[78-L] re-issues

[Thomas Stern]

What were the first 8 track per side LPs ?
I remember one of the Columbia Odyssey albums had 2 or 3 LPs with 6 cuts per
side, the last disc with 8 per side - and a
note in the booklet indicating that advances in technology permitted
including more tracks.  Always seemed strange (maybe not
considering the precarious financial returns on these series - re-mastering
might have been considered too expensive) they didn't
re-do the 6 track discs.
Best wishes, Thomas.

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
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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

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