Klarinet Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 1969/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Lucien Cailliet Golden Crest Clarinet Choir LP
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500

Adam,

I opened my store in 1968, and as i remember there was a clarinet choir album in the Leblanc catalog at that time??

How does one get in touch with Golden Crest?

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
>Sent: Jun 23, 2007 3:01 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] Lucien Cailliet Golden Crest Clarinet Choir LP
>
>Dear List,
>
>I stumbled across this while researching the Golden Crest -
>Burke-Phillips All Star Recordings and have gotten permission for a
>limited rights release on the Internet. Neither Jimmy Abato nor
>Charlie Russo (who were both on the Burke-Phillips record date)
>recall the date and it is not entirely clear, upon listening to the
>recordings, if the players are top tier players or well rehearsed
>college students. A mystery which may never be solved. I am fairly
>confident in saying that this is the first commercially released
>recording in the history of the Clarinet Choir, although I would be
>more than interested if someone has information contradicting this assumption.
>
>Sadly, the masters are lost, but I was able get these recordings from
>an LP transfer. This LP appears to be extremely rare and,
>interestingly enough, is not listed in the Golden Crest official
>catalog I have (there is, however, a conspicuous missing entry in the
>catalog right where this LP would fall) . It is entirely possible
>that it was (or was meant to be) a promotional tool for Leblanc
>which may have provided the larger harmony clarinets for the session.
>I base this theory on the knowledge that the Golden Crest clarinet
>choir + soloist recording session of Tchaikovsky Violin Concert Third
>Movement (conducted by Cailliet) was sponsored by Leblanc and
>released under the Burke-Phillips name. Leblanc also provided the
>larger harmony clarinets for Tchaikovsky session . Additionally,
>Leblanc is credited with the cover art to this release (a picture of
>a complete family of clarinets which I hope scan in, edit, and post
>soon). Finally, from the liner notes:
>
>He [Cailliet] serves at present as Musical Director, Director of
>Music Publications of the G. Leblanc Corporation, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
>
>Free and complete MP3s (for personal use only!) are available at:
>
>http://www.michlinmusic.com/audio.html
>
>Enjoy!
>
> -Adam
> http://www.michlinmusic.com
>
>
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