Now Roger's messages don't even have spaces between words. I give up, Roger.

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From: "Roger Kulp" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Magnetofonband, was Columbia tape adoption


> Doesanyoneelsehavethe demonstration setColumbiasentto Philcodealersfor thefirstLPplayersin 1949?I
> haveonly foundonecopy,and that wasalmost25yearsagoataSalvation Armystore.Iampostingthisin
> acolumnof singlewordstoseehow
> itcomesout.Roger > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:45:53 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re:
> [ARSCLIST] Magnetofonband, was Columbia tape adoption> To: [log in to unmask]> > Thanks
> guys for the info. I suspected Wallerstein was off by a couple years.> The earliest Columbia I
> have, made around that time, is Szell's arraignment> of From My Life, April '49. Clearly from
> disk. Good sounding disk!> > Mullin said he mailed two machines home, along with 50-some tapes.
> This from> the same sources is his telling:> http://www.musicinthemail.com/audiotape.html Pretty
> amazing story. The> pressure of doing Bing's show must have been tremendous. While many know all>
> about these tales, there is a new generation that is discovering the old> mediums. Learning how
> much we take for granted today.> > -----Original Message-----> From: Association for Recorded
> Sound Discussion List> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian> Sent:
> Thursday, July 31, 2014 2:19 PM> To: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST]
> Magnetofonband, was Columbia tape adoption> > The time has come to do a survey of the machines
> brought out from Germany> and what tendrills extended from them.> > We know Jack Mullen had one.>
> > Another showed up the hands of Ralph Ranger, according to a son of John> Jacob Niles, who was
> present at a recording session at his house as a little> boy. He told me he recalls Ranger's
> machine had a swastika on it. Did that> of Mullen have one also?> > Others must have been brought
> out by the Russians and by others on or near> the continent. Perhaps Canada also. Not to mention
> any surviving in> Germany and the conquered countries. > > Was there a cache of tape found?
> Were old recordings erased and reused? > > Each macine that survived the war has a story to tell.
> The pre-history of> postwar recording is encapsulated in their histories. > > I hope someone (not
> me, alas) can consider this as a project. > > Steve Smolian> > > > > > > -----Original
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014
> 1:11 PM> To: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Columbia tape adoption> > Hi,
> Carl,> > I believe the first Model 200A machines from Ampex were delivered in 1948,> so I'm
> agreeing with Ted.> > Mullin still used his two modified Magnetophon machines (his electronics,>
> AEG's transport and tape) for the shows in the fall of 1947. The 1947-10-01> season opener was the
> first show on a U.S. national network which was> recorded to and edited on tape, although it was
> aired from ETs because the> network did not trust the splices to hold for air.> > At some point in
> this, Crosby gave Ampex $50,000 to build the production> machines, and I think he got the first
> ten.> > Cheers,> > Richard> > > > On 2014-07-31 10:18 AM, Ted Kendall wrote:> > Mid-48 sounds much
> more plausible - the first use of tape at Abbey > > Road was in '48, at Decca mid-'49, for the
> launch of London LPs.> > According to Pawley (BBC), there were three prototype EMI BTR-1s by > >
> February '48. The> > 47-48 season of Crosby shows was done on the Magnetophons with the IG > >
> Farben stock used over and over again, so the story goes.
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