Columbia records black label 1925 electric?

[Wolfe]

This Gillham from 2/25 is electrical : https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ ... tion_blues

[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?

[Wolfe]

Hesitation Blues does have a W in the runout area. It sounds electric. All the Gillham sides from 25 Feb. do.

[EarlH]

Maybe this will help clear some of it up. This is from the 1929 Columbia catalog.

[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.

[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?

[Wolfe]

Data ?

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