[78-L] unstable records, was CV records

[David Lennick]

It's acoustical..July and August 1922. But long separations between sides can
make for interesting differences, like the third side of the first movement of
Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony with Rodzinski and the Cleveland Orchestra..about
a 3 or 4 week gap and the tempo is vastly different on side 3. William
Steinberg's Shostakovich Seventh Symphony on Musicraft has a definite mike
shift between two sides, but that recording is also a composite of studio takes
and a live performance (and some different takes were used on the LP reissue).

Another notorious tempo change between sides: Ravel's Bolero, Koussevitzky and
the Boston Symphony..side 3 is substantially faster (not higher in pitch)
because they had a lot of music to squeeze onto one side.

Another pitch shift between sides: Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, Stokowski &
Philadelphia (1935)..sides 3 and 4 are cut 5 weeks apart and side 4 is a half
tone sharp.

dl

joe at salerno.com wrote:
> Maybe they changed mic - being recorded so far apart they didn't realize 
> the error, or didn't care...
> 
> joe salerno
> 
> 
> Sammy Jones wrote:
>> I hadn't considered that they changed studios, but the sound certainly does
>> change from one side to the next.  Is there any indication in the Victor
>> ledgers as to why the sides were recorded so far apart and if/why one was
>> dubbed?
>>
>> Sammy
>>
>>
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>> Actually it also sounds as if it changes studios. I suspect that one
>>> side is
>>> dubbed..the sides were also recorded four weeks apart.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones wrote:
>>>> 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