[BC] Turntables (WAS:Achieving good S/N)

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

Is this the one from _circa_ 1960?
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From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: [BC] Turntables (WAS:Achieving good S/N)


> ------ At 02:57 PM 1/3/2006, Steve wrote: -------
>
> >Mercury Records (famous for the Minneapolis S.O. Recording of the 1812
with
> >Dorati conducting) was also into the 35mm Magnetic film recording bit.
BTW,
> >the Mercury recording of The 1812 Festival Overture is still considered
by
> >many to be the definitive recording of the work by P.I.T. Also by many
> >audiophiles. Happy I have a vinyl of that one in good shape.
>
> I had a copy of it. If I remember right it had a commentary by Deems
> Taylor about the actual cannons used. Even the later version (Telarc,
> I think) didn't compare to the Mercury  cannons.
>
> Rich
>
>
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