Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

WOOPS! I stand corrected.

https://iclassics.com/featureArticle?contentId=259

Never wade in over your head and then argue!

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series


> Yes, I'm not so sure about that Universal owns Westminster. Roger, can you list some CD titles 
> that definitely come from old Westminster masters? Thanks!
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series
>
>
> > Richard Rodzinski said that a number of his father's recordings had come out on CD but only in 
> > Japan, and not for long.
> >
> > dl
> >
> > Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> > > Universal has it now.It has come out on a bunch of labels,including DG,and Tahra.
> > >
> > >                                     Roger
> > >
> > > Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Did any of the Westminster stuff ever make it to 
> > > CD? Who owns the masters now? I only have a couple of the LPs, but they are so timidly mastered 
> > > that the s/n is not good.
> > >
> > > -- Tom Fine
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "David Lennick" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:24 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series
> > >
> > >
> > > > Aren't we all....
> > > >
> > > > These may be among the few recordings priced the same on LP or tape (per reviews in High 
> > > > Fidelity, 1956). $7.50 for an LP running thirty minutes was pretty hefty at that time.
> > > >
> > > > dl
> > > >
> > > > Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> > > > > I'm a couple shy of a complete set.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >                                                  Roger
> > > > >
> > > > > David Lennick  wrote: Will wonders never cease? I came across a Westminster Laboratory Series 
> > > > > LP today whose packaging was intact, the zipper worked (didn't jam at the bottom), and the 
> > > > > disc inside the plastic sleeve was in near mint condition. Usually these things show up 
> > > > > destroyed, especially since folks would get fed up with the thick plastic outer container and 
> > > > > get rid of it, then find that the "album" was just a foldover with no place to protect the 
> > > > > disc. Even the pamphlet was there.  (W-LAB 7011, Petrushka, if anyone cares.)
> > > > >
> > > > > dl