[78-L] Dumb Gennetts (was: Acoustic/electrical recordings on same disc)

[Al Haug]

Kennedy in 78Q number 8, page 47. Opinion on Varsity is my own.

2010/1/8 Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>

> Who wrote it and what issue is it in?
> Malcolm
>
> *******
>
> Al Haug wrote:
> > An article in 78 Quarterly stated that Gennett regularly "dumbed down"
> their
> > sound quality so the records would sound ok on the wind-up phonographs
> that
> > their hillbilly and blues customers were likely to have, much to the
> chagrin
> > of their engineers. Varsity reissues of this material often sounds
> better.
> >
> > 2010/1/8 Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> >
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