The cream of Folk, Psychedelic, Progressive, Garage and Beat music. Over 1000 professional colour photographs of the rarest 60s and 70s album covers from around the world. The rarest releases from AUSTRIA to NEW ZEALAND. Obscure collectables from TURKEY, GREECE, SOUTH KOREA, MEXICO, COLOMBIA, ITALY, ICELAND, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA and much more. A kaleidoscopic overview of the rarest and most expensive collectable albums from all over the world. An indispensable book for all serious collectors of 60s and 70s rare records, compiled from the collector Hans Pokora for collectors and curious music lovers. Includes accurate description of: Origin, Label, Value and Rarity. Printed on high quality glossy paper, in a limited edition. Hardcover 9 x 12 inch. Sixth on the series of eight books..... last copies! fill your gaps now or never! SPECIAL PRICE IF YOU ORDER THE SET OF ALL EIGHT BOOKS !
We are talking here of two different things, the value of the music itself and the value of a collectable record, they are not related to each other the financial value of a record is given by its rarity and by the number of collectors ready to pay a high price to get it. Actually collecting records is a hobby for people who has complex and want to present themselves upon their collection.Most of the rare and obscure records featured in Hans books are rare and obscure because they only appeal to a few people's taste and even if reissued and raved in special press article they will remain a marginal release and interest a few number of people. In all fields of art forms there are collectors that will search for the obscure and rare and beyond that taste is subjective and every collector will think of it's taste as the best.A record collector.
6001 Record Collector Dreams
This encyclopaedia contains an overview of rare and unique Folk, Beat, garage and psychedelic albums from the 60's and 70's. Pokora has collected albums from this period for over 40 years and his book, named 6001 Record Collector Dreams, is the sixth and last one from his reference series for music lovers. The six books became the world reference for all rare LPs worldwide. Great cover shots of all albums in color. Too us the best printed book project for the record collectors scene.""
Hans Pokora Austrian record collector, who published a series of books about records.He calls it - RECORD COLLECTORS DREAM numbers: 1001, 2002, 3003, up to 7007 (yet). Each book contains: the name of the label, country, musical style, catalog number, photo and rating.
Author: Hans PokoraSeries: Record Collector Dreams1001 Record Collector Dreams (1998) 1 to 92001 Record Collector Dreams (2000) 10 to 333001 Record Collector Dreams (2001) 34 to4001 Record Collector Dreams (2003)5001 Record Collector Dreams (2007)6001 Record Collector Dreams (2010)7001 Record Collector Dreams (2015) _collector_dreams__albums_from_spain/1/
This is listed for 6 stars in Pokora's Record collector dreams 6001 book !!The greatest and rarest Indonesian prog psych!The sleeve has some repair of tear. And reinforcement for tear inside of the sleeve. No big damage! The vinyl has only very thin marks! Sounds only small background noise. VERY BETTER CONDITION THAN MOST OTHER INDONESIAN VINYLS! The label of Side:A has the trace of a sticker. Please do not hesitate about calling for photos and sample sound-clip!
COUNTY-6001 LEGENDS OF OLD-TIME MUSIC "Fifty Years of County Records" Those of you who are familiar with County Sales will most likely be well acquainted with COUNTY RECORDS, a label that started up in 1965 trying to preserve examples of the rural music of the Southern USA. At the time there was absolutely no interest from the "major" labels in recording music that was essentially non-commercial: the leaders of the five or six important music companies were primarily based in the nation's biggest cities (mostly New York and Los Angeles) and most likely were not even aware of the rich tradition of musicians who had created and still played countless examples of their own home-made music. A few pioneering companies like Folkways and Arhoolie, and later Rounder, tried their hands with a few record releases mostly devoted to re-issues of old 78s --the County label started that way too, but soon expanded its catalog into two distinct series: its 500-series, devoted to reissues of old 78s, and a 700-seies that featured new recordings of outstanding rural musicians. Between the two series, County Records eventually issued over 150 long-playing records, becoming the leading label exclusively devoted to "old-time" music.
Guess what. No more smoke and f-stop shadow! In fact, with the AQ wire, the Sprout's Analog input was now more yang than its Vinyl input.Continuing my investigations, I inserted AQ's Cinnamon USB link ($79) in the Sprout's USB digital input, and AQ's Big Sur interconnects ($109/pair) between the VPI Traveler turntable ($1500) with Ortofon 2M Black cartridge ($799) and the Sprout's Vinyl input—whereupon all of the Sprout's inputs began to sing in the same voice of April–May sunshine. The digital inputs' detail and soundstage accuracy were dramatically enhanced. Most impressive was the upgrade in the Sprout's already exceptional liveliness.This newly enhanced liveliness had limitations. Playing a reissue of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Peter Maag conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (CD, Decca/Classic Records CSCD 6001), I began to notice that the Sprout was running out of torque more quickly than I thought it should. This little devil has 50W, I kept thinking; that should be more than enough for any of my speakers. But it wasn't. With both big classical and demanding rock, I began to notice climaxes fading as they approached their peaks. I contacted PSA's marketing maven Bill Leebens and asked, "Is this amplifier really 50W?" He responded by sending me the Sprout's official specs: 50W into 4 ohms, 33W into 8 ohms.Nevertheless, after the change to AudioQuest cables, I felt that the Sprout was finally performing as the McGowans expected it to, and as I'd hoped it would. Recording after recording, the Sprout now showed its cheerful and highly musical force de vie!BluetoothAccording to Scott McGowan, the Sprout's Bluetooth circuit (footnote 3) "draws the S/PDIF signal from the Bluetooth dev board into [the] DAC." He claims that this method "[i]mproves the sound quality to levels which qualify for high-end status."For me, evaluating Bluetooth sound quality is one of the most vexing aspects of wearing my reviewer's hat. I use this wireless convenience only when evaluating audio products equipped with Bluetooth. This is why my listening room contains two separate systems: my main reference system with floorstanding speakers, which I use for reviewing and late-night dreaming; and a second, usually quite-good desktop system featuring wall-mounted Rogers LS3/5A or Totem Model One Signature speakers, a Schiit Asgard headphone amp, a Line Magnetics LM 502 CA DAC (or the DAC du jour), and whatever amplification I've just removed from the main system. For this second system I use a Mac mini as the source and listen primarily to Tidal streaming, my iTunes library, and high-resolution downloads from HDtracks. Many days, this is the only system I listen to.For this review, I routinely switched between the Bluetoothed Sprout in the floorstanding system and my quality desktop rig, and you know what? I think Scottl McGowan may be right. To my ears, the Sprout's rendition of Bluetooth felt richer, more detailed, less hollow and vapid than any Bluetooth sound I've tried so far. It also seemed to overload less on uncompressed files. The many Eno and Aphex Twin tracks I played via Bluetooth were totally enjoyable.HeadphonesAt the beginning of this review process, and again at the end, I used the Sprout in my desktop system, exclusively for headphone listening. At first I thought the Sprout's headphone output sounded more detailed than its speaker output. Listening now again, as I type this, it still sounds detailed but also seems a bit wiry and bass shy, with a tipped-up tonal balance that eliminates almost entirely that sunny playfulness I heard through speakers. Compared to my Schiit Asgard headphone amp, the Sprout sounds dry and lean. That smart, Asian-Brazilian sexiness has mostly vanished from Smokey & Miho.ConclusionsPS Audio's Sprout does not play tunes as if engineered to perform such audiophile tricks as ersatz detail, bass wallop, or exaggerated soundstaging. The Sprout's strengths can all be measured in more quotidian and human terms. The Sprout seems best suited to my favorite categories of listener: garden-variety music lovers and newly minted record collectors. What the remarkable little Sprout did was play all types of music in a fashion that I found 110% enjoyable. Well . . . maybe only 97%. But for $799, even 97% is amazing.The Sprout falls partway between the 125Wpc Peachtree Audio nova125 ($1499; Stereophile's "Recommended Components," Class B), which plays with considerably more detail, sparkle, and punch—and the 30Wpc NAD D 3020 ($499; Class C), which was summarized in the October 2013 edition of "Recommended Components" thusly: "The sound from every input was warm, present, and naturally detailed; even low-quality MP3s streamed wirelessly via Bluetooth were engaging, said [Stephen Mejias]." Which is pretty close to how I would describe the Sprout's sound—except that I think it added a few extra intangibles: playfulness, boogie, and what I can call only "the Paul McGowan Factor." Yes, I know the Sprout is Scott's baby, but the senior McGowan has been around more blocks of high-end audio than this humble reporter. Paul must have auditioned the Sprout before it hit the street. If he hadn't thought the Sprout's musical virtues were obvious, or that the marketplace wouldn't easily recognize its exceptional value, I'm certain he would have encouraged his son to go back to the bench and make it better.I have always felt that real art lays in hiding—in the transitions between contrasts like dark and light, near and far, beginning and end—and with the Sprout, I always enjoyed the way I felt when a song ended and the next one began. I took pleasure in how I would go from smiling satisfaction to eager anticipation. This important, user-friendly intangible eludes traditional audiophile analysis. Most of all, the Sprout specialized in the beguiling reproduction of every kind of music I sent through its four inputs. Recommended to style-conscious, value-seeking human beings of all ages, genders, and heights. You go, little Sprout!Footnote 3: From an interview with John H. Darko in Digital Audio Review, June 30, 2014. NEXT: Specifications COMPANY INFOPS Audio4826 Sterling DriveBoulder, CO 80301(720) 406-8946www.psaudio.comARTICLE CONTENTSPage 1 Page 2 Specifications Associated Equipment Measurements Log in or register to post comments COMMENTS Stop Knocking NAD D3020 remote Submitted by fetuso on April 25, 2015 - 4:29am I've owned the D3020 for almost two months now and I am particularly sensitive to criticism of its remote and interface. The reason? Because such criticism actually kept me from buying this wonderful little amplifier for months, until I finally bought it because it was exactly what I was looking for. I've commented previously on his site and others about how these criticisms are overblown, but here I go gain. The remote is black on black, and yes it it hard to see the buttons. But the buttons are few and nicely spaced out. You'll have their locations memorized in no time and you'll have no need to even look at the remote. It also fits very nicely in the hand. Could NAD have added some white? Of course. But please don't let it stop you from buying this great amp. Same goes for the interface, which is really just the power button and input switch on the unit itself. I've never had an issue with these. In fairness, sometimes I have to press the power button a second time, but so what? We're talking maybe half a second to press it again. It is a bit quirky until you learn where it wants to be touched. My main point is that the D3020 is very user friendly and easy to live with. It also sounds great. Don't let these petty criticisms stop you from buying it if the features fit your needs.
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