[78-L] Lacquer discs recorded at 80 rpm

[Michael Biel]

On 1/5/2011 11:43 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> They had mag tracks in 1939? I though that tape recording was developed a little
> after that like during WWII.
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No, the Germans developed the Magnetophone before WW II.  The K2 I own 
is from 1936.  They sent it to GE in 1937 to interest them in making it 
but they weren't interested.  However, you are correct that Hollywood 
was not using mag tracks.  It was all optical film tracks, including all 
those of The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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> From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com"<neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
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> I recall the WOO was on mag track. The DVD set I have includes the
> Munchkin's Songs as originally recorded. It is interesting to hear the
> voices as they really were and at the tempi they sang at, so when sped
> up they all matched perfectly. That must have taken some planning.....
>
> joe salerno
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> On 1/5/2011 6:09 PM, Sammy Jones wrote:
>> I've had that Wizard of Oz set for years.  The demos and alternate takes are
>> wonderful!  There's much, much more than would fit on the 2-CD set on the
>> new Blu-Ray edition of the film.  Apparently much (most?) of the recording
>> session material was saved.
>>
>> I wonder if Oz's music was taken from discs or optical tracks...Would music
>> masters at the scoring sessions have been recorded to film simultaneously
>> with lacquers/wax?
>>
>> I think multi-angle recordings exist of Gone With the Wind music as well.
>>
>> Sammy Jones