[78-L] James Reese Europe "Hellfighters"

[martha]

Follow those wood blocks ....



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] James Reese Europe "Hellfighters"


> Your best bet is still to see if the tracks play in keys that are 
> impossible
> for brass instruments, like B or D. B Flat, A Flat, F Sharp are among the 
> good
> ones.
>
> There's no such thing as a hard and fast rule stating that a given record
> company's records play at such and such a speed. Even acoustic Columbias, 
> which
> say 80, can play fine at 78 or need to go up 2 or 3 percent. This problem
> persisted into the 40s with Decca's New York recordings.
>
> dl
>
> Tim Brooks wrote:
>> Jeff,
>> I know some others have weighed in on this, but the two 1996 Europe CD 
>> reissues are a classic example of the perils of pitching. It's pretty 
>> apparent (IMO) that there was no standard correct speed, and that 
>> individual issues differed.
>>