@ivan_nosnibor ,
'From 1947 to 1950, excellent sounding mics were available, but they were expensive to make and uncommon and tended to be first reserved for high-profile, big-budget events.
I have two fine-sounding CD soundtracks, both in stereo, that were Hollywood films made in 1947:
The Ghost And Mrs. Muir (Bernard Herrmann)
The Captain From Castile (Alfred Newman)'
Those years from 1947 to 1950 were probably the most critical in all of audio.
In just a couple of years the industry went from live recordings on 78rpm shellac to taped ones on the 33.33rpm LP introduced by Columbia in 1948.
The move from heavy iron needled gramophones ploughing their way through a mere 4 minutes a side of 78rpm shellac to turntables with diamond stylii featuring up to 22 minutes a side of 33.33rpm vinyl with diamond stilli changed everything.
Even diehards like RCA and EMI, not to mention UKs Gramophone magazine were quickly forced to bow before the new fangled vinyl LP before long.
German WW2 tape technology soon took out most of the enormous labour of live recording. Recording live perfectly for 4 mins in one thing but 20 odd was nothing any performer fancied.
Funny but this is the second mention of the Ghost and Mrs Muir I've seen recently (a friend had recommended it as lockdown fare).
Maybe I'll check out the movie.
'From 1947 to 1950, excellent sounding mics were available, but they were expensive to make and uncommon and tended to be first reserved for high-profile, big-budget events.
I have two fine-sounding CD soundtracks, both in stereo, that were Hollywood films made in 1947:
The Ghost And Mrs. Muir (Bernard Herrmann)
The Captain From Castile (Alfred Newman)'
Those years from 1947 to 1950 were probably the most critical in all of audio.
In just a couple of years the industry went from live recordings on 78rpm shellac to taped ones on the 33.33rpm LP introduced by Columbia in 1948.
The move from heavy iron needled gramophones ploughing their way through a mere 4 minutes a side of 78rpm shellac to turntables with diamond stylii featuring up to 22 minutes a side of 33.33rpm vinyl with diamond stilli changed everything.
Even diehards like RCA and EMI, not to mention UKs Gramophone magazine were quickly forced to bow before the new fangled vinyl LP before long.
German WW2 tape technology soon took out most of the enormous labour of live recording. Recording live perfectly for 4 mins in one thing but 20 odd was nothing any performer fancied.
Funny but this is the second mention of the Ghost and Mrs Muir I've seen recently (a friend had recommended it as lockdown fare).
Maybe I'll check out the movie.