[78-L] Nimbus

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 10:49 PM 7/17/2009, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alan Bunting" <alanbuntinguk at yahoo.com>
> > --- On Fri, 17/7/09, Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net> wrote:
> >> I thought NIMBUS was defunct. Saw a listing of LEE WILEY on NIMBUS
> >> RETROSPECTIVE 4147. Is the label active, or is this an old item?
> >> Thanks, Thomas.
> > Nimbus is now owned by Wyastone Estate who issue and distribute several
> > other labels including Retrospective and the much respected Lyrita.
> > With a couple of exceptions, the 35 or so Retrospective issues to date
> > (many of them 2 CD sets) are based on material originally issued on the
> > Living Era label, although some have been updated with tracks which were
> > still in copyright when the original Living Era CDs were issued. They are
> > compiled by Ray Crick (responsible for many years Living Era) and, thanks
> > to improvements in sound restoration techniques, many of the tracks sound
> > better than the original issues (well, I would say that, wouldn't I?).
> > As David Lennick says, they are indeed CD-Rs using Wyastone's "on-demand"
> > process, as are all the labels distributed by Nimbus. Although I know that
> > some people refuse to (knowingly) buy CD-R issued recordings, it's a sad
> > fact that they are rapidly becoming the only way that small companies can
> > make selling recordings of low-demand musical genres viable. The tests I
> > have run on sample copies of Retrospective ones show that, in most cases,
> > they have fewer errors than pressed CDs and, because of the Sony blanks
> > being used, it is hard to tell from their appearance that they are CD-Rs.
> > More contentious is the longevity of CD-R and here, only time will tell.
> >
>Given good luck and a favourable tail-wind, I shall soon be able to
>digitize my huge shellac archive...and should THAT eventuality
>eventuate, I will be able to "burn" whole bunches of my 78rpm
>phonorecords onto CD-R!
>
>...Steven C. Barr

Not me. I'd rather play the 78's......