Tea24
09-12-2011, 10:33
Some time ago I bought the whole record collection of an elderly friend; some 700 odd Lps, 45s & 78s. Amongst this collection were several boxed sets of Readers Digest compilations. One is a set called the Glen Miller Years and has many other big bands on it such as Artie Shaw, Guy Lombardo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington (& some with a young Frank Sinatra as a vocalist) etc. etc.
This is labelled ‘Stereo’, though obviously, as some tracks were originally recorded pre-war they cannot really be Stereo; however the re-mastering is very well done on good quality discs by RCA and they do have a sort of Stereo sound.
The blurb states; “72 historic recordings made by 14 celebrated bands, reprocessed from original master discs deposited in RCA archives, and from records in private collections”.
My question is; how was this done. At the time 1966/7 you could have bought either Mono or Stereo of this set.
This is labelled ‘Stereo’, though obviously, as some tracks were originally recorded pre-war they cannot really be Stereo; however the re-mastering is very well done on good quality discs by RCA and they do have a sort of Stereo sound.
The blurb states; “72 historic recordings made by 14 celebrated bands, reprocessed from original master discs deposited in RCA archives, and from records in private collections”.
My question is; how was this done. At the time 1966/7 you could have bought either Mono or Stereo of this set.