My Top 5 Classical UK RCA Red Seal Records

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@ThePressingMatters 5 ай бұрын

What a wonderful video. You have a vast knowledge and eloquent way of delivering the information. This was a whole aspect of the subject I wasn't familiar with. Bravo!

@analogueanorak1904 5 ай бұрын

@@ThePressingMatters Thanks ever so much for the wonderful feedback Scott I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. One of the most useful references I had for this one is Howard Massey’s book The Great British Recording Studios which is awesome. When Bob Auger embraced multimiking some of the end product sounds very distinctive and enjoyable. I particularly like Duke Ellington’s The English Concert and The 70th Birthday Concert which comes from the period where he went completely free lance and specialised in location recording using his own version of the Mercury van.

@lollol7688 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Anorak for these enjoyable and informative video’s!

@analogueanorak1904 6 ай бұрын

Thanks really glad you enjoyed this one. I’ve managed over the last 6 months to get hold of a good number of Decca SPA’s that include parts or the whole of some of the Golden age Kingsway RCA/Decca Living Stereo recordings. I’m planning to do an overview video as these can turn up in charity shops often at very reasonable prices and they can sound lovely.

@lollol7688 6 ай бұрын

@@analogueanorak1904looking forward to that video. Indeed SPA releases can sound very good, i have ‘the world of Ravel’ which sounds pretty good!

@Andrew_from_Oz_Vinyl_Landscape 6 ай бұрын

Excellent information, thank you !

@analogueanorak1904 6 ай бұрын

Many thanks for the feedback, by coincidence Scott from the pressing matters has just released a video an RCA Victrola releases. One of the videos I’m planning to do covers the SPA Decca label pressings of certain often legendary RCA living stereo classics from the fifties which offer incredible bang for buck when getting Analogue Productions versions are economically crippling outside of the US.

@VinylBliss 6 ай бұрын

Another great and informative Video. I will have to watch this one twice to absorb the fountain of technical nuggets and facts, really well researched. I did read somewhere that UK almost completely ignored the Dynagroove System so most should be free of that blight even if the Dynagroove logo is present on the label. I was inspired to search for UK pressings in my collection and am Just now Listening to a UK Red Seal 1979 pressing of Falftaff/Enigma with Sir Alexander Gibson and Scottish national Orchestra. It is quite nice and has a very sumptuous balanced sound but I would say not as punchy in the loud parts as an earlier Living Stereo. It being a "Bank of Scotland Series" recorded at City Halls in Glasgow and claiming on the Label it was Made from the Master tapes I would assume it is as much of an original RCA pressing as can be.

@analogueanorak1904 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the lovely feedback doing a complete retake was a pain but worth it to get rid of those psychedelic hypnotic swirls on my shirt in the first take. The Gibson sounds a great pick from the late 70’s where there are gems to be dug up. The sound will be I’m sure have elements of the Chandos sound as used their team and equipment. It comes from the same team and time when Chandos did their premium superanalog releases which are rare to find compared with their digital releases but sound lovely. Chandos used Nimbus to press the SA results rather than the standard UK RCA pressing plant used for the Gibson.

@VinylBliss 6 ай бұрын

@@analogueanorak1904 Hello! Yes I forgot about the re shoot, well it came off well so perhaps all was for the best. That makes sense about the Chandos recording team. It seems the Gibson/Elgar was indeed digitally remastered and repressed in 1985 by Chandos so they must have bought the rights. Yes analog Chandos discs seem to be quite rare!

@Roamany-Jones 6 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed your informative video. Just a couple of corrections though, if you don't mind. I am not aware there was ever a UK Living Stereo for Bream's Popular Classics. It was not released in Stereo until 1974 as a Red Seal in the UK. Also your video caption for the RB catalogue number is completely wrong. It should have read RB6593. Hope I haven't put you off making some more of your enjoyable video's, it's just my OCD for accuracy kicking in😁👍

@analogueanorak1904 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great feedback and corrections, the replies section is a useful format for highlighting and recording inaccuracies in these videos. Thanks I had noticed the US Bream Living Stereo in my CD boxset and had assumed there was a UK version too at that time.

@johnkreutz3207 6 ай бұрын

What about RCA German pressings

@analogueanorak1904 6 ай бұрын

I have only got one which I recall a few years ago was disappointing but I was meaning to listen to it again as I’m happier with my set up now. If I get a chance I will dig it out tomorrow and get back to you.

@analogueanorak1904 6 ай бұрын

Its a Victrola Red Seal pressing VICS 1037 Tchaikovsky VC Munch BSO Szeryng, Tartini Devils Trill with accomp Reiner. my guess is mid 60's, will have been mastered and pressed by Teldec from RCA tapes. Does definitely have a Teldec signature sound due to this. Very detailed with some lovely moments especially solo parts of VC but despite my system changes still marked harshness/shrill distortion qualities when loud treble passages. Very prominent with the TVC; the DT better balanced from a different session still displays harshness occasionally. I picked it up as v. cheap and condition excellent but from my knowledge now if trying to buy this record again in the £15 range I would go for a UK Victrola. Hope this is helpful as far as your query.