[78-L] Georgie Auld Varsity (was LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.)

[david.diehl at hensteeth.com]

 I was listening to some Johnny Best things the other day and noticed that it really did not sound like him on the Georgie Auld sides. I don't know what the source of the personnel listed in Rust might be. I can understand why Auld might pay him to sit in on the session but if it is Best, he must've been very tired that day. Rust also lists Tony Pastor for that date.
DJD

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From: Dan Van Landingham [mailto:danvanlandingham at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 3, 2010 06:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.

I mentioned the Decca vinyl test as i was listening to the aforementioned Chick Webb CD.I have neverheard of Vinyl test pressings in 1940.As for the Varsity recordings by Georgie Auld,I had been wond-ering about the personnel on those dates ever since I bought the CD a few years ago.I really didn't meanto get off the beaten path.Those were the first time I had heard those recordings and John Best nevermentioned them to me.I was couriosity.________________________________From: Michael Biel To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 9:38:52 PMSubject: Re: [78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.From: Dan Van Landingham > What was the "Marathon-type" cutting process?Narrow needle-type vertical grooving, similar to Edison verticalgrooving 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 pressedin 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 onvinyl?Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com ________________________________From: Philip Carli To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 7:18:43 PMSubject: Re: [78-L] LYRIC Label by LYRAPHONE, Newark NJ.My 12" Lyric of _William Tell_ gets the whole thing in, _uncut_, on 2sides very comfortably; good tempos and a well-recorded performance. It usuallytakes 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_______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l _______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l