[78-L] Rex Battle

[DAVID BURNHAM]

I've also had a portion of a broadcast featuring pianist 
Rex Battle on an Apex pressing.

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I think I've mentioned before that I have a recording of the complete Grieg 
Concerto with Rex Battle and Erno Rapee conducting the Toronto Philharmonic 
Orchestra, on 4 12 inch 78s.  There is no mention on the label of a Company but 
they are pressed records, not soft cuts and the labels are the same blue/purple 
as Canadian Apex, Decca, Brunswick, etc.  When I brought this recording up last 
time, I mentioned that I was frustrated by a locked groove which I couldn't 
clear;  I tried cleaning, playing at half speed and even looked at it under a 
microscope, only to discover that the locked groove was actually recorded from 
the source.  I don't know the reason for this set because, being pressed, I 
assume there were many copies of it manufactured, but it was a dreadful 
performance, there was the aforementioned locked groove, there were one or two 
other points where the source had skipped ahead a revolution, the side changes 
are very sloppy, often having about a half of a minute overlap and the sound is 
very poor quality.  But it was obviously from a broadcast.

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