Thank you for actually showing and discussing the classical records, many people never do and it's a shame for someone looking to learn.

Could only image that man's daily enjoyment of his music. What a collection.

Fantastic collection! Great video! It is very nice to see a true music lover's passion commitment to collecting and enjoying great timeless works of music.

Major props to someone's passion for this genre. Beautiful music!!

I'm blown away. What a GREAT Collection and Congrats on filling some of you Want List. You paid a pretty penny but well worth it. This video has a lot of education in it for people that want to learn about Classical Music.

I love your channel, dude. You're the best at what you do. Please keep up the great work 🏆

One of your very best videos, Mike; I watched it through twice. About two-thirds of my music collection of 6,100 CDs is classical and I have many boxed sets of RCA's Living Stereo, Mercury Living Presence, Decca, Philips and others, so it was nice to hear what you had to say about many of them.

I am just in awe.....would love to hear some of them once. The EMI pile wildly I have most of that.....sometimes I am just happy knowing they still exist and this treasure of music survives.....

Well done sir. That's a lot of records. And a lot of money. Wish I could have seen them but I live in Scotland. Best regards James. Take care and be safe.

IMO, all those Clifford Curzon recordings are the jackpot on the featured classical haul. Thank you for sharing and congratulations!

I saw the auction notice on IG. Checked out the site and knew the auction was for ballers. Glad you ended up with these.

Fascinating backstory and what an amazing acquisition you made! If I get to Phoenix again soon I will be sure to spend some money at your store, I’m a long time vinyl collector like four decades of collecting, mostly jazz and Latin. Not sure if you’ve commented on it before or maybe some of the comments you’re on KZfaq but I will just say that so pardon me if I’m repeating what others have already said. What I notice when I buy jazz & classical Records is that they are all in very good to mint condition. I think that speaks pretty highly of those music aficionados, those genres tend to attract people who do not trash their records. Especially if you’ve paid serious money for a fine German recording of classical music or a French recording of 1960s jazz, you’re not likely to trash the record. For that matter I also noticed that jazz and classical CDs tend to be an excellent condition when I buy them. Something about the integrity or the behavior of the people that own them and listen to them. On the other hand I noticed a lot of country records blues and heavy metal tend to be very trashed, as out the listeners took very little regard for their records. I probably have become more a collector of classical records now than ever before because they tend to be in such pristine shape and so many are on that really good German label or they are red seal type. Any comments?

thanks U for caring for these, the way you carefully handle them is impressive, best

Insane haul man. I think you did real good. 25 grand is a lot of money but that’s a treasure trove that would cost a lot note to recreate. Amazing stuff.

Great to see you are a classical music fan I hope some of these and others not shown will make it to the website Please let us know Great video Love your store!!

Wow man! What an AWSOME collection! I think you'll make more than double your money if you sell! But it be nice to keep some, if I were you! Great haul, pal!

That's a big part of some guys life there

thank you for the Bach Starker tip. awesome interpretations !

I loved every second of this video!!!

Loved your 10 jazz records to get into jazz. Would love a similar video or list for classical music

And the nice thing about these Audiophile guys is you know they take care of their records, they are mostly mint condition.

Interesting to see these huge collections. Wonder if people ever get the time to play this music. I guess its all about the satisfaction that comes from possessing good stuff

Quite the collection. A lot of records. I miss going to auctions.

OH MY GOD... What a great Collection.. honestly.. i think you get a good price if you calculate those records, they are worth much much more if you sell/buy them one by one... I will watch this video over and over again :-) And of course / bow and two thumbs up for the man who goes threw the effort and puts this collection together!!!

You got a great deal. You can sell enough to get your money back and still have a huge collection of mint and near mint classical albums. I don't know a whole lot about classical music but it looks like a lot of keepers there.

Congrats! Enjoyed watching!

I know nothing about auctions, classical, and very little about jazz. Speaking Greek to me, however its very interesting and I learn a lot from most of Mike's videos.

I like you style man, it wasn’t a cheap auction for anybody lol!

Congrats on your collection but after listening to the master tape in that little documentary of that Hong Kong record collector I was so blown away.

You flipped right past Satchmo Play’s King Oliver. What a great record. One of the cleanest recordings I have heard.

the Witches Brew looks great. That's a really fun album. Great compositions.

Good video. I have a lot of classical music vinyls, the decca and london US sound the same. Some Philips (Holland) from the early 70's are amazing, Deutsche grammophon still have some amazing recordings (not many, but some are impressive and of good quality). The funny thing for me is that many of the audiophile reissues like Speakers corner or analogue productions don't sound natural, but of course they are still good editions.

You found some heat there my friend! Nice collection!

your vintage gear is truly beautiful!

I hit a similar collection... I went to the estate sale on the second day on a tip, all the jazz and rock was bought first day, but no one touched the classical, picked up a couple hundred classical albums for a $1 a piece!!! , several of them were in the $500+ range, and there were lots of music matters, analogue productions, wilson audio, etc... its good to know the classical! I sold most of it but cleared around 6K for a $200 investment.

Got some nice vintage receivers behind there if I am not mistaken. I love vintage stuff, have you done a video on that stuff? Anyway, enjoy your very insightful videos about our hobby.

This video still amazes me as a RCA Living Stereo collector (and London/Mercury).

Awesome collection. Some big ones in there. You could make some of the money back on those dupes. 4 copies of Scottish Dances!

great story .great video,thx for sharing ,i hope ican buy one or 2 records,,

My dad has over 10,000 absolutely mint jazz, blues and classical albums dating back 1950s...

Nice collection! I Know what you mean on missing out on something, but sometimes that's how auctions go...I recently bid on the auction for Threadgill's in Austin. A Janis Joplin gig poster I wanted went for $4,000, didn't win that one but I was fortunate however to get a 1969 Handbill from Mississippi Fred McDowell for $100 and buyers premium was only $24.00...oh yeah, maybe your next live show will be after record store day?

Very interesting! I used to run a classical music store in Bristol, England until I retired to a small cottage packed with both CDs and LPs. I specialised in British music, so stocked those great labels known for recording this repertoire: Chandos (I only saw one in your video), Hyperion (didn't see any!), and, my favourite label, Lyrita (you had a few). I knew Richard Itter (owner of Lyrita) well enough to phone him before I put out my newsletter so as to include details of forthcoming Lyrita releases - did you know that Lyrita recordings were often made by Decca Engineers?And their early records were pressed at the Decca pressing plant at New Malden, London. I bought from the rep. of Lyrita's distribution company all of the remaining stock of LPs after they had started to produce CDs...several hundred records. These were mainly pressings made at Nimbus Nr Monmouth in Wales....I think these are superior to New Malden pressings (by this time Nimbus had re-mastered most of the Lyrita catalogue). I now have 90% of the Lyrita LP catalogue in mint pressings from Nimbus (worth checking the Arnold Dances 'pinky' that you had four copies of, and trying out the various pressings (the Nimbus have a neat little stamper mark on the centre....the Arnold is a tremendous recording. Also look out for one of the first stereo LPs, Holst SRCS 34, again great recording, and used by Peter Walker to demonstrate the first Electrostatic loudspeakers Quad made (Quad57s) - I now use the latest Quads, the 2812s to play my Lyrita's.....and much more. The bulk of the Lyrita's I bought - after augmenting my own collection - I shipped to a dealer in New York....so it's just possible one of the four you have came through my shop! Thanks again for an interesting video. Ps My cottage is only 2 miles from Nimbus's headquarters at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth.

Great classical collection!!!

I enjoyed the video I have a lot of these including the Ansermet ballet. I'm a former record store owner and I have a great many albums Etc

Congrats!

Hi, you mentioned that in this acquisition you got some real to reel tapes. I don’t have a tape player yet though I hope to acquire a working Tiak or Sony this year. I’ve collected bossa nova on vinyl for many decades and I’ve also acquired a handful of Bossanova on reel to reel tapes. So I can’t yet play them I certainly treasure them as some of the gems in my collection, partly for the rare genre, partly for the actual music contained in them, partly for the beautiful album cover design, and especially for the kind of audio quality that you get with analog tape

Those Living Stereo recordings are gold.

Great collection. How many of the 40+ boxes did you show us? Was the rest good rack fodder?

Love this - went to a good home a classical lover.......

Thanks! I'll be getting the cheapie Firebird

Awesome collection!

Ellington & Basie1st Time is my favorite jazz album. Wonderful

Jeez. What a treasure trove. You can spend the rest of your life listening to all these.

I bought 400 classical albums at a habitat in Charleston sc. most 1930-1965 love it paid a Buck a album all cherry

12:30 before you get to see any of the record stacks in detail. cheers

Wow What a collection I was at brunks that day they always get the best estates .sounds like it sold really good as many times as you've said you really had to pay did you hear they are selling the balance this sunday.i heard through the auction gossip the estate called out one of you record stores and the offer was 15k for the collection so they decided to send to brunks don't know if its true. but you scored good maybe you can get the balance or find mates to the ones you have thanks enjoy your post.

1 thousandth like! You’re a badass, Mike.

Thanks for sharing. I've got all of these albums ( the ones he shown ) and more ripped to FLAC. Most I've collected off Usenet over the years ( for you old Internet guys like me, you will know what that means ) I also have a Hank Mobley - self titled on Blue Note, slightly yellowed album cover with warn edges. Not the best example but still has some value. I would give it a strong 7.5. His new collection looks to be in fantastic shape. Condition is everything. I have several hundred Jazz albums, most bought at estate sales, also several dozens of classic 70's rock. I've sold a few recently for $100 - $125 range. I use a tube DAC and nice cans to enjoy my audio collection, not just Jazz but early 12" hip hop. I also have a Charley Parker - Bird Blows on Dial, album cover ripped at the seam along the bottom but could be professionally restored I'm sure. I'm selling the Hank Mobley and the Charlie Parker Albums but only in person, cash and in public in the Kansas City area if anyone wants to contact me. While I'm at it, I also have ( I think ) a nearly complete collection of Jackie Gleeson presents albums on Capital all dated in the 50's maybe a few later ones as well. All in fantastic shape. Also estate sale finds. Sorry to get off subject. Again, thanks for sharing.

Interesting about the single sided Jazz 12 inch 45. I have the RSD Ornette Coleman orange disc. I still like looking for original issues. I get excited about 50s era Jazz 45s. I have some Miles Davis and Chet Baker. I have some Nelson Riddle 45s, NOS, never played promo white label 50s Records that sound phenomenal.

Phenomenal haul.

In my country is yust one decent record shop. If I want any of the mofi or some analog production I have to wait 2 month to get it. And you bouth a collection for 25k. Most of those lp's is a sci-fi for me.

Thanks for the video. How do you repair jacked up covers & warped records?

Now that I've checked out your channel more I can understand the price you paid - you are a record store owner & seller. So you hope to sell on and make a profit. Fair enough.

Are you the bassist for nirvana???

Just as long as Chad Kassem didn't show up, you're good. The price of the classical was probably pretty reasonable, but the jazz must have been very competitive. Of course, the value of classical has plummeted in the past 20 years, and most of the classical dealers have gone out of business. Living Stereos and Mercs are worth about 1/10 of what they were, and there is little interest any more in Bluebacks. Even jazz is way down compared to 20 years ago - a Blue Note that was $6K in 2000 is now $2K. Even so, you got fabulous values. I know a guy who has a similar collection, and he does have 5 or 6 NM Kogans on EMI SAX. If you want to understand the sonic differences between Decca and London, take each record in your hands and flex it. Whap, whap, whap! What do you feel when you hold them and caress them? Different vinyl formulation. I keep matched pairs of Deccas and Londons with the same lacquers to convince any doubters. This doesn't mean the Bluebacks aren't nice, but they aren't up to the Deccas, either. Was there a copy of the Szerying recital in the Living Stereos? It's a big $$$ record, but not actually that good musically. You definitely don't want UK pressings of Mercuries, they're not very good at all. I don't think they got decent master tapes. Watch out for the Ravel Merc - many of them are pressed off-center, including my copy. The reissues of LSC-2449 are interesting - the Classic is OK, the first Acoustic Sounds mastering is much better, and the final Acoustic Sounds re-mastering is really great. Are any of the English, Scottish, and Cornish dances a Decca pressing? That's what audiophiles are looking for. I've got a Nimbus pressing that's not too bad, but the one Harry Pearson heard and loved came from the Decca plant. There were test pressing of Classic Records 45s that were never issued commercially - there's a lot of money in those. One interesting thing about Speaker's Corner is that hired Tony Hawkins to remaster some of the records that he had mastered for Decca 25 years previously.

I've got around 3000 vinyls, mostly classical. Got around 3000 CDs which I prefer, to each his own. I've got the complete Heifetz collection on both vinyl and CD. I've got a copy of Porgy and Bess signed by Leontyne Price. My favorite label was RCA. I also liked Columbia. Not big on EMI. My favorite on CD is DG and Philips. Polygram and Sony own the two most important libraries I think. If I liked something on vinyl I bought the CD too.

I have a fairly substantial collection of Jazz and a pretty decent collection of Classical. At that auction I would feel comfortable in the Jazz realm as far as bidding. In the Classical realm not so much. Classical is so deep, so many artists, recording and composers it is really an intimidating subject. You really have to know what you are doing to connect the dots.

What would be the gem in this whole lot ? Or maybe a short list of the beat ones in there?

I want that Lyrita SRCS 109! There at the lower right corner of the video.

you are a true vinyl badass

Fantastic collection. It’s taken me nearly 40 years to get even half that amount even with the internet. The Ruggiero Ricci Decca at 50:28 I have the original ED1 in mint condition and is probably the most valuable Decca Stereo Classical Record in my collection commanding thousands of pounds. It sounds stunning and in my view has still not been surpassed in terms of sound quality. It is so rare though, so is yours the real deal or an audiophile copy? If it is the ED1 compare it against the audiophile copy and weep! 52:23 Brahms Double concerto is a pretty ‘heavy hitter’ to me!

clicked this video bc this guy runs the shop in my town ! hehe hii

great collection,

Here in europe nobody is going for classical records. Actually there are so much around the price for one is hardly over 50 cents, but jazz on the other hand is really hard to find.

Mike, Did you pre-order Spacehogs- Resident Alien for the store? Please let me if you did I want to order one.

Did he have any Motorhead?

30:38 "My wife is gonna kill me". If I could find one of those audiophile-tolerant wives...

Hello, what brand are your speakers?

How do you handle returns at your store if and when an album we purchase in your store, from this collection, is flawed? I ask because it is impossible for you to demo each album, and no one would expect you to do so. Many Thanks!

You can remove price stickers with a drop of lighter fluid. It will evaporate and not leave a stain

I love your record collection I am happy for you I own most of the RCA living stereo mercury living presence and London records some Columbia 6 eye sound greàt others not so much mono is great to I don't care for EMI capital some of the worst lps I ever heard

Love that you tell what you paid/spent. But what is the perceived value of what you got??

Wow. That was amazing. Was there any 20th century or avant-garde classical in the collection?

Is that a Pioneer SX-1280 in the background ??

You kept saying "1S" and "5S" when describing the Pines Of Rome records. I'm assuming you're referring to a code in the runout, but I'm unfamiliar with what these characters actually mean. I have a guess, but could you explain? Really wonderful purchase, congratulations! I appreciate you taking the time to teach us about classical, something I want to expand my knowledge on. Thank you!

I am not really into classical music but old rocks... everytime I got into garage sale and if I saw these type of classical vinyls, I was straight away saying, they were all rubish and left the house. I didn't realize that it has some prices

Jazz at the pawnshop is so damn good!

So you buy a lot of expensive loads of records and must have quite a valuable collection at this point. How do you sell them? Do sales keep up with your purchases?

What speakers are those? Nice collection.

Hey Mike, any audiophile Budgie albums in the lot?

Are the classical albums still available for sale?

and also ,DECCA and EMI of course what beautiful dream ! how expesensive is the price of thase records in your shop ???

Wow that's a serious purchase and audio legacy

Wild! How many albums did you get all in all? 2,500 or so?

It must be pretty nice to sell a single record to pay the house mortgage just in case you’re hung up on funds. One heck of a collection!!!

Very cool

Y te alcanzará la vida para oír toda esa música o solo lo tienes sin escuchar

Why is there several copies of some titles ?

You really worked your socks off getting all those bad boys.

Thanks for the video...skipped through a bit because the lack of socks bothered me.