[78-L] Question

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Mar 29 17:49:38 PDT 2011


By the way, I have one of those World Constant Velocity records from the early 
1920s (something like 35-50RPM) I'll be listing later this evening on 78-C.

dl

On 3/29/2011 7:56 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> One of the sample pages from the new book THE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO VICTOR
> RECORDS lists the entire range of 14" Victor releases, and even has a photo
> of the small label pressed into the blank reverse side of the records which
> said 'By adjusting governor to permit of but 60 revolutions per minute, you
> will obtain the best results from this record.'  I've never seen nor owned
> one of these rare discs, and I understand that YMMV when it comes to the
> veracity of that speed claim much the same as for any other disc from the
> period.
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr.<
> rbratcherjr at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>
>> 60 RPM? Wow! How did you find out that they were 60 rpm discs? Play them
>> yourself? Speed listed on the label? Or did you find out the correct speed
>> from
>> other people?
>>
>> Anybody have an mp3 of these early recordings they could share?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Royal Pemberton<ampex354 at gmail.com>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tue, March 29, 2011 6:31:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Question
>>
>> Another on the excerpted list:  VICTOR GRAND CONCERT BAND, Victor 2207
>> (also
>> on 2217 and 41008), 1903.  All are 14" 60 rpm discs.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:19 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/29/2011 7:09 PM, DRJAZZ78 at aol.com wrote:
>>>> Hey Gang,
>>>>
>>>>       Can someone please tell me what the first recording  of the
>> Overture
>>>> 1812?
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>
>>> Excerpted:
>>>
>>> CARLO SABAJNO&  LA SCALA ORCHESTRA (1 SIDE) GRAMOPHONE 050506 (1905)
>>> 4 others on European labels, 1909-1913
>>>
>>> Complete (reasonably):
>>> LANDON RONALD, ROYAL ALBERT HALL ORCHESTRA (3 SIDES) HMV 2-0660, 2-0664&
>>> 2-0674, doubled on D122/3 (1916)
>>>
>>> First American recordings (edited):
>>> SHILKRET, VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (2 SIDES) VICTOR 35729 (1923)
>>> SOKOLOFF, CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA (2 SIDES) BRUNSWICK 50047 (1924)
>>>
>>> dl
>>
>>
>>
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