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Originally Posted by 3db
Hi there
I've inheretid most of my dad's music collection and I have a 3 mono lp package from a frecording company called "turnabout". Its Furtwangler ( I can't remember which philharmonic now) representation of Beethoven's 3, 5, and 9th Symphionies. I must say that I think I like his interpretation of Beethoven better than Karajans. I don't much of the turnabout label and I wonder if it was a good label. The records are in rough shape with lots of noise that I can't reduce with my disc washer//
From TLS...
Turnabout was a budget label of Vox, now extinct. I remember the Vox boxes. Turnabout was acquired by Decca, sometime in the sixties. They reissued old recordings and introduced new artists on that label, most notably Alfred Brendel.
I have quite a few Turnabout records.
As far as Furtwangler goes, he recorded those Beethoven symphonies before WW II, during the Nazi era, the later forties and early fifties.
In the fifties he was an EMI recoding artist. My guess is that those Turnabout recordings are reissues of 78 rpm Tahara recordings from shellac masters. That probably accounts for the high surface noise.
The noise can be minimized to some degree by coupling the left and right channels together. This should always be done when playing mono recordings.
I hope the memory of an old man helps you.
I have not enjoyed mono recordings as much since the pre stereo era, now I can play them though my center channel alone.
Best Regards, Mark.
PS: - If you want to turn this into a posted thread you are welcome. It might be of interest to other members.
