[78-L] Music Hall. 'Speeding' Query.

[Spats]

Interesting.

Actually, listening to voice quality, vowels etc., I thought that the 
Winners should be played at 75rpm, rather than faster than 78rpm. 
That's a good idea about keys, however. I'll have another listen.

Earl.

At 4:28 am -0800 04/11/2008, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
>Judging from the rather absurd pitches and vocal timres on most 
>reissue LPs and CDs of this material - no!
>
>All three labels you cite are usually well above 78rpm; try 
>adjusting upwards until you find a key on yor pitchpipe/keyboard, 
>and if that key is B natural, F-sharp or something similarly rare 
>for popular music, go 6% further up to the next. The vowel 
>colourings (with which you are familiar being a Londoner) will tell 
>you whether the result is OK - any record running a half or even a 
>full tone sharp sounds "mickey-mousie", like the singer is on Helium.
>
>Chris Zwarg