[78-L] Unusual LP

[Cary Ginell]

I own only two of these: TOM-1 by Emmett Miller and TOM-4, an anthology of music from 1930. As stated below, sound quality is chancy at best; some of the Miller sides actually have echo added to them, as I recall.

Cary Ginell

> From: bryan at claxtonola.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:25:35 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Unusual LP
> 
> "What can anyone tell me about this recording that I recently acquired  
> from
> my local Goodwill store?  It's a 10" LP titled 'The Original Coon- 
> Sanders
> Nighthawk Orchestra - 1927-1932 - Volume Two.'"
> 
> Are you sure it's a 10-inch LP? I have a copy of the record and mine's  
> a full-size 12-inch LP. I'm sure others here will chime in, but The  
> Old Masters label produced at least fifty LPs reissuing records of the  
> 1920s and 1930s -- primarily hot dance bands (Fred Rich, Sam Lanin,  
> Coon-Sanders, Gene Kardos, etc.). Original issues were on green or  
> sometimes blue vinyl; later pressings are on black vinyl. The discs  
> were all unauthorized, of course, but some interesting material made  
> it out thanks to TOM. Transfer quality varies. As I recall, most of  
> those Coon-Sanders transfers are horribly off speed, and the  
> beginnings of many are clipped by fade-ins. Many early TOM LPs are  
> actually quite decent in terms of presenting "flat" transfers from 78s  
> that often sound quite good, but many later issues are marred by the  
> addition of artificial reverb. None of the issues I've ever seen  
> contain any liner notes, pictures, or other "extras." The coves just  
> state the band name and sometimes provide a tracklist. That's it. They  
> don't seem to be terribly rare; despite their cheap appearance, they  
> must have had fairly substantial press runs. Does anyone know how many  
> were pressed at a time?
> 
> Bryan W.
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