[78-L] How well did they do it

[David Lennick]

We're told that classical recordings were recorded using only the outer portion of the disc, for fidelity. I don't believe that to be the case, since I've heard Masterworks recordings that clearly vary in frequency range and are probably from the same sessions. The use of 16-inch discs as master material grew out of covering entire sessions, including breakdowns and false starts, and using the available space on a disc..unknown alternate takes have been found because of this. Do we know anyone who's examined original Columbia or Capitol or Decca lacquers and can verify how they were recorded? 
 
dl

--- On Mon, 5/4/09, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net> wrote:


From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net>
Subject: Re: [78-L] How well did they do it
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Received: Monday, May 4, 2009, 6:41 PM


At 12:01 PM 4/30/2009, you wrote:
>joe at salerno.com wrote:
> > 78s were all direct to disc,
>
>No No No No NO!!!!!!!!!!  They weren't ALL direct-to-disc.  From around
>1940 practically no Columbia 78 were direct-to-disc.  They were almost
>all dubs from 16-inch 33s.   Same with many other companies including
>Decca.
>
>Don't be so sure!!
>
>Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com

So what did they get? Four 3 minute takes per side of the 16" disc? 
That would save on the cost of lacquers!!  



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