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

[Taylor Bowie]

I'm no musician,  but the Capitol record of Jay McShann playing Moten Swing 
always sounded way too fast to me.
Any of you sharp-eared pros able to confirm that?


Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Question about Kress/Mottola Capitol sides


> 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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