[78-L] 78s on cd questions, reissue records, phono cut,

[Dave at Audio Tech Transfer]

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:19:35 -0400
From: Bryan Wright <bryan at claxtonola.com.invalid>
Subject: Re: [78-L] 78s on cd questions, reissue records, phono cut,
etc
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Message-ID: <335DCE74-9C95-4CFC-BAF2-B01727BB0428 at claxtonola.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

I?m surprised to hear copies of ?Harmony Dance Bands? are still floating 
around. That was my pioneer effort at reissuing 78s a dozen or more years 
ago. That and a collection called ?Batwing Melodies? were the only two 
issues on Phono-Cut. In total, I?d say fewer than two hundred copies of each 
were made. I?ve long since disowned them ? haha.

Since 2004, I?ve been running Rivermont Records, offering reissues mostly of 
1920s jazz and dance bands. Needless to say, the sound quality is vastly 
superior to the two early Phono-Cut releases, and the Rivermont discs are 
packaged with substantial booklets. They are also professionally pressed 
(they are *not* CD-R discs). In addition to nine ?Big Broadcast? CDs that 
offer a potpourri of 1920s and ?30s pop and jazz, the catalogue contains 
discs devoted to 1920s bandleaders Isham Jones, Charley Straight, Frank 
Westphal, Irving Aaronson, Lou Gold, Paul Specht, Harry Yerkes (The Happy 
Six), and others. More information (and a complete catalogue with sound 
samples) is available at:

http://www.rivermontrecords.com

Best,
Bryan W.

------------------------------

I own a number of releases by Rivermont Records, both CD and vinyl and I 
thoroughly enjoy them.  No hesitation in recommending Bryan's fine product.

Best regards,
Dave Rose
Powell, Wyoming