[78-L] From Frosty to Toscanini...

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Also the Tchaikosky PC 1 with Horowitz & Toscanini from 1941. As a young 
man, that set was the incentive for my first attempt at razor blade 
splicing.

joe salerno


Ted Kneebone wrote:
> Writing of the 2 turntable cutter arrangement, I recall my copy of the 
> Toscanini/NYPSO Beethoven 7th symphony (Victor) had those strange side 
> breaks.  Some had lots of silence at the beginnings of sides.  Also the 
> Rossini Semiramide overture.  Also, the Heifetz/Toscanini of Beethoven's 
> violin concerto used that system.  At one point, part of a note was cut off 
> at the end of a side, and the next side began with the remnant of the note 
> from the previous side.  Koussevitzky's record of the Roman Carnival 
> overture at the end had the sound cut off, the hall reverberation, not the 
> music (RCA Victor).
> 
> I think the Toscanini Beethoven 7th was my first experience comparing the 78 
> with the LP version. The 78 seemed to have more substantial sound than the 
> LP.
> 
> Stokowski tried the fade out/fade in technique with his recording of the 
> Chaikovskii Nutcracker Suite for Victor.  I think when they dubbed this for 
> RCA/Camden, they connected the sides without the fades.
> 
> Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.
> Old Time Radio: http://abe.midco.net/tkneebone3 
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