[78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.

[Michael Biel]

From: Dan Van Landingham <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com>

> What was the "Marathon-type" cutting process?

Narrow needle-type vertical grooving, similar to Edison vertical
grooving as opposed to Pathe Sapphire Ball grooving.

> I remember a Marathon
> Records label from the late '20s. It was the first 7 inch 78 I ever
> saw save the Golden Records issues of the late '40s and beyond.
> I recall they were pressed in yellow vinyl.

Little Golden records were 6-inches in diameter, not 7, and were pressed
in a form of Styrene, not vinyl.

> I own the 7 inch Marathon in 1964.

> By the way, did Decca do any test pressings on vinyl? I say this
> because I was listening to a HEP CD of the Chick Webb band and the
> final track,which had no title,was not issued before according to
> the li-ner notes. The arranger/composer credits went to alto and 
> baritone saxist Edgar Sampson. This t-rack dates from early 1940
> and was an instrumental. The CD is called:Chick Webb-Strictly Jive
> on HEP 1063.The side was cut on 20 Mar 1940.

How does this relate to whether or not Decca did test pressings on
vinyl?

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


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From: Philip Carli <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 7:18:43 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.

My 12" Lyric of _William Tell_ gets the whole thing in, _uncut_, on 2
sides very 
comfortably; good tempos and a well-recorded performance. It usually
takes 4 10" 
or 12", even on the Diamond Disc version (that's 2, incidentally,
substantially 
cut). That's why I think they used the Marathon-type grooving.

P Carli

>> ... in addition to the beautiful multicolor lithographed labels,
>> the recordings are sometimes extraordinary. The first one I got
>> has orchestral transcription of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in
>> C Sharp Minor and the Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream.
>> Both are wonderful recordings and run at least 5 minutes
>> each on the 10-inch sides.  Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com