[78-L] 78 MASTER REFERENCE??

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

David Lennick wrote:

> Sounds as if it's a dub from what has been designated as the master  
> take, for
> final approval, and Radio Recorders was the originating studio (I  
> thought RCA
> had its own Hollywood studios by this time, no?).

Several sessions for RCA Victor, by artists such as Elvis, were cut  
at Radio Recorders. RCA did have studios in Hollywood, 1016 N.  
Sycamore Ave., but if/when they closed, I dunno. (RR was either right  
around the corner from RCA's studio, or the RR address of 7000 Santa  
Monica Blvd. was another door into the same building. Hard to tell  
looking at Google Maps.)

There is this: <http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_radiorecorders.html>
"The studio, located at 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard on the corner of  
Orange Drive in Hollywood was at the time known to be the best  
recording facility in LA.  The Santa Monica Blvd. location contained  
several studios for recording with the band mostly using the largest,  
Studio B (in 1959 Studio B rented for $32.50 per hour). ... The  
studio was built in 1929 by the Victor Talking Machine Company, no  
doubt in attempts to get into the new sound-on-film business, and  
completed sometime after the acquisition of Victor by RCA on March  
15, 1929.  Variety Magazine advertised at the time that at a cost of  
$250,000 the complex went from Orange Drive to Sycamore Avenue  
between Santa Monica Blvd. and Romaine St.  Though now officially RCA  
Victor, the company was still being referred to simply as "Victor"  
and record labels did not carry "RCA Victor" until much later,  
sometime in the late 1930s or early '40s.  One of the first stars on  
its label to record there was Jimmie Rodgers in July of 1930  
accompanied by Louis Armstrong on trumpet. ..."

That page also states that RR had "taken over the facilities at 7000  
Santa Monica Blvd." by 1949.

I agree with your assessment.

Take care,


Joe
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