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Thanks to all for your responses. The ARSC article credits EVEREST as the source of the tapes - some from the SCALA label, which like many other labels became a subsidiary of EVEREST, but I think started out as an independent. I perused the article, but did not notice any mention of the Olympus series - am I wrong about that being a source for the Murray Hill set ?? What is George Mendelssohn's connection to Everest / Murray Hill ?? Thanks! Thomas. -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mickey Clark Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 11:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Caruso on Murray Hill Once it's been on LP the sound quality is lost-Mickey ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Haley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Caruso on Murray Hill > 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