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RCA Living Stereo

I have collected vinyl for over fifty years. Jazz, classical, rock… I have lots of late fifties jazz recordings… some of the best are RCA Living Stereo albums. So, over the years if I found a Living Stereo Album, even not in the category of music I liked, I would buy it. I just found a couple dozen… I had bought over the years, usually for a dollar. I had cleaned them on my record cleaning machine, treated with Last and hid them in the corner.

I am currently listening to one called, Lisbon At Twilight… stereo 1958. Wonderful recording. There are a lot of these orchestral works created.. jazzy often from contemporary tunes. The recordings are compelling, so are the orchestrations and individually musicians even though I would have to classify much as elevator music.

 

But with such great recordings in a great system they can be really enjoyable. They are 180 gram of heavier as well. $1… what a deal… blast from the past.

ghdprentice

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ghdprentice OP
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@audioguy85 

 

White dog? Shaded dog? The specific album I was speaking of is an outline in blue… no shading.

 

Yes, no series are all great… some duds are not unusual. 

ghdprentice OP
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There was real completion for higher fidelity in the 50’s. Before stereo I have a lot of Hi-Fidelity albums boasting of greater fidelity leading up to stereo. For me, unfortunately no mater how high fidelity is… if it is not stereo it doesn’t keep my interest. But the 50’s was a great time on advancement in high fidelity.

ghdprentice OP
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When Deutsche Gramophone went digital they were terrible! I pulled one out a couple months ago… horribly shrill! @lewm you are absolutely correct… before they went digital they were really good… often the standard. 
 

I remember buying albums in the late 70’s early 80’s and being really uncertain as to what was going on… it was hot or miss. 

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@best-groove 

 

Thank you… cool idea. I’ll have a look. 

ghdprentice OP
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@realworldaudio

 

Wow… that is some in depth knowledge on a pretty esoteric subject. Also, really interesting. Thank you for your post. It is typical for any label to have variable sound quality. Although some are better than others. I do remember one or two having high levels of surface noise. I’ll have to look at them more carefully.

 

Also, you reminded me of different equalization curves… which my phono stage has as an option. I’ll have to be careful to use them.

 

Thank you for the info.

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