[78-L] Fred Waring Christmas Album

[David Lennick]

Decca probably left the two sides as originally recorded, with no pause..they 
weren't noted for trying innovative joins. "Munchkinland" on the Wizard of Oz 
LP was a two-parter as well and even when I had that LP at the age of 7, I 
thought that was a strange thing to do in the middle of a track.

The EP is PROBABLY the same as the 4-disc set since nothing would have run 
long, but EP sets are notorious for being edited.

dl

Sammy Jones wrote:
>> 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
> 
> Our favorite auction site shows at least two different versions on 45.  One
> mirrors the 78 set: same cover and four sides.  One is an EP set with I
> presume only two discs, but it appears to be all seven (or eight!) tunes.
> Any idea which might be better?  I might just get both sets!
> 
> The 78 transfer went well.  I used the 300 Hz turnover and took care of the
> hiss with the parametric EQ in my DAW.  I didn't see your message about
> speed until I'd already done the transfers...took care of that in the DAW,
> too!
> 
> I'm pleased with the join I made between the two sides of "'Twas the
> night...", though I had a tough time deciding if I should leave the original
> fade-in and -out intact.  I opted not to and tried for a seamless join.  To
> satisfy the purist in me I saved unedited versions of those two sides.
> 
> Sammy
>