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

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Oct 14 18:28:47 PDT 2011


Assuming the disc stays in one piece long enough for you to get it on the 
turntable.

dl

On 10/14/2011 9:24 PM, djwein 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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