[78-L] Lousy on 78s- great as reissue

[David Lennick]

That's how Columbia recorded everything beginning in late 1939, although I suspect that the very first sessions in Cleveland were recorded simultaneously to 78 and 33 since those 78s sound very good. They began making 33rpm masters in 1946 and since tape wasn't in use yet, they did indeed have to do those dubs carefully and didn't always match the joins perfectly. All things considered, some of those lps sound pretty fabulous..and better than when they DID use tape in a few cases. I've been producing classical reissues since 1993 and there are some Columbia lps where I can't detect the crossovers. (And there are some stinkers WITH tape..pitch changes, chopped notes, one too many notes.)

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> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:08:29 -0700
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: sworth at vintageip.com.invalid
> Subject: [78-L] Lousy on 78s- great as reissue
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> The Rodzinski Walkure Act 3 with Traubel was recorded in whole 78 length takes to 33 1/3 transcription disk and then dubbed back to 78. I have both the 78s and the earliest LP release at the beginning of Long Play records (in coarse groove) and there is no comparison. The LP sounds full and modern, and the 78s sound dismal. The only problem with the LP is that they had to do the side joins on the fly DJ style, and some of them get a little bit off beat until the cross fade ends.
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> Stephen Worth
> sworth at vintageip.com