The Capitol recordings Irv Joel did of Pittsburgh/Steinberg were very good indeed.

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> Capitol's earlier stuff could be VERY good, I have a few classical
> recordings by them and while the performances aren't that fabulous the sound
> is very very good. I prefer them to EMI. Their two tracks sound very good as
> well. RCA was WONDERFUL until the Dynagroove era. I have found though that
> the unlistenable Dynagroove stuff, if available on 4 track, sounds MUCH
> better through that medium. I've bought precisely two dynagroove records.
> One was to see if it really sounded all that bad. The second was because I
> wasn't looking. :(
>
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> Don't forget the RCA soundtrack series with Charles Gerhardt and the
> National Phil Orchestra. They're great. They could do great stuff when
> they tried. There were some Vics on thin vinyl that were mastered well.
> And plenty of pop recordings in the '70s have great pressings, but mostly
> the first set of laquers.
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>
>> Tom Fine wrote:
>>
>>> Didn't RCA go to hell when they adopted that "dynagroove" system? It's
>>> not just them with 70's
>>> reissues. Everyone got lazy. Listen to MCA reissues of Command and Kapp
>>> records. They're horrible.
>>> Capitol umpteenth pressing of Beatles records, which is what I grew up
>>> with in the 70's and 80's,
>>> weren't so hot either.
>>
>> On the other hand, there were RCA masterings and pressings of some Vox and
>
>> Murray Hill sets, and they're
>> wonderful. MCA...feh.