[78-L] Sinatra and other singers and the 1942-1944 AFM ban

[Julian Vein]

On 01/01/14 06:39, David Weiner wrote:
> And everything was pressed on the worst-quality reground shellac
> imaginable. Early Capitols sound like they were pressed on cement; even
> Columbia's laminated discs sucked, and the faded=looking gold ink they
> used on their red labels were nearly unreadable, even when new. I have a
> few early Capitols (including the 1942 Ray McKinleys) on vinyl DJ
> pressings and the difference in sound is enormous.  V-Discs were the
> nicest quality pressings of the war years.
>
> Dave Weiner
>
>
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The other aspect was the stockpiling of recordings that went on just 
prior to the commencement of the ban. Were the artists under some legal 
obligation to the record companies to fulfill a contract before the 
deadline? If not, then it seems it wasn't in the artists' interests to 
do this. It would have defeated the purpose of the ban. Wouldn't they 
have wanted the action to be have been felt immediately? If say, 
coalminers vote to go on strike, they are unlikely to build up stocks 
before doing so.

      Julian Vein