[78-L] Question 1812 Overture

[Gene Baron]

Hi,

Dr. Biel is correct -- my copy of the Ivanov Melodiya 'Year 1812' is the
gatefold LP with the paintings, the (a) after the number, and the other
attributes he mentioned.  I should also mention it's an enjoyable
performance, with some scrappy (rather than polished) string playing that
adds a bit of tension.

Gene
gene.baron at gmail.com

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <
rbratcherjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Other than the noticable flutter (which might have been from the playback
> machine) the recording is good.
>
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>  And here it is, being played (and probably being obliterated) by a Home
> phono.
> Watery sounding too, which I will blame on
>
> the machine as wax records are usually steady.  Amberols mostly just
> crumble
> when you look at them, so I won't buy them.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXs2dpIfKI
>
>
> Note that the first few batches of Amberols were announced, and that Ed
> Meeker
> had dropped the "Edi- SONE or SAWN or SUN"
>
> emphasis by 1908. I have a theory: by 1908, Edison was so deaf that he
> couldn't
> hear his name being announced at all, no
>
> matter how they pronounced it - so he didn't care.  Imagined conversation,
> circa
> 1900: "They're not saying my whole name,
>
> dammit" .. "Ah, Mr.Edison, they ARE. You just can't hear the whole thing"
> ...
> "Well, tell 'em to say the whole thing so I
>
> CAN hear it! "
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > The Edison studio squoze a fraction onto a 1908 wax Amberol cylinder, #
> 51.
> >
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