I am so pleased that they released this. Thought I’d start my day with it.
Thanks to @Gazza and @carruthersesq for posting as it was you guys who brought it to my attention.
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Symphonies Nos. 2&3
Isle Of The Dead
As with the first instalment of Nézet-Séguin’s symphonic Rachmaninov (the First Symphony and the Symphonic Dances – 2/21), there’s a very real sense here of this music coming home, of a sound, a style, an ethos, in playing it that somehow – subliminally – gets passed down through the generations. Rachmaninov in exile recognised the kindred spirit of that sound – the Philadelphia sound – as the perfect fit for his music and, of course, Nézet-Séguin must take credit for unlocking it once more and recognising (as did his predecessor Eugene Ormandy) that the very particularly energy of this music – not least its deep and abiding melancholy – emanates from the saturating depth and darkness of expression in the string sound.
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The Rolling Stones - Some Girls - 1978 - Virgin CDV 2734
Thought I’d play some Stones seeing as it’s Sir Micks 80th this week.
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The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You - 1981 - Virgin CDV 2732
Edit: Really enjoying this album. I rate it highly amongst their catalogue imo. This version is a great mastering to.
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Elton’s Blue Moves album on first press vinyl. One of the first LPs I ever bought and it’s still in great condition and sounds magnificent. I do think producer, Gus Dudgeon, got the best out of Elton.
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Love Elton and have most of his earlier albums.
Must admit I don’t have this one or know much about it.
The Beatles - Revolver Deluxe edition, probably my favourite remix of the series so far. I think the placement of the different elements in the stereo image is what I enjoy most.
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I have The White Album queued up next!
CD 
that is.
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It’s well worth seeking out. After this double LP he stopped working with Bernie Taupin and Gus Dudgeon for a short while and I feel his albums suffered as a result. On this album he dispensed with the services of Dee Murray (bass) and Nigel Olsson (drums) and recruited a new band, although he later worked with Dee and Nigel again.
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Remix or original?
I believe it’s a remix, it has the Apple logo on the cover. Digital remaster 2009 
Is this series when Apple bought the rights? (Did they ever buy the rights???)
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Blue Moves is definitely an album that has improved with age and compared with EJ’s whole catalogue is not too shabby. I now enjoy the change in sound the new band brought also.
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You’ve hit the spot there Alan, as when I first bought the LP, it wasn’t a big favourite, but it has improved with age.
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Ah, that’s the original mix. Apple is The Beatles company and has always owned the rights to this album along with EMI at the time of release 
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Yes Neil, it’s certainly better than Rock Of The Westies 