[78-L] Sail On

[Michael Biel]

Dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
> Can someone tell me when this was recorded by the Billy Sunday choir?   It 
> sounds almost too goo to be acoustic.
> Don Chichester

1916.  There is a picture of the recording session in the centerfold of 
one of the monthly Victor supplements showing the acoustical recorder 
and the several thousand singers.  Play the record at 72 or 73 RPM, I 
think the pitch of the cheer at the end of the sides is too highly 
pitched.  This recording proves that the claims of the miracle of The 
Associated Glee Clubs of America recordings could only have been made 
electrically.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com