[78-L] Lang Worth oddity

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. bratcher at pdq.net
Tue Nov 3 15:16:30 PST 2009


At 09:09 PM 11/2/2009, you wrote:
>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.....
> >
> > _______________________________
>
>I just looked at an 8-incher and a 16-incher and both say "NAB Curve".
>
>dl

Thanks. I thought they might have been NAB...... 




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