[78-L] Acoustic/electrical recordings on same disc

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: <L78rpm at aol.com>
> In a message dated 1/7/10 10:22:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> stevenc at interlinks.net writes:
> -----  Original Message ----- 
> From: <l78rpm at aol.com>
>>I believe Rust  listed remakes if they had been assigned new matrix
>>numbers.
> Which is something that Victor rarely...if  EVER...did...?! Their electric
> versions
> kept the original matrix  number, but carried additional takes...!
> I believe they assigned new numbers if the accompaniment was  different or
> if there were minor arrangement changes.  It didn't happen  frequently.
>
But, oddly enough, NOT if the new (electric) recordings were made by 
different
artists! This was fairly common, since the recordings were often "remakes" 
of
recordings cut around the "turn of the century"...so that the original 
artists had
often left the music business...?! As far as Victor was concerned, a new
recording of a "standard" cut by house vocalists...even when different 
"house
vocalists were needed...still carried the original matrix number!

Steven C. Barr