[78-L] Non-Transcription OTR on 78 (was Decca Specialty Series(DAU-x))

[Jeff Sultanof]

My parents had the Burns & Allen set, so I first heard it ca. 1960, the
Cantor set I won at auction about eight years ago.

I remember that the discs tended to warp very badly, and one of the B&A was
cracked.

Jeff Sultanof


On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> > I'm wondering if distribution was a little spotty..the albums
> > credit something called "Monitor" as distributor, a name I
> > don't know in this context.
>
> This was their first and only venture.  They were hoping to sell the
> albums in non-traditional locations like radio departments and stores,
> not just record departments and record stores.  Since they were not too
> successful there wasn't a second release, so they shot their whole wad
> with this one release.
>
> > Apollo is credited with manufacturing, which may tell you about
> > the quality of the pressings.  dl
>
> Apollo had just bought a pressing plant and did these as contract
> pressings on material that was several grades below that of Grey Gull.
> I've come across articles about these in Broadcasting magazine,
> Billboard, Variety, etc.  I think it was George Blacker who told me he
> had gotten the whole set as a real cheap close-out in perhaps Macy's for
> perhaps 5 bucks total.  I think I have only three and a few loose discs.
>
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
> Bill McClung wrote:
> > The first one I found in Austin several years ago and then I knew to look
> > for them and have just found them in various places since. The last one I
> > bought at "auction" in the last year.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net>
> >> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at 78online.com>
> >> Date: 7/6/2009 10:31:11 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Non-Transcription OTR on 78 (was Decca Specialty
> > Series(DAU-x))
> >> At 09:09 PM 7/6/2009, you wrote:
> >>> Typical for 1947 small labels..not as noisy as Musicraft. I have all of
> > them
> >>> and clean ones sound as good as can be expected. They also tend to have
> > very
> >>> bad inner groove distortion.
> >>>
> >>> Yes I have two of each..for the simple reason that they're also
> > incredibly
> >>> breakable.
> >>>
> >>> dl
> >> Where did you find them?
> >>
> >>> Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> >>>> Noisy based on the Burns & Allen and Cantor sets, both of which I
> >>> had at one
> >>>> time.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jeff Sultanof
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'd like to find these sets one day....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jack Benny
> >>>>> Edger Bergan & Charlie McCarthy
> >>>>> Fibber McGee & Molly
> >>>>> Duffy's Tavern
> >>>>> Burns & Allen
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What are the pressings like? Are they fairly quiet or noisy?
> >>>>>
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