[78-L] Timeless

[Kristjan Saag]

This, perhaps, answers your question.
http://www.cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/arsclist/2004/05/msg00128.html
Kristjan

On 2018-04-23 21:10, gmail - i.collect.records wrote:
> Did anyone catch last night's ep of Timeless? It was about Robert 
> Johnson recording in San Antonio in 1936. Purty kewl seeing the 
> recorder, altho I am not sure it was accurate for 1936, not that I 
> would know. I was expecting to see lacquers, but what they showed 
> looked more like shellac discs, not even wax as I've seen in films 
> from that period. Vocalion was prominent on the label. I'm not even 
> sure recording blanks of the time would have had a paper label. So 
> what tech would have been used in 1936 for making location recordings? 
> Is there info on what was used specifically for Johnson's recordings 
> from 1936?


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