Re: [ARSCLIST] Paris Opera Unearths 100-Year-Old Recordings by Melba, Caruso, Others

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/12/07, Howard Friedman wrote:
> I bet if they were stacked the bottom couple of them in the pile are
> broken
> 
>                                    Roger
> 
> Clark Johnsen <clarkjohnsen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: The Opera national de
> Paris and the Bibliotheque nationale de France have exhumed a musical
> time capsule: recordings of some of the greatest singers of the early
> 20th century, made in 1907 and sealed for opening 100 years later.
> 
> The two urns containing the old discs go on display today at the
> national library in the French capital, Agence France-Presse reports.
> 
>    Nellie Melba (top) and Enrico Caruso Each vessel contains 12 discs
> recorded and donated by the French subsidiary of The Gramophone
> Company (ancestor of today's EMI).
> 
> For a mere stack of 12????? I can stack 100 with no damage! And the
> Gramophone Company is hardly the "ancestor," more like the forerunner?
> 
These are presumably copies of the standard commecial discs, rather than
special recordings made for the purpose.

At least it will be nice to have a few mint copies, provided EMI
engineers can do a good transfer.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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