[78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

[David Lennick]

Speaking of RCA stereo tapes, any fanatics out there looking for Eartha Kitt's 
ST. LOUIS BLUES? 2-track stereo BPS 167. Just turned this up in nice condition.

dl

On 5/24/2011 7:15 PM, J. E. Knox wrote:
> Greetings from FixitLand!
>
> Sorry for delay in response -- have been on vacation the last week
> and starting inventory this week...aaargh!
>
> Joe Salerno wrote:
>
>> Was "Ralph Flanagan in Hi-Fi" later released on another format?
>> What was
>> the source and selections for this release?
>
> The LP (LPM-1555) was recorded 5/6/7 June 1957 in Webster Hall, NYC
> and released soon thereafter. A stereo edition, LSP-1555 (true
> stereo, not processed), came out the following year. The selections:
>
> 5 June 1957:
> H2PB-4442-3  Penthouse Serenade
> H2PB-4443-3  My Hero
> H2PB-4444-3  Where Or When
> H2PB-4445-4  Hot Toddy
>
> 6 June 1957:
> H2PB-4446-3  Rag Mop - voc by The Band
> H2PB-4447-4  I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
> H2PB-4448-6  Joshua
> H2PB-4449-3  If I Loved You
>
> 7 June 1957:
> H2PB-4450-5  Street Of Dreams
> H2PB-4451-4  Some Enchanted Evening
> H2PB-4452-6  Giannina Mia
> H2PB-4453-4  Serenade (Drigo)
>
> RCA Victor issued a two-track (full-track stereo) reel-to-reel tape
> (BPS-83) containing most of the selections (omitting My Hero, If I
> Loved You, Some Enchanted Evening and Serenade), and a cartridge tape
> (KPS-2003) containing Penthouse Serenade, My Hero, Hot Toddy, Rag
> Mop, I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time, Joshua, Some Enchanted
> Evening and Giannina Mia. Back to records, there is a 45-rpm stereo
> single (61-7362 Hot Toddy/Where Or When) as well as the mono 47-7362
> (the possibility exists of a 78-rpm 20-7362, most likely Canada
> only); 45EP EPA-4219 Penthouse Serenade/My Hero/Giannina Mia/Serenade
> also came out as stereo ESP-4219 (the mono 45EP was withdrawn 13
> March 1958 "to be released at a future date"); there was also
> EPA1-1555 Hot Toddy/Rag Mop/Joshua/Street Of Dreams (mono only).
> Finally, there are various and sundry issues of some of these tracks
> on latter-day compilations, and excerpts of "Rag Mop" and "Joshua" as
> part of stereo demos like SP-33-13 "Sounds In Space" (also on 45,
> 61-7370, and a cartridge version too).
>
> And that's just the RCA Victor issues.
>
> Take care,
>
>
> Joe
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