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I know that i should do some more WWW search, but a quick reply will do for now!Thanks!
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As others have noted, two channel recording experiments have been around for a long time, but the first commercially available ones were right around 1960.If someone wants to get into a minucia (sp?) discussion about various techniques, I'd be happy to offer my own experiments from the early 70s when I experimented with many-channel recording and playback.
As a practical matter, I would say that in the course of stating when "such and such" started, most of us are interested in commercially delivered and accepted products. The fact of the matter is that no homeowner in 1940 or 1950 had stereo playback equipment, so whatever experiments or demonstrations had been done were purely experimental.
Otherwise, I might be tempted to say that I developed the first surround sound recording and playback system in 1974 (discounting the goofy quadraphonic idea). And I'm pleased to say that it's still more than 5.1 does, and we've had 30 years to work on it. Makes me wish I was a manufacturer. :)
When an idea was first tried, and when it was first "truly available", are two different things.
OK! Thanks guys for such interesting bits of info... I am gonna be doing some more research (stereo being my hobby!) on this topic.Any good reissues on LP of some of the early stereo sound?
Thanks from far away Croatia!
Currently available is a reissue of Louis Armstrong plays King Oliver. This is very early stereo, but, it is also undeniable proof that the art of recording has advanced very little in the nearly 50 years that followed.
Respect for that, gonna find it.
Alan Blumlein
HMV in England were recording in stereo, using two microphones to pick up the sound and two cutting tables to record it, Duke Ellington, Leo Reisman, Hoagy Carmichael,, Waring's Pennsylvanians, the D'Oyly Carte Company, The BBC Symphony under Sir Edward Elgar, Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward were all recorded in binaural stereo sound. This experiment lasted far into the 30's, resulting in records which, when taken individually, are perfectly ordinary monaural, but when paired with their "mates" from the other cutting table, yield spectacular stereo sound..."
-Brad Kay
March, 1985This from the liner notes of "Reflections In Ellington" - Everybodys 3005, an LP that features The 1932 Ellington Orchestra in true stereo. Great stuff!!!
For all intents and purposes, commercial stereo began in 1958.
"Monophonic" was generally phased out by 1968.
"Music is the can-opener of the soul"
Henry Miller.
This of course does not help frozen food fans...
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"Music is the can-opener of the soul"
Henry Miller.
This of course does not help frozen food fans...
First stereo LP's are issued in 1959 by Audio Fidelity, Dukes of Dixieland vol 3, IIRC. Stereo tape decks appear in 1954, IIRC. The earliest stereo RCA LP's LSC 1806, 1896, 1817 date from about that time period.
I have a mono Audio Fidelity record from 1961 and on the back of the cover it says:"Audio Fidelity Records produced and released the world's first Stereophonic High Fidelity record (Stereodisc) in November, 1957."
It doesn't say what the record was but on the RHS there is a listing of releases arranged by number and the first on the list is:
1823/5823 The Dukes of Dixieland Vol. 1
It also says "One thousand series denotes monaural - five thousand series denotes Stereo"
vol 1, 5823 pic Radio Wonder is right.
vol 2, see link--http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/docwlcdo/DukesofDixielandVol2.jpg
vol 3, see link--http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/docwlcdo/DukesofDixielandVol31ststereoLP.jpg
Link.
Not that record, but the coming of stereo!
and point out that experimental stereo recordings were made well before, and that the three LSC LP's were not released till much later in the mid to late 60's. Those are some of the few RCA's (classical) which employ minimal miking. First real commercial use of multichannel sound was in 1941 when Disney released Fantasia in the theaters.
When Audio Fidelity released their first LP, there were no stereo Arms or cartridges, IIRC. Magazines of the day were constantly advising that you really needed an identical speaker and electronics to play back stereo. Maybe that's why Quad 57's are often so mismatched in the serial numbers. I met a guy who thought stereo was a passing fad, and his Altec 604's are a mismatched pair, one being a 604B and the other a 604E.
the Westrex 45-45 system, there were hill-and-dale single-groove stereo LPs (Crosby?) and dual-groove LPs made by Emory Cooke which were played with a dual-headed arm. I seem to recall one made by Livingston.
That's right!: and I have a Cooke LP somewhere in my stash. That one was a sort of acceptable format, but with the playing time halved, ultimately didn't make it. Made for some weird looking tonearms and headshell adapters, though. Still looking for an arm., too
I don't recall the hill and dale attempts, and am wondering how they could have been modulated for stereo unless they combined it with a side to side displacement.
As for the other comments, I believe Ampex released their first stereo decks in '54. Many companies were already recording in stereo in preparation for the standardization of the stereo LP playback system.
Interestingly, as in the case of the RCA's, the stereo releases were often much later than the mono releases. And then there are the two track mono recordings: early Beatles, and many jazz releases. I used to wonder why the monos had a higher value until I heard those two track releases.
Right. There was a lateral and vertical modulation but, since the vertical was somewhat limited, it was a sum-and-difference (which is what I should have said) system. Lateral=sum so that it was mono compatible. Vertical=difference.
I believe that English Decca had developed a lateral (sum)/vertical (difference) cutter head in parallel with Westrex's 45/45 one. When the 45/45 system was formally adopted, I think the earliest commercial Decca/London stereo LPs were mastered using that L/V cutter. The Decca stereo pickup was a parallel development, being a L/V design matrixed to 45/45.Incidentally, if memory serves, Jerry Minter in the U.S. was working on a stereo disc adding the L-R difference on a lateral high-frequency carrier. Sorta a forerunner of the later CD-4 idea.
Charlie
... some of the early Contemporary jazz records engineered by the fabled Roy DuNann were recorded well before that. I have a first pressing of the Shelly Manne/Andre Previn "My Fair Lady," for instance, that was recorded on August 17, 1956, the notes are dated August 27, 1o956, and the copyright date is 1956. There are others from the same period.
a very good LP with wonderful sound. Got it used $1, washed it up, plays almost perfectly. On the back of the cover, has a box indicating it was the first stereo LP's.
for years. Found the mono and the later stereo copies, but never vol 3 in stereo. I'm just curious how the first stereo release would sound. Now you're making me drool all over myself.....Damn! 8^(
since I am at work. BTW, I have no way to CD-R the material reliably, as my digital evolution is delayed. I can do a Nak cassette, but that kind of defeats the purpose and fun of LP listening, right?
Just FYI, I have a setup specifically for transferring tapes and LPs to computer hard drive at up to 24 bit/96KHz, and would be happy to do that for you at no charge except for shipping.I would suggest that you have SOMEONE do it soon, so you can enjoy the music without adversely affecting the album or having a tonearm accident.
What pieces go and where? I'm in So Ca.
The cost of sending the stuff back to you: the album, the CDs (both audio and .wav), and the insurance.I'd do the digital transfer just because it would be a cool project, that's why I'd do it for free. It'll take an hour or two. What could be more fun?
You can see my site at www.youramerica.net, and email me at 82jel@earthlink.net.
Sorry for the late response, I kinda forgot about it.
Dave
Thanks, but I'd rather enjoy the thrill of the chase.....
I'm not an expert on this, but according to http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/stereo.html, Leopold Stokowski recorded his first "stereo" disc on vinyl in 1932. There was earlier research. And I would imagine what is called "stereo" has changed over the years.
rlindsa - new vinyl freakThere are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. (Albert Schweitzer)
Somewhere I've got a cd copy of the Berlin Philharmonics first stereo recording.
Its from 1941 and was recorded on the 'AEG Hochfrequenz Magnetostat'.
This was the first magnetic tape recorder that used a bias current to achieve a reasonable treble response. The recordings were used for radio broadcasts to entertain the huddled masses during the long nights in the bomb shelters.
Since moving to the UK i found out that allied command believed these were live broadcasts!
May be their believe that Hitler forced world class musicians to stay above ground and play during the heaviest of bombing runs is the reason that Broadcast House (ger.: Haus des Rundfunks) was pretty much the only building left standing in Berlin in May 45.
The recordings themselves are surprisingly good; lots of tape hiss though.
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