[78-L] Transcription question

[David Lennick]

It has the standard double end groove so it's not a transcription..a test dub wouldn't have a trip groove. Maybe they were out of the usual white "test pressing" labels. Tests were 11 inches and often on unlaminated shellac. The Horace Heidt label was later and a client pressing for it would have a P- matrix number. Fred Lowery recorded several sides for Columbia but I don't recall seeing the "Horace Heidt Presents" line on any, not that I've looked closely (whistlers? feh).

 

dl
 
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:50:41 -0400
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Transcription question
> 
> jeffrey smedbron wrote:
> > Found some of these 78 oversize Columbia discs the other day at a thrift shop. What is the story behind this type of record. Were they made by a radio station or an individual for some reason or by a record company as a test or sample recording ?
> 
> It is hard to answer this question when we aren't told if this is an 
> instantaneous lacquer disc or a pressing. It has a matrix number, so it 
> is either a master or dub for or from a pressing if it is a lacquer. 
> The ring in the label area might be the seam marking where the center 
> hole of the stamper is fitted into the press. The HCO pre-fix indicates 
> it is a Hollywood master but that number is rather low. 
> 
> > It is single sided 11” Columbia transcription. 
> 
> It might be a test pressing rather than a transcription. Columbia 
> Records usually wrote the identification information on the outer rim of 
> the masters, so it is necessary that the pressings be oversized to 
> preserve the info. (There are a lot of test pressings in the AFR 
> Lawrence collection at LC that were made in the mid-60s, where they were 
> trimmed at 10-inches and have NO information or matrix numbers on them 
> at all!) Heidt had a record label "Horace Heidt Presents" and this 
> might be a test pressing for that label.
> 
> > it’s a horrible tune ,sounds like a cross between a saw and a whistler as the main melody instrumentation. 
> >
> > Label Pic:
> > http://merr.com/users/xcentrik/hco773a.jpg
> >
> > Jeff S 
> >
> > 
> Since you seem to indicate you got several, what are the other ones.
> 
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
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