[78-L] California Ramblers 1924 Electrical Pathe test

[David Lennick]

Correct, but I thought that was implicit in Royal's statement, that Pathe "made 
test pressings", not "made test recordings".

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> The operative phrase is "test pressings".  Pathe did not make the 
> recordings, only processed and pressed the masters.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 
> 
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>   
>>> From what I understand Pathe made test pressings for Western Electric in
>>> 1923-1924.
>>>     
>> They did, but not of commercial recordings, only tests taken off broadcast 
>> lines. I've had a number of these pass through my hands. Most were classical 
>> (the New York Philharmonic) and there were some dance and vocal sides as well, 
>> but no identification as to titles or artists.
>>
>> dl
>>
>>   
>>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Ate van Delden wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> I hope that some of you know of my Adrian Rollini Project. If you like to
>>>>>         
>>>> know about, please write to me off-list.
>>>>       
>>>>> Recently on Oboy a test was offered of an electrical Pathe recording by
>>>>>         
>>>> the California Ramblers, the band where Rollini started to play the bass
>>>> sax.
>>>>       
>>>>> The tune was Gotta Getta Girl and the date quoted for the test was 18 Nov
>>>>>         
>>>> 1924 (on that date the band recorded for Edison as well!).
>>>>       
>>>>> I did not win the record, but then the winner backed out and the record
>>>>>         
>>>> Oboyed once more. Again I missed it......... So I wrote to the seller and
>>>> asked to send me an mp3 or to forward my request to the lucky winner. There
>>>> was no reply.....
>>>>       
>>>>> Since this is the kind of material that I need for my project, the above
>>>>>         
>>>> is a sad story.
>>>>       
>>>>> My hope is that any of you can tell me more about this remarkable test
>>>>>         
>>>> and/or help me to that mp3.
>>>>       
>>>>> BTW, I believe that Pathe did not issue electrical recordings before 1927
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>         
>>>> Was it definitely a Pathe? The Little Ramblers recorded an unissued
>>>> version for Columbia on Nov. 14th. Do you still have the obay link?
>>>>
>>>>      Julian Vein
>>>>       
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