[78-L] The Grafonola in the Classroom and Col A7505

[Royal Pemberton]

Here's a few attempts at actually playing S7505 on my portable
Grafonola, and recording it with a Neumann U47fet mike.

I first tried 'Busy Mary' with the mike about 2 feet away, 'looking
down' at the machine, trying to capture partly the horn's sound, and
partly the rest of the machine, including the lid.  Here's the result:
 http://www.box.net/shared/jcma8zsgu1

Not satisfied with this, I tried miking the horn straight on, about 9
inches away.  It seemed to 'focus' the sound somehow, and I recorded
both sides of the record in this manner.

'Busy Mary':  http://www.box.net/shared/yayp0nihe5

'The toyman's shop':  http://www.box.net/shared/gns6ofb7fj

Before I tried S7505, I tried an electric 78 on the Grafonola, to
check the miking, which is how I arrived at the first miking of 'Busy
Mary'.  Here's an excerpt of the electric 78 I used, Don Bestor's
orchestra playing 'Forty-second street' on Victor 24253 :
http://www.box.net/shared/9zprck1lhi

On 2/26/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>> I have the transfers of the May Murray record done.  As mentioned
>>> before, the recording was not terribly clear, but I have tried to make
>>> it as intelligible as possible with equalisation.
>> Would a child really be able to understand the words of the record,
>> especially on an acoustical machine in a classroom???
>>> Tha catalogue number is actually S7505; labels state School Series and
>>> further state Story Record/Kindergarten.  Transfers made at 78.26 rpm.
>>>
>> Did you hear the repeating clunk that was right in tempo with "La zy Ma
>> ry, La zy Ma ry, La zy Ma ry . . . "  the first time the sequence
>> happens halfway thru the record.
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
> In fact, ALL the numbers that seem to be "missing" from Columbia's
> A3000 "pop" series were issued (or intended to be) in Columbia's
> "Educational" series....A3001 through A3??? as well as the A75##
> 12" series. As someone noted, the early issues bore an "S" prefix...
> for "School."
>
> ...stevenc
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