On Mon, 9 May 2016 21:23:21 -1000 david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/08/2016 10:43 PM, Jonathan Gazeley wrote: > > On 08/05/16 14:48, Will Godfrey wrote: > >> The man who first inspired me with synthesised sound and music is no > >> more :( > >> > >> R.I.P. Mr Tomita. You've more than earned it. > > > > Isao Tomita is one of the musicians that I only discovered > > all-too-recently. I eagerly caught up with his discography, and my > > favourite work of his is the Planets suite. Will be listening to that > > today. > > I met his version of Pictures At An Exhibition while I was in high > school. I was studying that piece on piano with my piano teacher. > > According to the Wikipedia article, his vinyl version of The Planets is > "rare". > > I have both of those on original vinyl, now just need to get my > turntable working again. The reason the first release is so rare is that Holt's granddaughter kicked up a stink, claiming it was an 'abomination'. RCA decided it wasn't important enough to fight so just withdrew it. It disappeared off the shelves just before I could get to a record shop to buy it (having heard a friend's copy). It then remained in limbo for very many years :( Just because I happened to have a rather nice half-track stereo Brenell at the time didn't mean I was going to take a copy - oh no :) -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
