[78-L] CONCERT HALL SOCIETY questions

[David Lennick]

I have a few early LP issues that say "continuous recording"..I guess the LP 
was still so new at that time that they felt it necessary to distinguish it 
from 78s. And I have a few in paper sleeves. I also have Cherkassky playing the 
Tchaikovsky 2nd Piano Concerto on both LP and 78 and neither version is 
listenable. The 78 set sounds as if they took it from a broadcast and tried 
fading the sides at the end (maybe they used reverb, can't remember..the 
experience was too painful for me to want to listen to it again).

I haven't seen 78 matrix numbers on CH LP labels. I have seen them on English 
Decca EPs though (in the dead wax).

dl

Thomas Stern wrote:
> On the label of Concert Hall LP's, above the spindle hole is the hands-baton trade mark, "Concert Hall" below, and the phrase
> "CONTINUOUS RECORDING" below that.
>   WHAT does the phrase mean?
>   At the bottom of the label, Licensed by Concert Hall Society, Inc.  Does this indicate a transition of ownership or production
> from the original producers of the 78rpm Limited Editions?
>   The matrix numbers of the original 78s also appear on the bottom of the label. Is this on all
> the albums?
> 
>   I'd like to know of a good history and discography for Concert Hall, if it exists.
> 
> QUESTIONS about the DYER-BENNET Beethoven: Scottish Songs (A9, CHC-13):
>   I have a copy of the LP (CHC-13) in a gray paper envelope - was this issued in a conventional LP jacket?  What date for each
> format?  Were there any late issues, or releases outside the USA?
> 
>   Thank you!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
> 
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