[78-L] Advent of Electrical Recording

[David Lennick]

There are discs from around 1912 that have a spiral and contain only one 
selection. This was done to identify pirate pressings. Examples I know of are 
by Billy Williams on labels like Jumbo, reissued on north American Columbia.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> I have a feeling that early on, that was often done, the acoustic horn and
> sound box apparatus removed from the lathe, replaced with the electrical
> cutting head, as many early Victor electricals look like they were done on
> the same machines (even down to playing at about the same speed.
> 
> On a slight tangent, I wonder what the first record is, to have a spiral or
> spirals between the selections on it?  I'm guessing it's a Victor from the
> late teens or early 1920s, probably one of the records with several short
> songs on each side, made for children....
> 
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> I imagine some of the acoustical components could have been adapted to the
>> electrical process.  If they had an electrically powered cutting lathe, all
>> one would need to do would be to put on the electrical cutting head in
>> place
>> of the acoustic one, right?
>>
>> Ron L
>>