My Granpap owned a radio store and sold records too, this was in the late Fifties so he had a lot of the AF titles at home. When he wanted to show-off his new stereo, a Fairchild / Klipsch system he would always put on that Johhny Puleo harmonica LP. I probably still have that same disc around here, but better yet I got the 2trk reel which sounds amazing. He was in the right business at the right time when stereophonic hifi hit the market and had an enviable SOTA stereo system but he didn't have a reel to reel as part of his system. I just remember an old mono Webcor that he made voice recordings with. Thanks for posting this video.
Great history here! How about a video on Everest and Mercury 35mm magnetic film recordings... The late Bert Whyte was a pioneer in this field and 60+ years later their sound continues to floor me - just boggles the mind for what these gifted folks were able to accomplish so long ago. Cheers!
Thanks for this great video. I’m 50 years old and I recently got into vinyl. All of the channels that I watch talk about the best recordings of the 1960’s to present. It’s great to hear about great sounding records pre 1965.
Hey Rich, good to see you in good health! Tape and microgroove LPs go hand and hand! You can do direct to disc, but tape allows for editing, which is very important! 😊
Hi Richard. New subscribers here Great video. Lots of great information about the early Ampex machines. I remember a lot of those early Lps. I have some of the Command stuff and I think I have some sound effects records. Gotta go unpack some boxes out in the barn. My wife and I are big Dinah fans too. No Rusty Warren records? Matt
Hollywood studios had multi-channel, high-fidelity sound-on-film recording technology long before stereo in the recording industry. "Fantasia" is the best-known example. Outfits like the Glenn Miller band made their best audio-quality recordings when making movies on the West Coast.
Thank you for the comment. I'm familiar with that era but for brevity's sake I focused on a 5 year period from 57 to 62 which is when the commercial aspects exploded..
Les Paul and Mary Ford were one of the first to record in multitrack recordings. I don’t think they were mentioned. Wasn’t Spike Jones and his City Slickers a kind of Dixie land even though they were comedy? 🤔
I think you probably already know this - but Bing Crosby wanted that tape machine so he didn't have to do his live radio show and he could go golfing. Mobile Fidelity got its start making train field recordings. I'm surprised that Stereolab wasn't in discogs since that cover (and name) has been used by modern bands.
Really fascinated looking at a lot of the older technology. Have you come across the "inadvertent" stereo recordings Richard? It was common to use two portable cutters at different locations for live events in case something went wrong. These can now be spliced back together to make a genuinely stereo performance. I believe the earliest examples date back to the 20's, certainly the 30's.
Thanks so much. Why were some vinyl recordings still mono in the middle 1960s? And some of the same albums were recorded in both stereo AND mono. Was mono cheaper to reproduce?
It's ironic that mono recordings of the Beatles and other groups is now valued more than the stereo mixes. Some insist that the mono mixes sound better. As an opera listener, I have quite a few mono recordings on vinyl and CD. The voices sound fuller on the mono recordings, maybe because the image hangs between the speakers and not on either the right or the left. Stereo gives you a greater sense of depth and space. But mono has its place.
The stereo mixes on the early Beatles records was not good because they just hard panned the voices / individual instruments to the left or the right. Someone made me a Beatles Mono reel to reel tape from the expensive vinyl set and it is eye-opening, or ear-opening, yes. In true monaural, with two speakers the music comes at you right from center field - if you have not heard those Beatles classics this way should check them out,
Excellent , realy enjoyed this music review. Was their anything like " living stereo" to be issued in the UK? We had a Decca stereogram when I was a boy. I'll try find a copy of Terry Snyder And The All Stars - Persuasive Percussion here
@richardriley4415 yes I know their was stereo as we had record player in 1958 , think prob Decca label but wondered if their was living stereo, never seen that,
Right, the story of the Magnetophon is pretty cool, sure you can find it online somewhere. The world can thank German technology for high fidelity sound. Though someone else would have come up with the idea if they hadn't.
My Granpap owned a radio store and sold records too, this was in the late Fifties so he had a lot of the AF titles at home. When he wanted to show-off his new stereo, a Fairchild / Klipsch system he would always put on that Johhny Puleo harmonica LP. I probably still have that same disc around here, but better yet I got the 2trk reel which sounds amazing.
He was in the right business at the right time when stereophonic hifi hit the market and had an enviable SOTA stereo system but he didn't have a reel to reel as part of his system. I just remember an old mono Webcor that he made voice recordings with. Thanks for posting this video.
Thank You for sharing.
I had a LP from 1957 in Stereo. «The arrival of Victor Feldman».Great sound
Great history here! How about a video on Everest and Mercury 35mm magnetic film recordings...
The late Bert Whyte was a pioneer in this field and 60+ years later their sound continues to floor me - just boggles the mind for what these gifted folks were able to accomplish so long ago. Cheers!
Thank you. I did mention Mercury of which I have many. I also have a few Everest. The history of all of this is fascinating.
Fantastic Richard!
Thanks for dropping by.
Thanks for this great video. I’m 50 years old and I recently got into vinyl. All of the channels that I watch talk about the best recordings of the 1960’s to present. It’s great to hear about great sounding records pre 1965.
Thanks for the comment. I'm 82 so this early stuff is probably more interesting to me.
An old-style reel-to-reel multitrack analogue tape recorder! A real beauty!
Hey Rich, good to see you in good health! Tape and microgroove LPs go hand and hand! You can do direct to disc, but tape allows for editing, which is very important! 😊
Tape has now gotten really expensive.
Hi Richard. New subscribers here Great video. Lots of great information about the early Ampex machines. I remember a lot of those early Lps. I have some of the Command stuff and I think I have some sound effects records. Gotta go unpack some boxes out in the barn. My wife and I are big Dinah fans too. No Rusty Warren records?
Matt
Thanks for the Sub. I do have a couple Rusty Warren records. Check out my video on Dinah a few months ago.
I Recall Hearing Rusty Warren Records Years Ago 🎉❤😊 "Knockers Up" Y'all😮😈📛🏁🥜😻
Hollywood studios had multi-channel, high-fidelity sound-on-film recording technology long before stereo in the recording industry. "Fantasia" is the best-known example. Outfits like the Glenn Miller band made their best audio-quality recordings when making movies on the West Coast.
Thank you for the comment. I'm familiar with that era but for brevity's sake I focused on a 5 year period from 57 to 62 which is when the commercial aspects exploded..
@@richardriley4415 Right. Thanks.
Les Paul and Mary Ford were one of the first to record in multitrack recordings. I don’t think they were mentioned. Wasn’t Spike Jones and his City Slickers a kind of Dixie land even though they were comedy? 🤔
The early Herb Alpert recordings on A&M had different series numbers for Mono and Stereo versions.
@@glennso47 Some of Les’s early recording equipment is on display at the Rock Hall in Cleveland.
the color on those jackets is beautiful
They went all out at the beginning and ten tears ago you could get much of that stuff for $1 each which is what sucked me in..
I think you probably already know this - but Bing Crosby wanted that tape machine so he didn't have to do his live radio show and he could go golfing. Mobile Fidelity got its start making train field recordings. I'm surprised that Stereolab wasn't in discogs since that cover (and name) has been used by modern bands.
It might be in discogs now. I have a number of records that were not there 6 or 7 years ago and when I check now they are there. I love the history.
My dad had several LPs in the "Kings of Dixieland" series. Top session musicians.
My also introduced me to this music.
Magnavox and Zenith were starting to make stereos about that time too[1958]
Mid Century Modern. They didn't really take off until the mid 60s. In 1967 I bought an RCA console. I wish I still had it.
Really fascinated looking at a lot of the older technology. Have you come across the "inadvertent" stereo recordings Richard? It was common to use two portable cutters at different locations for live events in case something went wrong. These can now be spliced back together to make a genuinely stereo performance. I believe the earliest examples date back to the 20's, certainly the 30's.
Doing some research is my favorite part.
Thanks so much. Why were some vinyl recordings still mono in the middle 1960s? And some of the same albums were recorded in both stereo AND mono. Was mono cheaper to reproduce?
I think the cost was about the same.
Most to all of charles holley(buddy holly) were actually recorded in stereo..I may or may not know what the tracks sound like!
I have yet found any stereo tracks on you tube… fake stereo if any
It's ironic that mono recordings of the Beatles and other groups is now valued more than the stereo mixes. Some insist that the mono mixes sound better. As an opera listener, I have quite a few mono recordings on vinyl and CD. The voices sound fuller on the mono recordings, maybe because the image hangs between the speakers and not on either the right or the left. Stereo gives you a greater sense of depth and space. But mono has its place.
The stereo mixes on the early Beatles records was not good because they just hard panned the voices / individual instruments to the left or the right.
Someone made me a Beatles Mono reel to reel tape from the expensive vinyl set and it is eye-opening, or ear-opening, yes. In true monaural, with two speakers the music comes at you right from center field - if you have not heard those Beatles classics this way should check them out,
what did you record it with? it sounds quite good actually! you got some EQ on that as well?
just clips from youtube.
Really good question actually, just about every brand had their own pre-emphasis curves!
Excellent , realy enjoyed this music review. Was their anything like " living stereo" to be issued in the UK? We had a Decca stereogram when I was a boy. I'll try find a copy of Terry Snyder And The All Stars - Persuasive Percussion here
Similar efforts were going on in the UK and Europe but I just focused on the US.
@richardriley4415 yes I know their was stereo as we had record player in 1958 , think prob Decca label but wondered if their was living stereo, never seen that,
Didn't early tape technology benefit from the Allies captured tech from Ze Germans at the end of WWII?
Exactly, in part that's how Ampex came up with the 200A
Right, the story of the Magnetophon is pretty cool, sure you can find it online somewhere. The world can thank German technology for high fidelity sound. Though someone else would have come up with the idea if they hadn't.
Never an RCA fan.
Thanks for the comment. What is your favorite label ? It's hard to beat Atlantic.
These videos are getting long
I don't want you to be bored and then get in trouble.
Much, much prefered.
Long form video = win
Short form dopamine junk vertical video= lame
@@CuttinChopps This is my daughter. Lol.
@@richardriley4415I am one of the few people who kept my nice living room stereo I have a mitsubishi turntable and a bang and olufsen