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

[Jeff Sultanof]

Count me in too.

Jeff Sultanof

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:58 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> 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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