[78-L] New 78 rpm re-issues - is there anything else but opera?

[David Lennick]

SYMPOSIUM.

David Lennick wrote:
> Some time in the 90s, new vinyl pressings were made of instrumental classical 
> recordings from the EMI vaults. I'm thinking there was only one brief series of 
> single discs by Bela Bartok, Elgar conducting, and a few others..my brain 
> refuses to dredge up the name of the label, which still does a lot of 
> historical reissuing on CD. And I think Historic Masters was considering doing 
> jazz at one point but I don't know if anything came of the idea.
> 
> dl
> 
> Milan P Milovanovic wrote:
>> Hello to all,
>>
>> while reading one of my favorite sites dedicated to newest 78 rpm reissues on vinyl:
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>>  http://www.historicmasters.org/
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>> I always wonder if anything besides opera ever saw the light of the day, recently, in vinyl - pressed directly from original metal parts? 
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>> I mean jazz, pop music, classical symphony pieces or solo works etc. It will be real pleasure to listen i.e. Goodman, Ellington, Basie on newly processed 78 rpm record in quiet (virgin) vinyl. Or 16" transcriptions, also.
>>
>> If not - any plans for such records you "know" something about? 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Milan
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