01.9 al 0 !AO 41332 KY GREEN HAZEL F71 ACAD GREEN HAZEL DECI' ANNA BUCH D 0501 REG10065-5M0 A00013102.st HAZE301 BCAD 8is2,17911.7 -Or Jak..tr The Fisher CP-100 8 -track tape cartridge player. Till 1101111 So far, there has been a big But. (as shown above). Switching to the cor- push-button electronic tuning without Ordinary 8 -track cartridge players sim- rect mode, 4 -channel or 2 -channel, is moving parts (from the front panel or by ply don't have the audio quality de- completely automatic, indicated by red remote control), toroidal filters on FM' manded by owners of fine component jewel lights. You select the tape se- and other ultrasophisticated electron- stereo systems. And that's where the quence you want to listen to by pushing ics.In addition to being the most ad- new Fisher CP-100 comes in. An 8 - one of the three convenient program vanced piece of 4 -channel equipment track tape cartridge player designed to control buttons (jewel lights indicate you can buy, it's also a sensationally meet Fisher standards. Suddenly, you're your choice). Frequency response is 50 fine receiver for conventional 2 -channel in business: you can play 4 -channel to 12,000 Hz, which compares favorably stereo. Not to mention mono. Bach or rock (and lots of it) with excel- even with open -reel machines. The list With the CP-100 and the 701, lent fidelity. price is $169.95. you're ready for all the current action in 4 -channel stereo. And you can also The new CP-100 is different. What to use with it. use them to simulate a 4 -channel effect The Fisher CP-100 is a ruggedly Of course, to get the most out of with a 2 -channel program source. That, built tape deck with low flutter and wow. your 4 -channel 8 -track cartridges, the of course, doesn't sound as good as true It has four separate low -distortion play- CP-100 should be plugged into the best 4 -channel, but who's going to sue you? back channels from tape head to output. possible 4 -channel stereo system. To play either tne new 4 -channel or Which brings us, as any alert audio- standard 2 -channel 8 -track cartridges, phile could have told you, to the Fisher simply plug the CP-100 into the tape 701.The 701 is a true 4 -channel AM/FM e Fisher monitor or "aux" input of your system stereo receiver with 250 watts of power, We invented high fidelity. Introducing the ideal source of true 4 -channel stereo: ImpFifth. 701 Even with a true 4 -channel stereo system of the highest quality (like the Only 250! $2 value! Send for your copy of Fisher 701 receiver and XP -9C speak- The Fisner Handbook, a fact -filled 80 -page guide to ers shown on the right), ycu must con- high fidelity.This full -color reference book also includes front the question of what to listen to. complete information on all Fisher stereo components. Enclose 25C for handling and postage, Why 13 -track cartridges? The 4 -channel LP record and 4 - channel FM broadcasting ae undoubt- Fisher Radio, Dept. SR -6, P.O. Box 1367 edly coming but aren't here yet. Tape Long Island City. N.Y. 11101 sthe only readily available source of true 4 -channel stereo. Open -reel 71/2 ips 4 -channel tapes can be superb, but if you want a reasonably extensive rep- Name ertory of classical and popular music, your choice is necessarily the 8 -track Address tape cartridge. With two 4 -track se- quences at 33/4 ips, the 8 -track cartridge City State Zip is capable of good fidelity and has the *P ease glue or tape coin on picture of handbook above. 0206716 unqualified backing of several major record companies. But! Prices s ightly higher .1 the Far West. Overseas and Canadian residents please write to Fisher Radio International, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101. There's no higher fi than a true 4 -channel stereo system. But what do you feed into it? (Lift flap.) /;;, IiIIIIIUIIIIIUIIINVIllllllHN1111N1111 21 451 '' 11 A A A A Shown above: The Fisher 701 true 4 -channel AM/FM stereo receiver ($699.95) plus four Fisher XP -9C four-way bookshelf speaker systems ($219.95 each). We've added a newfeature to two ofour bestselling receivers. A lower price. Many stereo b_1).e.-3 have asked our teen advertising on television and regular Pioneer 2 -year warranty. dealers why P °leer conoonents in general ccnsumer putlications. on parts and labor. are r ever on sale. except for We feel the great mass o' the Pioneer's policy has always discontinued models. Tl-e reason tuying public is still not thoroughly peen to give the most value 'OF the is quite simple. Pioneer dealers familiar with the enjoyaole and noney. At these reduced prices can sell all theonee- units relaxing-hoboy of high fidelity. So -he SX-440 and SX-77J surpas,z- they're allotted as -as1 as -.ley to get them started with -1-fi, we're -hemselves for value. Visit ycur come in. enticing them with our 4C watt Pioneer dealer for a demcnst-ation. How come a lever p -ice now, SX-440 stereo receiver f:r $169.95 U.S. Pioneer Electronics Corp., and on the popi..lar SX-4-40 and (lormerly$1.c9.95) and the 70 watt 178 Commerce Road, SX-770 stereo receivers -'1.'Ve've SX-770 fcr $199.95 (formerly Carlstadt, N..J: 07072. $249.95). These are brand new, factory sealed units from our p-esent s-ocK They carry the k PIONEER' 1111111111111111111111111111 TI.PNOISPZI mrsmic PIE =NM' PI 1.40061.. -411.0 F. I MO MO..", .M(_88 92N96 REM 1 101 55 I 111-7 V IIPMAXrt *PS 11.110114111. 41001 OP 0 TIJKP MCI (4..CTOR PIONEER STEIN= 1.11101r1.19.40011t. NE.770 PM AVM r. ivaorr0 1.040/4-VWD 0501.144, Na 12 96_98 100 r q6 q8 ANI 5 N ... -AK.- 1111111.1 NCE voLun.. 114.1 toren '..1".MOP &PC . OPP DPP OPP Pewee OP P o C rr- STCARDEI'4A, CALIF. 90247 ;CANADA S. H. PARKER COONTARIO RLY HI stereooREVIEW JUNE 1971 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 6 THE MUSIC THE BASIC REPERTOIRE Chopin's Piano Concerto No. I, in E Minor MARTIN BOOKSPAN 55 EDGARD VARESE The French -born composer forged a new music for his New World home ERIC SALZMAN 56 EDGARD VARESE: IDOL OF MY YOUTH A reminiscence and appreciation FRANK ZAPPA 62 LILY TOMLIN Continuing a series of interviews with recording artists PAUL KRESH 75 MR. BAGLEY'S MUSICAL TIME MACHINE Three additions to Ben Bagley's nostalgic "Revisited" series REX REED 102 THE EQUIPMENT NEW PRODUCTS A roundup of the latest high-fidelity equipment 16 AUDIO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS About proposed Dolby noise -reduction techniques for FM LARRY KLEIN 22 AUDIO BASICS Amplifier Power TECHNICAL TALK Damping Factor and Bandwidth; Hirsch -Houck laboratory tests of the Acoustic Research stereo FM tuner, the Microstatic high frequency speaker adapter, the Miracord 770H automatic turn- table, and the Concord Mark 20 receiver JULIAN D. HIRSCH 31 RECORD DEFECTS A recording engineer tells why they occur and how they are avoided JOHN EARGLI: 69 TAPE HORIZONS The Club Circuit CRAIG STARK 116 THE REVIEWS BEST RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH 77 CLASSICAL 83 ENTERTAINMENT 101 STEREO TAPE 1 1 1 THE REGULARS EDITORIALLY SPEAKING WillIAM ANDERSON 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 6 GOING ON RECORD JAMES GOODFRIEND 28 ADVERTISERS' INDEX 116 COVER. PAINTING BY STAN ZAGORSKI Copyright (a) 1971 by Ziff -Davis Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Stereo Review. June 1971, Volume 26, Number 6. Published monthly at 1 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016, by Ziff -Davis Publishing Company-also the publishers of Airline Management and Marketing Including American Aviation, Boating, Business & Commercial Aviation, Car and Driver, Cycle, Electronics World, Flying. Modern Bride. Popular Electronics, Popular Photography, Skiing, Skiing Area News, Skiing Trade News, and Travel Weekly. One year subscription rate for U.S.. U.S. Possessions and Canada, $7.00; all other countries, $8.00. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y. and at additional mailing offices. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada, and for payment of postage in cash. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE: Forms 3579 and all subscription correspondence should be addressed to Stereo Review, Circulation Department, P.O. Box 1099, Flushing, N.Y. 11352. Please allow at least six weeks for change of address. Include your old address, as well as new-enclosing if possible an address label from a recent issue. Stereo Review PUBLISHER LAWRENCE SPORN EDITOR WILLIAM ANDERSON MANAGING EDITOR WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE opfearkss% MUSIC EDITOR JAMES GOODFRIEND TECHNICAL EDITOR EDITORIALLY LARRY KLEIN ASSOCIATE EDITOR ROBERT S. CLARK SPEAKI\G ART DIRECTOR BORYS PATCHOWSKY 3y WILLIAM A\DERSO\ ASSISTANT TECHNICAL EDITO9 RALPH HODGES ASSISTANT MUSIC EDITOR VIVIENNE WINTERRY GOODMAN NOSTALGIA: GOING HOME TO EDEN PRODUCTION EDITOR eeON ANY PAULETTE WEISS list of human capabilities, nostalgia ought properly to rank just above petty thievery and just below eating peas with a knife; it is often maudlin, usually CONTRIBUTING EDITORS CLIVE BARNES untrue, and always useless. Most of all, itis counterproductive." Thus critic Clifford MARTIN BOOKSPAN NOEL COPPAGE Ridley, commenting fashionably on No, No, Nanette in a recent issue of the National HANS H. FANTEL Observer. We needn't take Mr. Ridley too seriously in this, however, for his isa very DAVID HALL DON HECKMAN selective contempt: having described the crime, he promptly goes on to commit it by JULIAN D.