[78-L] WWI descriptive record with fadeout

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Apr 21 07:04:16 PDT 2011


Mike Daley wrote:
> I just picked up this Canadian Victor of "British Troops Passing Through
> Boulogne," a descriptive record from 1914.
> 
> http://db.tt/LBzKlei
> 
> At the end of the record, as the troops march off into the distance, their
> singing and footfalls "fade" very smoothly, much like a board fade of today.
> This strikes me as unusual in the acoustic era. Are there other examples of
> fadeouts at the ends of acoustic records?
> 
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
Perhaps they were marching into the English Channel?

      Julian Vein


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