[78-L] Jack Benny ETs

[joe@salerno.com]

Sammy,

I don't know the answer to the question, but I am wondering if a 
recording made with intent to use for a time shift would have been 
overlapped - which would make it more difficult to que on the re-bcast.

joe salerno


Sammy Jones wrote:
> I posted this over on the ARSC List, but got little response.  Maybe
> somebody here can help...
> 
> In a recent internet auction I won a set of lacquer ETs of a Jack Benny
> Program from November 7, 1948.  There were several episodes for sale, but I
> only won one.  The discs have KFI/Earl C. Anthony labels, and the episode is
> broken up into three parts that overlap with each other.  
> 
> I don't think these are NBC reference recordings or recordings for Benny or
> the sponsor because they have KFI labels.  As I understand it, KFI was not
> owned by NBC, so would not be in the business of recording shows for NBC.
> 
> Ken Greenwald of Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters mentioned some time back that
> KFI would record the Benny show off the line and play it back for late-night
> broadcast in Los Angeles.  Are these discs the result of that practice?
> Would a separate set of recordings have been made by Radio Recorders for
> Jack's personal archive and perhaps American Tobacco's files?
> 
> Here are the matrix numbers:
> 
> Part 1 - 02662 F S1 p
> Part 2 - 02662 F S2 p
> Part 3 - 02662 F S1 p (part 3 is on the reverse of part 1)
> 
> Can anybody decode what these matrix numbers mean?  I assume "S1" and "S2"
> refer to sides 1 and 2.
> 
> Finally, was the network repeat Benny show being played from ET or still
> performed live at this point?
> 
> Sammy Jones
> 
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