WTB Sing, Sing, Sing, By Benny Goodman
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Re: WTB Sing, Sing, Sing, By Benny Goodman
Interesting that it was ever issued on a scroll, since it was surely recorded well into the '30s, IOW well past the acoustic era. I guess there were still plenty of Orthophonic phonos around, though, so maybe the scroll was aimed at that market.
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Re: WTB Sing, Sing, Sing, By Benny Goodman
Interesting that RCA re-used the Orthophonic designation for their 'New Orthophonic' 78's in 1954. New Orthophonics were made to be played with the RIAA EQ curve.Henry wrote:Interesting that it was ever issued on a scroll, since it was surely recorded well into the '30s, IOW well past the acoustic era. I guess there were still plenty of Orthophonic phonos around, though, so maybe the scroll was aimed at that market.
I must confess, I still don't know exactly what that word means. What it's definition is...

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Re: WTB Sing, Sing, Sing, By Benny Goodman
"Ortho" = "correct," "phonic" = "sound." Greek roots.
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Re: WTB Sing, Sing, Sing, By Benny Goodman
Henry wrote:"Ortho" = "correct," "phonic" = "sound." Greek roots.
That makes sense. Good to know.
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Re: WTB Sing, Sing, Sing, By Benny Goodman
The scroll label lasted until 1937, so the very first (single) issue of this record was possibly on that label. My album set has RCA (circle) labels.Henry wrote:Interesting that it was ever issued on a scroll, since it was surely recorded well into the '30s, IOW well past the acoustic era. I guess there were still plenty of Orthophonic phonos around, though, so maybe the scroll was aimed at that market.
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Re: WTB Sing, Sing, Sing, By Benny Goodman
I've never either seen a copy of the B. Berigan I Can't Get Started on a scroll.