On 05/09/06, David Lennick wrote:
Wasn't the first LP from digital originals an Odyssey release (c.
1978) of flute sonatas, recorded in Japan a couple of years earlier? I
remember that info being proclaimed on the jacket. Telemann flute
sonatas or trio sonatas or something along those lines.
Gawd those first "Digital!" lps from Angel, London and DGG were
ghastly..Angel's were also low level, not what we needed in those days
of lousy vinyl.
A Decca two LP set of the 1979 Vienna New Year's Day concert was advertised as being
the first digital release in the UK.
Reviewers were generally impressed but commented on hardness and
shrillness in the upper strings.
The first public demo of the Philips CD was given early in 1979, the material on
the disc deriving from analog tapes. They thought it would be available
in the shops "before the mid 80s".
I remember some time in the 70s visiting a lab in Cambridge belonging to
PA Consultants, where they were doing R & D on the compact disc for
Philips.
Regards
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Don Cox
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