When you look at that link to Rudolf Bruil's website, discussing the Thor
Johnson/Cincinnati recordings, take note of the one shown in the picture,
of Jorge Bolet playing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2, with the
Cincinnati Symphony conducted by Thor Johnson. That recording has been
very beautifully restored on an APR set devoted to Bolet. See here:

http://www.amazon.com/Jorge-Bolet-His-Earliest-Recordings/dp/B005MJDVZA/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1442088519&sr=1-10&keywords=jorge+bolet

It was restored from an LP by Seth Winner, and this is one of the instances
where a Remington LP yielded a great sounding result.

Best, John




On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 2:49 PM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> No. The Blumlein and Bell Labs experiments date from the early 1930s,
> whereas Remington's recordings were made in the fall of 1953. This page
> provides
> some details. http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remjohnson.html
>
> Dave Lewis
> Hamilton, OH
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Dave Burnham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Although my posting may have looked rhetorical, it wasn't; in fact I
> don't
> > even know who Gabor is. I was actually asking the question about when
> Gabor
> > recorded an orchestra in stereo. Did it predate the Bell labs recordings?
> >
> > db
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Sep 12, 2015, at 2:00 PM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I would say that Gabor was indeed the first to record an orchestra in
> > > stereo with the intentions of release, even though the immediate
> > > result was mono, unless you were in the market for open reel tapes. As
> a
> > > Cincinnati music guy, you can't imagine how grateful I am that
> > > those Gabors include stereo recordings of the Cincinnati Symphony under
> > > Thor Johnson with the Helsinki University Choir; I played part
> > > of "The Origin of Fire" at a lecture I gave about a year ago on the
> > history
> > > of recording in Cincinnati. Varèse Sarabande issued these recordings
> > > on LP in around 1979; while I am often disappointed by the tickiness of
> > V/S
> > > LPs at least they put these recordings out there, in stereo, and
> > > they are not now lost, or compromised, like so many of Gabor's other
> > > undertakings.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > David N. Lewis
> > > Hamilton, OH
> > >
> > >> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Dave Burnham <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Even before Blumlein?
> > >>
> > >> db
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>
> > >>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 1:22 PM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for a most interesting discussion of this oddball LP, Dave.
> > >>>
> > >>> Gabor's efforts are fascinating, especially in in the classical
> arena.
> > >> So
> > >>> many of the people he recorded were important. And sometimes his
> > records
> > >>> can be restored well, although often they are awful sounding.
> > >>>
> > >>> Bruil's website is a treasure trove of info.
> > >>>
> > >>> A few years ago, I myself tried to track down what happened to the
> > >>> Remington master tapes, and what I learned, from someone who knew
> Gabor
> > >> and
> > >>> knew the story, is exactly what you have set forth. Most of the
> master
> > >>> tapes must be presumed gone.
> > >>>
> > >>> An interesting footnote is that Gabor was the first to record an
> > >> orchestra
> > >>> in stereo, not one of the major labels like RCA.
> > >>>
> > >>> Best, John
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:29 PM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> on Masterseal, Don Gabor's late cheap LP product line, and a
> > mysterious
> > >>>> release which I've worked out save one track.
> > >>
> >
> https://uncledavelewis.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/cracking-the-continental-code/
> > >>>>
> > >>>> thanks,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> David Neal Lewis
> > >>>> Hamilton, OH
> > >>
> >
>