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Re: [ARSCLIST] Boston Pops question
The 1954 recording is the one that was issued as a Living Stereo CD in 1993
and again as a Living Stereo SACD in 2005.
SA
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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Boston Pops question
Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
The 1954 one is one of the first three records RCA made for commercial
release.The Lp (LSC-1817),came out four years later.It is one of the
legendary Living Stereos.Before it was reissued by Classic Records in the
late 90s,it sold for as high as $850.00-$900.00.Now it runs about
$350.00.(I bought mine at a Sallie Army.)It was also issued on a stereo
reel tape,in 1956.There are some very good transfers of 78s on Camden.I
own most of them,which I bought in a single group for twenty bucks.I do
not have the "Gaite",but most of the Camdens are 78 transfers.I would
assume it is the '47,but I think there is an earlier "Gaite", by
Fiedler,that dates from the late 30s,but I may be mistaken.I have not
seen a complete discography of Fiedler,like I have for Koussevitsky,or
Munch.(This would go back to 1933 or '34.)
LM 1817 is the 1954 recording. June 18, 1954. This was the second
recording, the first being the 78 version on June 20, 1947 (issued on
standard shellac and red vinyl). The third recording, in Living Stereo,
was May 22, 1958: LM/LSC 2267. (Also on tape formats, for those who care:
KCS 4015, R8S 1003, FTC 2045, R8S 5014.) If LM 1817 was issued in stereo,
it's not listed and I can't imagine why it WOULD have been issued with
that number since there was a new remake. But stereo masters did exist for
the 1954 recording, since it appeared in the 60s on Victrola VIC/VICS 1012
and you've noted a stereo tape issue (which isn't in my printed
discography, but neither is CAL 438 which started this thread).
Good transfers of 78s on Camden? Toscanini's Beethoven 7th, if they didn't
reverb it up (I liked that transfer years ago but I haven't listened to it
for a long time). I find virtually all of those Camdens unlistenable
today. Even when they were new they were so full of wow and horrible muddy
EQ they turned me off many legendary 78 performances till I found the
originals.
dl
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