[78-L] Question about Kress/Mottola Capitol sides

[David Lennick]

That's pretty damn fast! Quite a few Capitol 78s are almost a half tone sharp 
in the 40s, but 3 semitones is scary.

dl

On 3/7/2012 6:40 PM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
> The 6 guitar duets by Carl Kress and Tony Mottola which came out on a
> 10" Capitol
> "Classics In Jazz" LP are well-known as being off-pitch (too fast,
> namely 3 semitones sharp!),
> and I wonder if these tracks were ever issued on 78s?  I believe they
> were issued on 45s at the
> same fast pitch.
>
> Who decided to speed them up and add the reverb?  Dave Dexter?
>
> Doug Pomeroy
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