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OPHONE Incorporating VOX THE RADIO CRITIC BROADCAST REVIEW
JUNE 1974
VOL. 52
No. 813
Index to Reviews. .
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Sounds in Retrospect-A Panel Review Andre Previn talks to Alan Blyth Here and There with Roger Wimbush Permanent Binding Reviews-Orchestral
-Chamber Music -Instrumental -Choral and Song -Opera . . -Electronic -Spoken Word Quadraphonic Releases . . Cassettes and Cartridges Nights at the Round Table Keeping Track Jazz Reviews Books Received . , Book Review Contributors ' Notes Editorial Notes Correspondence . . Records Received Special Offers
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Audio Commentary-Quadraphonic Alternatives by John Borwick 129 Surround Sound Progress Report by Keith Barker 130 Equipment Reviews :
Dual 701 turntable
Yamaha NS-645 loudspeaker
Toshiba SA-300L tuner-amplifier
Monitor Audio MA1 loudspeaker . ,
New products
Audio Forum
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Richard Strauss and Herbert von Karajan are the subjects of this month's front cover which is a montage of var ious character's in Strauss's tone poems. Three new recordings conducted by Karajan are reviewed on p. 60
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A Quarterly Retrospect by John 5teane
Pierre Boulez talks to Alan Blyth
Denys Killick reviews the Garrard 1OO5B and 865B turntables
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