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When entering or displaying a description of an album, the Critics section indicates that you or a critic recommended an album as outstanding. The critics listed here are known for their critiques of classical music recordings. To indicate that a specific critic recommended an album, click the check box adjacent to that name. In the case of Mr. Robert Moon and Mr. Sid Marks, additional space is available for entering their unique ratings. A brief description of each critic follows. See picture of the Critics section.
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TAS
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TAS Top 12
The
Absolute Sound,
TAS, is a magazine that reports on audio equipment and recordings.
Regularly, they print a Super Disc list of recommended recordings and
a list of the Top 12 recommended recordings. Contact TAS @ 973/627-5162,
888/732-1625, or www.theabsolutesound.com for subscription information
and back issues.
Mr.
Moon And Mr. Gray
Robert Moon
and Michael Gray co-authored Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound.
This book is a discography and history of London and Decca albums recorded
between 1956 and 1963. They rate many recordings based on performance
and how well the recording captured the performance (sound). Their ratings
use a scale from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent). For further information,
contact Mr. Moon @ Robert Moon; 349 Ellington; San Francisco, CA 94112.
Mr.
Penndorf
Ronald Penndorf
is the author of Recollections Guide to Collectible LPs and publishes
Recollections Quarterly which is a journal devoted to music and records.
His published works provide a wealth of information on various composers,
conductors, classical compositions, and recorded music primarily on LP.
His reviews of classical recordings are enlightening. Contact Mr. Penndorf
@ Ronald Penndorf; Recollections; 2743 Eight Street; Berkeley, CA 94710;
510/548-7786; RonPenndorf@earthlink.net.
Mr.
Valin
Jonathan Valin
is the author of The RCA Bible. This book describes, in encyclopedic-like
detail, RCA's famous shaded dog label. Of particular interest is the commentary
describing each recording, the RCA labelography, and descriptions of various
editions of many of these noted recordings. To acquire a copy of The
RCA Bible, contact Music Lovers; 3537 Epley Rd; Cincinnati, OH 45247
or contact Mr. Valin at The Absolute Sound where he is an Associate
Editor.
Mr.
Marks
Sid Marks
is a reviewer of classical recordings and is renowned for his knowledge
of albums on Mercury's Living Presence and RCA's shaded dog labels. Many
of his in-depth critiques of classical recordings have been published
in The Absolute Sound. In particular, two TAS issues summarize
his enlightened reviews of the top Mercury Living Presence albums. These
reviews indicate his selections of the best albums recorded in each of
Mercury's primary recording venues and list his rankings, indicated in
numerical order, of the top 29 Mercury recordings. In two issues of the
no longer published Ultimate Audio magazine, Mr. Marks provided
brief reviews of the top sonic 52 RCA Living Stereo albums and ranks these
albums in numerical order. Contact TAS (see above) for back issues
or for additional information.
Mr.
Mitchell
James Mitchell
wrote a 37 page paper titled The Golden Era of RCA Records. This
paper presents "a summary of the history of RCA recording with catalog
and sound evaluations of RCA classical music recordings." The emphasis
is on RCA's shaded dog series. His paper offers wonderful insight into
how records are made and provides details on pressing and label variations
and reviews the recordings. To acquire a copy, contact Irvington Music
@ 503/297-2117. Please note that Irvington Music is authorized by Mrs.
Jim Mitchell to sell this copyrighted material.
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