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BROADCAST REVIEW
AUGUST 1974
VOL. 52
No. 615
Index to Reviews . . Quarterly Retrospect by Robert layton Zubin Mehta talks to Alan Blyth Here and There with Roger Wimbush Reviews-O rchestral
-Chamber Music - instrumenta'i ~Choral and Song -Opera -Gregorian Chant -Spoken Word . . New Cassette and Cartridge Releases Nights at the Round Table Keeping. Track Jazz Reviews Deletions Editorial Notes Contributors' Notes Correspondence Special Offers 'Records Received . .
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Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra will be visiting Britain in September and October. To mark the occasion Mr Mehta talks to Alan Blyth on page 347
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Audio Commentary by John Borwick A Survey of Record Cleaning Accessories Equipment Reviews:
Pickering XV15 DCF series cartridges Koss HV-1 LC headphones Book Reviews Audio News
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Publisher's Note
Apologies are again due to readers and the trade for the late delivery of the July issue-the fourth successive issue to suffer this fate which also affected the June editions of the Classical and Popular Record Catalogues.
Unfortunately, continuing industrial difficulties, over which we have no control, have necessitated in a reduction of the editorial and advertisement content of this issue. Our thanks are due to our contributors who this month have written at much reduced length and our apologies are extended to those advertisers who were disappointed, and to our readers and the trade who may well find that, once again, this issue of GRAMOPHONE is late.
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