[78-L] That Early 20s Okeh sound

[David Lennick]

Or just correct the link so it's vjm and not vmj, like zis:

http://www.vjm.biz/new_page_4.htm

dl

simmonssomer wrote:
> 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  >