[78-L] Charles Lindbergh's reception

[David Lennick]

Rust isn't much help here, indicating June 11/27 for everything. He lists 
38273/93 (not -95) for the entire reception, and designates which masters are 
issued on 12-inch 35834/6. And 38955 and 39413 are both "take 1" in VMB2, with 
no info about the number of attempts at dubbing or when they were made, only 
that they were done in Camden. Presumably they went "phew" after doing 38955 
and took a couple of days before attempting 39413. 39417 (next number shown) is 
June 22/27 (Myrtle C. Eaver plays MacDowell, best 2 out of 3) and 38954 is a 
violin and cembalom duet by Bela Schaffer and Feri Sarkozi, June 16/27, so at 
least we know roughly when those nearby numbers were assigned.

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> There are precise details of this recording in my PhD dissertation.  The 
> original was recorded off air on matrices CVE 38273 thru 38295.  Six of 
> these were issued as the Washington Monument and National Press Club 
> speeches on 12-inch 35xxx discs.  The ten-inch discs were dubbed off of 
> test pressings of the full set.  Side one was complicated because there 
> were four segments.  The second side only had two segments and was 
> easier to do.  Two takes of side one were attempted on Sat  June 18, 
> 1927 on BVE 38955 with take one initially marked M but that is crossed 
> out and now marked D.  Take two was marked D.  The session was on Monday 
> June 20.   Four more takes of 38955 were made, with takes three and four 
> marked D, five marked M, and six marked M(1).  Side two was given matrix 
> number BVE  39413, with take one marked HC, take two marked M, and take 
> three marked M(1).  D means destroy, M is master, and HC is hold 
> conditionally.  You will note that take five of side one is M and take 
> three of side two is M(1), and I do not know the significance of the 
> difference.  My copy of Rust's VMB2 seems to be buried, so I don't know 
> why the leap of numbers over the weekend.  A full set of metals and/or 
> vinyl pressings exist, and I have a tape of the full set of unreleased 
> masters. 
> 
> Bryan Wright wrote:
>> I just got a copy of Victor 20747, Charles Lindbergh's reception at  
>> Washington, DC. Can anyone shed light on the process used to record  
>> this? Are these studio recreations of a radio broadcast or actual  
>> aircheck recordings?  I notice that the A side is take 5 and the B  
>> side is take 3 in the runout. Why wouldn't they both be take 1 if from  
>> airchecks? Perhaps it took multiple attempts to successfully "mix" the  
>> master recordings? Also, according to www.78discography.com, the  
>> matrix numbers for the two sides are nearly 500 numbers apart (mx.  
>> 38955 and mx. 39413). Why so far apart?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan