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• & MUSIC REVIEVV April 1958 35¢ STOKOWSKI and FLAGSTAD Ne1N Albums Tell o£ Greaf: Careers LOUDSPEAKERS: 1958. Per£orm SeHer· Smaller Size· Same Price OPERA PROMPTER Uneasy Li£e D01Nnsf:age JAZZ VOCALISTS Why They Sing As They Do When the music sounds like it is being played in the subway ... you've got RUMBLE *. You can eliminate "rumble" with a Rek-O-Kut Roncline Turntable as the heart of your system. Prove this by listening to a Rondine at your dealer. Compare its accuracy and silence. It will stay that vyay for keeps! Compare its precision crafting, luxurious styling. Compare it with what you now own. It's like coming out into the sunshine ... the difference is that great! Rondine Turntables from $59.95. Rek-O-Kut 12" Turntable Arm-$26.95-Bases in walnut and blonde. Send for free color booklet and Strobe dis~. 'Annoying extraneous low-pitched noise produced by conventional phono motor and reproduced by the loudspeaker. REK-O-KUT HIGH FIDELITY TURNTABLES • TURNTABLE ARMS 38-19 108th ST., CORONA 68, N. Y. PRESENTS A NOTEWORTHY ADDITION TO THE WORLD'S FINEST RECORD CHANGERS 21/n Anew dual purpose 4-speed record player ... an automatic intermix changer This is the handsome new version of Garrard's most compact, most economical lind manual player higb fidelity changer. It now represents, even more than before, the most replacing the highly adaptable unit of itS type, refiecting the special standards of quality and en during performance that distinguish all Garrard players. The RC121/U in· respected RC121 "Renown". corporates all the basic Garrard "Renown" features and in addition. these' No increase in price. refinements: HEW UNITInG CONTROL NEW lRUE. INTERMIX STOP I PAUst fEllUI£, for automatic anet full chances 12" and 10" - - -..::: A control that Int.fJupU manu. I operation. An recorda In any order. performance .t any pollll lutomatlc unit • . • yel Exclusive new spindle and permits It 1.0 oe tone .rm Is always free positively prevents started ag.ln without and ready for single rec double record drop. lif· losing groove poslnoll; ord pl.y at the turn 01 fords extra protection or the record rejected the knobl No walt In, for aealnst center holl .t option of user. eyclln,. lirm dlsenaleed wear. from the ~haneer mecl\ anlsm .t ." times. flUE TURREt DRIVE With NEW CASl ALUMINUM ALL CARRARD· aUlu over·slzed "soft tread" lONE ARM assures free· "'NOUCTION SURGE" Idler wile., pr.senls MOTOR. Quiet 4·pole lone. .r , heavy tr.ctlon ~1~':'.tr::"!~e:~r~~r~r~1 shaded type: heavy·duly surf.ce, guarantees just distortion. Enlarged pro· for minimum vibration the rlllII torque. Self· fessional type metal and rumble. Dynamically neutrallzlnl, pull· away finger 11ft. Plug·ln shell balanced rotor. No hum feature keeps Idler takes all cartrldees. New even with the most sen round and true • • • no arm rest has safety clil>. sitive pickups. wows or flutter. Sensl· spring· loaded to lUard matlc trip re·deslaned against mechanical acci· Changer comes ready for for oper.tlon .t very dents or Jammln •• Espt plug-In. with Ul ap· low tracklne preS$ures. cially convenient stylus proved line cord and pressure and height ad· pickup cable fitted with justments. Jack. There's II Gat<rllrtl/Of' Minimum Cabinet Dimensions: left to right: 14th", front to every high fidelity system. rear: 13", abov~ motor board: 5", below motor board, 3111". RCIa RC121/.II 301 "A/10 Madll Till Su. ... Mix.,. '1'ranserlPtl. ... TranscriPtIon Manual Ch. ... .,. Chan"r TIIl1Itable TcmeAfIII Player $67.50 $42.50 $89.00 $24.50 $32.50 Porlnjormalion Write Departmetll GD-l28 GARRARD SALES CORPORATION, PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y. . · -F- "Until actual sound is produced, music does not exist." H Ralph Vaughan Williams · 1 , ·· 1 ·FEATURE ARTICLES & MllslC REVIEW April,.1958 Vol. 1 No.3 Man In Three-Sided Cell 19 Jack Farbson Trials, tribulations and perils of a Met Opera prompter Publisher The Voice As Horn 22 Nat Hentoff Oliver Read Some more thoughts about classifying jazz vocalists Editor Oliver P. Ferrell Stokowski Revisited 27 Bert Whyte Two new albums add high lights to a great career Managing Editor David Hall Loudspeakers Are Getting Better 30 Herbert Reid Transforming electricity to Art Editor sound becomes easier Saul D. Weiner Three Albums To Fame 33 Peter DuBois Associate Editors Lanin annotates his Hans H. Fantel 1,000,000 record safe Warren DeMotte • Jazz On TV 35 Assistant Editor CBS and NBC vie for artistry Rodney H. Williams with the viewer the winner West Coast Editor Livid Lingo 47 Edward A. Altshuler "Wow and flutter" explained in non-technical verbiage Contributing Editors Martin Sookspan Flagstad & Wagner & FFRR 50 Martin Bookspan Ralph J. Gleason London releases special Stanley Green recording of the "greatest" Wagnerian Nat Hentoff David' Randolph Golden Era Of High Fidelity 59 Frank Jacobs Klaus George Roy A tongue-in-cheek account Sert Whyte of the ever-changing record speed problem Advertising Director • John A. Ronan, .Jr'. Sound Impressions 63 Hans H. Fantel History quietly and calmly reverses itself and winners Advertising Manager become "also-rans" Herb O/sow REVIEWS ZIFF-DAVIS P(jB~ISHING Co: One Park . Ave., New 'Yolk' 16, N .. Y. William Zif!,' President; H.:J. Morganroth,. Vice Presi. 'dent; W. Bradford Briggs, Vice President; Your Entertainment Mood 12 Ralph J. Gleason, Stanley Michael H. Froelich, Vice President; Mi Green, Nat Hentoff chael Michaelson. Vice President and Ci'r .culation Director; V. C. Stabile Treasu'rer' Albert Gruen, Art Director. ' . , Your HiFi Concert 67 Martin Bookspan, David BRANCH OF.FICES:· Midwestern -Office 64 Randolph, Klaus George Roy E. . lake St., Chic~go I, III., larry Sp;'rn, M'c:twest Advertising Manage'r; . Western Office, Room 412, 215 West 7th St. Los The Stereo Reel 77 Bert Whyte Angeles 17, Calif., John E. Payne, man~ger. COLUMNS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE All communications concerning subscriptions should be addressed to CilCulation Dept .. 64 E. Lake St .. Chicago I. IIi. Include your oplods siabdlde reasns adsd dwreeslls dlSa bneelw f-ro.men calo sriencge nift Sounding Board 6 Just Looking 90 'ssue. Allow 4 weeks for chang,e of address CONTRIBUTORS HiFi-ndings 41 Dealer Listing 93 Contributors dre ddvlsed to retell" d copy of Weathers Turntable, Arm and their rnanuscrtpt and dlustratlons. Contri Cartridge; Tandberg Complete butions should be mailed to the New YOlk Stereo System; EMC Stereo Unit; EditOrial office and must-be accompanied ESL C-60 Cartridge by returo postage. Contributions a,e handfed The Flip Side 98 with reasonable (are, but this magazine assumes no responsibility for their safety. Any acceptable tTlanuscnpt is subject to whatever addptations and reVIsions are necessary to meet requirements of this pub· Ilcatlon. Pdyment covers \;1·11 author's' rights, titles and interest In and to the matenal HiFI & MUSIC REVIEW IS published monthly by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, William B. accepted and will be made a't Our current Ziff, Chairman of the Board (1946.1953), at 64 E. lake St. Chicago 1. 111. Application for second rfantgess wupillo nb ea cccoenpstiadnecree.d A alls pphaortto os fa nmda dte(lalwa~l cploasssse smsiaoinlisn, ga npdr ivCilaengaeo ais $p4e.0n0d; inPga na-At mCehriiccaagno ,U Inlilionno icso. uSnutrbisecsr i$p4t.i5o0n, aRlla toesth: eOr nfeo ryeieganr cUo.uSn. tarnieds purchased. $5.00. Copyright ©1958 by ZIFF-DAVIS PUBLISHING Company All ri ghts reserved. APRIL 1958 5 i So.unding Board David Hall, Managing Editor STEREO DISC TIMETABLE- elusively· that stereo discs, played Previous statements in this col on present monaural equipment, umn to the contrary, it now looks as are not compatible. . . . A stereo though stereophonic discs for the disc, played monaurally, will dis home-and the equipment on which seminate a sound of music. But the to play them-will be with us well net hearing result is comparable to before next Christmas. At least one that obtained from a worn pre-high of the major record companies fidelity record." seems to be shooting for September The opinion has also been ex as a target date for discs and rea pressed from authoritative quarters sonably priced playback or conver that playing a stereo disc with a sion equipment to be made avail monaural cartridge will do no good able to the public. A goodly num to the grooves of the disc in terms ber of the smaller specialty record of future playback on stereo equip labels, which can move faster than ment. AN ANNOUNCEMENT the production giants of the indus . Exercising not just our editorial try, will have stereo discs on the prerogative, but also our instinct TO OWNERS OF KLIPSCH market before the summer. There and knowledge as long time record LOUDSPEAKERS will likewise be three or four stereo and high-fidelity consumers, we disc cartridges available ranging in tend to heed the warning from RCA '1 price from $19.50 up. Victor and to steer clear of using the new stereo discs, when avail A more highly refined · Which brings us to that bugbear able, on any equipment but that crossover network has recently of compatibility: Will a stereo fitted with a 45/45 stereo playback been developed by Paul W. phonic cartridge play conventional cartridge. RCA Victor, after all, has Klipsch for KLIPSCHORN and LP discs with results comparable to the biggest possible stake in the SHORTHORN systems. Its adop those obtained with a good mon future success of a completely com tion bring us one more step nearer aural cartridge? Can a stereophonic patible stereophonic disc for the to our goal-reproduction of disc be played successfully on a home listener, and so would be less sound which is identical with the good monaural cartridge with ac than overjoyed at the prospect of a original. ceptable sound quality and without disc that could be played only on damage to the grooves prior to the stereo equipment. Therefore the re Owners of KLIPSCHORN and time one obtains one of the new port of their Engineering Commit SHORTHORN loudspeakers and stereo cartridges? To some extent tee carries double weight under the of K-ORTHO drive systems may it depends which published infor circumstances. have their networks modified by mation you care to believe. This being the case, it seems clear their dealers or by the factory at a Counterpoint Records of New to us that one should hold off buy nominal charge. York City advertises a disc featur ing stereophonic discs until such ing the gifted 'cellist, AIdo Parisot, time as one has on hand the neces This is in keeping with our in concerti of Vivaldi and Boc sary stereo cartridge together with policy of offering owners of cherini as follows: the proper second amplifier-speaker Klipsch systems the very latest Double Listening Pleasure channel. developments of our laboratory. recorded on The stereo revolution now seems Research is being conducted con Westrex 45/45 inevitable, and the best informed stantly-every new development compatible stereo disc sources indicate that the so-called in the field of loudspeaker design playable on any LP phono Westrex 45/45 cutting and play is fully tested and periodic reports graph back system will become the stand are made to owners so that they or on 45/45 stereophonic disc ard for both the U.S.A. and Europe may continue to enjoy "the ulti reproduction equipment. -thus eliminating any crisis com mate in fidelity of music reproduc The January 20,1958 issue of The parable to that provoked by the tion". Billboard, authoritative trade jour "battle of the speeds" (33 vs 45) Write: nal for the entertainment industry, some years ago. Almost all record quotes as follows from the Engi companies of any consequence have neering and Manufacturing Com in their vaults a backlog of stereo ~~D[?~©D=O mittee of RCA Victor Records: phonic master tapes dating from the AND ASSOCIATES "Exhaustive tests in our Indi fall of 1955 which can be trans- HOPE, ARKANSAS anapolis plant have proved con- ( C ontinlled on page 10) 6 HIFI & MUSIC REVIEW Here are the Features That Make the H. H. Scott 310-B the BESTF H. H. Scott 810·8 Tuner'shown in handsome mahogany accessory case. H. H. SCOTT TUNER SETS NEW DX RECORD! ONLY the 310-B was rated outstanding in ONLY the 310-B will stay tuned, without all respects by a leading consumer testing drift or "pull" when set to a weak signal The Apparatus Development organization. adjacent to a very strong one. This feature Company, ManuCacturers oCthe is essential for good performance in crowded ONLY the 310-B limits fully on random FM/Q FM Antenna reports the signal areas. noise. This means true high fidelity FM Scott consistently receives sig performance on even the weakest signals. ONLY the 310-B will reject an unwanted nals Crom a distance oC 510 signal or interference that is only 2Y2db miles. This is the best record ONLY the 310-B has 85db cross-modula weaker than the desired signal. Strong Cor any FM tuner in their files. tion rejection. This means you can listen interference can come from a TV receiver to weak stations even though strong signals or another station on the same channel. are nearby. The 310-B will reject this interference. Additional Specifications: ONLY the 310-B will maintain audio out Sensitivity 1.5 microvolts on 300 ohm H. H. Scott Engineering Department input for 20db of quieting. Three IF stages; put voltage constant within ±1.5db, even STATEMENT OF GUARANTEE Three Stages of Limiting; Broadcast-type though signal strength may vary from 1.5 All the statements regarding the perform signal strength meter; Interstation Noise microvolts to 1 million microvolts. This ance of the 310-B tuner are backed up by Suppressor; Multiplex output. Price laboratory measurements available for in $189.95. Prices slightly higher west of Rockies. means you never have to re-adjust volume spection at the H. H. Scott engineering Case extra. level. department. The 310-B will outperform any tuner. It will work in the most difficult locations, where other tuners fail. ONLY the 310-B can perfectly separate a y,~.~ ~. vo~ ~&J,~'1-"'­ weak station from one in an adjacent chan Certified: D. von Recklinghausen nel that is up to 15db stronger. Chief Research Engineer ~------------------------------------ H. H. Scott Inc. 111 Powdermill Road, Maynard, Mass. Export: Telesco International Corp., 36 West 40th Street. New York City RUSH me my free copy of your completely new catalog MR-4 NAME ............................................................................ . ADDRESS .........•••....•..••.•.•••••.••....................•..••••...••••••••• CITY .......................................... STATE ........................ : .. "Emory, You're in terrible spot!" BOlAK: "Here you are, selling top-drawer 7%" stereo tapes, and everybody knows there's no market for them." COOK: "I'm selling them, though." BOlAK: "T whom, boy?" 0 COOK: "Why, to the out-of-step people who are buying Bozak speakers. Except that there aren't any: there's no market for your speakers either." BOlAK: "But Emory, I'm selling lots of speakers!" COOK: "Impossible, Rudy! Who buys them?" BOlAK: "Same people who are buying your tapes, old man." COOK: "In other words, people to whom "high fidelity" means uncompromising quality in sound and pro gram material. People with a sophisticated ear, who evaluate high fidelity in terms of music." BOlAK: "And who judge a high fidelity installation not as a household appliance, but as a musical instrument." COOK: "That's got it, Rudy. We're witnessing the phenom enon of high fidelity's becoming the 20th century musical instrument. If we respect the listener's intelligence, we must face the implications of that." BOlAK: "Which means that, if we are to satisfy the high fidelity ears of the discerning players of that musi cal instrument, we must make available the best possible components and program material. No compromises, no commercial short-cuts." inevitably - BOZAK , With stereo as with all sound repro duction, the speaker is the heart and voice. Just as the serious musician always seeks out the finest instrument, so, for the perceptive listener the fin est speaker is-inevitahly-a BOlAK "How's that, Rudy?" COOK: "You're doing your part, Rudy. And so is Cook Labs, because we are now presenting the largest and finest catalogue of bona fide stereo to be found anywhere!" The COOK catalogue of stereo tapes is all Emory says, and more! Included are 13 symphonies, recorded in Symphony Hall Boston, the acoustic showplace of the nation . . . there are 15 sizzling stereo jazz tapes all recorded on the scene ... and, like all Cook tapes, recorded by special techniques and with special Cook equipment ... 10 tremendous pipe organ masterpieces - classics from the Aeolian Skinner to the lush sounds of the great New York Paramount Theatre organ. The fabulous, cavernous Mosque with Reginald Foort at its unique Wurlitzer and the rare and exotic Walker organ in Morelia Cathedral, Mexico - the largest and oldest in the western hemisphere. It's a real stereo transport ... 14 stereo journeys that will plunge you into the enchantment of exotic places. Carnival, ritual, atmosphere from Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, and a cross section of the West Indies ... there's the monu· mental Dubois' Seven Last W ords* - a towering master· piece - and many other unique collector's items that shine out from the largest and finest stereo catalogue in the world! Over 65 tapes and more than 400 titles! Use the coupon below *This magnificent work, singularly ap propriate for Easter, will be rushed to to get your you in time for the holiday if order is received by April 5. Price $14.95 post paid. Add 45¢ for special delivery an free copy NOW! later orders to be delivered by Easter. r--------------------- I I COOK Laboratories 101 Second Street, Stamford, Conn. Dear Emory: Please rush me a copy of your new stereo catalogue, and put me on the mailing list to receive news of future ' releases. Name'_ ________________________________________ _______________________________________ Street~ Cit _______________________, State ________ (Continued from page 6) ferred to stereo disc as soon as the necessary cutting equipment be comes available. So we can look for •I ward to a rapid growth of the stereo disc repertoire from the be ginning of 1959 on. What does this mean for the con ventional LP disc, in which so many of us have a very large investment? Presumably record companies will continue for some years hence to issue conventional monaural discs together with their stereo releases. But what about the large number of outstanding performances recorded before 1955, for which no stereo phonic tape masters exist? The answer here is that we shall con tinue to enjoy and to treasure these monaural discs. If by some lucky chance some audio genius should be able to perfect a reasonably priced and readily available "magic black box" that will enhance mon aural disc and radio program mate rial with a stereophonic illusion, then, so much the better! This may well be the next major development to which we can look forward. The next year or two will tell. Meanwhile, we advise our read ers to bear in mind that compati bility as applied to the forthcoming stereo discs and playback systems is strictly one way-the stereo car tridge of the 45/45 type will play both stereo discs and conventional LP's; but this does not seem to be the case with the 45/45 stereo disc, at least in its present form. The re search and development divisions of the record companies have a Practically new ranch house with 200-foot, project here! poured-concrete, spirally curled, exponential STEREO TAPE FANCIERS CAN bass horn; 12-foot multicellular midrange hOorn (24 cells); large inventory of assorted LOOK TO REEVES SOUND dynamic and electrostatic tweeters; three 2,000-watt water-cooled amplifiers; infi CRAFT for a treat; for this firm has nite-attenuation electronic crossover networks; master control-mixer-preamplifier console; two 1,500-lb. belt-driven turntables suspended in mercury bath; vacuum a tempting bonus offer to tie in with sealed record-positioning chamber with servo-controlled record lifters and nuclear- the over-the-counter purchase of . reactor record deionizer; foam-rubber basement for acoustical feedback isolation; any 7-inch reel of Sotmdcraft tape also complete blueprints for construction of identi~l house for stereo. - -namely a pre-recorded tape of Dixieland Jamfest in Stereo featur WLl sacrifice; or trade for NORELCO speaker, which owner of house has dis covered to be ideal for delightful hi-fi listening without electronic anxiety neuroses ing such name figures as Coleman or showdowns with the loan company. For detailed and convincing confirmation Hawkins, "Red" Allen, J. C. Higgin of latter viewpoint, write to North American Philips Co., Inc., High Fidelity botham, and Cozy Cole. The 20- Products Division, 230 Duffy Avenue, Dept. MRLl, Hicksville, Long Island, N. Y. minute tape includes such h'adi tional jazz favorites as When the NORELCO® Saints Go Marching In and a fine series of originals. The price of the loudspeakers 7-inch Soundcraft reel, plus a 75- cent handling charge, will assure the buyer of the Dixieland lamfest specially recorded on the tape he has purchased. Not bad, we say! a complete line 0/ 5" to 12" high-fidelity speakers and acoustically engineered enclosures -END 10 HIFI & MUSIC REVIEW untr Over $100,000 and two long years of development guarantees the superior performance of the new MR-55 Mcintosh AM-FM tuner. An outstanding feature is a capture ratio of near unity giving more interference-free stations, reduced distortion on all receivable signals, and improved multi-path conditions. Among other unique features are - ultra sonic muting - zero time constant limiters -lowest total noise and distortion - and lowest hum level-and many, many more • •• • clntosh laboratories, Inc. 2 Chambers Street, Dept. HFR 3-58 Binghamton, New York Please send mea full color photograph of the Mcintosh MR·SS A.M.-F.M. tuner ••• The tuner that "keeps the promise of ·F.M." NAME __________________________________ _ ADDRESS ________________________________ _ CITY _________________________ ZONE ____ _ STATE ----------------------------------- APRIL 1958 II

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