Mimi Ezust wondered:

>Hey, what was the "New Philharmonia Orchestra?" anyhow? They sound too
>good to be an ordinary pick-up group.

I don't recall the exact details but in the late 60s or thereabouts, there
were some internal or contractual upheavals - or something like that - in
the Philharmonia Orchestra.  This caused quite a lot of animosity which in
an earlier age might have led to pistols at dawn.  One by-product of this
was that the name of the orchestra, which contained largely the same
personnel as before, was changed to the New Philharmonia, under which name
it continued recording.  Later still, it reverted to its original name.

Richard Pennycuick
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