[78-L] Symphonie Fantastique

[David Lennick]

Am I reading that correctly? FOURTEEN sides for the acoustical version? That 
would explain why new matrix numbers were used for the remake, unless English 
Columbia's policy was to reuse numbers except when they hadn't been issued. Odd 
thing..English Columbia's early electrical recordings usually ran shorter 
(different groove spacing) and could have required more sides, not less, than 
acoustical equivalents.

dl

Damian R wrote:
> Ronald Taylor's English Columbia 12" discography lists it on L1708-13, 
> matrices WAX (indicating electrical recording) 1111-2, 1112-2, 1113-2, 
> 1114-2, 1115-3, 1116-2, 1119-2, 1120-1, 1121-3, 1117-3, 1122-3, 1118-2. The 
> first six sides were recorded on 29th October 1925 and the last six on 1st 
> November 1925.
> 
> The discographies on the CHARM website show that the acoustic recording was 
> made on 10th March 1925, matrices AX 920/3; 929/32; 940/2; 944/6
> 
> Damain Rogan
> 
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> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 5:50 PM
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Symphonie Fantastique
> 
>> If it's November 1925 it definitely should be electrical..English Columbia
>> bought the US operation specifically to get the rights to Western 
>> Electric's
>> system. Weingartner DID make an acoustical recording of it in March 1925 
>> which
>> was never published..they likely used the same matrix numbers for a 
>> remake.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>>> Weingartner's recording of "Symphonie Fantastique" was recorded in 
>>> November of 1925, according to my information.  This, according to a 
>>> correspondant of mine, is an accoustic recording.  I have the recording, 
>>> although I haven't listened to it for many years, I was never very 
>>> impressed with the sound but I always thought it was very early electric. 
>>> I have other records with the Viva~Tonal designation and the "VE" symbol 
>>> which sound accoustic although they are supposed to be electrical.  The 
>>> Berlioz  discs have the Viva~Tonal looking lable but they don't have that 
>>> designation.  It seems strange to me that such a dynamic work would have 
>>> been recorded accoustically when electrical recording technology was 
>>> already well established..
>>>
>>> db
>>
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