[78-L] Transcription question

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

Per Ty's online discog:
36727 FRED LOWERY (organ) ESTRELLITA HCO773 4/2/42
Dunno whyn they slapped an ET label on it though.
DJD 

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From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:06 PM
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Subject: Re: [78-L] Transcription question

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 > _______________________________________________> 78-L mailing list> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l _______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l