Tag: RCA

Vinyl Docs, Part 2

Vinyl Docs, Part 2

February 13, 2015 | By

In Part 2 of Vinyl Docs, I’ve cherry-picked and reviewed a few notable short films on record collecting & selling (all available on Vimeo and / or YouTube) + a trio of archival RCA industrial films on how vinyl records are made, circa 1948, 1956, and 1958.

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Doing it right: Gerhardt, Korngold, and RCA

Doing it right: Gerhardt, Korngold, and RCA

April 4, 2011 | By

First reviews of the newly remastered CDs of the classic RCA released, Charles Gerhardt conducted, George Korngold produced Classic Film Music series from the seventies, plus an appreciation of this enduring string of audiophile albums…

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CD: Sunset Boulevard – Classic Film Music of Franz Waxman (1974)

CD: Sunset Boulevard – Classic Film Music of Franz Waxman (1974)

April 4, 2011 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / S . Rating: Excellent Label: RCA Red Seal/ Released: March 1, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 8 tracks / (53:00) . Special Notes: n/a. . Composer: Franz Waxman . . Review: Franz Waxman will always be a giant among Golden Age film composers, largely because even a brief sampling of […]

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CD: David Raksin Conducts His Great Film Scores (1976)

CD: David Raksin Conducts His Great Film Scores (1976)

April 4, 2011 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / D . Rating: Excellent Label: RCA Red Seal/ Released: March 1, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 10 tracks / (45:45) . Special Notes: n/a. . Composer: David Raksin . . Review: Produced by George Korngold and Charles Gerhardt (who also conducted each album in the series), the David Raksin entry […]

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CD: Lost Horizon – The Classic Film Music of Dimitri Tiomkin (1976)

CD: Lost Horizon – The Classic Film Music of Dimitri Tiomkin (1976)

April 4, 2011 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / J to L . Rating: Excellent Label: RCA Red Seal/ Released: October 19, 2010 Tracks & Album Length: 6 tracks / (45:51) . Special Notes: n/a. . Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin . . Review: Among the represented composers in Charles Gerhardt and George Korngold’s Classic Film Music series, Dimitri Tiomkin is […]

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