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Good evening Mossy and friends! Good go join in this evening, and since I have no work tomorrow, I am going to enjoy this night of music with you all. In a PROG mood this evening, so.......'Going For The One' bought back in the day TRIgate!

....the vinyl itself showing themed center label, and on the table for a spin 🍷

This next spin is an original Red Seal Label, RCA Victor, "Living Stereo" Record of Rimsky-Korsakoff, Scheherazade, Op. 35. Conducted by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 1960. A phenomenally well recorded lp.

Loved hearing Strauss and Tchaikovsky on the piano. And Genesis has always had interesting keyboards as a component to their music.

Good Sunday evening everyone. So glad I'm able to spin a record or two tonight. I really like these Reference Recording LP's. Particularly when Professor Johnson is the recording engineer. Exotic Dances from the Opera Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra

That's interesting he is building a 71A amp for me that will be ready by the end of this month!!! I am really looking forward to hearing this amp, it will be the last amp I ever buy!!!

This often works for me. Actually, I try a slight bass boost first. To my ears and brain, slight edginess may be largely a matter of balance. If that doesn't work, then the treble control.

Such GREAT music, and recording is dated 1962 ! Front cover and cued up for a spin (in progress)

My vibe shot of the music room as side two spins...

Time for some Sonic Fireworks Vol. 1 Music for Organ, Brass, and Percussion.

One of my favorites!

On to side two...

First, let me share my credentials with you. I’ve made many recordings over the past 30+ years of “acoustic” music (voice and instruments) for the Glen Ellyn – Wheaton Chorale. Initially, these recordings were made live-in-concert, which in itself presents many logistical problems for using ideal microphone type and placement. In later years I was able to record at rehearsal prior to concert, primarily so I could master and produce some quantity of CDs for sale at concerts. All of these recordings have taken place in various churches, but in recent years at College Church, Wheaton, Illinois, which is known for its fine acoustics for Chorale music. The Chorale was always accompanied by a grand piano (Steinway), and guest musicians/singers. This might be a children’s choir with hand bells, or a trio of harps, string quartet, chamber orchestra, jazz band, etc. Also a smaller ensemble group from the Chorale. The first thing I suggest you do is Google “recording a violin”, or “Why does my violin recording sound so bad”. You’ll find that virtually anyone who plays violin, and has tried to record themselves absolutely hates the way they sound. For me, getting that woody sound, the texture, timbre of a violin, without the edginess, is probably one of the most difficult sounds to record and get right. Unfortunately, for me, I didn’t have the liberty to experiment and listen to playback before making any commitment to “the sound”. It was basically hit and miss, learn a little bit each time, as you go. I’ve used many mic techniques, everything from simple two spaced mics, three main mics, mutli-mic/mutli-track, and combinations thereof. Now a little bit about commercial recordings from small and big labels. Obviously, they have much bigger budgets with better equipment and more time, and experience than I do. However, for the most part, many of these “professional” recordings have similar characteristics. For one, (and IMO this IS a BIG deal), the “perspective” they present is more often than not, that of the conductor. It’s more like what they hear than what we hear sitting in the audience. Consider a recording technique like the well-known “Decca tree”. It’s a simple three (sometimes more) mic pickup. But where are the mics located? In a triangle “tree” held above the orchestra or above the conductor’s podium. There’s a big difference in this “sound” compared to where we sit in the audience. Then there’s the problem with multi-mics. These might be fill-in mics, or an array of multiple mics placed much closer to the instruments. Why would one do this? Well, if it’s a “live” concert or an older concert hall built before we had all the noise pollution, the mics might need to be placed closer to the source to avoid picking up audience noise or traffic noise for instance. Great for signal to noise ratio, not so good for sound quality – at least as we audiophiles expect it. All of that being said, I must admit that personally, I pretty much hate the sound of violins. 🤢😀There are very few violinists that I can say I really admire and listen to. Itzhak Perlman, Issac Stern, Anne Sophie Mutter to a name a few. What I’m saying is that there’s also some musicianship involved here. The second chair violinists are probably not producing sound of the same caliber as that of the aforementioned violinists. Add to that the most commonly used mic techniques, and the closeness of the mics to the performers, it easily compounds the sound quality problem. For recordings I listen to, I prefer the older, simpler two or three spaced mic technique used in the early Mercury Living Presence or RCA Living Stereo. Telarc also adapted this in their early digital recordings. Prof. Keith O. Johnson of Reference Recordings has made wonderful recordings. Also take a look at the library from BIS/Sweden. I think it’s also important to seek out the best rooms where these kinds of music/instruments/vocals are recorded. For example. I’ve discovered that many of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra recordings I love best were made at Chicago Medinah Temple, not Orchestra Hall (as may sometimes be misquoted). As a side note, I should also mention that often recordings that I’ve made that sound good on my system, are not necessarily all that listenable in a car, for instance. If I did whatever I need to do to make them more appealing in a car or on the radio it would most certainly compromise the dynamic range and sound quality (as I, and probably you prefer it). If all else fails – use the tone control!!!!!! You, as the listener, have literally no control over what the recording engineer did, mixing and mastering engineer did, the musician’s abilities, or where/how the recording was made. There is no such thing as “purist” here. Don’t be afraid to use the treble control to dial it down a bit, or a lot. Even boosting bass can alleviate some of that violin edginess. https://gewchorale.org/ https://www.renkus-heinz.com/application/chicagos-college-church-offers-a-landmark-ic-squared-installation/ https://bis.se/contact https://referencerecordings.com/

20 years old NOS speakers

Big thanks to Dave A for the Lmahls,

I think I was wrong ...............

Update on the Second set in its home

I mean for the fun of it

Well, this sure has been a great evening here in Paul's place , and I hope he didn't mind that we hijacked it for a while tonight. Ok Mossy, I am heading for the rack and closing down the Hall for now. Next Saturday for the LIVE BSO concert for sure. Everyone have a great evening, we'll be back 🌙

Here is a price tag from one of the great audio and electronic supply stores in our area. I remember my dad taking me here. One side of the store sold raw speakers of all sizes, tubes, electronic parts and also a great repair service. The other half of the building had listening rooms. They were a BIG McIntosh dealer, had all kinds of listening rooms, huge record dept. also a TV dept. This was LONG before ANY Radio Shack's appeared on the screen. I remember being there when the Beatles had just arrived on the scene. There was this advertisement sign in the store with each of their cardboard heads rocking back and forth with those weird recip. battery powered motors. I over heard someone walking by and looked at the sign and said something like "You can have them!" HA HA. Anyway, here is the tag which is stuck on the rear cover....

Yes, many drum beats from '59 - '62 for sure. I have flipped.... 🍷

Nice photo! Love the laptop screen! Been a long time comin' for that! I was noticing the more up beat rock rhythms as well...it was '62. Just fantastic!

.....actually, many difference era's of music are covered in this one record!

Agreed! This is really a rock and roll performance from 1962 ! And by this vibe shot, I would say a sync play is happening

For recording it certainly was the center of the world. Just incredible sound stage...you can see with your ears! Remarkable! Those sound engineers had it down!

.....rear cover and stats...also recorded at the same venue (RCA's Music Center of The World) in Hollywood CA.

Music from the motion picture Experiment In Terror Music Composed and Conducted by Henry Mancini RCA Victor recording.

You are correct, and YES I can spin another, I am having too much fun to quite just yet . Let me know. I don't think Paul would mind if I had to stream now and then to 'keep up'

I know you have your Moms Hatari lp. We sync played it about 5 years ago... You up for one more?

Well, that recording is a keeper for sure! I have some other stacks which I think my mom got from a friend years ago, they are in the library, which, may be where the Mr. Lucky came from. I know I wasn't old enough to by my own records in 1959

Thanks! The ON AIR is LED, and would be a perfect fit in radio.

Pretty, pretty space as always Mossy . I need that ON AIR lamp for my radio station! Is it LED ?

Side B in progress my friend 🍷

If you run across any of the original Mancini RCA Victor records, pick them up. You won't be disappointed. And they are reasonably priced. Not much interest in that type of music, but they are gems. I have them all and each one sounds fantastic. I also have a few of the tapes. Good stuff!

...........and a quicky vibe photo during the sync play of the evening

There's the Hammond

Rear cover photos and write-up. I especially like this one!

Gary, I know these old RCA records sonically are as good as any recording out there. Amazing Sound Staging. One of the main reason I am such a fan of early original RCA Victor records and tapes!

Very good mossy, rolling here to.........I see that screen WHAT?!? this old record is SO clean and what a stereo sound stage!, again, no idea how I ended up with it. Here are some photos for the gang.

Rolling!

Excellent play Mossy! Speaking of which............I was poking around the library and look what I found ! ! I think I had to get a digital stream of this one night when we did a sync play right? Here it is, on vinyl all the while . I have no idea the condition, it originally came from a store named 'Follett's for the cost of $4.98 ! Recorded in 1959. If you would like to sync again (I KNOW you like this one) I will save it for now, or make our next play.🍷

Thank YOU Mossy! Yes, good to have all up and running once again, feeling 100% part of the group, having a fully functioning listening space. I see your NEW room's' are getting lots of use. Bet you are enjoying having them 'in house' rather then in 'out' house ! Ok, ready to flip to side two. Already planning my next spin.

WAY BACK-One of my High school teachers bought the first VW bug in the little town I lived in. He would tell us of the great fuel mileage he was getting. Every week or so we would sneak up his house at night and dump a gallon or two in the Bug's tank. Every week or so he would tell us of the amazing MPG's he was getting. Went from 40's to 50's to 60's 70's 80's. We finally wrote him a note to explain. I flunked that class.

This guy is ridiculous.

Agree, sometimes I write long. Almost like asking about the history of the world. A bit shorter now. No novels from me. Now am trying vague and short. And referring to search options for quite some time now. The End...