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Re: Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:24 pm
by Wolfe
This Gillham from 2/25 is electrical : https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... tion_blues

Re: Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:09 pm
by Skihawx
Interesting that the note says it was electrically recorded. But it doesn't have the W in front of the matrix number.
I haven't listened to the link. Does is really sound electric?

Re: Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:36 pm
by Wolfe
Hesitation Blues does have a W in the runout area. It sounds electric. All the Gillham sides from 25 Feb. do.

Re: Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:38 pm
by EarlH
Maybe this will help clear some of it up. This is from the 1929 Columbia catalog.

Re: Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:41 pm
by Wolfe
^ So that has 343 D, the one in the DAHR link above that I posted, listed as "mechanically". Except the linked 343 D at DAHR has a W and sounds quite electrical.

Re: Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:26 pm
by marcapra
thanks Earl, that is the kind of data i like to see! Does anyone know the month and year of the first Viva-Tonal record in both the U.S. and England?

Re: Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:07 pm
by Wolfe
Data ? :lol:

I just laid waste to your data, and you're still drinking the phono kool-aid.