, cursing in Hungarian as he drags the old wench behind him. "This
is an OUTRAGE!" shouts Solti, the veins practically popping out of his temples. "I was TOUGH to
my orchestras, but not as MEAN as that BASTARD Reiner! An you have the NERVE to handcuff
me to this HIDEOUS old lady when that SONUVABITCH Reiner gets to spend eternity..."
"MAESTRO Solti," intones the Devil, holding out his hand to silence the outraged Solti, "I will have
you know that Miss Monroe's punishment is no concern of yours!"
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Hey Fred, that joke was funny the first time but please, now you’re speaking Java, so don’t waste our space. Lets make some rules, if anyone brings anything back from the past, it must be in the form of a variation on a theme. Such as- Lets see.............. OK, lets
break this down............we start with Solti (dead, suddenly too)...........St. Peter...Pearly Gates.......check list....name not here ....Fritz...Marilyn...............-Paul List’s "Fred" Variations Opus 1 in the Key of BS Major- ..............Sir George arrives at the pearly gates, takes a deep breath and walks in. "Not so fast George" comes a kind but firm voice from just inside the gate. He’s an elderly man, that’s obvious by the long gray locks and wise glow in his clear blue eyes, but from the neck down he looks more like Hercules. His halo is so bright Sir George almost misses the gold name tag on his muscular chest.
"St. Peter - Rocky" it reads. St. Peter pulls a long scroll from under his robe, ("that explains that bulge" George mutters) and ponders it thoughtfully. Finally, shaking his head, says "I’m sorry Maestro but Heaven is very full these days and to gain It takes an act of truley noble proportion. According to my records you just don’t qualify." "But what
about that thing with Duddly Moore", pleads George. St. Peter just shakes his head. Sir George turns and walks away............ "Wait!!" he says, turning back to St. Peter. What about the time I was driving along the highway and saw a motorcycle gang in a rest area.They were beating a lovely blonde woman, so I pulled in, and jumped out of my car. I marched right up to the biggest, meanest, dirtiest one of all. I spit in his eyes, I kicked him in the shins, and commanded in my best Fritz Reiner voice "You Leave her alone". By then St. Peters eyes were wide and he said "that’s extraordinary, just when did this happen", as he searched his scroll. Sir George looked at his watch and replied "oooh, about sixty seconds ago."
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What, No Al this morning? What pressing matters did you have during your usual 2:00AM rampage on this board?
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Come on Al, where are you?
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I already told you, Tepper, I'm going to buy the Solti set if it's cheap. Let us not forget that Java is just another programming language, OK?
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Hey Pau List? Looks like you're shut out! I got in all right?
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Just a brief announcement: As of January 1, 1998, the London Records
division of Polygram USA will be shut down due to disappointing sales
of classical repertoire. Polygram's two other US divisions, Philips and
DGG, are also currently rethinking their approach to the American
marketplace as of March 1, 1998. It's been a pleasure doing business in
the classical field, but it's now time to move on. Distribution of the
Decca label in the United States may be taken over by another company
to be named later. Thank you. A more complete press announcement will
be given to the major industry trades tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m.
EDT.
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COOL!
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"Al" and "Greg," I’ve been reading your stuff for several weeks now. You obviously have a lot of inside scoop on the recording industry. I’ll get right to the point. I am the author of (among other things) a critically acclaimed and very successful book on classical music. I am with a very highly regarded literary agent in New York. We should talk. I know you must be a little paranoid, considering the implications of what you have posted here. We can communicate by private e-mail in complete anonymity. You can simply assume a new identity with your Internet provider, invent a new handle with an on-line service, or use a friend’s Internet access (this is obviously the least secure of the three alternatives). I won’t know who you are, and you won’t know who I am until we are both ready. I am very excited about pursuing a collaboration with you, based on some of the little jewels sprinkled in your foul but funny satire. I think there’s a good book here. Please contact me at talk2meal@aol.com
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Hey Greg-Al, NOW you give me the insider scoop. My stock broker went off line an hour ago. But not to worry. I called my good friend "Charlie" (he makes $ the old fashion way, HE STEALS IT) and bought up all available shares of; EMI, SONY, and TELARC. So I'm covered. Speaking of covered..........Greg, baby, you know you’re like a brother to me......Could you float me $5,000,000 to cover the check I wrote. Just till our CD makes it BIG. Hey if you have any reservations about the quality, check it out at TOWER RECORDS in Boston, BARNS and KNOBLE book stores, or call THE NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO MUSIC SOURCE in St. Paul Minn. ask for Tim Houston. Don't worry the call is free and, "A portion of your sale goes to your local Member Station". But what do you care, you’ve got the BBC. Check it out at our web sight.............. pshift.com/credo......... Hey "Talk to Me Al" maybe you could call "Control" and see if you could lease the "Dome of silence".
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Before I get any more E-mail about my spelling, I'll give you a hint; I live in Vermont.(Subtitles for our EU readers- Vermont is a big farming state)
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Dear Friends:
I have reflected on posts here and now realize how foolish I have been.
Please accept my apologies for the countless crass and inhumane things I have said. I hold your opinions in the highest esteem and highly respect your tastes in music and 'chats'.
Please excuse me as my mommy has seen some of my mesages and my 'bed-time' has been moved up an hour to an ignominious 7:00 PM EST DST.
Thank you for all your kind words and gracious forgiveness.
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Dear Friends:
I have reflected on posts here and now realize how foolish I have been.
Please accept my apologies for the countless crass and inhumane things I have said. I hold your opinions in the highest esteem and highly respect your tastes in music and 'chats'.
Please excuse me as my mommy has seen some of my mesages and my 'bed-time' has been moved up an hour to an ignominious 7:00 PM EST DST.
Thank you for all your kind words and gracious forgiveness.
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Al, that was more moving than Kaplan's Mahler 2
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Greg-Al whoever, if your trying to render me both astonished and speechless your off to an impressive start, but don’t be hurt if I don’t come bounding through the meadow in my prom dress just yet. I’ve been hair dresser for the Medusa long enough to know better. By the way, I really must raise my fee, she’s into mohawks these days and my old Homelite needs rings and a valve job. In lieu of the usual method of ID; retina scan, fingerprints DNA match, and urine sample which, after studying the 317 page MSDS sheet, we find to have a flash point of -216.15 /C, PH factor of 19.5, toxicity comparable to Mercurymethyldioxide, (and is about as stable as "Oprah’s" dress size). So Al I will use the standard "London Chat" ID process. .........The following is a TEST QUESTION ONLY -----Dear London/Decca, when do you plan to remaster Liberace’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s "Rococo" Variations transcribed for Hungarian Meat Whistle. Please
respond. For the purpose of this test you will be allowed to ring forth in classic Al form.
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Paul List said, "Dear London/Decca, when do you plan to remaster
Liberace’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s 'Rococo' Variations transcribed
for Hungarian Meat Whistle. Please respond. For the purpose of this
test you will be allowed to ring forth in classic Al form." And my
answer is, I don't think we put out that one. Sincerely, Al
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Come on back for one last round, Al. This thing ain't gonna last much longer.
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Mr. Imperato, Why do you allow people to anonymously post foul insults to your company on the Internet? Would a competent chief exceutive alow such a thing?
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Hey Wondering, the people in charge of this Web site are complete
incompetents and deserve to be fired from their jobs, with cause,
immediately. Sincerely, Al
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They're incompetent for sure, Alfonzo, and would fit right in over at MCA with their stellar classical reissue program, if you know what I mean...
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Hiya boys and girls...I'm baaaaaaaaack!!!!....from NYC...hey,Al-found a
good S&M bar on west 23rd....La Nouvelle Justine....for 20 bills you can
get spanked....not to mention "public humiliation" and "verbal abuse"...
speaking of which...I go away for three days and you let that weenee
List commandeer this site....what gives.....I'm off to Reno tomorrow
(are you listening Rational?)....I'll be shooting craps at Harrah's
for the next five nights-you'll know me cuz I'll be the classiest guy there!
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BTW-if those jackasses at London actually get wise and close this down
while I'm in Nevada...let's all get together at Deutsche Grammophon &
take over their putrid site....it will be payback time for having to
listen to all those crappy(& krauty) Furtwangler recordings that old
classical crypto-fascist queens are always kreeming in their knickers
over....seig heil!!!
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Yes, but DGG closed down their chat page last November. I remember that
it was replaced with a notice saying that it would return on January 15,
and then in February even that notice simply disappeared. Guess we know
how well all the Polygram folks keep their promises!
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Tormented, Promises, promises! They're incompetents, as Al so correctly stated, which gets us back to the original subject of this chat-line, "the current state of classical music." Well, that state is not good, and is it any wonder? At the very moment that sales of classical recordings began to slump two great new educational and sales tools appeared called "Interactivity" and "The Web" ... and THIS is the best they could do?
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Classical music will be on the upswing soon
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And the people responsible for this site will be swinging from an old
oak tree.
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...after which they can join Reiner,Karajan and the rest down below.....
Bruno and I want no part of them up here!
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You ###_#### Hungarian poseur....even WE have our standards....
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I would like to know if London Records makes any money in their classical division
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**** CAUTION-VIEWER DISCRITION ADDVISED******* Hey Disgusting, it takes more than just a lot of grease in your hair to be "the classiest guy". Take my advise, go in the back room at Harrah's and try a little Russian Ruelette, you've shot enough crap here. By the way men like Al don't need to pay $ to draw the attention of the opposite sex. Although I can understand how you would. Al has proven to be a "Real Man" by his capacity to eat crow. It must be the Thanksgiving spirit in the air, because he also served himself a big peace of humble pie. He has earned my respect (and no doubt a few of the quiet types out there). You know DM there's only one thing worse than a falmouth bully. It's the little toady egging him on from behind. So, without getting too tough on you, I give you this gentle backhand slap, that should knock some sense into you, or force me to draw sword and
spill your foul guts on the deck of this Pirate ship we call "London Chat." Commandeer means (as you used it, I'm sure); to take by force. Well DM, I didn't take anything by force, I earned my seat on the Throne. Go back and review the battle, print it up and take it to someone that can read. If you think you've got the stuff to take this Throne, then fight this WEENIE, as you call me, yourself. Don't try to push someone else into doing your dirty work. Al's too smart for your crap. Think about it. DM have fun in Reno, E-mail me at credo@pwshift.com I don't care much for Furtwangler either, and I'm German.****PUBLIC NOTICE**** I claim NO command over the civilized readers and writers in this chat room, just the dogs that need a strong Master to keep them from biting the guests.
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Al, we do need to do something about your name. I hereby dub thee"Al Capo-ne." You must admit, it's a clever combo of your old handle and fits with the persona. It will also get you in a lot less trouble. E-mail me Al we need to ski, drink beer, and listen to Beethoven. credo@pwshift.com
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It's true. The public announcement has been delayed a few days, soas not
to cause panic among retailers. But London Records will be closing down
its classical operations as of January first 1998. All product will be
pulled and SOME of it will be remaindered, don't know exactly which just
now. And world has it that Philips and DG will follow the same pattern
in March. It just isn't making enough money for the European overseers.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but imagine how we feel, we're all
updating our resumes and trying to get interviews with Sony, EMI and
Time Warner! You have no idea just how bad things are in the New York
office. No idea at all.
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Mole, will you please E-mail me credo@pwshift.com take a chance here, have some guts already.
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Mole, If they way you guys run this site is any indication of you're general business acumen then I expect the first "product" "pulled" will be the Three Tenors CDs.
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Mole, Al, abd Greg ... I think you may all be the same guy. Instead of updating your resumes you should e-mail me. I am a published author of classical music titles with a big-time agent who loves classical music (see above). There's a terrific book here if you (plural or singular) are Polygram/London employees and the things you have posted are true. E-mail me at talk2meal@aol.com.
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Sorry, it would mean getting fired "with cause" and blackballed from the
whole recording industry, and I can't afford that. Just try to get a job
when that sort of thing has happened to you. I wouldn't even be able to
get a position supplying crack for certain Sony exex....
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Mole, you know who I am. E-mail me for crying out loud show some grit.
credo@pwshift.com
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this is my first visit . Does anyone know which
recent new releases turned in profits ... i mean ,
most classical cd seems to be making losses ...
BTW , i don't mean 3tenors , or adagio etc
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No, sorry, can't risk it. End discussion.
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justcurious asked, "this is my first visit . Does anyone know which
recent new releases turned in profits ... i mean , most classical cd
seems to be making losses ... BTW , i don't mean 3tenors , or adagio
etc" And my answer is, they don't make enough money to keep my bitches
chilled with crack on a regular basis, you cocksucker.
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Al-Greg-Mole, we are talking total anonymity. I know what you're thinking ... you think I'm a Polygram spy trying to find out who YOU are! Think about it ... why have your superiors left this chat line open after shutting down the rest of the London site? They are trying to trick you into revealing yourself. You are much too smart to do that. But don't let your paranoia deprive you of getting your story out. Just send me one e-mail so I can give you my agent's name and telephone number. The sordid history of the decline and fall of the classical music recording industry will be written by *someone* and it might as well be us. And no one will know who you are. talk2meal@aol.com
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In 1993 and 1995, Richard Bernas and the group Music Projects/London and pianist Alan Feinberg recorded some music by Charles Ives for the Argo label. I haven't heard anything about a release date, and the whole London company process seems to be slower than molasses. I even called London Records in New York, and the gentleman there said he would send an e-mail off to London UK for info. He never got a reply. If I had the Argo e-mail address (which they seem too chicken to give out), I'd ask them directly. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO ON WHEN THIS WILL BE RELEASED???? The idea of the CD was to play the chambe versions of the "Sets" and then the song versions. Two singers were used. The music was also played in a 1993 concert which got good reviews. There are even DAT tapes floating about. Sincew some of this is my editorial work (now available for rent from Theo Presser), I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!
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Yo, Al! Mr. D.G. Porter has a question tailor made to your particular rhetorical skills. MILLIONS of your fans are waiting ...!
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David G. Porter asked, "In 1993 and 1995, Richard Bernas and the group
Music Projects/London and pianist Alan Feinberg recorded some music by
Charles Ives for the Argo label. I haven't heard anything about a
release date, and the whole London company process seems to be slower
than molasses. I even called London Records in New York, and the
gentleman there said he would send an e-mail off to London UK for info.
He never got a reply. If I had the Argo e-mail address (which they seem
too chicken to give out), I'd ask them directly. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY
INFO ON WHEN THIS WILL BE RELEASED???? The idea of the CD was to play
the chambe versions of the "Sets" and then the song versions. Two
singers were used. The music was also played in a 1993 concert which got
good reviews. There are even DAT tapes floating about. Sincew some of
this is my editorial work (now available for rent from Theo Presser),
I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!" And the answer is, with
the upcoming cessation of London Records operations in the USA, it is
highly unlikely that this item will ever see the light of day here. Of
course, it could always be licensed to, and issued by, another company,
but I'm afraid I wouldn't have any information on that.
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And by the way, Astonished, go fuck yourself.
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Here's a simple exercise we could perform to FORCE the morons at
Polygram to take note of us. First, go to the survey page for Polygram
US at button (I think
that will show up as "button" but if you click on it, it should work.)
Then, on the only lines that allow you to fill something in, type the
following words, one to each line: Why have you shut down London Records
site? Then click on send, wait until you get a confirmation screen, use
your browser to go "back," click on send again, and repeat this process
over and over. Perhaps if the person who put in those many lines of
zeroes would rather expend that much energy in fucking up the corporate
server, we could at long last get the attention of those fuckheads. God,
I wish I could crack into their server, I'd show 'em a thing or two...
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Polygram should realize that Java is just another programming language.
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I am only 12 years old.
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I am only 12 years old.
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Al, is Greg 12 years old too?
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Al, is Greg 12 years old too?
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No, Greg is 36 years old, but he has the mind of a 5-year-old.
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"talk to me al" keeps begging for somebody to write to him in supposed
complete anonymity. He's frustrated because nobody will break their real
anonimity, despite his extravagant claims of an agent, movie deal, free
blow jobs, etc. Ferget it, "talk to me al," I'm not buying it, and you
might as well give up. Let's keep to the topic of this page, which is to
bash London Records and even the rest of Polygram so that the person in
charge of this server will get his ass royally roasted over the fire
when they find out!
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No, Java is just time-wasting grey rectangles.
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Anybody who knows Albert Imperato knows 2 things - he doesn't necessarily like girls, and he's actually one of the few bright spots at PolyGram USA. The real problems up there are Chris Roberts - the guy responsible for overseeing PC&J operations (it was he who decided "less was more" in regards to releasing so few albums), Stuart Pressman - nobody on earth knows what this guy does except use big words and corporate-speak that even HE doesn't understand, and David Neidhart who never met a great record he could have cared less about.
So Al, lay-off Al and go after the REALLY big phish up there. Oh, by the way, whoever is doing Munves & Barbero impersonations at this site are right on the money.
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Former PolyGram Mole ... I would really like to talk to you too. This is not bullshit. There's a good book here, and I can get it written and published. talk2meal@aol.com
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Hi, George London of London Records here. to bring you up to date on the exciting content and events coming to the London Records Web Site!
• Sir Georg Solti: Why We Don't Give a Toss About the Bald Dead Hosebag
• Modern Marketing: How We Make Your Classical Choices For You!
• Wilhelm Backhaus: Hell, We've Never Heard of Him
• Live Online Chat with Greg Barbaro and Chris Roberts - Learn How to Mousse Your Hair Like the Marketing Pros!
• Renata Tebaldi: We've Deleted Half Her Releases This Year and We Don't Care!
• A Full-Function Interactive Online Catalog of the Complete Three Tenors Catalogue!
• Driving the Serious Listener Away from DVD by Releasing Only the Three Tenors in the Emerging Format
...and much, much more! Join us for all the thrills and excitement a group of incompetent marketeers and risk-averse guaranteed-return bean-counters could possibly bring to Classical Music on the Internet! Ta-ta, George
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Hey former mole, you mean I was right? R. Peter Munves is a real whoops screamer? Well I never!
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How much I've enjoyed and appreciated your series of vocal recitals entitled "GRANDI VOCI." I keep looking for additional releases! Some of the artists under contract to your firm who have been overlooked thus far include Robert Merrill, Hilde Gueden, Lisa Della Casa, Gwyneth Jones, and Maria Chiara. I have noted your new series of CD's featuring artists of the Fifties on which three of them are grouped together on one CD. These, too, are interesting, but, please, don't abandon your "GRANDI VOCI" series!
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No, Munves is not a screamer. If anything, he's asexual...I HOPE!
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Tom Israel said, "How much I've enjoyed and appreciated your series of
vocal recitals entitled 'GRANDI VOCI.' I keep looking for additional
releases! Some of the artists under contract to your firm who have been
overlooked thus far include Robert Merrill, Hilde Gueden, Lisa Della
Casa, Gwyneth Jones, and Maria Chiara. I have noted your new series of
CD's featuring artists of the Fifties on which three of them are
grouped together on one CD. These, too, are interesting, but, please,
don't abandon your 'GRANDI VOCI' series!" And my reply is, yeah, right,
like we really need customers like you telling us what to do. You should
just mail your money direct to my dealer and the guy who provides me
with underaged boys for all I care. We're pulling the plug on this
series and if you don't like it you can move to England and eat that
boiled meat and drink Irn Bru and do all the other shit those faggots
seem to waste their time on. By the way I did Lisa Della Casa in the
assa, if you know what I mean. All the time she was shrieking about how
I was "Der Richtiger" whatever THAT means. Damn a Guido should stick to
the mother tongue, not get into that Kraut puke. Hey by the way did you
know there's a country with your name?
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Hey "talk to me al," nobody is gonna fall for your crap. It ain't gonna
happen. Shut up and go away and leave this space for some SERIOUS
Polygram bashing!
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Entoisht, You call THIS "serious Polygram bashing?" I am not interested in "bashing" anyone. I AM interested in getting a story (if there is one) to the arts-consuming public. If any of the allegations of incompetence, nepotism, and drug use are true, this is quite a story. Greg/Al/Various Moles, you drown your sorrows and then come here to vent your frustrations to a few dozen people who happen to have bookmarked this page. If you had any sense of duty to the public or any grasp of fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders who pay your salaries you would do SOMETHING other than post your little wink/nudge/giggle insider jokes here on your employer's website. And, by the way, maybe you could tell us how it happened that this chat-line remained open when the rest of the London Records site was closed down two weeks ago. E-mail me. You can talk to my agent within 24 hours. talk2meal@aol.com
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Shut up already. Ain't gonna happen.
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Of COURSE I'll still respect you in the morning!
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Isn't she a beaut? This car was owned once, by a little old lady
in Pasadena who only used it on Sundays to go to church.
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Dearie, try on this dress, you'll look ten pounds thinner!
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Aw, can't I keep him? I promise I'll walk him every day and clean up
after him!
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The check's in the mail.
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Well, Mr. Epstein, it's just that our club has met its membership quota
for the year. I'm sure you'll get in if you apply next year.
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I understand you don't want to. But how about if we just do it for a
little while? I promise I'll pull it out before I come!
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Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to HELP you!
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Your call is important to us.
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Hey, I'm doing this book on the record industry, and if you'll e-mail me
at talk2meal@aol.com you'll get a major book deal and you'll remain
anonymous!
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London Records cares about its customers and wants to issue lots of
good product for them to buy.
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This is the site that has always dreamed of me! Now it is here, but not me! I am back!! And I have no regrets!! Now stop that and put your hands away!!
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You are all under arrest.
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Catch me first.
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Hi, my name is Dave Rhodes and not long ago I was just like you. My car
had been repossessed, my-- Oops, wrong story. Have you discovered the
power of your own mind? Just join the Church of Phenomenology and we
will drain your wal-- Nope, not that one either. Hey, lookit that, did
you notice that the Ace is the one with the bent corner? The dealer sure
didn't-- Sorry, I'll try another one. First time in New York, huh? Well,
I'll let you in on a secret. See that bridge over there? It just so
happens that I can sell it to you for-- Uh-uh, not QUITE right yet. Did
you see what I just found under this park bench? It's a bag with $20,000
in it! I guess we can keep it, we can split the money, right, 'cause we
were both here. I'll have to go notify the proper authorities, but that
means that one of us will have to watch the money. And hey, I never saw
you before, so how do I know I can trust you? How about if we go to your
bank, and you withdraw $500, and I'll hold it while you-- Damn, that was
so CLOSE! Just let me try it ONE more time! Hi there, I have an agent
who can get us a book deal, and all you have to do is write me this one
e-mail to talk2meal@aol.com so I'll know who you are. Then the money
will come pouring in! YEAH! THAT'S IT!!!!
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Once again, I want to remind you that the people in charge of this Web
site are complete incompetents and deserve to be fired from their jobs,
with cause, immediately. If you think so, just phone me at the office at
(212) 333-8000. Tell them how potential customers have been asking their
innocent questions for weeks, while persons sporting the names of top
Polygram USA officers have been answering them with foul language,
racial and sexual abuse, bad spelling and bad grammar! And remind them
that this has been happening on a server owned by Polygram itself, which
means it is their responsibility. That's right, tell them, and you can
print out these pages (leave out the "ooooooo" trash that some cretin
threw in) and fax them to Polygram's office, and while you're at it, the
editorial office of Billboard, to the attention of Heidi Waleson. And oh
yeah, London Records is a crappy label whose employees don't know shit
and don't give a fuck about their clientele! Yeah, that's the ticket!
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hi im GREG and i still live in the big hous with the green walls and
all the nice peepul hoo giv me pills and let me weev baskuts all day
and i will nevr nevr nevr let you by finul aliss by david del tredchee
conduck by gorge sholti coz tredchee is a fag and sholty is a kike and
that makes them bad peepul and i hope you still like me bye GREG
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Yo. Bet you've been seein' all this crap from DGG and London, wonderin'
why you haven't anythin' from ol' Philips, hah? That's cuz this lady's
been havin' a GOOD TIME! Yeah, well maybe I's s'posed to be in the
office all day makin' nice with Peter Gelb and those other bozos, but
usually I call in sick and hang around 42nd street lookin' for a quick
fuck. My favorite is to take one guy's long donkey dick in my mouth
while another does my snatch and a third guy (I prefer blacks 'cause
they know where it's at) does me up the poop chute. Wheee-yew! That's a
DAMN site better than tryin' to come up with a list of new releases for
a bunch of losers who listen to classical music. Anyway that's all I got
to say, so see you around, and if you come up to the PolyGram offices
and I'm feelin' horny I just might do you on the leather table in the
Boardroom. Or if I'm on the rag, maybe you can just take me from behind!
Yowza!