[Dixielandjazz] BENNY GOODMAN 1938 Carnegie Hall Recordings.

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Bill,

Thanks for giving me the byline or credits, or whatever you want to call the 
name of the expert.

I remember when I was about 14 or 15 and saw the film "The Benny Goodman 
Story."  I immediately went out and purchased the 2 LP set.  On those liner 
notes they claimed that only the overhead mic was used.

Best,

--Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] BENNY GOODMAN 1938 Carnegie Hall Recordings.


> 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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