[78-L] Fred Waring Christmas Album

[David Lennick]

Yeah, I know, you don't want to play the 45 dubs at 80RPM.

Or maybe you do.

David Lennick wrote:
> If the matrix numbers end in A or AA, they're master pressings..if there are 
> other letters including a T, they'll be dubs but as I said, Decca didn't begin 
> using 33RPM lacquers as original source material till during the AFM ban when 
> they'd acquired World Program Service. From that point on they could dub a new 
> master as required. (Note..Decca sometimes did have to dub a 78 master in the 
> 30s, maybe because of level or overmodulation problems.)
> 
> And yes, Deccas could be pretty noisy. First pressings on the Personality label 
> aren't too bad if the discs aren't too worn. Albums that sold well probably got 
> progressively noisier as the stampers wore out and the shellac varied, and for 
> some reason they were using worse shellac for the 23000s and 18000s after 1946, 
> stuff that was noisier than what they used for blue label. Really good sellers 
> sometimes were transferred into the higher-priced lines and pressed on 
> Deccalite (except that in Canada, they never bothered to provide newer 
> stampers). The best sounding issue of this set might be the early 45 version, 
> if it was carefully dubbed from good 78 parts. The dubs will also have to be 
> played at around 80RPM..don't know why Decca never seemed to notice this problem.
> 
> dl
> 
> Sammy Jones wrote:
>> Thanks.  That actually sounds a little better.  Is there a way to tell if
>> these are master pressed?  They're in the black label Decca Personality
>> Series and have lead in and eccentric lead out grooves.  Even though they're
>> in E condition, they sure are noisy as hell!  Pretty fragile too, by the
>> looks of them...
>>
>> Sammy
>>
>> dl wrote:
>>> Don't forget to "pitch" it up about 2.4%! Even the 45 and LP issues will
>> run 
>>> slow if they were transferred from pre-1943 78 masters. As for curve, the
>> ear 
>>> is still the final arbiter.
>> Sammy Jones wrote:
>>> I am look for the recording dates and recommended EQ playback curve for
>> the
>>> Fred Waring Christmas album: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.  Decca
>> Album
>>> No. 480.  I'd like to transfer this to CD to play around the house over
>> the
>>> next few days...
>>>
>>> Record # (Matrix #s)
>>> 23642    (71252AA/71282A)
>>> 23643    (71166AA/71078B)
>>> 23644    (71167A/71177AA)
>>> 23645    (71076A/71251A)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones
>>