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

[David Lennick]

The 1939 Eroica is real fun to transfer..anyone can do the razor blade thing 
but the turntables ran at different speeds, and one of the sides is a dub with 
substantially different EQ. And don't forget the second half of the third 
movement, where the music starts right at the edge of the disc, in the lead-in 
groove. (Removing the cough after the first note is optional.)

dl

neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> 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 
>>