The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

29 November 2006

The Bringers are brung

From earlier this month, regarding Gustav Holst's suite The Planets:

[S]hould EMI choose to reissue the 1967 Boult, the decision is made.

Trini poked around the Web for a while, then pointed me to a vendor offering a discontinued 1998 EMI disc (66934) which contained Holst's Egdon Heath and his ballet from The Perfect Fool, conducted by Previn — and a complete Boult Planets. The 1967 Boult Planets. Link was sent, Visa was proffered, disc was shipped.

When I opened up the bag yesterday, I stared at it in disbelief: it's not the Holy Grail, exactly, but what do you say when what you've always wanted suddenly shows up out of the blue?

Besides that, I mean.

Posted at 10:17 AM to Tongue and Groove