The picture of the test long play disc developed by Dr. Goldmark is on page 118 of " Music Machines - American Style" Bob Hodge Sr. Engineer Belfer Audio Archive Syracuse University >>> [log in to unmask] 6/10/2005 5:58:45 PM >>> Cary Ginell wrote: > > When I was visiting with Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman, he had a test > pressing framed in his apartment that had been presented to him by Peter > Goldmark of Columbia as being "the first LP record." The label reads Engineering > & Research Development Department, Columbia Broadcasting System, Experimental > Record No. (number is unreadable). Date: 2/27/46. Scheherazade, Part 2, > Movements 3 & 4, referp 56755, Book 1. It is signed "To Jac from Peter Goldmark." > A small plaque in the frame states: "The very 1st LP, 2/27/46, Gift to Jac > Holzman from Peter Goldmark, director of CBS development team. No artist is > listed. > > Cary Ginell Surprisingly, the Rodzinski "Scheherazade" isn't among the first LPs listed in the 1949 catalog..its first reissue seems to be Entre RL 3001 with a matrix number something like XLP 9601. This was the only Scheherazade they had, and it would have been a likely candidate for transfer to LP in the experimental stages (recorded in December 1939). While we're at it, the first Children's LP from Columbia, JL 8001, was Nursery Songs done by Gene Kelly. dl