[78-L] dubs

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Dubs became more common during WWII when shipping was more restricted. 
> Luckily,
> English masters of classical recordings remained master pressings in North
> America, although there were less of them issued, leading to the signing 
> of
> more American Orchestras (Indianapolis..Dallas..yippee!). Canadian Victor
> switched to dubs early in the war and never went back. Unfortunately those 
> dubs
> were bloody awful until tape came in. Columbia and Decca stayed as master
> pressings up here.
>
Didn't both US and Canadian Victor dub almost all of their earlier 
(pre-record-
changer [machine, NOT magazine!] 78rpm sides in order to add the necessary
run-in and run-out grooves...in the 1942-45 period?

Steven C. Barr