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Re: [ARSCLIST] Concertapes -- what became of it?



I did see one title show up on "Everest" LP I think on eBay. This was Solomon Everest, right, not Bellock Everest?

So who owns this stuff nowadays?

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Concertapes -- what became of it?



This was also Concert Disc which was, I believe, absorbed by Everest.

Steve Smolian

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 6:27 AM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Concertapes -- what became of it?



Hi All:

What was the history of Concertapes? I believe they started out in the mid-50's issuing stereo 2-track tapes. I have both "staggered" (Magnecorder format) and "stacked" (standard 2-track) tapes from them, both musical tapes by Leonard Sorkin heading variously named ensembles which I believe someone here said were members of the Chicago Symphony. And Concertapes also released the "Sound In the Round" series by Robert Oaks Jordan.

I also know Concertapes put out stereo LP records for a while after 1958.

So what happened to them and what became of the master tapes?

Interestingly, they seem to have beem in business at least until 1966. See:
http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/arch/findaids/uwmmss30.htm
and search Concertapes. According to the text before the list of holdings, Sorkin was instrumental in founding Concertapes and his archives/collection contained financial statements through 1966.


I'm wondering what happened to the master tapes for all this material and why none of it ever ended up on commercial CD's?

-- Tom Fine


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