[78-L] re-issues

[David Lennick]

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> On 7/5/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Except at Victor where the first 12" pop albums contained a measly 5 tracks per side.
> 
> I have the 1951 album BUNNY BERIGAN PLAYS AGAIN (RCA Victor LPT 1003,
> 12") and it only has 4 songs per side.  On the plus side, all the
> songs are presented in wonderfully un-futzed-with sound
> quality....quite like hearing them the way the 78s really sound,
> without the 78s' shortcomings.
> _____________________________________________

I think the Jack Hylton album also had only 4 tracks per side, although some 
had been twelve-inch.

Then Grauer and Keepnews came along and produced those great jazz reissues on 
RCA with 8 tracks per side, which became the norm for the Vintage series a few 
years later.

dl