[78-L] Whistle-Stop

Taylor Bowie bowiebks at isomedia.com
Mon Jul 19 10:34:48 PDT 2010


Hello, Robert,

The 12" Goodman of "Oh,  Baby"  in two parts is on a red label Columbia, 
ca. 1945.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher at pdq.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Whistle-Stop


> At 06:26 PM 7/18/2010, you wrote:
>>Many of my late 20s Orthophonic Victors have a very distinct "whistle" to
>>them as they get closer to the end.  I don't think it came from a dog or a
>>human...but it's real!
>>
>>Someone told me that it comes from the way the record masters were 
>>cut...is
>>that so?  Non-techy minds want to know.
>>
>>Taylor
>>
>>P.S.  My spell-check wanted to replace "Orthophonic" with "Orthorhombic." 
>>I
>>was tempted,  but decided against it.
>
> I've got a 12" 2 part "Oh Baby" by Benny Goodman that has that dog
> whistle at the end of side 2 that I'd guess was cut sometime in the
> 30's. & yes it's an RCA disc.....
>
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