[78-L] Lacquer discs recorded at 80 rpm

[Dan Van Landingham]

I read an article some 20 years ago about magnetic recording and I was of the 
impression that 

magnetic recording as we know it came by way of Nazi Germany sometime in the 
1930s.It was
a military officer who discovered these very large reel to reel recorders that 
used what sounded
reels of steel soldered together.It was brought here and by 1948 Bing Crosby got 
involved and
tape recorded his radio shows on similar equipment.The first known incident of 
magnetic record-
ing was done here in or around 1891 by someone in northern New Jersey.What the 
man said of
his magnetic recording machine was that it needed an "intensifier".This was some 
17 years before
Lee DeForest came out with his "audion" vacuum tube in 1906.It was the first 
vacuum tube that
was a triode.This was an improvement over J.A; Fleming's "valve" which was an 
experiment using
the "Edison Effect" from the 1870s-80s.I read this in either Audio or Stereo 
Review around 1989.


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From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <rbratcherjr at yahoo.com>
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They had mag tracks in 1939? I though that tape recording was developed a little 

after that like during WWII.




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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


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



      
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