[78-L] Melba Issue Historic Masters

[Erwin Kluwer]

Thanks Chris,

This makes my heart pound faster!! I just ordered it together with the Patti
and Tamgno issue...

Seems that the vinyl issues require a bit different sized styli then the
original. Are the Patti and Tamagno issues also happy with a 2.8 mil?

Best,

Erwin

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Chris Zwarg <
doctordisc at truesoundtransfers.de> wrote:

>  At 10:22 07.01.2009, you wrote:
> >Does anybody already got this...?
> >
> >I am curious about the sound quality of this issue...
> >
> >Erwin
>
> Yes I have it, and am very happy with it! The 14 master-pressed sides are
> really splendid - I have NEVER heard e.g. "Nymphes et sylvains" or "Se saran
> rose" that vividly, neither on apparently mint 1904 G&T pressings nor on
> Marston's CD nor from any other source. They all play excellently with a
> standard 2.8 mil stylus.
>
> The "bonus" disc containing two titles for which the original shells
> ("fathers") have disappeared, and is pressed from old duplicate "CO."
> matrices, is rather more difficult to play and illustrates rather
> drastically the loss in fidelity through the early matrix-duplicating
> process. However, one of these two sides is unpublished on 78 and the other
> - Melba's very first G&T recording - not that easy to find as an original
> pressing (which then probably wouldn't sound better than this reissue; it's
> just that you don't have the obvious improvement over earlier forms of issue
> with these two sides that you find with the other 14 sides).
>
> BTW: The other recent Historic Masters issues ("set 30") are also
> excellent; the pressing quality is much improved compared with what they put
> out in the 1990s - heavier vinyl less prone to warping, and mostly
> well-centered. The Supervia Gennai songs have never sounded that good!
>
> Chris Zwarg
>
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