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Re: [ARSCLIST] Early Mercury LP
That LP was one I bought in college and have loved
ever since. Who knew that "Mitch" was such a good
reed player among other things he did well, but his
muscianship carried him far.
--- David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have most of that material on 78s, so they came
> first..possibly dubbed from
> 16" lacquers. It certainly sounds as if these were
> among the first in what came
> to be the "Living Presence" style, along with
> Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks
> Concerto (which was originally issued on Keynote,
> just as Mercury was taking
> the label over).
>
> dl
>
> Dnjchi@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > I've come upon an early Mercury LP, dark red cover
> with gold-embossed
> > lettering: MG10003, Mitchell Miller with the
> Saidenberg Little Symphony, Daniel
> > Saidenberg conducting works by Cimarosa, Luis
> Milan and Vaughn Williams. It
> > was produced by Robert Fine at the Reeves Beaux
> Arts Studios in NYC in 1947.
> > Notes are by David Hall. The disc is in fine
> shape and the grooves are
> > pristne. Was this album, recorded in 1947, done
> to be dubbed onto 78s? Or was
> > there movement toward releasing the first LPs
> before 1948? A note says "A
> > single microphone was placed approximately 30
> feet from the players."
> >
> > Don Chichester
> >
> >
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