[78-L] Approximating 78s age by physical characteristics

[David Lennick]

Speaking of reissues and dubs, I've been given a copy of SEVENTY YEARS OF 
ISSUES to sell..covers Historical Vocal 78rpm Pressings from Original Masters, 
1931-2001. Excellent condition but was in a library system (and never used). 
The dust jacket is in a plastic covering which has been attached (tape strip?) 
to the inside of the book..can be removed but not without removing some of the 
paper. Before I put it on eBay, any offers?

dl

On 3/4/2013 11:20 AM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Similar speed adjustment would have been a good idea in transferring
> anything else that wasn't going to be overdubbed but would be dubbed for
> rerelease from acoustic or very early electrics that weren't exactly
> nominal 78.
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:03 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
>> Wait a minute..that's pretty much what YOU said.
>>
>> On 3/4/2013 11:02 AM, David Lennick wrote:
>>> More to the point, the orchestra would have to be playing in the same
>> key as
>>> the orchestra on the originals, so adjustment must have been made in
>> playing
>>> the discs.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 3/4/2013 10:55 AM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>>> I have to wonder, with the series of dubbed Caruso reissues at least,
>> was
>>>> there any effort made toward speed correction?  It would seem that in
>> that
>>>> period, with at least some of the principal participants still alive,
>> they
>>>> would have been able to verify correct playback speeds of the original
>>>> discs so that when the new parts were being cut (on a lathe which should
>>>> first have been confirmed to be running accurately at either US or UK
>>>> nominal 78 depending on locale) playback of the new records at nominal
>> 78
>>>> would be true to the pitch of the music as performed when the recordings
>>>> were made, and not how they sound played back at 78, right or wrong.
>>>>