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More importantly, how about 35mm music albums made at Spectra-Sound Studios???? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Levinson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35mm music-album masters made at Spectra-Sound in L.A.??? > Tom- > > I have a copy of The Nut Cracker with Dorati and The London Symphony, it > is a Mercury Living Presence 35mm Mag recording. They mention wider, > thicker and faster in the notes but what were the specifics? > > Did it run faster than 30 ips? > > AA > > > Tom Fine wrote: >> Hi All: >> >> Another listmember kindly pointed me to a Billboard article from June >> 3, 1967 - "Spectra-Sound Films' Records" - indicates L.A.-based >> Spectra-Sound studio was offering 10- and 12-track 35mm capability >> (not clear if it was on single custom-format machines or via machine >> rooms of 3- and 6-track standard-format machines) for music-album >> production. >> >> Does anyone know of any albums recorded at this studio with the >> "tracking" medium being 35mm? I couldn't find any among my Project 3 >> albums from that time period. As far as I know, by 1967, only Project >> 3 was regularly using 35mm mag-film for record-album production. >> Command Classics made 35mm recordings in Pittsburgh in the spring of >> 1967 and the spring of 1968, but Command's regular flow of pop albums >> at this time were exclusively or almost exclusively done on tape. >> >> Anyway, any info on Spectra-Sound's use of 35mm to record music-albums >> would be appreciated. As far as I knew until this article, the only >> west coast studios to make 35mm albums were United and Radio >> Recorders, both for Mercury's short-lived f35d series. >> >> -- Tom Fine >> >