[78-L] re-issues

[David Lennick]

Thomas Stern wrote:
> What were the first 8 track per side LPs ?

Not claiming that these are the first, but RCA LPM 1364 (Duke Ellington: In a 
Mellotone) and LPM 1503 (Fats Waller: One Never Knows, Do One) have 8 tracks 
per side. Issued in 1956 and 1957 respectively. I don't know why I associated 
Grauer and Keepnews with these..they were producing RCA reissues, but on "X" 
and for the 10-volume alphabetical Encyclopedia of Jazz.

The Hylton was slightly more generous than I thought..5 tracks on one side and 
4 on the other.

dl

> 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
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 12:50 PM
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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
>