[78-L] unstable records, was CV records

[Royal Pemberton]

Re 'Tired':  I've never seen or heard that record, but I just looked
it up on Tyrone's site.  I saw that the matrix number is in the L
series that was used by Paramount toward its end, and very near the
highest number reached in the series.  Does this record sound like, as
it were, the engineer was tired, or was the recording equipment on its
last leg?

On 3/22/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> This could happen at major labels as well. Duke Ellington's 1933 English
> Deccas
> have problems (pitch, flutter as I recall) and some of his Brunswicks from
> around that time weren't released till the late 40s, possibly because of
> speed
> problems.
>
> And I still can't figure what's going on with Spike Jones' "Yes We Have No
> Bananas". The Canadian issue changes pitch all over the place, and according
> to
> one source this is supposed to be the case with the commercial issue, but
> the
> DJ version is stable.
>
> dl
>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> I have several sides on late Broadway (1931-32) where there was clearly
>> some
>> problem with keeping the recording turntable at a constant speed.  The Sig
>>
>> Heller Orch. of "Tired" is a terrifying reminder of how an ordinary record
>>
>> can become memorably bad due to screw-ups by the engineer.
>>
>> Taylor B
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
>> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 12:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] unstable records, was CV records
>>
>>
>>> Gallagher and Shean's recording of "Positively, Mr.
>>> Gallagher?/Absolutely,
>>> Mr. Shean!" on Victor 18941 appears to change keys at the side change.  I
>>> have no idea which is correct!
>>>
>>> Sammy
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