Having been a singer in the Roger Wagner Chorale, we recorded quite a few albums with the L.A. Philharmonic for Capitol Records on Stage 7 at the Goldwyn Studio. Also recorded there was Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" with Felix Slatkin conducting.  In addition, Frank Sinatra's "Concert Sinatra" album and Erich Leinsdorf's "Portraits in Sound", FULL DIMENSIONAL SOUND"Capitol's Full Dimensional Sound debuted with the dawn of the LP in 1949. Throughout the 1950's, in brilliant mono, and then in breathtaking stereo. Full Dimensional Sound has one aim to convey the depth and richness of the concert hall with all the impact and immediacy of a front-row seat.

Recorded on Stage Seven of the Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, California on the dates noted:
Tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8 were recorded March 3, 5 and 7, 1958;
Tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7 were recorded March 8, 1958;
Track 9 was recorded March 28, 1958.

A trio of Meumann M-49 microphones formed the basic pickup for these recordings. For stereo left and right, two M-49's were elevated fifteen feet above and just in front of the orchestra's concertmaster and first cellist. A single M-49 was placed over the woodwinds. An RCA 44-BX ribbon microphone reinforced the cello section while an RCA 77-DX ribbon covered the brass. ElectroVoice 666 microphones provided percussion and timpani accents as needed. All microphones were mixed in Goldwyn Overdub Stage C and recorded on an Ampex 300-3, 1/2 inch, three-track tape machine. These original three-track session tapes were used to produce this Compact Disc."
So, it was "The" Capitol West Coast venue for Hi-Fi wide range large ensemble three track recordings starting in the '50s and moving to Ampex 16 track as those machines came out.

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 From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Joe:

Good question! I looked in the booklets of the new Everest reissues and it just says "Houston." I 
also re-checked part II of Lonn Henrichsen and David Patmore's 2007 Everest profile in Classic 
Record Collector. No info on the Houston recording site. Given that Everest didn't seem to be 
ambitious in scouting new or different recording venues, my bet would be that the same venue used by 
Capitol would have been used by Everest.

Stokowski also made some Everest records with the "Stadium Symphony Orchestra," which was just NY 
Philharmonic players acting under a different name so as not to violate the NYPO's recording 
contract. In any case, those recordings were made at Manhattan Center, also used by Columbia, RCA 
and Vanguard at various times.

By the way, Discogs and all of the other used LP websites show no reissues of the Shostakovich 11th 
on Everest. There were reissues on Capitol with a different cover, Seraphim (the budget reissue 
sub-label of Angel in the US), Angel in Europe and Seraphim in the UK with a different catalog 
number. The original Capitol 2LP set was in a box rather than a gatefold cover and had a separate 
booklet. Nowhere in the original-issue Capitol 2LP set that I own is there mention of the recording 
location.

-- Tom Fine

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> Where were the Stokowski/Houston 35mm mag films recorded?
>
> joe salerno
>
> On 11/18/2013 4:46 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>> .
>>
>
> -- 
> Joe Salerno
>
>