[78-L] That Early 20s Okeh sound

[simmonssomer]

Okeh. Very strange. ..so try this,
Go to Google. Type in "Okeh Sound.
aOne of the limks that should come up is New Page4
Click on that.

Al S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Zwarg" <doctordisc at truesoundtransfers.de>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] That Early 20s Okeh sound


> At 12:50 25.11.2008, you wrote:
>>Here's some more info on  that early Okeh Sound
>>www.vmj.biz/new_page_4.htm
>>
>>Al Simmons
>
> ...a blank page???
>
> Chris Zwarg
>
>
>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: <SUPRBATONE at aol.com>
>>To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:03 AM
>>Subject: Re: [78-L] That Early 20s Okeh sound
>>
>>
>>>I have read that engineer Charles Hibbard was the man responsible for the
>>> great sound of the acoustical OKehs.  If true, he's the same genius who
>>> set up
>>> the Original Dixieland Jazz Band for their first Victor session in
>>> February,
>>> 1917, with such perfect results.  Hibbard deserves more recognition as a
>>> Hi Fi
>>> pioneer.
>>>
>>> Those OKeh acoustics are the last word in pre-electric quality, I agree.
>>> Even without special EQ, their live, colorful, clear sound just jumps 
>>> out
>>> at you.
>>> Edison Diamond Discs sometimes equal or surpass this, but not
>>> consistently.
>>> All the other acoustic brands need help.
>>>
>>> Has anyone thoughts about OKeh's odd, lengthy transition from acoustic 
>>> to
>>> electric?  Victor and Columbia switched from acoustic to Western 
>>> Electric
>>> almost
>>> overnight, ca. March, 1925.  At OKeh, the process took about nine 
>>> months,
>>> an
>>> actual gestation, a gradual dissolve, lasting from about April of '26 to
>>> January of '27.  The evolution of OKeh sound in this period is
>>> fascinating.  Anybody
>>> got inside information?  -Brad Kay  >
>>
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