[78-L] Early 20s Okeh sound

[David Lennick]

And yet the OKeh King Olivers sound WORSE than his Gennetts.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> A lot of early Okehs have an almost magic sound...my 1920 record of the 
> Green Brothers Orch. playing "Palesteena" is not only a fine record,  but it 
> has a "live" sound which is in many ways superior to most early electrics, 
> and many later ones as well,  as David notes.
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> Taylor B
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>> Chris Zwarg wrote:
>>> In the US, Okeh probably had the best acoustic sound on average
>> No question. Yesterday at the CAPS meeting in Toronto, Jack Litchfield was
>> playing Sophie Tucker recordings and I'd forgotten how incredible the ones 
>> from
>> 1922 sounded..more like electrical than many later 20s records.
>>  dl