[78-L] Newly-pressed Bix Beiderbecke 78

[Bryan Wright]

After dreaming about it for years, I have finally recorded and  
released a 78 rpm record (well, two of them actually!). Last fall,  
while preparing my second full-length CD, I recorded all four of Bix  
Beiderbecke's piano solos ("In a Mist," "Candlelights," "Flashes," and  
"In the Dark"), and decided that the pieces would make a nice 2-record  
78 rpm set. Artist Joe Busam designed a beautiful cover reminiscent of  
those late 1920s Columbia sleeves. He also designed 1920s-style  
labels, and even 1920s-style inner sleeves. I negotiated with one of  
the world's top audiophile vinyl pressing plants (in the Netherlands)  
to handle the actual manufacture of the records, which themselves are  
meant to replicate the look and feel of a 1920s-era 78 as closely as  
possible, with no lead-in groove and using somewhat heavier vinyl than  
usual. I'm very pleased with the results, and I hope that the records  
will be of some interest to a few folks here.

Pictures and audio samples are available at the Rivermont website:

http://www.rivermontrecords.com/bsv2212.html

Bryan Wright