Re: STEREO or MONO - EMI CLASSICS CMS7 63302 2, Hoffnung Music Festivals 1956, 1958, and 1961

TransfrGuy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> On 3 December 2003, Peter Ullman wrote:
> 
>>I wonder if EMI might be persuaded to "redo" this set once more, providing
>>STEREO editions wherever they existed before?
> 
> The problem is that sometimes EMI no longer has the stereo master tapes for
> some items.  In an analogous situation, there were a couple of 1956 Mozart
> symphony recordings made by Klemperer and the Philharmonia which came out on
> stereo Angel LPs, but which were reissued by Testament on CD in mono because
> EMI could not locate the stereo masters anymore.
> 
> Mark Obert-Thorn


Did Angel (Capitol) return submasters after U.S. issues?  As I recall
lacquers had a shelf life and weren't prepared in one country and
air-shipped to another.

Brendan
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