[78-L] Newly-pressed Bix Beiderbecke 78

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Sep 17 15:17:10 PDT 2010


How about a special 300 thread-per-inch issue for all of those with Edison Long 
Play machines?

Nice looking!

dl

On 9/17/2010 6:11 PM, Bryan Wright wrote:
> 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
>
>



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