[78-L] acoustic recording

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
>> Here is a humorous passage from the bo.
>> These are Hoolie's words. They refer to his visits to the Pathe and
>> Perfect studios in New York in early 1927 along with his friend, pianist
>> Phil Wall. This was while they were working for Paul Specht.
>> ok, "Sylvester Ahola, the
>> Gloucester Gabriel" by Dick Hill
>>  They sold records for 35 cents, whilst the
>> Columbia, Victors And Brunswick sold for 75 cents. Much cheaper, but a
>> lot of jazz and other important recordings were made there."
> Of course the Pathe records were 75 cents -- but were the exact same
> recordings as the 35 cent Perfects.  In the Syndicate discussion that I
> videotaped in 1987 between Lenny Kunstadt and Carl Kendzioria they
> discuss the Chicago Loopers record of which a couple of copies on
> Perfect are known but had never shown up on Pathe Actualle.  I wonder
> why ANY copies of Pathe Actualles that are duplicated on Perfect ever
> show up!!
>
A close look at both Pathe (Actuelle) and Perfect records will reveal that
they show both the PA and Perfect catalog numbers in the "wax." Also,
IIRC, Perfects originally sold for 50 cents; the price changed to 35 cents
after many labels were merged into ARC 1929-30 (IIRC).

Steven C. Barr