[78-L] Victor COULD make decent recordings when it had to..

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

A. different standards for that day

B. the engineers had standards that more closely matched your own

C. Management was deaf, but occasionally had a lucid moment

joe salerno (no lucid moments lately)


On 8/14/2012 6:47 AM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> I've asked that question repeatedly over the years. Their 1931-34
> recordings are particularly beautiful (I think of Ellington and Armstrong
> sides). The 1944-early 49 NY recordings are incredibly dry, although the
> Artie Shaw Hollywood sessions in 1944-45 are also beautifully recorded.
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:58 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> I'm just listening to the JUNGLE BOOK album with Sabu, Miklos Rozsa
>> conducting,
>> and recorded at the Lotos Club in New York in 1942. The sound is
>> incredible,
>> the studio is live, you'd think this was recorded in the 50s. Why did
>> Victor
>> generally make such terrible recordings in its own studios for so many
>> years?
>>
>> dl
>>
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