Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series

[Thomas Stern <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Those releases are from 2001, and seem not to be available currently in 
the US.
Does anyone know if they are in print elsewhere in the world (outside 
the USA).???
 Recently I saw an e bay listing for a Urania release described as part 
of a series drawn from
Westminster - a friend said they are poor sound quality (I *assume* 
these are issued from
dubs of pressings (as public domain material under the 50year limit), 
not licensed from
Universal and not from master tapes).
 Does anyone know what is available in the Urania series?
Thanks, Thomas.

Tom Fine wrote:

> WOOPS! I stand corrected.
>
> https://iclassics.com/featureArticle?contentId=259
>
> Never wade in over your head and then argue!
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" 
> <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series
>
>
> > Yes, I'm not so sure about that Universal owns Westminster. Roger, 
> > can you list some CD titles that definitely come from old Westminster 
> > masters? Thanks!
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" 
> > <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series
> >
> >
> > > Richard Rodzinski said that a number of his father's recordings had 
> > > come out on CD but only in Japan, and not for long.
> > >
> > > dl
> > >
> > > Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> > >
> > > > Universal has it now.It has come out on a bunch of labels,including 
> > > > DG,and Tahra.
> > > >
> > > >                                     Roger
> > > >
> > > > Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Did any of the 
> > > > Westminster stuff ever make it to CD? Who owns the masters now? I 
> > > > only have a couple of the LPs, but they are so timidly mastered 
> > > > that the s/n is not good.
> > > >
> > > > -- Tom Fine
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" To: Sent: 
> > > > Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:24 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Aren't we all....
> > > > >
> > > > > These may be among the few recordings priced the same on LP or 
> > > > > tape (per reviews in High Fidelity, 1956). $7.50 for an LP running 
> > > > > thirty minutes was pretty hefty at that time.
> > > > >
> > > > > dl
> > > > >
> > > > > Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'm a couple shy of a complete set.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >                                                  Roger
> > > > > >
> > > > > > David Lennick  wrote: Will wonders never cease? I came across a 
> > > > > > Westminster Laboratory Series LP today whose packaging was 
> > > > > > intact, the zipper worked (didn't jam at the bottom), and the 
> > > > > > disc inside the plastic sleeve was in near mint condition. 
> > > > > > Usually these things show up destroyed, especially since folks 
> > > > > > would get fed up with the thick plastic outer container and get 
> > > > > > rid of it, then find that the "album" was just a foldover with no 
> > > > > > place to protect the disc. Even the pamphlet was there.  (W-LAB 
> > > > > > 7011, Petrushka, if anyone cares.)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > dl