ARSC stereo controversy

Keith Hardwicke of EMI and Gerald Plano of RCA Special Products discuss the possibility of what is now called "accidental stereo", two recordings of an event that can be synchronized to create a stereophonic image. In 1985 Brad Kay and Steve Lasker had discovered that a test pressing of the 1932 Duke Ellington long playing RCA Victor Program Transcription did not contain the expected alternate takes but the same takes as the issued disc but recorded by a separate microphone. Noted classical music expert William Moran had recently disclosed to me a number of classical recordings which had sides with similar spacial discrepancies including a London concert of Challipan. Notice how uncomfortable Mr. Plano is as Mr Hardwick dismisses "this Californian idea" as impossible because Mr. Plano had just authorized his staff to investigate any possible instances of this phenomenon! The 1932 Ellington record has been issued in true stereo on LP by Jerry Valburn and on CD by BMG.
This exchange took place during a panel on record reissues at the 1986 annual conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections held at the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound of the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center.

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What a little gem of forgotten music history! Great clip!

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Did they ever do their 'homework'? Or was it forgotten the moment this meeting was over. Both gentlemen seemed like they wanted to get out of there for the night...

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Any follow up?