[78-L] Columbia test

[David Lennick]

I've had Rodger Young (by Earl Wrightson) which has Columbia matrix numbers but 
was on vinyl...at this point I can't remember whether it would have been RCA or 
Columbia pressing it, but most Columbia VDs were shellac, nein? The Rhapsody 
pressing I had was actually a white label test made by Clark Phonograph and 
it's not here to check now, but I'd have noted Columbia matrix numbers if I'd 
seen any when I used it on the Gershwin + Friends CD.

dl

On 10/25/2014 1:12 PM, David Weiner wrote:
>
> 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