[78-L] Transcription info sought

[RUSSELL BARNES]

Thank you David.  Yes, the 17 inch discs are actually seventeen and a quarter inches - giving a wide intro.

Russ
 

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 From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Transcription info sought
  

17" is usually used for masters to be plated and pressed. Is there a wide outer 
margin? The W-O-R program probably salutes the release of The Jolson Story.

dl

On 2/9/2014 12:49 PM, RUSSELL BARNES wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This week (here in the UK) I purchased - in a public auction house - twelve Radio transcription discs  17, 16 and 12 inch dia - all said to have originated in the BBC, record library London.
>
> They appear to be mainly direct cut to acetate and are in the region of sixty years old.   They've been in store for a considerable time and their playability is much in doubt.
>
> One set of 17 inch (a 33 revs) is a programme - dated March 1945 - called 'Jazz is where you find it'.    Could this be a USA programme copied by the BBC.
>
> Two 16 inch discs with a plain blue label has the letters W.O.R
> across it and dated 10th January, 1946.  It has the programme Salute to Jolson  - on four sides.  These disc I assume are American.
>
> Any one any ideas please ?.
>
> Russ Barnes
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