[78-L] Gennett 6000...?

[Royal Pemberton]

I don't know if Marsh's later electrics, like the AMOS & ANDY series he
recorded, were better than such records as these 1924 items....I hope so!  I
have Paramount 4004, which is two Milton Charles titles from Marsh matrices,
and the low end falls off very rapidly below about 200 Hz, with virtually
nothing below about 130.  Not exactly good bass response....Stokowski's
earliest Victor Red Seals from 1917 are much better.

Based on the sound quality I'd have to say Marsh built his first electric
recording gear from telephone parts, with an earpiece rigged into a cutting
head.

Case in point....one side of 4004, 'Deep in my heart', from my own
collection:  http://www.box.net/shared/kcli5u3m8s

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>wrote:

> One of the things I try to acquire (over and above 78rpm records in
> general)
> is/are records with "significant" catalog numbers (i.e. Vi 20000 and such)
> like the above. Having obtained it from Mr. Lehman...and actually SEEN
> it...I now have a question...?!
>
> The disc, presumably the first Gennett "Electrobeam?! features two
> sides credited to Milton Charles ("house" organ at Chicago's Tivoli
> Theater per the labels. Now, IIRC these sides were recorded by
> Orlando Marsh for his Autograph label...and then leased to many
> companies, since Marsh's primitive electric recordings offered
> the bass needed for pipe-organ recordings.
>
> The disc (like ALL Gennetts of that period) shows no matrix or
> control numbers; as well there doesn't seem to be an AUTOGRAPH.TXT
> Abrams file...?! Does anyone have the discographic data on:
>
> Milton Charles      Sometime        KAHN-FIORITO
> ditto                       Serenade          DONNELLY-ROMBERG
>
> Was this one of the Autograph pipe-organ records? If so,
> which one?!
>
> Steven C. Barr
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