[78-L] Slightly OT: Did Decca/London get into the fake stereo business

[David Lennick]

Entirely likely that it's stereo, as are a lot of London STS issues like 
L'Enfant et Les Sortileges which was mono on full price London LL----.

But London was very definitely in the fake stereo business on the Eclipse 
label. Those are ghastly, but at least they identify themselves as 
"electronically reprocessed". STS stood for Stereo Treasury Series so those 
shouldn't have been faked, even if they were from pretty hissy stereo tapes. 
And a CS number wouldn't have been a fake stereo.

dl

David Lewis wrote:
> Ernest Ansermet made at least three Scheherazade recordings in the 78 era; the one I'm curious about is a little later one. Entry courtesy of this useful site:
> http://www.scona.ch/ansermet/discografia.php?ishow=0/
> 
> Titolo:    Schéhérazade op. 35
> Solista:    Nerini Piero (vl)
> Orchestra:    OSCCP
> Luogo, Data     Paris, 22.09.54
> Matrice:    ZAL 2369, 2370
> DECCA 33 1/min mono    LXT 5082
> LONDON 33 1/min mono    LL 1162
> DECCA 33 1/min stereo    SXL 2086 / SDD 151 / ECS 735 / ACL 153
> LONDON 33 1/min stereo    CS 6018 / STS 15126
> 
> The copy I have is the very last one, STS 15126, which is in the "Stereo Treasury Series." I didn't think -- or know -- that Decca/London was ever in the fake stereo business. However, this is Paris in September 1954, and with Decca's various stereo experiments and fellows like Andre Charlin running around, you never know. Is it possible that this was recorded in stereo, or is it mono and they simply re-tweaked it later? As far as I can tell, this is not on CD -- it's with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra; the Dutton CD uses an earlier 78rpm recording made with them in 1948, whereas the various Decca/London CDs utilize a recording with the Suisse Romande made in 1960.
> 
> thanks,  
> 
> Uncle Dave Lewis
> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
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