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OPHONE Incorporating vox THE RADIO CRITIC BROADCAST REVIEW
MARCH 1975
VOL. 52
No. 622 .
Index to Reviews . . '.' Sounds in Retrospect-A Panel Review Charles Mackerras talks to Alan Blyth Here and There . . , . . . Collectors' Corner by Brian ~ust Reviews-Orchestral
-Chamber Muslc -Instrumental . . -Choral and Song -Opera . . -Spoken Word American Rarities · , . Nights at the Round Table New Cassette and Cartridge Releases Keeping Track Jazz Reviews Book Reviews Contributors' Notes Correspondence Deletions . . Editorial Notes
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This month's front cover Is detail from a pottery bowl made in Athens about 490 Be, now In the British Museum (E468) . Photograph by courtesy of the Trustees. The illustration relates to "Morning Heroes" by Bliss, the first recording of which Is reviewed on page 1687
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Audio Commentary by John Borwick
Let's Have Standards. . . . . . Matching Tuner Inputs by R. S. Roberts Quadraphony: No Winner Yet by Dick Van Amstel Equipment Reveiws:
Goodmans Mezzo SL Loudspeaker KF Soundseeker Tuner-Amplifier . . Leak 2060 Loudspeaker . . Pixal! ' ~ Off-the-Record" Cleaner New Products
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The Gramophone and the Voice by John Steane
Nathan Milstein talks to Alan Blyth Roger Driscoll rev.iews the Quasar II loudspeaker
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