[78-L] Getting more mileage from a tune

[Michael Biel]

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
> Julian Vein wrote:
>   
>> Michael Biel wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> While Columbia's recordings were different from Harmony/VelvetTone/Diva, 
>>> how about Pathe and Perfect.  The exact same recordings but vastly 
>>> different prices.   Didn't people notice??
>>>
>>> Mike Biel 
>>>     
>>>       
>> ============
>> Probably not. The different economic groups the records were aimed at 
>> likely rarely came into contact with each other, and the chances that 
>> one would have played the other the same recordings would have been 
>> pretty slim.
>>
>>       Julian Vein
>>   
>>     

Not if kids brought some of their records over to a party at someone's 
house.   That happened all the time when I was a teen in the 50s and 
kids would bring over their case of 45s.
> Was there a difference in quality, noise, durability?
>
>   
I always wondered that, but I think the mottled pressings with mixtures 
of the red and black shellac answers that question.  The two materials 
wear identically.


Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com