David Runnion ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >I'm curious, does anyone know when recording engineers began splicing tape >and editing performances for recordings? Perhaps one might be surprised at >the performances you thought were "live", unedited recordings. The 1950s. There was no tape in general use before the end of the war and I reckon it took a while for the engineers to realise the potential. Sometime in the 1950s Otto Klemperer was making a recording and the engineers suggested redoing a few bars where there was a flub. OK didn't understand exactly what they meant, had the concept of tape-splicing explained to him and turned to his daughter, who always accompanied him, and said "Lotte, ein schwindle ist!" Larry Sherwood ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >I understand that when Dorian makes a recording, they essentially tell the >performers, "Play it as often as you like. We'll stay here until you get >it right." ... Nimbus likewise. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]