[78-L] Hello and a question

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> Although someone did mention that RCA did experiment with film mastering
> (the Monteux San Francisco Orch Scheherazade is the most notable example
> where the final set was sourced from a film master) 

I did not know that! Film was also used for the awful sounding Bach Double 
Concerto wherein Jascha Heifetz played with himself (1946) and the Bruch 
Concerto with Menuhin (I think the problem was with the dubs in this case, 
which were so bad the work was redone as soon as tape came in).

 > I want to repeat what was
> hinted at, that the Stokowski/Rachmanoff Rhapsody set with the fade out
> and fade in side changes were recorded in these side length chunks with
> the fades done live.  The original ledger sheets clearly show this. 
> That nobody like it is shown by how rarely -- if ever -- the technique
> was used again.  Any other sets done this way???


A number of other Stokowski recordings were, including the Shostakovich 
Symphony #1 which was also done for Program Transcription, which I have. I 
haven't checked to see whether the faded pairs of sides match the LP, since 
it's long been my contention that any PTs that weren't dubbed reissues were 
done simultaneously with the 78 recordings, especially when they come to a 
brief halt to allow the engineers to change from one wax to the next (Grand 
Canyon Suite with Whiteman fits this pattern..unfortunately there's one LP side 
that's an alternate so it can't be matched up).

I haven't listened to many of those other Stokowski sets in years, especially 
if there was an earlier version that was better (i.e. Franck Symphony, 
Scheherazade) so I can't say which of those might have fades.

dl