[78-L] 14" Pathes.

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

So which speed did you finally settle on? 68rpm or something faster? I wouldn't 
mind hearing mp3's of the 2 sides one day.....




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From: Philip Carli <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu>
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Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 10:23:10 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] 14" Pathes.

Well, Coates can be fast -- and I much prefer him to many conductors who equate 
"profundity" with "lugubrious" (how slow can you go?) -- but not as fast as this 
was; or several tones above the printed score.  I actually couldn't keep the 
soundbox on the disc at 90!
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On Behalf Of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 4:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] 14" Pathes.

On 1/6/2011 4:36 PM, Philip Carli wrote:
> I have a 11 1/2" British Pathe from about 1914 of two highly abridged movements 
>from the Tchaikovsky 6th (the first recs. of any part of the work) by the Pathe 
>Symphony Orchestra, presumably under Lillian Bryant, and the speed at score 
>pitch is 68 rpm -- honest.  I wondered because when I first got the disc I put 
>it on at 90 and it was unrecognizeable gobbledygook,

No, you thought it was early Albert Coates.

> so I backed it down and down and down...I've never seen anything like it. I've 
>been looking for the other disc of this set for years to compare as part of my 
>work on Bryant.  Consistency wasn't a priority at Pathe, it appears...PC
>
Some Maurice Chevalier early electricals sound like Mickey Mouse till you bring
them down to about 70, as I recall. And those are from French Columbia.

dl