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ABOVE—IN CAMDEN, N. J.. LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, FAMED CON- DUCTOR, GOES OVER A SCORE WITH AL PULLEY, RCA VICTOR'S I HIEl- RECORDING ENGINEER. IN PREPARATION FOR NEW RE- CORDINGS WITH HIS OWN ORCHESTRA. RIGHT—IN CHICAGO, CHARLIE SPIVAK, WITH TRUMPET, MAKES HIS FIRST RECORDING UNDER THE VICTOR LABEL. singers, with tunes already selected and arranRed, hurried into the \'ic- tor recording studios as schedules permitted. They came from theatre stages, from swank hotel dance rooms, from night clubs and motion picture lots. In the classical field, the world's greatest artists on \'ictor's roster— famed instrumental virtuosi, sing- ers, orchestra conductors—also be- gan to record as studio schedules and their own engagements per- mitted. To cities where larger re- cording groups were located, a crew of engineers ruslied portable record ing equipment. To set a new industry record in recording - to - counter time, "mas- ters" of the Vaughn Moni-oe cutting were rushed to Victor's Camden, X. .J. plant from New York by spe- cial messenger. In Camden a spe- cial crew worked through the night to process the "'masters" and turn out the first lot of discs that rolled off the presses and into a Philadel- pliia store the next afternoon. Within six weeks after recording was resumed, Victor had released or was set to release 21 popular discs. Fifteen of RCA Victor's 20 active pop recording artists were recorded in this time and every tune on the Hit Parade had been covered. With production of new discs made possil)le by the lifting of the recording ban, RCA Victor is again in position to supply both the home front and fighting front with new selections by the world's greatest artists. Efforts are being made tn meet quickly the strong pent-uji tiv- niand by the inililic for recordings by classical and pojiular artists, am the demand for recordings of hits introduced by radio and the stage- during the war. The resumption of recording, however, does not mean an increase in production of discs. While it of- fers the public fresh, new music, lolal output remains unaffected as the company is still confronted b,\ the problems of manpower, machine, and packing material shortages. New NBC Transcriptions NP)C's Radio Recording Division resumed operations Monday, November 13, after a "vacation" of 27 months, caused by the Petrillo edict to members of the American Federation of Musicians. This order by the union president caused a suspension of virtually all record- ing activities in which musicians were required. However, during that period of IN HOLLYWOOD. TO.MMY DORSEY, SEEN HERE WITH ONE OF HIS VOCALISTS, FREDDY STEWART, COMPLETES THE CROSS- COUNTRY PARADE OF NEW RCA VICTOR INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING SESSIONS. more than two years, NBC was able to supply transcriptions for its Tliesaurus library subscribers using choral groups and a capella ensem- bles. It was possible to continue the Division's dozen or more recorded program series because the scripts were either talks, comments or straight dramas with sound effects. When the ban was lifted, orches- tras directed by Vincent Lopez and Sammy Kaye went into action im- mediatelv. RADIO AGE 13]