[78-L] Early 20s Okeh sound

[yves francois]

The Okeh's that sound quite good are from NYC, not Chicago. It is typical, even in later eras, to talk about how great a label sounds, but remember the "territory" recordings may not sound like that at all, and not necessarily advantageous, (examples also include the 1929 Paul Howard's do not have that classic Victor sound, and in a more modern era Cootie Williams Capitol's have little of the sound we associate with Capitol's excellent LA studios recordings of the middle 40's). The Okeh Oliver's don't sound that bad to me, but they don't SOUND like 1920/23 Okeh's from NYC (many of the Mamie Smith records also sound great to my ears)
Yves Francois


--- On Mon, 11/24/08, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Early 20s Okeh sound
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 6:58 PM
> That is true!!  Due to different studios and engineers?
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick"
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> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Early 20s Okeh sound
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> 
> > 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.
> >>
> >> Taylor B