[78-L] Portable recordings facilities

[Taylor Bowie]

Although I have heard that the Vachel Lindsay records were dubbed,  he was 
alive when Durium was founded...he committed suicide in late 1931.


Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Portable recordings facilities


>  On 8/4/2010 2:50 AM, Hans en Corrie wrote:
>> I wondered if Durium could have had portable recording facilities.
>>
>> Hans
>>
>
> That's a different question from what we had been going after,
> considering a specific year of 1930, not the prior history.  The answer
> is also yes but that would be an extra expense to a small company which
> probably only had their one studio set-up.  Wax was still the recording
> medium for the actual masters, as the lacquer disc did not come about
> until 1934.  But uncoated aluminum was available, and Speak-O-Phone
> recordings made by Columbia professor Cabel Greet WERE the source of the
> Vachel Lindsey records that Durium released as dubs, considering that
> Lindsay had already died before Durium was in business.  But as was said
> before, other companies had portable set-ups in both the acoustical and
> electrical eras so it would also have been possible for Durium
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>