[78-L] Newly-pressed Bix Beiderbecke 78

[Michael Biel]

  On 9/18/2010 5:32 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> Although not for comic effect, "Merle's Boogie Woogie" utilized an early magnetic tape recording to speed up Merle Travis' guitar (1947 - Capitol).
>
> Cary Ginell
Why would it have been necessary to use tape?  While variable speed disc 
machines were plentiful, they would have had to specially modify a tape 
recorder in 1947 for variable speed unless all they did was double-speed.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com