Top Find of The Day

[davesmusictank]

Well, what a lovely day it has turned out to be with warmish sunny weather in the ascendant. Not only that but I found the absolute bargain of the day in the Oxfam shop here in Faversham.  The complete Wagner Ring Cycle on 14 CDs in a box set for just six pounds. I checked on eBay that new it is £59.99 and £22 - 30 very good to excellent condition

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[mundungus42]

I have Solti's recording of the Ring Cycle too, and it's SO SO SO GOOD!! SUCH a cast! And it's hard to beat Vienna playing Wagner! <3 You got a spectacular deal on it!

(Apologies that I "liked" this post reflexively, but I removed the "like" because I belatedly remembered you don't like "likes." Sorry about that! I'll try to avoid doing it in the future!)

[davesmusictank]

LOL!! I never noticed it.

Yeah, I could not believe the price for the absolutely wonderful condition of the box set. One of the best finds from a charity shop.

[kit10notk9]

Essentially you've not only gotten the GREATEST bargain of the month (if not the year), you've gotten the background music for the next week and a half! I hope you have a multi-disc player so you can play several CDs in a row without having to get up and change discs every 72 min & 22 secs.

I have a promotional CD on the SEE FOR MILES record label from the early 90s which claimed that was the maximum length of recorded space on a compact disc.
[No Idea if technology has upgraded the storage capacity.)

[davesmusictank]

Usually, the Oxfam charity shop outlets are pretty savvy on pricing but they sure missed the curveball on this one find in my home town of Faversham.

Yes, I see what you mean with the Cheeto v Biden clash.

The complete cycle of four operas lasts 17 hours FYI and I have a single disc player rather than a multi-disc CD player. The longest physical length of a CD is 79 mins. I do have a few discs that reach that mark. Act III of Gotterdammerung is 77.50 mins long.

[ambeziee]

There is a standard story about the history of the compact disc that says that it became a 74-minute medium because the then-president of Sony wanted to be able to hear all of Beethoven's 9th symphony without interruption.
Yes it has crept up to 79 minutes.

ring cycle

[pigshitpoet]

oh, that's why you went to the opera..
i thought we were just in the rinse cycle!
love the fancy pack
good listening!
; )