Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
I found this gem while on one of my LP treasure hunts, in this case a journey to Oklahoma City, where I visit the two Half-Price Books located there. This was inside the LP “Nonesuch Presents Treasures of The Baroque”, catalogue # H-79, a demonstration sampler that included five selections from the back catalogue of Nonesuch (at that time, mid-1965, totalling 65 LPs). I had at least one of these brochures back in the late 1960s, when I was in high school, and just beginning my classical LP collection. Nonesuch LPs formed a big portion of my stash, since they were cheap, and had some truly intriguing titles that were beyond the usual fare offered by the mainstream labels. I learned alot about early music & Baroque repetoire from those Nonesuch offerings. I am still searching for those long-gone Nonesuch discs; I have found close to 40 in decent shape (hard to find as such, since Nonesuch LP surfaces were not the quietest in the industry when new). The search continues…check out the Klassic Haus CD catalogue I posted earlier for reissued Nonesuch titles. Cheers – Curt