James Tobin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Dave Lampson:
>
>>But it brings up an interesting question: who was the first to record
>>Pachelbel's Canon for strings? Another candidate might be I Musici.
>>Anyone know any dates?
>
>I think it was Paillard, for Erato, probably not later than 1970, which is
>about when the Musical Heritage Society got hold of it, but it is hard to
>pin down recording dates from that period.

I'm looking at the Musical Heritage Society Paillard lp and the liner notes
say the society licensed it from Erato in 1978.

John Dalmas
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