[78-L] SPC acoustic-electric recordings (was: experimental Victor electric?)

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Sorry, I should have changed the header. Here it is, with the revision,
plus a couple of small corrections to the body copy.
M

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I don't know if Starr Piano Co. (SPC) "had to go back to acoustical a 
few times" but they recorded both electric and acoustic versions of a 
number of tunes for release on Gennett and were definitely A/B'ing 
during Sept. 1926 thru Jan. 1927 (in NYC) and c. Nov. 1926 - Feb. 1927 
(in Richmond), with a block of electrics recorded in Chicago from 
January until April, 1927, while the Richmond studio geared up for 
electrical recording.
There is also a batch of recordings made in Richmond, but using the NY 
matrix series numbers (GEX 937 - GEX 1023) in November and December 
1927. Why, I do not know. Yet.
Malcolm

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On 2/1/2015 5:54 PM, David Lennick wrote:
Brunswick, OKeh and any labels without access to Western Electric made 
lousy
electricals when they first converted. Gennett had so much trouble with 
the new
equipment they had to go back to acoustical a few times, and the early 
Marsh
stuff is unbelievably rotten. I have no particular affection for Victor
acousticals...played it too safe. Columbias seemed to have a much fuller 
sound.

dl