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Who on earth controls those?! gregmo As far as I know American Pathé Records became part of ARC, which is now owned by Sony. European Pathé was owned by EMI, so I guess it's now part of Universal; I don't think it was sold to Warner like EMI Classics, Virgin Classics and Parlophone.

Not yet.

OK, thanks. If I remember correctly you mentioned in another thread some time ago that they didn't use noise reduction or at least no digital noise reduction, but something else to reduce the noise, or am I wrong?

Thanks. I knew Jim Neumann founded the label, but didn't know he still owns it.

Does anyone know who owns BeeHive?

Which CD reissue?

The only album I have is Glass Bead Games, which, as I indicated earlier, is not one of my favourite Clifford Jordan albums. I may have had one or two of the other released albums in my LP days, but I don't remember any of them. Just listened to audio samples of the Sanders on AMG and was confirmed in my not-so-positive feelings regarding his music. As for the others, I'll wait until audio samples appear on the Mosaic site and try and get an impression then. I'm falling behind with new Mosaics anyway.

Interesting. Which Strata East albums did Clifford Jordan play on as a sideman? Jordan's Glass Bead Games never grabbed me, so to speak.

I have no opinion on his poetry, but as a critic he could be very harsh. Enjoyed his reviews, though.

I was referring to artefacts that might be the result of the rechannelling of mono recordings into fake stereo by the record companies at the time and also artefacts that can occur when mono recordings are transferred using stereo equipment. Those artefacts - if any - are already there when you feed the signal into your amplifier. And no, I'm not saying that all mono CDs have such artefacts. I know nothing about CDDA files, so I can't answer that question.

In my experience (I used to have amplifiers with mono buttons, but not anymore) hitting the mono button does not erase any artefacts that the rechanelled stereo signal or the mono signal that was transferred in stereo might have.

This is true. With a mono LP, the surface noise and sound from the stylus traveling through the groove are in stereo with a stereo cartridge. Some of the sounds disappear through phase cancellation when you switch to mono. Also, minor clicks and pops on either side are reduced when you switch to mono, as the center (musical) signal increases by +3db relative to sounds on the side. Thanks for the explanation. I sold my LP collection and turntable long ago and didn't remember how this mono/stereo thing worked.

The Warner Music Group is one of the (now) 3 major record companies. It was formerly owned by Time/Warner, but it was sold to Access Industries a few years ago. Warner acquired Parlophone, Virgin Classics and EMI Classics from Universal this year. There are now 3 majors, Sony Music Entertainment (including RCA and Columbia-owned labels), Universal Music Group (including Decca, Capitol Music Group, EMI Records - the non-classical division minus Parlophone - and many other labels) and Warner Music Group. Here's a list of labels owned by Universal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Music_Group_labels The story of EMI Classics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI_Classics

You're right, this Basie-like RCA material is a bit light/samey, even though the individual musicians may be excellent.

Some purists say you can only get a pure mono signal from mono LPs when played with a mono cartridge. I have no idea if this is true and I'm not sure mono cartridges are available anymore.

I know, I was joking Hmm ... what happens if you hit the mono button when listening to the re-chanelled stereo of the first CD issue of Milestones. Does that restore the sound back to it's original balance etc?? Simply put, it combines the signals from both channels including the information carried by those signals; in other words you can't get rid of the rechannelling artefacts or any other artefacts that were not present in the original mono signal. Same goes for combining the signals from both channels of a stereo recording when you hit the mono button, you won't get a pure mono signal.

A wave? More like a deluge... The first cheap series has already been released by Warner, including Bernard Haitink's EMI cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. [edited to correct an error: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra was not involved in that cycle]

Lon is right, hitting the mono button is not the same thing.

I wonder what source they'll use for Kind of Blue. According to Steve Hoffman the mono mastertape does no longer exist.

... or those with one defective speaker ... But seriously, I think most mono recordings from the 1950's sound great, but those Columbia engineers made great stereo sound. They're trying to milk the collectors to the last drop. And they appear to be successful. They wouldn't go on releasing Miles sets if they weren't.

Haven't read the linked page very carefully, so if there is not really unreleased stuff in this set maybe one of the moderators could move this thread to "Reissues".

http://www.milesdavis.com/us/news/miles-davis-original-mono-recordings-presents-nine-remastered-original-albums Posted this in "New Releases" as the set seems to include unreleased stuff.

Dave Bailey's album Reaching Out (JazzTime) became Grant Green's Reaching Out (Black Lion) and Bailey's Bash! (JazzLine) became Tommy Flanagan's Trio and Sextet (Xanadu, later reissued on Prevue). The late tenor saxophonist Frank Haynes was featured on both. Bash! was also reissued as Kenny Dorham's Osmosis (Black Lion).

As far as I know Fresh Sound was an RCA licensee at one time, and those releases were (are?) legit. No idea what the current situation in Spain is, with Sony now owning RCA.

I'm not sure if you're asking about the music or the sound quality, but Avid is a European public-domain label that has no access to original sources like mastertapes, so their releases are usually sourced from existing CDs and LPs etc. I've never heard the Scott albums you mentioned, so I can't comment on them.