[78-L] L-O-N-G playing 78

[David Lennick]

Side 1 runs 8:28. And some songs under a minute. I have another one of these 
somewhere..not a Rock 'n' Roll Jamboree, but a pop parade of some sort, 
including one track by Wally Cox and something by Paul Whiteman. Now there's a mix.

dl

David Lennick wrote:
> Good old Knuckles O'Toole, who was really Dick Hyman. This was one label that 
> actually had some good performers cranking out these mini-sausages.
> 
> Okay, "Rock and Roll Jamboree", one of the two super-long 8-track per side 
> discs I have is sitting on the turntable right now and I'm running a stopwatch. 
> I shall report back. It may not run all that much longer since some of the 
> tracks are obviously cut down (Wake Up Little Snoozie by The Woodchuckers came 
> in at just under a minute, but occupied groove space you'd usually peg at 
> fifteen seconds).
> 
> dl
> 
> Glenn Longwell wrote:
>> I have a bunch of these Waldorf labels.  Most of them are 3 songs, some 2.  However, one lists 6 songs per side by Knuckles O'Toole.  Interestingly, the record visually looks like it only has 3 songs per side.  The longer side clocks in at 6 min 50 sec.
>> Glenn
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>> --- On Thu, 8/27/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: [78-L] L-O-N-G playing 78
>> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>> Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 12:40 AM
>>
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>> Just checked a disc I junked today, another fine product from "Top Hit Tunes" 
>> (Waldorf Music Hall, Grand Award etc). Each side plays well over 8 minutes and 
>> contains 4 songs, played for you by Enoch Light, Artie Malvin, Bob Eberly and 
>> that's it for people you've heard of.
>>
>> Naturally it's microgroove..naturally it was probably played with a bent pin 
>> but aside from a couple of skips, it sounds surprisingly good. Better than it 
>> looks.
>>
>> I think I've run across a longer microgroove 78 from these same folks, but 8+ 
>> minutes on a ten-inch 78 side is pretty good.
>>
>> dl
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