[78-L] Unusual LP

[Julian Vein]

On 30/07/11 18:50, Cary Ginell wrote:
> 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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>>
I find I have 29 of them. They were quite an ear-opener back in 1969, 
opening up to me new vistas of white jazz and dance music. I think I 
have all the ones I want, the rest being of no interest, superceded by 
CD issues or were poorly remastered.

       Julian Vein