[78-L] Rozsa dates

[David Lennick]

You're correct about the L and P designations..they're listed that way in 
Schwann in 1954. Prefixes aside, why would 453, 454 and 456 not have been 
issued at the same time? Capitol did this with many albums (usually classical) 
that could be two ten-inch singles and a double twelve-incher. There were also 
a number of reissues once the ten-inch format was dead, but this is not a 
reissue. By the way, what's on 452? There's a hole there in Randy Stewart et 
al's Capitol discography.

I still question whether the Spellbound Concerto was recorded this late. The 
sound in no way matches the Quo Vadis Suite and sounds like an old tape 
horribly over-equalized. The Red House has better sound and that's taken from 
16" lacquers recorded in Hollywood in 1947!

dl

On 5/28/2012 4:19 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> The 10'' LP with music from Quo Vadis (Capitol L 454 - not T 454) and
> the 10'' LP with music from "Spellbound" (L 453 - not T 453) were, as
> you say, suites - not just assorted cues from the soundtracks - which
> probably motivated the new issues. Kloss and Rosza were close
> collaborators and the Capitol 10'' LP's and the subsequent 12'' P 456
> (later T 456) were most certailnly done with Roszas consent.
> The release date of the P 456 seems to have been November 1953 -
> Billboard has an article that mentions the issue:
> http://books.google.se/books?id=aAoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=erich+kloss&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KNrDT8KiMszU4QTp__iRCg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=erich%20kloss&f=false
> Which means that the 10'' albums were out before that. Most
> discographers have 1953 as issue date for both L 453 and L 454 (see, for
> instance: http://www.bsnpubs.com/capitol/04capitol450-599.html) so early
> 1953 is a good guess, with recording dates in 1952.
> Kristjan
>
> On 2012-05-28 18:56, David Lennick wrote:
>> Does anyone know the approximate recording dates for the Miklos Rozsa suites on
>> Capitol T456 (ten-inch versions on T453 and T454)? The lp issues date from 1954
>> but the recordings vary so much in quality and 1954 is a late date for a 1951
>> score which had already appeared in soundtrack form on MGM.
>>
>> SPELLBOUND CONCERTO..Erich Kloss&   Frankenland State Orchestra (the recording
>> is so muddy, I doubt that it's from as late as 1954)
>>
>> THE RED HOUSE..Rosza&   Studio Orchestra (this is definitely the 78RPM set
>> recorded in 1947)
>>
>> QUO VADIS SUITE..Kloss&   Frankenland State Orchestra again (COULD be 1954..)
>>
>> dl
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