[78-L] How well did they do it

[Royal Pemberton]

78s always seem to have more of an immediacy to them, regardless of
the era in which they were made.  I didn't know why for a long time,
but for as long as I can remember having any awareness of records and
the different speeds (back to before I was 3 years old) I always
preferred the 78s.  If I had a choice, although I expect I'd wish for
the faster speed disc to have the break-resistant plastic the slower
ones were pressed on.

On 4/30/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
>
> Personally, I have a problem with all acoustic recordings, even tho I
> can
> appreciate Oliver's Snake Rag on a purely musical level.
>
> Doug Pomeroy
>
>
> I have known a number of collectors who have had this problem.  But
> listening to anything which does not sound familiar or which sounds
> "strange" is much like learning a foreign language.  After a while,  you get
> used to it and your ear/mind can learn to "translate" the sounds,  and
> eventually to just absorb them as you would any other recorded material.
>
> Acoustic records sound "strange" at first...so do a lot of 20s dance band
> vocalists...but after a while you "learn the language" and then can
> appreciate the sounds for what they are,  rather than what they aren't.
>
> Taylor
>
>
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