Re: [ARSCLIST] Stereo records.

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

steven c wrote:

> I can recall the first time I heard stereo sound...it was being
> demonstrated in a music store in Springfield, Illinois...and I
> walked in looking for a particular pop 45, and was overwhelmed by
> this new sound I heard that sounded much more "real" than anything
> I had heard before! That was, IIRC, mid-1958.

My first exposure to stereo was in 1954/55. An English teacher with 
rather odd habits diverted the class for ten minutes or so with the Cook 
binaural LP of gulls and buoys. (Hey - the pun isn't mine!) Since it was 
a class, playback was through a pair of monaural HiFi amps and speakers. 
IIRC, it was mighty impressive.

However, I do recall clearly having been impressed with multichannel 
sound from Fantasia - not on first release but before 1955. I've no idea 
now of what mixdown was used, but there were at least three channels 
working and Night on Bare Mountain made a lasting impression.

Mike
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