[78-L] Whistle-Stop

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. bratcher at pdq.net
Mon Jul 19 15:19:26 PDT 2010


At 12:34 PM 7/19/2010, you wrote:
>Hello, Robert,
>
>The 12" Goodman of "Oh,  Baby"  in two parts is on a red label Columbia,
>ca. 1945.
>
>Taylor
>

Yes your right!! My mistake......


>----- 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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