Re: [ARSCLIST] Early stereo mass market tapes

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One comment about Longines. They did one set to redeem themselves, at least a little bit. They used 
to do a lot of work out of my father's studio, by the way. The set I speak of is "Jack Benny's 
Golden Age of Radio," which included a lot of good snips of shows and Benny's sometimes funny 
commentary. The highlight, though, was a recreation of the famous "Cat Wife" show starring Boris 
Karloff.

As for the Longines music albums -- yeah, dreck. But they sold a ton of records.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Hartov" <alex.hartov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Early stereo mass market tapes


> Your forgot an entire decade wasted on Disco
>
> Alex
>
> On Oct 19, 2006, at 10:56 PM, Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Thanks for mentioning Richard Nanes. But how could you omit Rod  McKuen's Piano
> > > Concerto et al?
> > >
> > > Hmm..wonder if someone wants to start an offshoot list devoted  entirely to
> > CrapOnLP?
> > >
> > Well, we start out with any/all recordings (78's included if any) by:
> >
> > Mantovani and his Orchestra (post-c.1935 or so)
> > 101 Strings
> > The Norman Luboff Choir
> > The Longines Symphonette
> > Any Readers' Digest sets which feature semi-anonymous remakes
> >    as opposed to reissues of original recordings
> > Virtually all LP albums which sold new for 99 cents or less(?!)
> > Any recordings of high-school bands or vocal units (with the
> >    exception of your alma mater or works featuring your offspring)
> > Any anthologies sold or promoted by "easy listening" FM stations
> > Any LP's with a well-known name on their cover but which turn out
> >    to have one or two cuts by him/her/it and the rest by unknowns
> > Any LP's whose titles end in "...For Lovers," "...For Dining" or
> >    in any other way suggest musical contents of innocuosity...
> > Any LP's which are sold primarily as souvenirs of a travel
> >    destination
> >
> > additions...?!
> >
> > Steven C. Barr