[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 31, Issue 42

[Steve Williams]

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As you say, Duophonic as a trademark term is "fake Stereo" and was referred
as such in contemporary reviews. (I hate fake stereo with a vengeance.)  The
confusion discussed in this thread is that some true, accurate, multi-mic'd
Capitol LPs were ALSO issued as "Duophonic."  Thus marketing-speak overtook
accuracy.

Steve Williams ..

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:22:01 -0400
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Duophonic was a name used specifically by Capitol to indicate that a
monaural 
master had been electronically reprocessed to simulate stereo. Other labels 
used other terms. Still other labels lied and called it stereo. Capitol's 
Duophonic recordings were often out of phase, although for that matter so
were 
some of their early genuine stereo masters..one track in the "Sail Away"
cast 
album suddenly reverses phase midway, One entire side of Peggy Lee's
Christmas 
Carousel was out of phase on early pressings. Radio stations had to be on
their 
guard in the sixties..CFRB (AM) purchased stereo issues because they were 
usually pressed on better vinyl.

dl

On 4/20/2011 1:50 PM, Steve Williams wrote:
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"Duophonic" is simply a marketing
> name meaning two channels.
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