Hi, Don.  I have several Reiner ones, but there are many more by other
conductors.  You know where bits and pieces turn up--vocal selections on
Eddie Smith vocal records.  At some point, copies of these broadcasts
existed, because Smith got access to a lot of them to raid them for vocal
records focusing on particular singers.  Pretty hard to find them now, tho.
 If anybody has a collection of them, I sure would love to know about it.

Best, John




On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Don Tait ([log in to unmask]) <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have tapes or private CD-Rs of some of those broadcasts. From  circa
> 1941/2. Each 30 minutes. All I have are conducted by Fritz Reiner, who
> presumably took the train up from Pittsburgh for the gig. I got the
> recordings
> from  fellow Reiner collectors and have no idea who might  have conducted
> other
> programs. As one might expect, the selections are short and  the musical
> gruel is pretty thin. The "theme music" for each program is the  French
> horn
> "bedtime" music from Hansel und Gretel.
>
>   I do not remember whether the announcer(s) said  from where the
> broadcasts originated. Sorry.
>
>   Don Tait
>
>
> In a message dated 3/18/2014 3:38:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Starting  in 1934 and continuing for a number of years thereafter, the
> Detroit  Symphony appeared on a radio program, the Ford Symphony Hour.
>  Some
> of  the most distinguished conductors of that time regularly guested on
> this
> show, which also featured big name soloists.  Preserved  broadcasts show
> that the orchestra was an excellent one during this period,  and the
> acoustics audible on these recordings sound OK, with a touch of  nice hall
> ambiance.  A number of these broadcasts are sought after by  collectors.  I
> don't know where these shows were recorded, but I  assume they predate the
> Ford Auditorium referred to  previously.
>
> Best,
> John Haley
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at  3:57 PM, Leo Gillis <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi  Tom,
> >
> > I must second that statement.
> > The Ford Auditorium  had one of the worst acoustics
> > it has ever been my (dis)pleasure to  experience.
> > No real music lover was saddened at the news of its  demolition a couple
> > years ago.
> > I used to joke that the best  sounding concert I ever attended there was
> > Marcel Marceau  :-)
> >
> > Meanwhile, a couple miles away on Woodward is the  magnificent Orchestra
> > Hall,
> > which has one of the best  acoustics of any hall anywhere,
> > and it was built in a matter of 5  months - probably not to any
> > 'scientific' principles!
> >
> >  In between these two extremes, the excellent auditorium (and entire
> >  building)
> > of Cass Technical High School is now demolished.
> >  Perhaps you have some info on the recording session for Berlioz'
> >  Symphonie Fantastique that Paul Paray and the DSO did there for
>  Mercury?
> > Despite my hometown bias, this is still one of my favorite  versions of
> > that work.
> >
> >
> > -- Leo  Gillis
> >
> >
> >
> >  --------------------------------------------
> > On Tue, 3/18/14, Tom Fine  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >  Subject: Re:  [ARSCLIST] Old Mercury recording venue gets a rebuild
> >  To:  [log in to unmask]
> >  Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 7:11  PM
> >
> > ...
> >
> >  As bad as Northrop was as a  recording venue, the absolute
> >  worst was the Edsel Ford  Auditorium in Detroit. This was
> >  another "modern" venue designed  by "science." It was almost
> >  unusable for stereo recording and  barely usable for mono
> >  recording. Mercury ended up using the old  orchestra hall,
> >  then called the Paradise Theatre and used at  other times by
> >  a local evangelical church. Then Cass Technical  High
> >  School's wonderful auditorium was "discovered," just in  time
> >  for 35mm recording and improved stereo  cutting.
> >
> >  -- Tom  Fine
> >
> >
>