[78-L] Is this vertical cut?

[David Lennick]

What I could see of the grooves looks like a vertical cut. (Then there's that 
awful "plays on any phonograph", which from the transfers I've heard has to be 
the unkindest cut of all. Rimshot.)

dl

On 6/10/2011 9:09 PM, Roger Wade wrote:
> Hi Glenn,
>
> According to Steven Barr's dating guide the first Vocalions were vertical cut, starting at 1200 in August 1917 and running to at least 1250 in January 1918.
>
> The next number he shows after 1250 is 12025 in June, 1918, with these vertical cut numbers running too 12250 in January 1920.
>
> He shows the first lateral Vocalion as 14000 in December 1919.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Roger Wade
> Really Old Records.
>
>
> On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Glenn Longwell wrote:
>
>> I was interested in the following record on epay.  The seller says it's a vertical Vocalion but all the Talking Machine World verticals listed were 5 digit catalog numbers.  This is 4.  The seller gave me an answer but it wasn't conclusive in my mind even though he felt it was vertical.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370516429946&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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>> Item 370516429946 if the link doesn't work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Glenn
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