[78-L] Late Pressed 78s.--Historic Masters & Symposium

[David Lennick]

The same applies for private pressings done for audition purposes, some of 
which fall off the back of the truck and into the hands of private collectors. 
Hundreds of these from the Columbia/ARC vaults began turning up on dealers' 
lists a few years ago..nice stuff, often unissued or alternate takes as well as 
issued versions.

By the way, I listed a few vinyls of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia 
Orchestra on 78-C the other week. I still have a few of these, including a 
couple of Sousa marches, if anyone wants to see the listing.

Re Historic Masters, has anyone heard about the next steps for this label now 
that Roger Beardsley has left us prematurely? (I still haven't heard what 
caused his untimely death a couple of weeks ago.)

dl

On 4/26/2011 10:25 AM, Martin Fisher wrote:
> Hi Ron,
>
> I assume you're talking about Historic Masters and Symposium REPRESSINGS
> here.  What you hear is a faithful reproduction of what's on the metal parts
> WITHOUT the added shellac noise.  Most of the material was mastered to a
> "wax" blank and therefore the vinyl pressings do reproduce that and any
> other noise resulting from damage to the metal parts through oxidation and
> mishaps through the years.
>
> I like to get them for this reason plus the novelty of having a physical
> reproduction of the matrix which I can inspect and play with my own choice
> of stylus and speed and eq and centering............... Another added bang
> is getting unreleased material and affordable reproductions of items that
> may cost mucho bucks on the collectors market.
>
> Best!
>
> Martin
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> - From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [mailto:78-l-
> - bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Ron L'Herault
> - Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 8:57 AM
> - To: '78-L Mail List'
> - Subject: Re: [78-L] Late Pressed 78s.
> -
> - Do you hear things on the vinyl, good or bad, that you don't hear on a
> - clean
> - shellac original?
> -
> - Ron L
> -
> - -----Original Message-----
> - From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> - [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Spats
> - Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 5:51 AM
> - To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> - Subject: Re: [78-L] Late Pressed 78s.
> -
> - Hi!
> -
> - Those of us who collect Operatic 78s are blessed because Historic
> - Masters have continued until today to press on vinyl from original
> - metal parts, 78 recordings that go back to the beginning on the 20th
> - century, often previously unissued tracks to boot! I have all of
> - them, including the very first, issued about 40 years ago  (smug
> - boast!)
> -
> - In addition there have been a whole lot of Phonotype Fernando De
> - Lucia 78s released on vinyl 78s again pressed from original metal
> - parts, chiefly by Symposium.
> -
> - Earl Okin.
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