[78-L] Electronic stereo and Schwann

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> Chris Zwarg wrote:
> 
>> You still occasionally hear these mangled versions on German radio; probably nobody bothered to buy new copies. Some cheapo rip-off CDs have used the fake-stereo masters but *mixed back to mono*!

Not only cheapo CD reissues..RCA mixed the fake stereo masters down for later 
mono pressings in a couple of horrible instances I encountered, one of them 
being Eddie Fisher's Greatest Hits. (Another might have been "Me and Juliet" or 
some other early 50s cast album.)
>> Chris Zwarg
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>>   
> Those first three Toscanini LMEs were done with 
> attention to the score and changes made to make it seem natural 
> depending on what instruments were playing.  But the untouched monos 
> still sounded better.

Those first Toscanini albums got a rave review in High Fidelity at the time. 
I've still never seen a single one of them.
> 
> And don't forget that Australian guy, Parker I think, who did that whole 
> series of 20s reissues, some of which came out on the BBC label.

At the risk of having shoes or other objects flung at me, I thought those were 
fabulous. The first ones, at least..then he got lazy.