I'd like to take a moment of out your busy schedule to ask you a simple question:
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?
I ask this because of George Gershwin. You see, I've owned more than one copy of recordings of Gershwin's wonderful Rhapsody in Blue, often along with An American in Paris and Lullaby for Strings. Somehow over the years my CD copies of these greats have gotten the crap kicked out of them -- my kids, when they were much younger, loved Rhapsody in Blue and consequently the CD saw some hard use; and my first CD copy was one of the earliest CDs ever made and the aluminum layer actually began to flake away. I was thinking I'd like to hear the piece again recently, so I decided to download a copy over BitTorrent. Considering how many recordings I've owned -- to say nothing of my father and grandfather's copies -- I feel entitled.
I found a lovely torrent of a four CD set called The Ultimate Gershwin. I began to download it. Eventually the download halted at 93 percent because, it turns out, there are no seeds for this torrent. Well, certainly if there are only partial copies of the set, they'll include Rhapsody in Blue at least, and probably An American in Paris.
I checked. The answer is no. This Ultimate Gershwin torrent actually manages to lack An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, and Lullaby for Strings. (In fact the original CD set fails to include Lullaby).
Truly I weep for the state of Western civilization.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?
I ask this because of George Gershwin. You see, I've owned more than one copy of recordings of Gershwin's wonderful Rhapsody in Blue, often along with An American in Paris and Lullaby for Strings. Somehow over the years my CD copies of these greats have gotten the crap kicked out of them -- my kids, when they were much younger, loved Rhapsody in Blue and consequently the CD saw some hard use; and my first CD copy was one of the earliest CDs ever made and the aluminum layer actually began to flake away. I was thinking I'd like to hear the piece again recently, so I decided to download a copy over BitTorrent. Considering how many recordings I've owned -- to say nothing of my father and grandfather's copies -- I feel entitled.
I found a lovely torrent of a four CD set called The Ultimate Gershwin. I began to download it. Eventually the download halted at 93 percent because, it turns out, there are no seeds for this torrent. Well, certainly if there are only partial copies of the set, they'll include Rhapsody in Blue at least, and probably An American in Paris.
I checked. The answer is no. This Ultimate Gershwin torrent actually manages to lack An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, and Lullaby for Strings. (In fact the original CD set fails to include Lullaby).
Truly I weep for the state of Western civilization.
There's always buying it.
Did you miss the bit where I pointed out I've bought the damned thing like a hundred times already?
Anyway, the point is not to ask "Where can I get a copy of 'Rhapsody in Blue'?" but to ask "What kind of person makes a copy of 'The Ultimate Gershwin' and leaves out the two pieces Gershwin is most known for?" And, incidentally, to ask, "Who puts together a boxed set called 'The Ultimate Gershwin' and leaves out 'Lullaby for Strings'?"
Mm. I read it as a "Why don't people seed my torrents" complaint.
Nah. It's not like I couldn't find a copy of the pieces at all.
I came to two conclusions from your post, Chris: High culture ain't free. And Torrent people are philistines.
Damn, you are an idiot! You probably even voted for Obama.
Clearly, Anonymous there is the kind of hosehead who'd download Gershwin and skip the good parts.
LOL! As a matter of fact, I'm listening to "Rhapsody in Blue" right now. It's the first track on Disc 1.