The British label was Olympus - quite good transfers for the time, as I recall. On 03/08/2016 03:12, Gene Baron wrote: > I remember buying the Murray Hill set as a graduate student in a > book/record store in Bloomington IN in either 1974 or 1975. It was > absurdly cheap, even for then. > > Gene > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:18 PM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Funny you should bring up the Murray Hill LP Caruso set, Thomas. Several >> of us have had a recent discussion of a new CD box set "reissue" by Bayer, >> a German concern, of an earlier Bayer set from about 25 years ago, that was >> one of the worst historical CD sets ever made. It was derived from the >> Murray Hill Caruso LPs, pushed thru No-Noise with disastrous results. Here >> is Gary Galo's 1990 review in the ARSC Journal: >> w >> ww.arsc-audio.org/journals/v21/v21n2p283-289.pdf >> <http://www.arsc-audio.org/journals/v21/v21n2p283-289.pdf> >> >> And it has had other negative press. Ironically, the new set sells for >> about double the cost of the best complete Caruso set on Naxos, based on >> Ward Marston's transfers. >> >> Best, >> John Haley >> >> . >> >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Dennis, >>> Interesting to know that Mendelssohn produced the Caruso set. IIRC, I >>> tried to obtain a copy, but RCA had suppressed it. It was >>> my belief that the set was a reprint of the OLYMPIC?? discs issued in >>> England (is that true, or was it a different transfer-if so who >>> did the engineering, was it any good????), but included extensive booklet >>> of notes. I think the >>> booklet showed up on some cut-out book lists. Rarely does the set appear >>> on auction. Can't be of much interest with the many CD reissues >>> of Caruso. >>> Any idea how many of the Murray Hill sets actually got into circulation >>> before being suppressed?? >>> Thanks! >>> Thomas. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto: >>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dennis Rooney >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 12:54 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The Mystery of Interloping Vox Discs >>> >>> In reply to Dave Lewis, >>> >>> "Ovation" was not a high-budget project. I was producing the Minnesota >>> Orchestra broadcasts in those days and also producing session recordings >> by >>> them for Vox Productions, the proprietor of which, George H. de >>> Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, was also responsible for the Caruso issue on >> Murray >>> Hill Lps, the subject of many recent posts. As I recall, he offered to >>> supply pressings of *Petrouchka* as a promotional gesture. The first >> disc, >>> therefore, consisted of earlier MSO recordings as Dave notes. They were >> all >>> transferred by me and the tape masters were cut and pressed by Vox, if >>> memory serves. They were the first historical recordings of the MSO to be >>> reissued. While I repent of the quality of some of the cuts on that >> disc, I >>> am gratified that I was able to offer far better reissue quality on the >>> Minnesota Orchestra's Centennial CD Collection, which I produced in 2002. >>> >>> Leibowitz's *Gurrelieder* is one of the best of the recordings of that >>> work but its Vox reissue was not covered in sonic glory. Although the >>> catalogue now has plenty of issues of it, it took several decades before >>> another creditable recorded performance came along. >>> >>> Ciao, >>> >>> DDR >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:46 AM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have here a set which my late friend Jud Yalkut was very proud to >>>> own and never expected to find myself: Haydn Society HSL-100, >>>> Schoenberg's "Gurre Lieder" conducted by René Leibowitz with soloists, >>>> chorus and the New Symphony Society of Paris. Engineered by André >>>> Charlin, copyright 1952. Or is it? The discs and booklet notes are from >>> Vox, VBX 204, released in 1962. >>>> One might assume that the previous owner swapped out their Haydn >>>> Society discs and book for those of the Vox reissue, but is it >>>> possible it was sold this way? Haydn Society having some album sets >>>> left over which Vox cannabalized? >>>> >>>> Also I have a set, "Ovation," celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the >>>> Minnesota Orchestra in 1978 and produced by a chap named Dennis Rooney. >>>> Inside is a disc on the Minnesota Orchestra label presenting a survey >>>> of the orchestra's recorded output ranging from 1925 to 1961, and then >>>> a Vox disc of Skrowaczeski conducting Stravinsky and Prokofiev which >>>> absolutely belongs to this set -- the liners are printed on the back >>>> cover of the gatefold. Was it more economical to just use the Vox >>>> pressing of the second disc and to concentrate the budget on the first? >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Uncle Dave Lewis >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 1006 Langer Way >>> Delray Beach, FL 33483 >>> 212.874.9626 >>> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus