Almost 40 year's delay!!! Berliner Philarmoniker claims THE ULTIMATE on LP!!!

[kap'n krunch]

Well well well...
As much as I liked (and as good as it is!) the Beethoven Symphonies BD conducted by Simon Rattle, someone should inform the Berliner Philarmoniker that DIRECT TO DISC technology is about 40 years old!!! (or older..someone help me out here)

Check out the blurb for his Brahms Symphonies box...OK, signed and numbered but ONLY(?) 499 EUROS for 6 LPs!!!!

Man, that Pink Floyd box has done some damage!!!

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a VERY purrrty box...but 500 Euros is a little bit too much, methinks...

 

[Franklin]

It's the earliest way of recording to disc.

Brave though: no edits! You make a big enough mistake and the side has to be recorded again from, ahem, scratch. I would imagine there was more than one cutting lathe per side too to avoid material faults and/or cutting errors.

EDIT: Well I imagine incorrectly. According to the video, just one cutting lathe! Wow.

 

[kap'n krunch]

It's the earliest way of recording to disc.
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You are absolutely right, but I was not taking into consideration the 78s...

 

[kap'n krunch]

IIRC the first "Direct to Disc" 33s I heard of were the Lincoln Mayorga (and...who was the female singer????) back in the late 70s....

 

[proufo]

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[John Svensson]

You think this is bad, have you seen the new Acoustic Sounds catalog? They are releasing 12 new deluxe "reissues" on reel to reel tape! Then you see that each one is priced at $450! But......they have a subscription plan for the lesser deep pockets.

 

[kap'n krunch]

You think this is bad, have you seen the new Acoustic Sounds catalog? They are releasing 12 new deluxe "reissues" on reel to reel tape! Then you see that each one is priced at $450! But......they have a subscription plan for the lesser deep pockets.

R2R????

Cooollllll...

but , alas, at THAT price, well.....NO!

unless it's 15 ips...then, but don't get your hopes up!

and, anyway...is R2R coming back like vinyl????

 

[4-earredwonder]

IIRC the first "Direct to Disc" 33s I heard of were the Lincoln Mayorga (and...who was the female singer????) back in the late 70s....

Was it Amanda McBroom? [the female singer]

 

[kap'n krunch]

Was it Amanda McBroom? [the female singer]

DingDingDing,,,we have a winnahhhh!!!!

Thank you so much!!!

Amanda McBroom!!!!

They were very hyped!

 

[proufo]

IIRC the first "Direct to Disc" 33s I heard of were the Lincoln Mayorga (and...who was the female singer????) back in the late 70s....

Unless you mean Thelma Houston.

Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker ‎– I've Got The Music In Me

 

[4-earredwonder]

Unless you mean Thelma Houston.

Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker ‎– I've Got The Music In Me

Yes, that was a GREAT album, proufo, but here's Mayorga's discography. He teamed with McBroom: https://www.discogs.com/artist/279188-Lincoln-Mayorga

Mayorga also teamed with vocalist Marni Nixon who 'ghosted' Audrey Hepburn's vocals in My Fair Lady.

 

[kap'n krunch]

Unless you mean Thelma Houston.

Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker ‎– I've Got The Music In Me

Didn't know he had teamed up with Thelma Houston too...but, no, it was Amanda.....thanks for the info, though!

 

[John Svensson]

www.theverge.com/2015/10/5/9409563/reel-to-reel-tape-retro-audio-trend


You asked for it....article, "Reel to Reel Tapes: The New Vinyl".