[78-L] Portable recordings facilities

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Tue Aug 3 22:56:25 PDT 2010


  On 8/4/2010 1:40 AM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> From: "Hans en Corrie"<koerthchkz at zeelandnet.nl>
>> Did portable recording facilities exist in 1930? If so, what record
>> companies used it?
>>
> Apparently Okeh was the first company to use "portable" on-site
> recording equipment; IIRC they started acoustically around
> 1922-23.
>
> Steven C. Barr

Are you kidding????  There had been traveling recording sessions all 
over Europe and Asia going back to 1902 if not earlier.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com




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