[78-L] Non-Transcription OTR on 78 (wasDecca SpecialtySeries(DAU-x))

[Jack Palmer]

David,
    I would be interested.   Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Non-Transcription OTR on 78 (wasDecca 
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> Would there be interest among this crowd in a set of all the albums 
> transferred
> to CD-R? 3 discs would encompass the series, since the albums run about 28
> minutes each (the Cantor and Duffy's Tavern sets have shorter sides). 
> Similar
> to the Homer & Jethro disc I offered a few months ago.
>
> Jack Benny
> Edger Bergan & Charlie McCarthy
> Fibber McGee & Molly
> Duffy's Tavern
> Burns & Allen
> Amos 'n' Andy
> Eddie Cantor
>
> dl
>
> Bill McClung wrote:
>> The first one I bought from an individual in Austin.  I had fouind him
>> through an antique shop and went to his house and he had a shelf full of
>> albums and that's where I found the first one.  And from then on I just
>> looked for the Top Ten on the spine of any albums I saw.   Over the next
>> few years I found six of the seven.  I got the seventh (actually, the 
>> first
>> one by Amos & Andy) from Kurt's auction, I think.  I just kept my eyes 
>> open
>> for the Top Ten on the spine.
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net>
>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at 78online.com>
>>> Date: 7/7/2009 9:13:15 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Non-Transcription OTR on 78 (was Decca
>> SpecialtySeries(DAU-x))
>>> At 11:02 PM 7/6/2009, you 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.
>>>>
>>> How would I find them at the Austin Record Show or that bay auction
>>> site? What do I look for?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> [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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