The venue sounds like it could be Chicago. The playing was definitely not 
second-rate, so it was made somewhere where a "pickup" or "recording" 
orchestra could be massed from good local talent. Then again, this goes back 
to a time when even medium-sized cities had decent symphonies and people 
came out to hear them.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Smolian" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Musical Arts Symphony?


>I can't prove it but strongly suspect it is members of the Chicago Symphony 
>Orchestra, perhaps lacking some principal players.  This was on LP as well, 
>on Concert-Disc as I recall.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Musical Arts Symphony?
>
>
>> How about the Musical Arts Symphony? Any info on that?
>>
>> Sound in the Round -- I have a quarter-track made by GRT Tapes. I wish I 
>> had a copy of the original 2-track. The original Ampex demo tape with 
>> their first 2-track consumer machines had some excerpts from the 2-track.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Lennick" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Musical Arts Symphony?
>>
>>
>>> Tom Fine wrote:
>>>> Hi All:
>>>>
>>>> I have here a duped reel tape called "Symphony of the Dance" by Leonard 
>>>> Sorkin conducting the "Musical Arts Symphony" on ConcerTapes. What was 
>>>> this orchestra? Where was it recorded. The recording is actually pretty 
>>>> good, as is the playing. The tape was duped super-loud compared to 
>>>> other duped quarter-tracks I have. And it was even within standard 
>>>> azimuth, which tells me some care was taken in the duping operation.
>>>>
>>>> Any historical information about the orchestra and recording much 
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>
>>> I remember ConcertDiscs..I still use "Sound in the Round" (ping pong 
>>> game) for checking channels and speakers.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>