[78-L] Grey Gull 4114 - 1920?

[Royal Pemberton]

'Dead wax' refers to the part of a record's playing surface between the last
recorded grooves and the label.  The leadout spiral (where applicable) of a
record travels through this area.

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Dan Van Landingham <
danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just what do you mean by "dead wax"?I've never heard that term before.
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> 41512 would be an early Emerson matrix number (some early GGs were sourced
> from them, so I understand)....no doubt if you look in the dead wax there
> will be a very different number.
>
> I have what is Grey Gull 4004, 'Flanagan in a restaurant' b/w 'Flanagan's
> married life', both credited to Steve Porter, as an acoustic recording, and
> also what is represented as Radiex 4004, etc.  The label copy on the Radiex
> is taken from the same printing plates as for the earlier GG issue, nothing
> changed at all.  But the matrix numbers in the dead wax are from much
> later;
> the Radiex disc is electrically recorded.
>
> So if my example is any indication, what you have is a similar item, an
> electrical remake of an acoustic recording with the label copy unchanged
> from the original.
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM, <78records at cdbpdx.com> wrote:
>
> > Is SUPREME (Grey Gull) 4114, matrix 41512 an exceptional acoustic
> recording
> > from 1920 or an electrical recording from a later date?  My example is on
> > Grey Gull's SUPREME label and, if you wouldn't mind a trip to YouTube,
> can
> > be heard here:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-AFQYakOI
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > CDB
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