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

[Dan Van Landingham]

What I know of Radio Recorders is confined to some of the musicians who recorded there in or around 
1946 such as Skeets Herfurt who did a few dates with Artie Shaw in July of that year as well as Earle
Spencer from that same year.The sound was great.I only remember Westminster for their classical music
albums.I had a few of the ones they did after ABC took them over.Did Ellington record at Radio Recorders when he was on Musicraft in 1946?I have a number of them on several inexpensive LPs that 
were issued on Everest's Folk/Jazz series.The Artie Shaw stuff from October of 1945 and June of 1946
came out on Galaxy,Golden Tone as well as some inexpensive MGM issues in the fifties.I have a number
of those.As I understand it,MGM bought Musicraft around 1949 and I saw some MGM 78s of the stuff
he had recorded for Musicraft.I'd have to go out into my shed and dig up some of the others I bought
over the course of several years.Black and White recorded at Radio Recorders as did several others.



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From: Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Columbia audio quality, was Re: Miles Davis etc [was  Thelonious Monk [was Leonard

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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