[78-L] Lang Worth oddity

[David Lennick]

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> 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.....
> 
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I just looked at an 8-incher and a 16-incher and both say "NAB Curve".

dl