[78-L] Interesting LP

[Michael Biel]

David Lennick wrote:
> 25 cents got me the first numbered Westminster LP, WL 50-1. Interesting. The 
> jacket looks like a Vox/Polydor product from the same period (1950) with a 
> plain front cover, the company name printed in gold in the upper left and the 
> titles in black on gold in the lower right.
What company cut and pressed it?  Columbia?  I've seen a couple of early 
Westminster with green labels like Columbia Masterworks shows
>  And the recording details credit 
> Rangertone Magnetic Tape Equipment, under the personal direction of Col. R. H. 
> Ranger. I haven't seen these credits anywhere else.
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Col. Ranger was the third person noted to have been involved with the 
Magnetophon during the liberation who sent home machines. Jack Mullins 
rebuilt his machines and got involved with Bing Crosby and Ampex.  J 
Herbert Orr went home to Opelika Alabama and founded Orradio and made 
Irish tape which was later taken over by Ampex.  Ranger started a 
recorder business in competition with Ampex, Magnacord, Stencal-Hoffman 
and Brush.  I read that he had bid on a contract with a broadcaster 
around 1948 and his machine worked poorly that day which affected his 
company greatly. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 

> The record doesn't sound half bad, by the way! (Kodaly Te Deum + Theater Overture)
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Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com