From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!sytek!menlo70!hao!seismo!rocheste!ritcv!kar Newsgroups: net.audio,net.records Title: Re: Omni-Disk Article-I.D.: ritcv.199 Posted: Thu Mar 17 08:56:14 1983 Received: Thu Mar 24 06:37:21 1983 References: hou5e.282 We've heard that the OmniDisk has the cannon shots on it from the 1812 that Telarc recorded. I bought the 1812 record a couple of years ago, and it is fantastic. This is the first recording of the piece I have heard in which the cannons do not sound like someone beating on garbage cans with baseball bats. I played the record for my father and his unconcious reaction to the first cannon shot was to duck. It is that realistic. It is rather difficult to track, however. At slightly more than the maximum recommended tracking force, I can still hear the stylus bouncing around in the groove on the last shot, and the tone arm itself moves visibly. The best part, however, is the carillon. It's hard to describe.