[78-L] SP Records

[David Lennick]

Notice all the wow and mismatched pitches? I can't remember whether I own that 
CD or just borrowed it but I think I own it. SP probably stands for Standard 
Play (meaning 78 or coarse groove or both, since I've seen "standard" used in 
both contexts).

dl

On 8/10/2012 10:32 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> My curiosity over came my better judgement and I bought a copy of Denon
> CO-2111-EX, The Mahler Symphony #4 from the all-time first recording by
> Viscount Hidemaro Konoye with the New Symphony Orchestra a TOKIO (that's
> how it is spelled). May 28-29,1930. Recorded by Parlophone, but only the
> bottom portion of the label is reproduced. I assume there may have been
> a copyright or trademark issue with the name "Parlophone". See the
> question below.
>
> This is the 2nd recording of a Mahler symphony. The first was an
> acoustical, was by Oskar Fried of the Second Symphony. There's a trivia
> question for you.
>
> So here's my question. The booklet makes several references to the work
> having been recorded on and remastered from SP records. Is this a label
> or some other kind of designation? Does this mean 78 rpm records?