[78-L] Deluxe, was TW Musicraft N7 set

[Jeff Sultanof]

Signature pressings from 1945-6 also qualify as truly horrendous, as well as
the short-lived Universal label in the late 40's.

Jeff Sultanof

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:24 PM, djwein <djwein at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> Yep, there's nothing like that sound of a cement grinder greeting you when
> you lower the needle into the outer groove of a Deluxe 78!
>
> Dave Weiner
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Is there anything worse in the 40s (for record quality)  than the Billy
> > Eckstine Orch sides on Deluxe?  I have stuff on every crap-ola label from
> > the 20s on....but not even the worst Grey Gulls drive me as bat-shit as
> do
> > those Deluxe sides.
> >
> > I've never been able to decide which is worse...the recording quality or
> > the
> > surfaces.   What kind of ground-up crud were those things pressed
> > from!?!?!?
> >
> > Of course I love the music on the damn things,  but not even tweaked-up
> > reissues sound any good.
> >
> >
> >
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