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Now Roger's messages don't even have spaces between words. I give up, Roger.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Kulp" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Magnetofonband, was Columbia tape adoption


> Doesanyoneelsehavethe demonstration setColumbiasentto Philcodealersfor thefirstLPplayersin 1949?I 
> haveonly foundonecopy,and that wasalmost25yearsagoataSalvation Armystore.Iampostingthisin 
> acolumnof singlewordstoseehow
> itcomesout.Roger > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:45:53 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: 
> [ARSCLIST] Magnetofonband, was Columbia tape adoption> To: [log in to unmask]> > Thanks 
> guys for the info. I suspected Wallerstein was off by a couple years.> The earliest Columbia I 
> have, made around that time, is Szell's arraignment> of From My Life, April '49. Clearly from 
> disk. Good sounding disk!> > Mullin said he mailed two machines home, along with 50-some tapes. 
> This from> the same sources is his telling:> http://www.musicinthemail.com/audiotape.html  Pretty 
> amazing story. The> pressure of doing Bing's show must have been tremendous. While many know all> 
> about these tales, there is a new generation that is discovering the old> mediums. Learning how 
> much we take for granted today.> > -----Original Message-----> From: Association for Recorded 
> Sound Discussion List> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian> Sent: 
> Thursday, July 31, 2014 2:19 PM> To: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 
> Magnetofonband, was Columbia tape adoption> > The time has come to do a survey of the machines 
> brought out from Germany> and what tendrills extended from them.> > We know Jack Mullen had one.> 
>  > Another showed up the hands of Ralph Ranger, according to a son of John> Jacob Niles, who was 
> present at a recording session at his house as a little> boy.  He told me he recalls Ranger's 
> machine had a swastika on it.  Did that> of Mullen have one also?> > Others must have been brought 
> out by the Russians and by others on or near> the continent.  Perhaps Canada also.  Not to mention 
> any surviving in> Germany and the conquered countries.    > > Was there a cache of tape found? 
> Were old recordings erased and reused?  > > Each macine that survived the war has a story to tell. 
> The pre-history of> postwar recording is encapsulated in their histories.  > > I hope someone (not 
> me, alas) can consider this as a project.  > > Steve Smolian> >     > > >  > > -----Original 
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 
> 1:11 PM> To: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Columbia tape adoption> > Hi, 
> Carl,> > I believe the first Model 200A machines from Ampex were delivered in 1948,> so I'm 
> agreeing with Ted.> > Mullin still used his two modified Magnetophon machines (his electronics,> 
> AEG's transport and tape) for the shows in the fall of 1947. The 1947-10-01> season opener was the 
> first show on a U.S. national network which was> recorded to and edited on tape, although it was 
> aired from ETs because the> network did not trust the splices to hold for air.> > At some point in 
> this, Crosby gave Ampex $50,000 to build the production> machines, and I think he got the first 
> ten.> > Cheers,> > Richard> > > > On 2014-07-31 10:18 AM, Ted Kendall wrote:> > Mid-48 sounds much 
> more plausible - the first use of tape at Abbey > > Road was in '48, at Decca mid-'49, for the 
> launch of London LPs.> > According to Pawley (BBC), there were three prototype EMI BTR-1s by > > 
> February '48. The> > 47-48 season of Crosby shows was done on the Magnetophons with the IG > > 
> Farben stock used over and over again, so the story goes.
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