[78-L] Columbia audio quality, was Re: Miles Davis etc [was Thelonious Monk [was Leonard

[Royal Pemberton]

I saw some info about Radio Recorders and The Annex over on the Steve
Hoffman music forums a few months back.

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>wrote:

> Remember when Westminster had a pop/jazz catalog? Several of those albums
> were very well recorded. And I absolutely agree about the Vanguards. As I
> remember, they were often cited as the best recorded jazz albums on the
> market.
>
> I admit I am a sucker for Radio Recorders from the late '50s. Every session
> I've heard recorded there is just beautiful to listen to. Does anyone have
> any information about their operation? How many studios? What equipment did
> they use? When did they close up operation?
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> >wrote:
>
> > Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> > > In discussing recording preferences, Julian Vein comments “Many of E,D,
> > > Nunn's Audiophiles. The Columbia Buck Clayton Jam Sessions.
> > > The French Black & Blue label.”
> > >
> > > I have quite a number of Audiophiles and think their sound quality
> > > excellent. In addition to Contemporary, Pacific Jazz, and the Clayton
> > > Columbias, there are the many fine jazz albums produced by Vanguard
> > > that feature Clayton, Ruby Braff, Vic Dickenson, Sir Charles Thompson,
> > > etc. Ed Beach used to dip into them for his programs on Riverside
> > > radio.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > I think it was a case of simple mic'ing. It's when van Gelder introduced
> > the mixing console that things started to go wrong.
> >
> >      Julian Vein
> >
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