[78-L] Newly-pressed Bix Beiderbecke 78

[David Lennick]

No, this is a new recording of Bix's piano pieces. 
http://www.rivermontrecords.com/bsv2212.html

dl

On 9/17/2010 8:53 PM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
> When you say "stereo", I take this to mean you used a lathe
> with a stereo cutting head, but since the audio is mono, the
> word "stereo" is irrelevant and maybe should not be mentioned
> in order to avoid confusion?  Or did you transfer the 78s in stereo
> and keep them that way....?
>
> Doug
>
>
>> Message: 18
>> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:44:56 -0400
>> From: Bryan Wright<bryan at claxtonola.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Newly-pressed Bix Beiderbecke 78
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
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>> To quote Mr. Peavey, "Well now, I wouldn't say that, Mr.
>> Gildersleeve."
>>
>> In pressing the records, I found that *almost* anything is possible --
>> for a price! Pressing any kind of records these days doesn't come
>> cheap, especially such a customized job as a 10-inch 78 rpm two-record
>> set! I regret that the per unit price is as high as it is (US $29 per
>> set, postpaid in the US), but that's scarcely above production costs.
>> Cost-wise, it really doesn't make sense to make a 78 these days. In my
>> case, I decided that I didn't care if I never made a dime on the
>> records; I put in a lot of time and effort recording the pieces and I
>> wanted the satisfaction of seeing them as a pair of newly-pressed 78s.
>> Of course, I do hope to sell enough to offset most of the costs of
>> making them.
>>
>> To answer your second question, the records are stereo and use a
>> microgroove (LP) stylus. I said *almost* anything is possible, and
>> after asking around, I found that no one offers master cutting with an
>> old-style standard 78 groove at a professional-quality level. In
>> addition, since no one offers shellac pressing and even a standard-
>> groove vinyl pressing would have to be played with a lightweight
>> pickup, I figured there was no real need to insist on old-fashioned
>> standard grooving.
>>
>> Bryan W.
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