That's interesting, Steve.  I will have to compare to the Capitol record to
confirm it's the same.  But it was a mono recording, issued by Everest in
electronic stereo, so I have assumed it's the same as the Capitol mono
release.  It's definitely Pennario.

Best, John


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Everest had its own Gershwin record with Steinberg conducting and Sanroma
> playing.
>
> Dunno if the also licensed the Capitol later.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [78-L] PROGRAM Records early LP label info wanted
>
> Hi Mark:
>
> Are you positive that it was the Capitol recording and not one of the
> several Everest recordings of Stoki and Houston? I suppose it's possible
> that Bernie Solomon was able to license the Shostakovich 11th from Capitol,
> but I don't see why Capitol would want to have it in print other than by
> them. It doesn't add up.
>
> Remember that Stokowski and Houston made several records for Everest,
> recorded on 35mm magnetic film. But the Solomon orange-label Everests were
> probably cut from tapes mixed off the films before the original Everest
> went
> out of business. According to Lonn Henrichsen's history of Everest that was
> published in Classic Record Collector, Stokowski and Everest producer Bert
> Whyte were friends.
>
> Speaking of the Shostakovich 11th, was it reissued on CD beyond the one
> time
> EMI put it out in the Capitol classical reissue series? That version was
> terrible, someone got way overly aggressive with digital noise-reduction,
> and the end note just cuts off instead of fades out like on the original
> LP.
> There are also clearly audible tape dropouts on the CD.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Obert-Thorn" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [78-L] PROGRAM Records early LP label info wanted
>
>
> > <<Date:    Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:07:43 -0500
> > rom:    John Haley <[log in to unmask]>
> > ubject: Re: [78-L] PROGRAM Records early LP label info wanted
> > Hi.  This is off-topic but related.  I recently bought an Everest LP
> record
> > hat is a reissue (unfortunately in "electronic" stereo) of an earlier
> > apitol mono LP.  I can't recall having seen that before.  Are there more
> > ike this?   Everest obviously licensed things from other companies, but
> > rom EMI?
> > Best, John>>
> >
> > I recall frequently seeing Stokowski's Houston recording of the
> Shostakovich 11th for Capitol/EMI
> > issued as a two-LP set on Everest in cut-out bins during the 1970s and
> wondering the same thing.
> > In its later days, Everest did some licensing from other companies (e.g.,
> Elman and Renardy
> > releases from Decca/London).
> >
> > Mark Obert-Thorn
> >
> >
>