[78-L] Columbia test

[David Weiner]

By Jove,
You are right David. Should have checked the V-Disc book first - it was
recorded in mid-1943 and the V-Disc of the soundtrack was part of the
February 1944 release. The disc has VP matrix numbers, but sometimes
V-Discs were pressed from two different masters from different companies.
I have a few multiple copies where one was an RCA pressing with an RCA
matrix number and the other was a Columbia product.

Dave

On 10/25/14, 1:05 PM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>
wrote:

>
>Not necessarily, since the soundtrack was being recorded in 1943 and was
>a 
>fairly early V-Disc issue (VD 139, mx VP 425/6)..this could have been a
>test or 
>a playback. I don't know if there's a P (or other) prefix on the disc.
>I'll ask.
>
>dl
>
>On 10/25/2014 12:58 PM, David Weiner wrote:
>>
>> The matrix number dates from early 1944, so it's during the record ban
>>and
>> too early for a V-Disc of the RHAPSODY IN BLUE soundtrack. The only
>>other
>> V-Dsc RHAPSODY I know of is one by Elliot Lawrence and that was recorded
>> in 1947.
>>
>> Dave Weiner
>>
>> On 10/25/14, 11:45 AM, "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> A friend has a12" test pressing, single sided, with unknown performers.
>>> Columbia matrix 33450, Rhapsody in Blue. It's not Levant/Ormandy and
>>>it's
>>> not
>>> Templeton/Kostelanetz (matrix numbers are both different). I'm not able
>>> to hear
>>> the disc and this is actually only for curiosity's sake (it's in a
>>> collection
>>> I'm appraising but by remote control, from a printout list), but does
>>> anyone
>>> know who this might be? A test run for the V-Disc? I don't have the
>>>book
>>> handy.
>>> (My V-Disc was pressed by Clark and doesn't have this mx number.)
>>>
>>> dl
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>
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