Re: [ARSCLIST] Early Stereo 1881 and 1931 (Was - Dynadoodoo

[Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have these but can't check at the moment.  I believe they are 12.

Steve Smolian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Brock-Nannestad" <pattac@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Early Stereo 1881 and 1931 (Was - Dynadoodoo


> From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
>
> Hello,
>
> George Brock-Nannestad wrote:
>
> > A set of the 78s [Sir Thomas Beecham conducting extracts of Mozart's 
> > Jupiter
> Symphony] was pressed in vinyl about 15 years ago, with electronic
> > matrixing instructions.
>
> ----- fuller details are here, because they were indeed sold in 1987 - I 
> was
> way out on dates.
>
> The recordings were made on 19 January 1934 at a rehearsal for later
> commercial recording at the EMI studios. There are 4 10-inch sides pressed 
> by
> EMI on 12-inch vinyl for Symposium. The numbers were Symposium 1027 and 
> 1028.
>
> Notes to the issue says about reproduction on a normal stereo system: "A 
> very
> beautiful sound will now be heard but emanating almost entirely from one
> speaker whilst that from the other channel is pinch3ed and swathed in 
> heavy
> surface noise." Is that what is heard from the CD reissue?
>
> ----- Symposium also issued most beautiful sets of Phonotype records on 
> vinyl
> pressings from original 78 rpm coarse groove masters featuring Fernando de
> Lucia ca. 1920.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> George