[78-L] What the heck did I just buy!!!

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

Enjoy whatever 78's you bought & be glad that your Half Price Books has some. 
Out of two Half Price Bookstores I visit in the Houston area only one has 78's 
right now. I went through about 50 of them, all that store had & took 15 home. 
Nothing really rare, just your usual 30's & 40's common stuff thats not worth 
more than the 50 cents each I paid for them. The other store didn't have any 
78's. There are other Half Price Bookstores in Houston but I don't visit them. 
I'll play the ones I bought today then put them on the shelves. None came with 
sleeves.....




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From: Sean Miller <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 1:03:41 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] What the heck did I just buy!!!

Please do, especially the white label Victors.  I've been collecting those for 
years.  They usually sound FAR better than the original pressings do unless 
you've got a stone cold NOS copy, of course....

Sean

On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:57 AM, agp wrote:

> The RCA Victor Heritage series disc that I picked up is unbelievably 
> quiet. I haven't heard anything quite like it, especially as an 
> acoustic recording. Just a wee bit of surface distortion on the loud 
> bits. The gold sleeves on everything they had are bit battered, but 
> okay if I recall.
> 
> The Victrola custom pressings are quiet too -- almost like RCA's 'Z' material.
> 
> As to the Brunswick/ Polydors --
> 
> a blue label -- 95032 Der Freisschutz - Act III Scene II (mx.477 gs) 
> Act II Scene II (mx. 476 gs) - Tiana Nemitz with the Berlin State 
> Opera. -- stamped in the runout -- mechan copt. 1935
> a red label -- 95056 Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serial Act I (mx 475 gs) 
> Act II (mx 546 gs) -- Julius Patak and the Berlin State Opera. -- 
> stamped in the runout -- mechan copt. 1935
> 
> They are both extremely quiet -- almost remarkably so. In fact, while 
> I admit that this is not my genre, I am totally captivated by these 
> last two on levels from the performance through to the recording quality 
itself
> 
> I am heading back to Half Price Books in a few hours to grab the rest 
> of the Brunswick/ Polydors, the Victtola Customs, and the Heritage 
> reissues. I'll list them after acquisition in case there is any interest.
> 
> T