[78-L] Hollywood Bowl recordings

[Michael Biel]

>> I made special mention of the [1928 Mac] Hollywood Bowl recordings, which were quite
>> unusual for the time. They were the first outdoor recordings Victor had made,
>> and special precautions had to be taken so as not to get any extraneous sounds
>> on the recordings.   Cary Ginell

On 9/27/2010 1:18 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> Not exactly, Victor recorded the Victory Tower, (later the Peace Tower),
> carillon in Ottawa on July 1, 1927, and, of course, studios were fairly small in
> those days so they recorded it outdoors.   db

Do we consider Canadian Victor as the same company as VTMC or RCA Victor
in the U.S.?  VTMC, of course, had released recordings taken off the air
of the Lindbergh Arrival in Washington DC, and the speeches at the
Washington Monument which were made several months before the Ottawa
Canadian National Exhibition recordings.  Of course the CNE recordings
released by Canadian Victor were recordings they made, while the Compo
recordings of the event were broadcast recordings.  

But a question about the Victory Tower recordings, where were the mics? 
Mics could have been inside the tower, not outside.  I'm not near the
tapes the Nat'l Library of Canada sent me decades ago.  The perspective
of the sound would tell us. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [78-L] Hollywood Bowl recordings
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, September 27, 2010 1:25 am
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>

I know this is a stupid question, but WHY did Victor record Mac in the
Bowl 
when the city was lousy with sound stages and ballrooms? A symphony
orchestra, 
that made sense..and now I suppose you'll tell me that those Goossens
HBSO 
recordings were actually made in a studio.

(In the 40s, Victor did some great recordings over at Republic Studios. 
Soundstage #9, I think.)

dl