[78-L] Tom Lehrer question (borderline ^)

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Yesterday at the Kingston Symphony rummage sale I picked up "An Evening Wasted 
>> with Tom Lehrer" on English Decca SKL 4097..right, stereo. Aside from TL 202S, 
>> the original 1959 issue on Lehrer's own label, is this the only genuine stereo 
>> issue? Reprise apparently issued it in fake stereo and Rhino used that master, 
>> then reduced it to mono, per the extensive TL discography below.
>>
>> http://php.indiana.edu/~jbmorris/FAQ/lehrer.disco.html
>>
>> dl
>>   
> 
> On LP, yes.  I also have it and have compared it with the edited Reprise 
> LPs, mono and fake stereo.  It IS also on CD in true stereo unedited, 
> but not in the U.S..  EMI Eclipse 844 241-2  which also has the other 
> concert album (Revisited) in mono in the version issued on the British 
> LP and the American CD, both sides from the U.S.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 
> _______________________________________________

Moral: Pick up every Tom Lehrer variant.

How does the Eclipse name end up on an EMI product? That was an English Decca 
label for years.

dl