Lalo!

[Holy Zoo]

I just received in the mail today a Lalo Schifrin record: The Other Side of Lalo Schifrin.

Audio Fidelity Records, 1966.

Got it off ebay for $5... sealed! I haven't listened yet, but I'm hoping... :)

I'm posting this because I wanted to share this little blurb on the back of the LP cover, which caught my attention:



Technical Data

This recording was made on an Ampex 250-2 with special electronic circuitry, using Altec, Electorvoice, RCA, and Telefunken microphones. The masters were cut with an automatic Scully Record Lathe mounting a Westrex 45-45 cutter with special feedback electronic circuitry driven by custom 200 watt amplifiers.

Precision mastering was done so as to achieve maximum stylus velocity consistent with minimum distortion, resulting in the ultimate in channel separation and realizing the greatest possible signal-to-noise ratio.

While the total frequency range of 16cps to 25,000 cps on this record may not be within the range of orginary human hearing, nevertheless inspection of the grooves with a microscope will show the etchings of the upper dynamic frequencies. it is the opinion of the manufacturer that if these frequencies were omitted from this record a certain warmth of tone that is felt and sensed rather than heard would be lost. For this reason and to achieve the ultimate in our "Studies in HIGH FIDELITY STEREOPHONIC Sound" we have gone to these extreme electronic lengths.




Gotta love it!

[Steve Hoffman]

Let us know what it sounds like. Usually records with that much tech talk on the jacket have a boosted "hi-fi" upper midrange that could kill ya.

[Holy Zoo]

Will do.

Might give me a chance to try out that built-in eq in the Sony CDR. :)

[Highway Star]

That's a name I haven't heard in years. Didn't he have some involvement with the Steve Allen show back in the '60s? In any case, I recall he was on one of Steve's shows promoting an album around that time called, A Whole Lalo Schifrin Going On (or something similar). Seems like Lalo played the piano on that particular show. Steve used to have a wide variety of guests, even had Blue Cheer on once!

[Steve Hoffman]

Tele,

You think they saved any of those video tapes? Seems I saw a clip recently with Steve and Terry Gibbs, I guess when he died. Wasn't Regis his second bananna?

[Highway Star]

Steve, I'm not sure if any of those shows exist on tape. I've never seen reruns of them anyway. Goldmine once printed a transcript from the Blue Cheer performance so there at least seems to be some kind of archive. Would love to see those shows again. I don't remember if Regis was a sidekick or not, it's been so long ago.

[Dan]

A lot of TV shows are archived but need to be transfered to something more modern to be useful (I forget the format they used, seems to me they were on reels like film)

Anyway, my uncle played with Peter & Gordon in their backup band, and appeared with them on a popular 60's TV show. He found out recently that the tapes of that show still exist and that they can make a VHS copy for him for $400.00!!!!

[Dave B]

Originally posted by Steve Hoffman
Wasn't Regis his second bananna?

Steve, Reege was Joey Bishop's sidekick on his late night program on ABC.