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Most of the record labels - major and minor - issued samplers at the advent of the stereo age in 1958 and 1959. RCA issued 10-record sets under the title "Stereo for the Joy of It." Capitol issued FDS boxed samplers. Columbia issued this "Listening in Depth" box that included a Stereo Fidelity sampler, a booklet explaining stereo recording, and a catalog of initial stereo releases. Included in the box - but rarely found today - is a little 2" x 3" flip book that, as you flip the pages, shows the complex movement of the stylus in the 45/45 groove. I guess I could make a YouTube video of it, but this photo will have to suffice for now.
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Hi, Michael:
Your posting reminded me that I also have one of those clever little flip-picture booklets!
I have seen the sampler lp boxed sets you describe, but the music is not too great for my personal enjoyment.
If you want to knock the socks right off your feet, listen to a good 2-track mid-fifties Mercury Living Presence stereo open reel tape, such as "Black Maskers". A terrific listening experience when played back on the right gear! And, those tapes were ultra expensive in that era!
How about $17 for a full reel on 2-track, 7.5 ips, for example? And that was in say, 1957-58?
Richard Links
Berkeley, CA
The very first copy of SF-1 that I found years ago had the flip book, so I knew it was included in the box. (This is a duplicate which I've listed on that auction site.) The record itself sounds really great, reminding me once again that Columbia, when it wanted to, could turn out a product the equal of RCA, Mercury and Capitol.
Got that album, sans the flip book, of course! Darn... Thought that was all for that one...
"If the audio industry built gear that sounded as good as it did 50 years ago, there would NEVER be a need to re-issued anything!"
That flip-book is very cool! I have the same record set in just-okay shape, but didn't even know that was part of the original package. I love finding old posters, record reviews, etc. in albums. Even find the odd vegetable matter in old "fold out" rock albums now and then -- although these days I just sigh and brush it into the garbage ... %^)
"Trying to make it real ... compared to what?" - Les McCann & Eddie Harris, "Swiss Movement"
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