[78-L] (European) Recording media - gelatin (?) foils

[David Lennick]

The Bartok recordings are in the box sets issued by Hungaroton.

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On 3/2/2013 5:17 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> I have not heard of the Bartok, but I have heard of the Dohnanyi
> broadcasts recorded on x-ray film
>
> What did Mr. B perform?
>
> joe salerno
>
> On 3/2/2013 8:14 AM, Mike Harkin wrote:
>> Bartok was recorded by non-professsionals on old x-ray film - from radio broadcasts.
>>
>> Mike in Plovdiv
>>
>> --- On Sat, 3/2/13, Milan Milovanovic<milanpmilovanovic4 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> From: Milan Milovanovic<milanpmilovanovic4 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [78-L] (European) Recording media - gelatin (?) foils
>> To: 78-l at 78online.com
>> Date: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 10:53 AM
>>
>>
>>
>> While listening to these extraordinary samples of Czech jazz recorded during WWII (in 1942.):
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1t8bNQTX4k
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZX-uAU1Yo0
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yL0_bUwiA
>>
>>
>> I found that they recorded on:
>>
>> Neprofesionálne nahraná fólie Praha 1942
>>
>> In translation, these are: "Instantaneous foils unprofessionally recorded, Prague 1942"
>>
>> Probably they are gelatin foils, fragile and prone to ageing.
>>
>> It is always pleasure to see how many recording surfaces (besides lacquer/acetate/nitrate celluloid) exists during those days.
>>
>> Milan