On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:57:09 PM UTC-8, Scott wrote:
On Feb 6, 7:17=A0am, Bob Lombard wrote:
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On 2/5/2013 6:51 PM, John Stone wrote:
On 2/5/2013 10:18 AM, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
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I just played my new copy of Marty Paich's "The Picasso of Big Band=
s" CD,
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and it was stereo and it was terrific. Recorded in 1957, but must h=
ave been
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recorded in stereo or multitrack, could have possibly been released=
on tape
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as well as LP, but I believe LP went stereo in 1958. Anyway, it is =
good
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stereo, not artificial and not ping pong. Recommended.
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Gary Eickmeier
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Good news. =A0LP 'went stereo' =A0to some significant degree in 1954=
, and a
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lot in '55 - at least in classical studio recordings. The Westex
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technology was demonstrated in '47, I think.
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Really? My understanding is that the first stereo LP's weren't releas=
ed to
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the public until 1958. Certainly there were no stereo LP players usin=
g the
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45/45 system before then. There were some stereo tapes and some "dual=
arm"
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players before that. But they were pretty rare.
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Looks like my memory has slipped a decade. Interesting in it's precisio=
n
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though. =A0I have LPs of early 50s performances that are true stereo.
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Made from stereo open reel tapes?
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probably. Something worth looking out for are new issues of old stereo
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recordings that were never available in stereo. here is a very cool
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example.
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http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/85..._57_Essential=
_Elvis_Volume_2-45_RPM_Vinyl_Record
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I will definitely be buying this one when it comes out.
I recollect that a lot of 50's rock-n-roll LPs were never released in stere=
o, Even although many were recorded in stereo. The only reason that I can c=
ome-up with why that might be so is that demographically, the record compan=
ies figured that teenagers were not likely to have any more than a cheap "p=
ortable" record player and not a stereo at their disposal to play pop recor=
ds on, so they didn't do stereo. Also, in the '50's, the pop music scene me=
ant 45 RPM singles, which didn't go "stereo" until the early-'60's when the=
development of compatible stereo/mono discs finally ended dual inventory.=
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