[78-L] Light-Ray?

[Steve Williams]

Just by the way, I've posted on YouTube a Sept 14, 1924 Compo electric test.
Compo started releasing electrically-recorded sides in December 1924, making
them the earliest label other than Marsh's Autograph to issue electric
records.  ..(And Compo pressed a few Autographs)...  Compo used Western
Electric mics and amps, and an undetermined lathe which was occasionally
referred to in the ledgers as "The Pathe Cutter."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKyoKcpFcPA

Light-Ray was the GE-patented Pallaphotophone method of using modulated
light on a photocell for audio pickup, and multitrack optical film
recording.

Steve Williams  ..


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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:27:42 -0400
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>Brunswick's Light Ray process, which wasn't Western Electric's (nor nearly
as good).

dl

On 4/17/2012 3:22 PM, Milan P Milovanovic wrote:
> Dear members,
>
> At the beginning of this video
> http://youtu.be/bvqJUxM4C4g
>
> (Fletcher Henderson Orchestra playing "Sensation", Vocalion B 1092)
>
> there is frame showing original label of this record.
>
>
> I wonder what "Light-Ray" in front of words Elec(trical) Rec(ording)
stands for?
>
>
> Thank you,
>