[78-L] Speed of "Your Feet's Too Big, " was Acoustic disc playback speed?

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "J. E. Knox" <rojoknox at metroeast.org>
> Greetings from FixitLand!
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> ...even later 78's are NOT necessarily cut at 78.26; I own Waller's  
>> standard of
>> "Yo Feets Too Big,"...
> 
> Er, uh, the label reads "Your Feet's Too Big," and I don't think  
> "Fats" effects a sloppy pronunciation "Yo" on this, does he? I need  
> to play this again.
> 
I sent the message without looking at the actual record...and guessed
at the spelling of the title! My bad...
>> and played on a modern 78 player, it winds up in a
>> key of "Eb and a quarter!" I was trying to work out a harmonica  
>> solo...
>> but my record DOESN'T match my "harp"...?!
> 
> The record was made in Studio #2, 155 E. 24th St., a studio which  
> output I've always found to run at 78.26 rpm. The tune is in C major  
> when played at 78.26. If you're hearing a key north of Eb, your  
> turntable is running way way WAY too fast! Since you're a musician, I  
> trust your ear is good...Are you using a BSR turntable? They tend to  
> run fast, but not usually THAT fast.
> 
My "78 deck" was (and still will be?!) an RCA "record player" with
the cartridge output fed into the "Line In" jack of a Sony r2r machine.
Probably NOT turning at 78.26...but I found that most of my blues
78's (postwar) played in keys for which I had harmonicas...! Only
the Waller disc didn't...?!

Steven C. Barr