[78-L] Lang-Worth 8" transcriptions

[David Lennick]

I used to think they sounded pretty lousy until I tried a microgroove tip, and that made all the difference. Many are reissued from 16-inch discs..nothing live. There are also a lot that come from English sources including music libraries (Harmonic). The quality on these is quite variable.

 

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> From: soundthink at live.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:35:59 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lang-Worth 8" transcriptions
> 
> 
> Mine sound pretty good. Most are pressed on vinyl although they tend to be crackly. Almost all are translucent blue vinyl - the blue ranges from a bright electric blue to a darker, almost opaque blue. I'll bet you can look at a solar eclipse with some of them although I wouldn't recommend it. I've also seen Lang-Worths in dark red and I think purple vinyl as well. 
> 
> 
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
> > Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:16:42 -0500
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > From: bratcher at pdq.net
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Lang-Worth 8" transcriptions
> > 
> > At 07:36 AM 6/3/2010, you wrote:
> > >Recently a group of Lang-Worth 8" transcriptions was auctioned by 
> > >seller bap124.
> > >For ex., ebay # 350356110192.
> > >
> > >The cat.nrs are preceded by a "prefix", which seems to indicate the 
> > >music type.
> > >It appears there are at least 2 series, since cat.nr 70-A/B is known twice,
> > >with "prefix" CI (Collector's Items) and DS.
> > >Other descriptive prefixes are VoS (Vocals), IN (instr.), VGL/VGS 
> > >(vocal group large/small ??), etc.
> > >The CI labels (blue with silver print) are different from the other 
> > >labels (white with blue print).
> > >
> > >Questions:
> > >Are there only 2 numerical series: general (with several prefixes) & CI ?
> > >What is the range of these series?
> > >After some time the prefix is DL for all(?) 8" issues.
> > >What is the exact meaning of these prefixes?
> > >
> > >Han Endrman
> > 
> > What is the sound quality of 8' Langworths? I've never heard one...... 
> > 
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