Bernard Gregoire wrote: >Who was first is filled with conflicting information. However, let the >record show that at least some initial stereo recordings were done by Bell >Laboratories in conjunction with the Philadelphia Orchestra conduced by >Leopold Stokowsky in approximatly 1927. ... And Victor recorded Duke Ellington in stereo twice in 1931. I have a hunch that that was the same year that the Stokowski experiments took place. Bill S