[78-L] for Grey Gull history fans

[jim brannen]

I found a few Grey Gulls in a shop in the 70s that looked like store stock. 1929-1930 issues and sounded very good. Little surface noise, but I have also found Madisons and VanDykes that were clean and unworn that sounded like they were pressed on GRAVEL!

 

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 From: Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] for Grey Gull history fans
  
That one that Bruce put up on YouTube looked good and didn't sound noisy.
I'm guessing that the material used to make the records didn't hold up as
well as the material used on more expensive records.

Ron L

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Donna Halper
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:15 PM
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On 11/21/2012 3:09 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> I'd love to get an overlay of an old map on a new one.  I'd go down 
> the expressway and toss a trashed GG on the highway in the appropriate
area.
>    

We've all made jokes about the quality and crappy sound of GG records, but
Theodore Lyman Shaw always insisted his records were high quality and
comparable to any major label's recordings.  Okay fine, public relations
claims aside, why were GGs so bad... or is this only true for some of the
pressings and not all?
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