[78-L] Amalgamated Broadcasting System

[David Lennick]

On 2/4/2011 11:57 AM, Michael Shoshani wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 09:10 -0500, David Lennick wrote:
>> Thanks..many of the sides didn't have that metallic sound, so I wondered. Some
>> also sound as if they were center start. Has anyone done a better transfer, do
>> the originals still exist, has it been assembled with the sides and speeds
>> matched up, blah blah blah?
>
> Heh. I'm wondering, from what you describe of the material (Rex Stewart
> excluded), whether it's worth it. It sounds as though Amalgamated ended
> their broadcast hour with the ringing of Amalgamated Chimes: two
> galvanized ash-can lids and a coal scuttle.
>
> MS
>

I think they all went out to get drunk around 10 o'clock and left somebody 
patching in remotes and whoever was still hanging around the studio. Around the 
last 45 minutes things start to pick up again, with a couple of live speakers 
and two cut-ins from Rex Stewart which are actually worth keeping.

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