[78-L] Mr Goon-Bones and electronic echo chamber

[simmonssomer]

I've read that the earliest Decca reverbs were made with a second mike in 
the adjoining men's room.
Needless to say, flushing was taboo.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Wixson" <wixson at chattanooga.net>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:54 AM
Subject: [78-L] Mr Goon-Bones and electronic echo chamber


> Hello List,
>     Ted Goon's first record was The Sheik of Araby which sold 400,000
> copies when 200,000 was a hit.  The B-side, Ain't She Sweet, had an
> exaggerated off-beat and was said to be one of the first American
> produced records to use the new electronic echo chamber that London
> Records had used with some symphony recordings.
>
>     The Billboard critics were noted as saying Ain't was a virtual
> monstrosity, and would kill the record.  It didn't.  One day several
> month's after the initial release, a St. Louis disc jockey played the
> B-side for a dancing audience and it took off selling a million and a
> quarter copies.
>
>     Does anyone have info on the early use of the echo chamber to maybe
> validate the above.  Thanks, Steve
>
> Hello everyone,
>     I'm brand new to the list and not sure how to proceed.  I am
> researching the recordings of Ted 'Mr. Goon-Bones' Goon who recorded in
> the late 40s and early 50s.  I play rhythm bones so am personally
> interested.
>
>     I prepared a list from the research that I've done to date.  I don't
> know if it's appropriate to post something that's a couple pages of double
> spaced lines.  Help me out.  Steve
>
>
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