[78-L] Acoustic & Electric Whiteman Rhapsody's Recording

[David Lennick]

The take numbers will be visible in the wax, at the 9 o'clock position. But the 
electrical version will have higher numbers because Victor generally used the 
same matrix number for rerecordings. Also, there's a press run of 35822 where 
side 2 is acoustical and, as I recall, doesn't show a take # (at least my 
Canadian pressing doesn't).

Speeding up at the end of a side was often necessary because of the limited 
amount of time available on a wax.

dl

agp wrote:
> I have always found the Paul Whiteman Rhapsody in Blue recordings to 
> be the most  fascinating in my collection. They (the acoustic and the 
> electric) were amongst my first two 78s acquired when I got serious 
> about collecting. (just dug out my mp3s of each)
> 
> Are there any definitive guides to the sessions and the releases/ pressings.
> 
> One thing that always thrilled me is that it seems like the musicians 
> sped up toward the end of side 1 in both cases, so I wonder how many 
> takes there were until they got it right, and if part 1 and part 2 in 
> both cases are consecutive takes
> 
> Tony
>