----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" <[log in to unmask]> > Just compared three copies of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with Emil Gilels > and Fritz Reiner conducting: original mono LP (LM 1969), "Living Stereo" CD, > and 1970s English pressing on "Camden Classics" CCV 5016 from Victrola master > (VICS 1039). Interesting results. The CD is muddy, distant, over-reverbed and > very unpleasant. The Camden Classics/Victrola is running slow, horribly > distorted and full of dropouts. The original mono LP sounds .. bloody fabulous! > When was the original recording made? Mono or stereo? Steven C. Barr