early stereo

[Lonlytown@aol.com]

I just came across something that belongs in a timeline.

In 1934, Victor tried stereo recording -- by literally cutting one disc for
the left, another for the right, to be played simultaneously.  

Two artists were selected for this experiment -- Duke Ellington, and Leoplod
Stokowski.

It should also be mentioned that Stoki really was the artistic pioneer of
recording.  Appalled by the crude sound of early records, he had a "sound lab"
constructed under the stage of the Academy Of Music (in Philly), where
refinements for recording were developed.

Being from The City Of Brotherly Love, I am somewhat proud of this.

Best--
Skip Heller