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

[David Lennick]

The most difficult one to find unbroken was Fibber McGee and Molly. They're all 
fragile but that particular press run seemed to have been worse than the others.

dl

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> 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?
>>>>>>>