[78-L] 78s and 45s of Texarkana Baby by Eddy Arnold

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Victor was direct to disc (flowed wax, I think) through 1942..when the ban
> ended, they were recording onto lacquers and dubbing them onto other 
> lacquers.
> In fact one source has suggested that they were recording onto 16-inch 
> discs,
> as were Decca and Columbia and Capitol, and dubbing from those, then 
> tossing
> the originals. Classical recordings in the late 40s are known to have been
> recorded simultaneously on 16-inch safeties, but I don't know what the 
> policy
> was regarding popular music..other than that it sounded like GARBAGE for a
> couple of years. And then they'd send the 3rd generation master up to 
> Canada to
> be redubbed for unsuspecting Canucks, who got to pay ten cents more for 
> these
> off center disasters with clipped first and last notes.
>
Well, apparently being bored by the lack of useful tasks during the two AFM 
bans,
Victor apparently decided to dub their entire catalog, rather than cut 
run-in/run-out
grooves in them! This MAY have determined the generational data for RCA(C)
78rpm phonorecords...?!

...stevenc