[78-L] Ethel Gabriel of (e) fame

[Rodger Holtin]

I wondered about selling the Gold Records too, and maybe
even Grammys, as well, same reason. 

 

Speaking of pleasing the public with fake stereo and fake echo,
I recall talking to older fans in the 1960s who gave me their 78s and how much they really
thought the sound on the LPs they were buying really was soooo much better than what
was on the 78s – and they were talking about stuff like the Reader’s Digest
sets and Ethel’s Miller Camdens.  I
particularly recall one guy who was so thrilled with the Hal Kemp RCA
LPM-2041.  [Dave - remember Doc Kreideman?]  I had forgotten how bad that
really was until recently when I went to lift a track from it for my show because
my 78 was so beat up.  Next to the nice
78s and other tracks I had, that echoed up mess on LPM-2041 was so bad I cut
the tune from my playlist instead.  
Hard
as it is for us to comprehend it today, maybe it really was some form of public demand that drove the fakery and
we just have to chalk it up to taste and context, both of which were driven by what was made available.
Interesting discussion and I really appreciate Mike Biel taking the time to explain some of the technicalities that went into it - and  why some of it can be un-done and some can't.
Rodger



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--- On Sun, 3/3/13, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Ethel Gabriel of (e) fame
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 10:09 AM

From: Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
> Interesting stuff. Lady trombone player, record tester, producer....
> video from Jan 2007:
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070118/MULTIMEDIA02/70808041
      Rodger

2007.  So we missed by six years a chance to have an Ethel Gabriel
Electronic Stereo Gold Record!!  Did you notice the Electronic Stereo
copy of An Evening With Harry Belafonte?

So they allow you to auction off Grammy Awards?  The Motion Picture
Academy requires you to offer your Oscar to them for $1.00 first.  I
don't know what their record is of accepting it or allowing sale.  I
wonder if the require that offer for donations of it.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com   
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