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Tom, Still have yet to find any solid link between Livingston and Atlantic, but these Billboard articles gleans a little light on the connection to Cook and dual cartridge stereo disk playback (I have to admit that I haven't read all the articles celebrating Livingstons 18th). Ched Smiley looks to be the fellow responsible for Livingston's early pursuit of tape and stereo reproduction but I haven't found very much other than the linked Billboard. http://books.google.com/books?id=NSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36-IA3&lpg=PA36-http://books.google.com/books?id=NSgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Livingston+Audio+Products&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3#v=snippet&q=Livingston%20Audio%20Products&f=false In case this huge link doesn't work, google Billboard March 14th 1970. The Livingston articles begin on page 36. steve koto On Nov 15, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Tom Fine wrote: > Hi Steve: > > Atlantic's tapes seem to be the connector between Livingston and Cook. They are featured in both catalogs. Was Livingston more a duplicating operation than a recording operation? I have a Livingston-branded tape of Lenny Herman "mightiest little band in the land." I think they were basically a hotel-bar band in the NYC area. Livingston also put out tapes under their own brand of Bill Thomson playing a Hammond organ. > > So who was behind Livingston, and how did they connect to Cook and Atlantic? Were they one of the early self-made duplicating operations? The earliest documentation I've seen of a tape duplication operation was in a 1952 Radio & TV News article, about a setup in NY using Ampex 300's modified in a way that was strikingly similar to what Ampex ended up doing with their 3200 duplicator system two years later. > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "carlstephen koto" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:55 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Livingston and early Atlantic 2-track "binaural" reels > > > Hey Tom, > > A quick check of a couple of my binaural tapes reveals the following text on the back of the boxes; > > "A Binaural tape of The Atlantic Tape Library > duplicated and distributed exclusively by > Livingston Electronic Corporation" > > The 2 tapes I checked; > Paul Barbarin and his New Orleans Jazz is listed in the Atlantic Records discography as lp # 1253 > New Orleans Jazz by Wilbur de Paris and his Rampart Street Ramblers is listed as lp# 1208 > > I'm not sure about the dates for the Wilbur de Paris but according to the All Music Guide, the Barbarin was recorded in 1955 for Atlantic. > > steve koto > On Nov 15, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Tom Fine wrote: > >> What was the story with Livingston and Atlantic and their early 2-track reels? The Atlantic titles were listed in both the Livingston and Cook catalogs that were included with Livingston and Cook reels. Did Emory Cook make all of these recordings? >> >> -- Tom Fine