[Dixielandjazz] BENNY GOODMAN 1938 Carnegie Hall Recordings.

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Tue Jun 12 17:51:51 PDT 2007


Dear Bob,
To add to Steve's information regarding the mics for the Carnegie Hall 
Concert.
In John McDonough's excellent liner notes for the recent (and better 
remastered) Jasmine JASCD 656 2-CD set he writes, in part:
"CBS had a permanent wire installed at Carnegie Hall. There were a few 
Western Electric 618-B dynamic microphones on floor stands around the 
stage and an RCA 44-BX suspended about 20 feet above the stage apron. 
All were patched into a console that was linked by phone wires to CBS 
master control at 485 Madison Avenue."
Mr McDonough then explains how Albert Marx (Helen Ward's husband and a 
producer at Brunswick) was able, as an independent contractor, to 
request the circuit to 'The Hall' to be opened to take the feed to 
Harry Smith's studio at 2 West 46th Street. All unbeknown to Benny, and 
others, at the time.
Kind regards,
Bill.




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