[78-L] Lang Worth oddity

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 05:38 PM 11/1/2009, you wrote:
>While rummaging around the Princeton Record Exchange I found a 
>little stack of Lang-Worth 8-inch transcriptions. They look like the 
>1940's pressings and even have the old style sleeves but the labels 
>say "Collector's Items" and have little blurbs about the bands. The 
>stash was all oft-reissued dance band material so the only one I 
>bought was Claude Thornhill's "Portrait of a Guinea Farm." It was 
>only a buck. Pencil notations on the sleeve show playdates 1964-5. 
>Any of you radio guys encounter these?
>DJD
>


I wonder what playback curve these use? Reason I'm asking is there 
are a few on the bay I might bid on.  They are 16" black instead of 
8" blue.....