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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
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From: "Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Concertapes -- what became of it?
This was also Concert Disc which was, I believe, absorbed by Everest.
Steve Smolian
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From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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