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The venue sounds like it could be Chicago. The playing was definitely not second-rate, so it was made somewhere where a "pickup" or "recording" orchestra could be massed from good local talent. Then again, this goes back to a time when even medium-sized cities had decent symphonies and people came out to hear them. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Smolian" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Musical Arts Symphony? >I can't prove it but strongly suspect it is members of the Chicago Symphony >Orchestra, perhaps lacking some principal players. This was on LP as well, >on Concert-Disc as I recall. > > Steve Smolian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:53 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Musical Arts Symphony? > > >> How about the Musical Arts Symphony? Any info on that? >> >> Sound in the Round -- I have a quarter-track made by GRT Tapes. I wish I >> had a copy of the original 2-track. The original Ampex demo tape with >> their first 2-track consumer machines had some excerpts from the 2-track. >> >> -- Tom Fine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Lennick" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Musical Arts Symphony? >> >> >>> Tom Fine wrote: >>>> Hi All: >>>> >>>> I have here a duped reel tape called "Symphony of the Dance" by Leonard >>>> Sorkin conducting the "Musical Arts Symphony" on ConcerTapes. What was >>>> this orchestra? Where was it recorded. The recording is actually pretty >>>> good, as is the playing. The tape was duped super-loud compared to >>>> other duped quarter-tracks I have. And it was even within standard >>>> azimuth, which tells me some care was taken in the duping operation. >>>> >>>> Any historical information about the orchestra and recording much >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> -- Tom Fine >>> >>> I remember ConcertDiscs..I still use "Sound in the Round" (ping pong >>> game) for checking channels and speakers. >>> >>> dl >>> >