[78-L] Transco discs and the Orthacoustic Curve?

[Sammy Jones]

Yup...I should have mentioned they are the heavy, laminated kind of shellac 
disc...and a few have lam cracks.

Haven't tried them for any purpose other than "playing sound directly from 
them" (how does that Victor license go?), so can't comment about their 
usefulness in other ways!

Sammy

dl wrote:
Are they the heavy laminated shellacs? I've had a number of those, and 
they're
amazing indeed. And they double as manhole covers.

dl

On 9/4/2012 11:48 PM, Sammy Jones wrote:
> I just got a set of eight 16" Transco ETs in the mail today.  Great stuff,
> including the Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors.  Here's a listing for those out
> there who are keeping a running score of existing Transco dance band ETs:
>
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 6 A, Mx. A-566
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 6 B, Mx. A-567
>
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 7 A, Mx. A-568
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 7 B, Mx. A-569
>
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 9 A, Mx. A-598
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 9 B, Mx. A-599
>
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 11 A, Mx. A-649
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 11 B, Mx. A-650
>
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 12 A, Mx. A-651
> Slim Martin and His Transco All-Americans, Program 12 B, Mx. A-652
>
> Transco Orchestra, Program 8 A, Mx. A-603
> Transco Orchestra, Program 8 A, Mx. A-604
>
> Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors Series C, Program 11 A (Jimmie Grier&  his
> Orchestra), Mx. A 809
> Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors Series C, Program 11 B (Jimmie Grier&  his
> Orchestra), Mx. A 810
>
> Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors Series C, Program 12 A (Jimmie Grier&  his
> Orchestra), Mx. A 811
> Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors Series C, Program 12 B (Jimmie Grier&  his
> Orchestra), Mx. A 812
>
> Now the interesting part: First Generation Radio Archives has released the
> four Jimmie Grier programs on CD -
> http://www.radioarchives.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RA075
> and estimates they date from 1932.  These labels have handwritten dates on
> them ranging from the late '30s to the early '40s, which means these discs
> were kept in circulation for at least 10 years.  No big deal, you say?
> Well, they're shellac pressings!  How they weren't broken somewhere along
> the way is pretty amazing.
>
> I'm really curious to know when the Orthacoustic curve began to be 
> adopted.
> I think 1932 is far too early, and I've been playing these dsics back with
> the turnover set to 400 Hz, which sounds fine.  Would radio stations in 
> 1932
> have been able to easily adjust the bass characteristic of the turntables?
> What would have been their choices?
>
> This is some really great music!
>
> Sammy Jones