[78-L] Early lacquer mastering

Doug Pomeroy audiofixer at verizon.net
Wed Mar 30 08:19:43 PDT 2011


Mike Biel, who knows more about instantaneous recording discs than
anyone else, says the earliest were made by Presto in late 1934.

Doug Pomeroy
audiofixer at verizon.net


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> From: "J. E. Knox" <rojoknox at metroeast.org>
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> Greetings from FixitLand!
>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>
>> Didn't I read somewhere that ARC began cutting lacquers for masters
>> around
>> December 1936?
>
> That date would fit in with the trumpeting of "Full Range Recording"
> on the ARC labels. The records do start sounding better around that
> date.
>
> Take care,
>
>
>
> Joe


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