[78-L] Fake stereo

[Cary Ginell]

Beans, beans, the musical fruitThe more you eat, the more you toot.     ------Mel Brooks

> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 12:47:34 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Fake stereo
> 
> From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> > 1) Were any of the Toscanini reissues on Victrola done in electronic stereo?
> 
> MANY of the Toscanini Victrolas were done in electronic stereo but just
> using a formula, not taking the care of the three LMEs.  I have some --
> mostly gotten in collections -- but I may not have ever listened to
> them!  Most were available in mono as well, but eventually when the mono
> prices were raised to stereo in July 1967 and later most companies
> eiminated their mono catalog, we got to the point that the only things
> available were the (e) versions.  
> 
> > 2) Theory: Could companies have converted mono LPs to electronic
> > stereo so they could charge an extra buck on the list price?
> > Cary Ginell
> 
> Yes that is mainly true. I think I recall that the (e) was exempt from
> the price bump for a while.  I have a 1966 Schwann right here (I'd have
> to get up to go for others) and I see that LME is 4.79 just like LM is
> 4.79, but LME is the prefix that was ONLY used for those 3 Toscaninis,
> so I think that was a special case.  Regular electronic stereo were
> given the regular stereo prefixes like LSP and LSC with an (e) suffix.  
> 
> By this time most record companies were controlled by bean counters even
> if the "record men" were still "in charge".  Bean counters set the
> pricing rules.
> 
> Mike (I hate beans)  Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> 
> > From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> > 
> > I have all three of the Toscanini electronic stereo LPs ...
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