keskiviikko 1. marraskuuta 2017 15.46.14 UTC+2 Dave Plowman (News) kirjoitti:
In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:

Had a pal who worked for Decca in the day.

:-)) Really?

He reckoned the Phase 4 stuff
was specifically designed to sell to 'Hi-Fi' enthusiasts.

That was understood by everyone, and was part of the marketing strategy. Phase Four were making "spectacular stereo" records for the emerging stereo
hi-fi market. "Pass In Review" is a brilliant example of something
that had never been done before. There was a great deal of interest
from both magazines and the general public to know how these recordings
were made, and Decca included an insert inside every sleeve with a
drawing of the equipment used, and showing how it was connected up.


And rather
frowned upon by those who made the many very good Decca traditional
recordings.'

In this you are wrongly informed. There was no "frowning" by anyone.
Phase Four was a very important contributor to total sales, and
the pop albums by Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdinck, The Moody Blues,
Marmalade etc, the jazz and folk artists, the baroque labels, and even "Transacord" which sold fine stereo recording of steam trains in remarkable numbers, all generated income without which classical projects,
slow to recoup their costs, might not have been brought to fruition.

Interestingly, the Phase Four engineers also recorded excellent classical albums with Leopold Stokowsky, Bernard Hermann, Henry Lewis,
Stanley Black, Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, Christopher Hogwood etc etc The classical staff rarely if ever crossed over to the light music side.

Iain