[78-L] Timeless

[Kristjan Saag]

Here's a working link to the photo:
http://robertjohnsonfilm.com/robertjohnsonfilm.com/RECORDING_SESSIONS.html

And here's a link to a 1936 recording session, using lacquers, with 
Ellington:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_duvfyjLg
Kristjan

On 2018-04-26 07:38, Thomas Stern wrote:
> Kristjan, Links in the Robert Johnson thread no longer work - can you 
> supply a link to the recording equipment etc. photo?? Are there films 
> available on youtube of recording in that era? Also, I've referenced 
> this before - there is a GEORGE FORMBY film from 1937 "Feather Your 
> Nest" set in a recording studio. The equipment and recording waxes 
> shown in the film look authentic, anyone know for sure?? Has anyone 
> seen this film ?? (the film made its first video appearance on DVD in 
> 2014, EALING STUDIO RARITIES V.14. Released in the UK so R2 locked.) 
> Cheers, Thomas. -----Original Message----- From: 
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of gmail - 
> i.collect.records Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:29 PM To: 78-L 
> Mail List Subject: Re: [78-L] Timeless Because Abigail Spencer, the 
> female lead, is really sweet! Joe Salerno I collect Records of all 
> formats, sizes and vintages. On 4/23/2018 2:16 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> Everything I've heard and read about this program has convinced me never
> to
>> look at it. Apparently they get everything wrong....why lose stomach
> lining?
>> dl On 4/23/2018 3:10 PM, 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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