The Bell Labs ledger for the first 1000 masters lists a number of
binaural recordings made by Arthur C.Keller in 1927 and/or 1928 in the
Capitol Theater of the Capitol Theater Orch with the microphones 20 feet
apart on the balcony rail. When I had a chance to go thru the Bell Labs
masters, they weren't there, but Keller confirmed to me that he had
indeed recorded them.
The triple track Columbia Graphophone Grand of 1899 can also be
considered.
Beyond Fantasia and the the Glenn Miller films already mentioned, it was
common Hollywood practice in the late 1930s to record musical
pre-records in multiple tracks in order to be able to do a post-mix with
aural close-ups to match the visual image -- meaning that you will be
able to hear the horns louder when there is a shot of the horns, etc.
They called these different tracks "angles". There have been many
issues of musical numbers in stereo on Turner/Rhino CDs from any number
of late 30s-early 40s movies. The Wizard of Oz DVDs give a lot of
details of some of these.
Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] early stereophony
From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, September 24, 2012 8:05 pm
To: [log in to unmask]
Hi Jon:
AHA! Thanks. I found the Monteux right there on the "Age Of Living
Stereo" tribute to Jack Pfeiffer
CD. Excellent.
Listening right now, it's not bad, I think it's more realistic sounding
than Cook, for example. Lots
of wow and flutter, must have been the RCA tape machine. Not bad,
though. Great that a lengthy (5+
minutes) excerpt was included on the CD.
Was "Damnation of Faust" recorded with the intent of commercial release
(as opposed to an experiment
like the Monteux and Toscanini recordings)? If so, is it correct that it
is the first for-release
stereo recording by RCA?
-- Tom Fine
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From: "Jon Samuels" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] early stereophony
Tom,
The first RCA binaural experimental recordings that I have found
paperwork for were conducted by
Leopold Stokowski, recorded in October, 1953. The tapes were not
assigned numbers, and have not been
located. The earliest surviving binaural tapes that I've found were
conducted by Pierre Monteux,
recorded in December, 1953.
Jon Samuels
--- On Mon, 9/24/12, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [ARSCLIST] early stereophony
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, September 24, 2012, 6:01 PM
Going from the liner notes on various commercial issues plus online
stuff, I've arrived at this
list. Comments most welcome and appreciated.
1. Bell Labs/Stokowski - 1932
2. EMI/Blumlein - 1934
3. Bert Whyte/Magnecorder -- 1952
4. Emory Cook -- 1952
5. RCA -- 1954 (earliest experimental recordings no longer exist, first
commercial stereo recordings
made in 1954)
6. Decca -- 1954
7. Teldec -- 1954
8. Mercury -- 1955 (experiments started as early as 1952 but no tapes
exist pre-1955)
9. what about Livingston with the hotel polka bands, was that 1954 or
even 1953?
10. what about Sound In The Round, 1955?
Thanks again for comments/clarifications/facts.
-- Tom Fine
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