[78-L] Subject: Re: Juiced Speeds

[Royal Pemberton]

There's also those odd backing vocals on Nat King Cole's 'Frosty the
snowman' that are sped up,  and Nat's voice has an odd quality to it,
like a mike picked it up in the distance, as it came out of a speaker.

On 1/5/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> There were also a couple of recordings where part was played back at high
> speed
> for comic effect..Danny Kaye's "The Babbitt and The Bromide", last chorus,
> and
> Paul Nero's "Barnyard Suite" (one chunk). And there's Les Paul playing with
> himself at various speeds (let's not hear from the peanut gallery regarding
> this, okay Messrs Vein and Harkin?), various Mel Blanc records like Woody
> Woodpecker Song (Sportsmen normal, Blanc overdubbed slow to sound fast) and
> the
> like, all before the advent of tape.
>
> dl
>
> mgstill at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>
>>> One deliberate
>>> juicing up in a transfer to 78 that's been documented is Al Jolson's
>>> first
>>> Decca, which was because Jack Kapp didn't think it captured the old
>>> Jolie.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>> Many Capitol 78s in the 40s are running fast..this has been noted in a
>>> Nat King Cole
>>> discography
>> I've wondered if some of the Capitol country recordings from the 40's
>> weren't also sped up.
>>
>>> Dickie Valentine's "Finger of Suspicion" was supposedly recorded with the
>>>
>>> singer dubbing to a track that was slowed down slightly because he
>>> couldn't hit
>>> the high notes.
>> Hah. Good story.
>>
>>> Some Elvis RCA sides sound WAY fast to my ear,
>> yeah, "Milk Cow Blues" for instance
>>> and Johnny Mathis's "Twelfth of Never" sounds as if it was slowed down
>>> substantially..the
>>> timbre of the voice never rings true.
>> Interesting - I'll listen & compare to his other recordings.
>>>From the late 78 era, I've always suspected Ricky Nelson's "Shirley Lee" -
>> and from after the era, there's Lesley Gore.
>>
>> From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>>
>>>> my question is about speed changes made to the original recordings
>>>> before they were put on discs, for the purpose of making them more
>>>> commercially viable, or for novelty or experimentation.  Margaret G.
>>>> Still
>>
>>> As for the latter part of the question, novelty or experimentation, my
>>> daughter
>>> Leah did a recorded term paper on this subject a couple of years ago, and
>>> the
>>> two of us presented an expanded version of it at ARSC in Seattle.  I have
>>> the
>>> video recording of it, but the audio recording is available thru ARSC.
>>
>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
>> Thank you. I will contact them later this month.
>>
>> Happy New Year, and thanks to all for your knowledge and fine humor.
>>
>> Best,
>> Margaret G. Still
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