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]. 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) 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
- 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 [see 128 below]
- 127 SONGS OF THE SEASONS
IN JAPAN
- 128 FIRE AND ROMANCE OF
SOUTH AMERICA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 5004 JEROME KERN/VINCENT YOUMANS
- 5005 BEST LOVED SONGS OF IRVING BERLIN
- 5006 IMMORTAL MELODIES OF GEORGE GERSHWIN
- 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
- 5034 SAN FRANCISCO
- 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
- 5069 BEST OF THE SOUL SERIES
- 5070 MILLION SELLER HITS
OF 1967
- 5078 SOUNDS OF TODAY
- 5089 MILLION SELLER HITS
VOL 2 **
- 5093 NAT KING COLD
- 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