101 Strings, the first scored for stereo orchestra.
Miller International "The Wonderous World
of Stereo Fidelity"
(Runnemede, New Jersey) Distributed under a number of label
names, including [Somerset LPs][Bel Canto]. AST eventually became Budget
Sound Inc, of Los Angeles. This is the Audio Spectrum tape listing
for Spring 1965. List price $4.95, a real rip since the LPs went
for 88 cents at Woolworths, but a discount from the Bel Canto
price of $6.95. TRW/Bel Canto also
lists the 101 Strings albums, these recordings really made
the rounds. The 101 Strings were originally recorded for the Q-tape label of Culver City, California
(who originated the photo of the orchestra seated on the stage)
then passed to Bel Canto (also of Culver
City) which later converted the lineup from 2-track to 4-track,
then saw re-releases by Audio Spectrum, Somerset and Alshire (at
3-3/4ips starting about 1966) listed below. The Q-tape
label also featured The New World Theater Orchestra, Paris
Theater Orchestra, Nord Deutches Symphony and Razzberry Reynolds,
groups that made the transition to Bel Canto. Q-tape programs
only played 15 minutes.
Listings in [GREEN] are for reference
only
- AST -
- "101" Strings Series,
the world's first stereo scored orchestra - 7-1/2 ips
- 100 [WORLD'S GREAT STANDARDS] [SF 4300] [ST76*]
- 101 FLY ME TO THE MOON
- 102 A NIGHT IN THE TROPICS [SF
4400] [ST77*]
- 103 [SYMPHONY FOR LOVERS] [SF 4500] [ST78*]
- 104 [HIT AMERICAN WALTZES]
[SF 6200] [ST81*]
- 105 SOUL OF SPAIN [SF
6600] [ST63]
- 106 GRAND CANYON SUITE [SF
7900] [ST84]
- 107 [RUSSIAN FIREWORKS] [ST88*]
- 108 SOUL OF SPAIN VOLUME
2 [ST124]
- 109 [GYPSY CAMP FIRES] [ST87*]
- 110 [QUIET HOURS] [ST86*]
- 111 EAST OF SUEZ [ST75]
- 112 BROADWAY COCKTAIL
PARTY [ST129]
- 113 HAWAIIAN PARADISE
- 114 I LOVE PARIS [SF 13000]
- 115 RHAPSODY
- 116 EXODUS [ST130*]
- 117 ITALIAN HITS
- 118 VICTOR HERBERT FAVORITES
[ST179*]
- 119 SOUL OF MEXICO [ST185*]
- 120 SOUL OF MUSIC USA
- 121 MILLION SELLERS OF
THE 30s
- 122 MILLION SELLERS OF
THE 40s
- 123 MILLION SELLERS OF
THE 50's
- 124 MILLION SELLERS OF
THE 60's
- 125 [MY FAIR LADY]
- 126 FIRE AND ROMANCE OF
SOUTH AMERICA
- 127 [SONGS OF THE SEASONS
IN JAPAN]
- Broadway and Specialty Series
- 200 [MINSTREL SHOW] [SF 1600]
- 201 [SOUSA MARCHES] [SF 4800]
- 202 [MUSIC MAN/SOUTH PACIFIC]
- 203 [GOLDEN AGE OF DANCE
BANDS
- 204 [VICTORY AT SEA]
- 205 FILM HITS GO LATIN
- 206 [MOTION IN PERCUSSION]
- 207 [RHAPSODY IN BLUE] [SF 1800]
- 208 REGIMENTAL BANDS PASS IN REVIEW [SF 16300]
- 209 WIDE SCREEN SPECTACULARS, Miklos Rozsa
[SF 16400]
- 210 PIPE ORGAN PLUS MONTY
KELLY ORCHESTRA (1965)
- 211 [PIPE ORGAN PLUS GOLDEN
AGE OF DANCE BANDS]
- 212 PIPE ORGAN PLUS BEST
OF AMERICAN THEATER
- 213 PIPE ORGAN PLUS SOUSA
MARCHES
- 214 [CONQUEROR OF THE AGES]
[SF 10800]
- 215 [MARY POPPINS]
- 216 [PASSPORT TO ROMANCE]
- 217 SYMPHONIC FIREWORKS
- Favorite Classical Works
Series
- 300 [NEW WORLD SYMPHONY]
- 301 MARCHES FROM THE OPERA,
London Philharmonic, Reinhard Linz
- 302 [GAITE PARISIENNE]
- 303 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH,
Michael Schneider
[SF 9200]
- 304 [PEER GYNT SUITES] [SF 9400]
- 305 ORIGINAL STRAUSS WALTZES
- 306 [BRAHMS 1ST SYMPHONY]
- 307 OVERTURES FROM THE
OPERA
- 308 [TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO]
- 309 [TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO CONCERTO]
- 310 LIGHT CAVALRY
- 311 [EROICA]
- 312 [MOLDAU]
- 313 FAVORITE CHORUS SELECTIONS
FROM THE OPERA, Hamburg Staatsoper, Leopold Ludwig
- 314 FAVORITE SELECTIONS
FROM GYPSY BARON, Hamburg Staatsoper, Richard Muller-Lampertz
- 315 [HANDEL'S MESSIAH]
- 316 [PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION]
[SF 7800]
-
- Audio Spectrum 3-3/4 ips
- 401 HANK WILLIAMS/AMERICAN
WALTZES [101 Strings
Double Album by Budget Sound Inc]
- 2153 CHILDRENS INTRODUCTION
...WORLD OF GOOD MUSIC
-
- Great American Music (101
Strings) 3-3/4 ips (Also released
on Alshire label)
- 5000 [STEPHEN FOSTER FAVORITES]
- 5004 JEROME KERN/VINCENT YOUMANS
- 5005 BEST LOVED SONGS OF IRVING BERLIN
- 5006 IMMORTAL MELODIES OF GEORGE GERSHWIN
- 5007 [COLE PORTER FAVORITES]
- 5008 DUKE ELLINGTON/HOAGY CARMICHAEL
- 5009 RODGERS AND HART
- 5010 [HITS BY RODGERS AND
HAMMERSTEIN]
- 5012 VICTOR YOUNG/LEROY ANDERSON
- 5013 HANK WILLIAMS FAVORITES
- 5015 HENRY MANCINI
- 5017 TRENDSETTERS OF THE
60's
- 5020 [WORLDS GREAT STANDARDS]
- 5021 POPS CONCERT FAVORITES
- 5022 AMERICAN WALTZES
- 5028 HAWAIIAN PARADISE
- 5030 ITALIA CON AMORE
- 5034 [SAN FRANCISCO]
- 5036 [MILLION SELLERS OF
THE 30s AND 40s]
- 5038 MILLION SELLERS OF
THE 50s AND 60s
- 5040 FIRE AND ROMANCE OF SOUTH AMERICA
- 5042 [RHAPSODY]
- 5043 JET SET
- 5044 SOUL OF ISRAEL
- 5046 SOUL OF POLAND
- 5047 SOUL OF GREECE
- 5048 SOUL OF THE BLUES
- 5049 SOUL OF RUSSIA
- 5053 FIESTA ESPANOL
- 5062 LONDON BY NIGHT
- 5063 ROMANCE OF MAGIC
ISLAND
- 5064 [HIT SONGS FOR GIRLS]
- 5069 BEST OF THE SOUL SERIES
- 5070 [MILLION SELLER HITS
OF 1967]
- 5078 SOUNDS OF TODAY
- 5086 LOVE IS BLUE
- 5089 [MILLION SELLER HITS
VOL 2]
- 5093 NAT KING COLE
- 5097 [VALLEY OF THE DOLLS]
- 5105 [HITS MADE FAMOUS BY
THE SUPREMES]
- 5106 [MILLION SELLER COUNTRY
HITS]
- 5110 THE CROONERS
- 5111 BEATLES
- 5112 MILLION SELLERS OF TODAY
- 5142 MILLION SELLER THEMES
LATIN STYLE
- 5143 ON A SUMMER NIGHT
The last series to appear on tapes were on the Stereotape
label, all 3-3/4 ips in QUAD !! The first scored for stereo orchestra
could now expanded to put a violin in every corner of the room.
- ASQ 001 [MONTY KELLY SOUL
OF SPAIN VOLUME 3]
- ASQ 002 [EXCITING SOUNDS
OF LES BAXTER]
- ASQ 004 [TODAYS HITS]
- ASQ 005 [MOVIE THEMES]
- ASQ 011 [101 STRINGS PLUS
GUITARS]
- ASQ 013 [THEME FROM GODFATHER
AND OTHER MOVIE HITS]
- ASQ 015 [MUSIC FROM FIDDLER
ON THE ROOF]
- ASQ 016 [NELSON RIDDLE SWINGIN
SONGS]
- ASQ 017 [LES BAXTER LATIN
HOLIDAY]
- ASQ 019 [HIT SONGS BY BACHARACH
AND WEBB]
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- Physical inventory 3/4/2007