Re: [ARSCLIST] Question about an eBay item

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Roger:

Radio Recorders was a long-standing Hollywood recording studio, one of the largest independents in 
the country and on the west coast in the 1950's and 60's.  They were a first-rate shop. A bunch of 
great jazz albums were made there, by Norman Granz and others. If you get your hands on the old 
Mercury/Granz 3LP set by Fred Astair, there are some fantastic pictures of the studio in the album 
book. The studio was also the sight for most of the Norman Granz Jams albums, although two were made 
in one day at Fine Sound.

In my opinion, Radio Recorders made some if not most of the finest-sounding (audio quality) jazz 
recordings in the 50's and early 60's. They had superb engineers and their recording area was 
apparently perfect for small-group or big-band music. Remastering guys tell me they love to get 
tapes made at Radio because they are always easy to handle and sound great.

In the 60's, I think Radio got eclipsed a bit for popular and jazz music recording by Bill Putnam's 
studios and also upstarts like Goldstar. But I think it kept going with a lot of commercial and 
film-sound work, if I understand the history correctly.

Does anyone know if there is a detailed history of Radio Recorders anywhere? I think the building is 
still in operation as a recording studio today.

-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Question about an eBay item


> This label,Radio Recorders,turns up from time to time 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Copy-John-Carter-Tenor-Met-Opera-Vienna-Dreams_W0QQitemZ300157860815QQihZ020QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> I first saw it in an Elvis dealer's catalog about two decades ago.He had some 78 RPM acetates of 
> Elvis songs from 1956,and '57 on this label,both released,and unreleased takes.I have a recording 
> of the Hanson #1 by Koussevitsky and the BSO,dated either 1941 or '42.Three sides, on two 10" 
> microgroove acetates.Is this "Radio Recorders" an RCA label ?
>
>                                        Roger
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