[78-L] Lost Recordings

[Michael Biel]

Have these been made available to the OTR collectors yet?  (Is this Amos 
'n' Andy recording the one that Elizabeth discusses?)  I wrote 
extensively about this recording system in my dissertation, but by that 
time (1977) practically nothing of value had turned up on these beyond a 
1932 Cotton Club broadcast.  The Federal Radio Commission used this type 
of disc to record evidence in 1931 and 32 against some famous radio 
quacks and preachers.  When I found an article from that time with a 
picture of the machine I alerted the National Archives about them.  They 
couldn't find them.  But they finally turned up many years later in the 
file folders with the paperwork of these legal cases. 

In case listers missed my mention in the midst of the light ray 
recording posting, a machine has been constructed to enable a great 
series of 1929 broadcasts from WGY to be transferred off from 
Pallophotophone films.  I'll let you know when I find out more.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

Tom Hood wrote:
> Hi All
> I located a group of Victor Home recordings from the early 1930s.The person 
> that made them ran a radio guide & had sold advertising to a store selling 
> radios.The store owner could not pay for the ads so he gave the magazine 
> owner an RCA Victor radio phonograph that would record discs.
> Will Reader the editor of the magazine started making recordings off the 
> air.For years no one could play the discs
> so they wound up with me.The discs could be played & I found they were a 
> goldmine of recordings of local radio
> (Vancouver B C,Canada) performers from the early 30's.
> One of the earliest air checks of Amos & Andy was among them along with BBC 
> Royal broadcasts which included commentary not saved by the BBC.They also 
> included early examples of The Canadian Radio Commission
> network broadcasts made prior the establishment of the CBC.
> Who knows how many more of these Victor home recordings are out there 
> believed to be unplayable.
> A good place to look for buried treasure!
> Tom Hood 
>
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