[78-L] Where were the dubbed Caruso records made?

[Michael Biel]

Ah, I had been looking thru the thread and other print sources, and had
not yet gotten to the film.  But although there is the possibility that
the contrast between the sound quality of the orchestra could overwhelm
the acoustical recording of the voice, there ARE ways that restoration
engineers have used that DO revitalize the recordings.  Stockham's
Soundstream is one -- but not necessarily the most successful.  I think
that my friends Ward Marston and Mark Obet-Thorn both feel that they
have their own ways of revitalizing the acoustical recordings.  To the
machine collectors here, as well as to the Nimbus Nitwits, playing the
records on acoustical machines is NOT one of them!

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


-------- Original Message --------

From: Michael Shoshani <michael.shoshani at gmail.com>
On 02/28/2013 12:18 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> From: Mike Harkin <xxm.harkin at yahoo.com>
>> "Revitalise Caruso's voice"!!!??? Who was the khokhem at HMV or
>> Victor who got the bright idea that [a] Caruso's voice needed any
>> revitalising,
>
> Where did this quote come from? Did you make it up?
>


Nope. It's about 1:15 into the video. As it shows various technicians at

work twisting dials and watching meters, the announcer says "Now for 
years, recording engineers have been attempting to find some way by 
which the voice of Caruso could be revitalized, and the true beauty and 
dramatic fervor brought out. And at last they have succeeded."

MS