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Re: [ARSCLIST] Living Stereo? Don't make me laugh
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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Just compared three copies of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with Emil Gilels
> and Fritz Reiner conducting: original mono LP (LM 1969), "Living Stereo" CD,
> and 1970s English pressing on "Camden Classics" CCV 5016 from Victrola master
> (VICS 1039). Interesting results. The CD is muddy, distant, over-reverbed and
> very unpleasant. The Camden Classics/Victrola is running slow, horribly
> distorted and full of dropouts. The original mono LP sounds .. bloody
fabulous!
>
When was the original recording made? Mono or stereo?
Steven C. Barr