Re: [ARSCLIST] Record tracking,and ageing, was De-static question

[Rod Stephens <savecal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Much of the credit on the Gerhardt recordings aside from the general 
mastering techniques described below were due to Charles Gerhardt's own 
long experience in producing and supervising others' recordings.  Check 
out this fascinating web site that has much of the history of his career 
with excellent photos of him working with the other great talents of the 
day:

http://classicalcdreview.com/CGREBweb.html

Rod Stephens

phillip holmes wrote:

> Don't forget the RCA soundtrack series with Charles Gerhardt and the 
> National Phil Orchestra.  They're great.  They could do great stuff 
> when they tried.  There were some Vics on thin vinyl that were 
> mastered well. And plenty of pop recordings in the '70s have great 
> pressings, but mostly the first set of laquers.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" 
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> question
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>
> > Tom Fine wrote:
> >
> > > Didn't RCA go to hell when they adopted that "dynagroove" system? 
> > > It's not just them with 70's
> > > reissues. Everyone got lazy. Listen to MCA reissues of Command and 
> > > Kapp records. They're horrible.
> > > Capitol umpteenth pressing of Beatles records, which is what I grew 
> > > up with in the 70's and 80's,
> > > weren't so hot either.
> >
> >
> > On the other hand, there were RCA masterings and pressings of some 
> > Vox and Murray Hill sets, and they're
> > wonderful. MCA...feh.