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What are you listening to? Part III

At the moment, cheekily inspired by "I'm Afraid of Americans" and the block of text below:


Tempted as I am to listen to the "complete" YouTube playlist embedded below, for now I'm limiting myself to this 2m45s video about the full release (either $98 3-LP, $50 2-CD; sadly, the $15 digital download seems to have been limited to kickstarter pledges). Anyone who's read even this far into my post really should check out the official page even if not interested in purchasing. It's a helluva package. Me, I indulged in the CD option as the compromise I can personally justify; the hardbound book of essays and photos alone should be worth the price of entry.

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Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition audio tracks:
  • Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor
  • Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown
  • Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle
  • Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull
  • Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes
  • Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México
  • "Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry
  • New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan
  • Japan, Shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguch
  • Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux
  • Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
  • Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow
  • Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima
  • "Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
  • Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow
  • Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor
  • Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano
  • Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor
  • Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska
  • Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes
  • Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London
  • Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service
  • Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen
  • China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu
  • India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar
  • "Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson
  • Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by Budapest String Quartet
  • Greetings from the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kurt Waldheim
  • Greetings in 55 languages
  • United Nations greetings
  • Whale greetings
  • The Sounds of Earth: “Music of the Spheres” by Laurie Spiegel, Volcanoes, Earthquake, Thunder, Mud Pots, Wind, Rain, Surf, Crickets, Frogs, Birds, Hyena, Elephant, Chimpanzee, Wild Dog, Footstepts, Heartbeat, Laughter, Fire, Speech, The First Tools, Tame Dog, Herding Sheep, Blacksmith, Sawing, Tractor, Riveter, Morse Code, Ships, Horse and Cart, Train, Tractor, Bus, Auto, F-111 Flyby, Saturn 5 Lift-off, Kiss, Mother and Child, Life Signs, Pulsar
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Right now, I'll take anything that'll temporarily get me off of this rock and into the Twitter-proof vacuum of space.

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Nice. I enjoy that disc's 5.1 mix. I've been tempted to get the Immersion to compare with the vintage quad mix, but there are too many reports of the included Blu-ray disc failing. That makes me leery of pursuing it, new or used.

On the other hand, this summer I picked up the Wish You Were Here Immersion set and have enjoyed both its 5.1 and quad mixes (as well as the supplements). Truly a great package. Of course, now it makes my Analogue Productions SACD obsolete. I see it fetches a pretty penny on eBay, but something tells me I'd have a hard time selling it there since it'd be my first sale.

Now playing on my personal audio plate:

 
I'd rather see an SACD quad rerelease. I have been buying some Pentatone's (Quadtone?).
 
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Some Skunk Funk

Multichannel

I have the non-Telarc German version, which has different codes (LC 02871).
 
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