[78-L] The Absolute Nadir of Quality Control

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70.59 rpm on my calculator.

joe salerno


On 8/18/2012 7:38 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Dime store labels used to pull all kinds of crap,  as all they cared about
> was moving a lot of cheap product.
>
> One of the worst things I ever found was the Broadway dance band issue of
> "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee"  (forget the name on the label)  which
> turned out to be dubbed from the Hit of the Week recording.
>
> Imagine stealing a decent 15 cent record to make a crummy 20 cent record.
>
> But my latest discovery is even worse.
>
> Everybody knows that recording speed of 78s used to vary by some amount.
> Some records were recorded at 78,  80,  etc.
>
> I bought a red wax Grey Gull of Arthur Fields singing Ain't She Sweet #2331.
> I put it on and it starts off with Sanella on clarinet playing like
> crazy....then the voice came on and I thought for a minute it was Cliff
> Edwards.
>
> Then I realized that it was playing too fast...at 78rpm.
>
> I'm not very techy about records but I have a dial on my turntable which is
> labeled pitch control and it can slow or speed up the turntable.  I made it
> go slower and slower until it sounded like Arthur...I  went all the way to -
> 9.5%.
>
> Am I correct that this means I actually ended up playing the thing at
> approx. 90% of 78rpm?
>
> That would be barely 70rpm.
>
> Can anyone think of a "78" more "off" than that?
>
> Any info appreciated.
>
> Thanks from
>
> Taylor
>
>
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Joe Salerno