Re: [ARSCLIST] Question about an eBay item

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm pretty sure the place closed in the 90s..wonder what happened to all those 
tapes and lacquers?

dl

Tom Fine wrote:
> Hi Roger:
>
> Radio Recorders was a long-standing Hollywood recording studio, one of 
> the largest independents in the country and on the west coast in the 
> 1950's and 60's.  They were a first-rate shop. A bunch of great jazz 
> albums were made there, by Norman Granz and others. If you get your 
> hands on the old Mercury/Granz 3LP set by Fred Astair, there are some 
> fantastic pictures of the studio in the album book. The studio was also 
> the sight for most of the Norman Granz Jams albums, although two were 
> made in one day at Fine Sound.
>
> In my opinion, Radio Recorders made some if not most of the 
> finest-sounding (audio quality) jazz recordings in the 50's and early 
> 60's. They had superb engineers and their recording area was apparently 
> perfect for small-group or big-band music. Remastering guys tell me they 
> love to get tapes made at Radio because they are always easy to handle 
> and sound great.
>
> In the 60's, I think Radio got eclipsed a bit for popular and jazz music 
> recording by Bill Putnam's studios and also upstarts like Goldstar. But 
> I think it kept going with a lot of commercial and film-sound work, if I 
> understand the history correctly.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a detailed history of Radio Recorders 
> anywhere? I think the building is still in operation as a recording 
> studio today.
>
> -- Tom Fine
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" 
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> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 2:07 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Question about an eBay item
>
>
> > This label,Radio Recorders,turns up from time to time 
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/Copy-John-Carter-Tenor-Met-Opera-Vienna-Dreams_W0QQitemZ300157860815QQihZ020QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem 
> >
> > I first saw it in an Elvis dealer's catalog about two decades ago.He 
> > had some 78 RPM acetates of Elvis songs from 1956,and '57 on this 
> > label,both released,and unreleased takes.I have a recording of the 
> > Hanson #1 by Koussevitsky and the BSO,dated either 1941 or '42.Three 
> > sides, on two 10" microgroove acetates.Is this "Radio Recorders" an 
> > RCA label ?
> >
> >                                        Roger
> >
> >
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