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Hi all,
I'm the new owner of a Pathé Actuelle "Sheraton" phonograph and can now play both Pathé vertical and lateral-cut records. As far as I understand (could be wrong) in the 1920s Pathé issued many of its titles in both formats--one format had "0" before the number while the other did not. So, how was this "doubling up" accomplished from the same recording sessions? Two recording horns? Or dubbing from one to the other? OR did Pathé pay the artists to create multiple recordings, one for vertical and one for lateral? Please advise. Thanks!

Ralph

Pathé recorded on cylinder masters and dubbed them to discs, vertical and lateral. They abandoned this process right around the switch to electrical recording in 1927. More info here, a great resource and a site full of fascinating information:

http://78records.wordpress.com/2012/08/ ... r-masters/

Sean

Sean, that makes sense! I had read that Pathé used cylinder masters, but I didn't realize that that continued until 1927 and that they served as the basis for both the vertical and lateral disc releases.

Thanks for the web site info!

Ralph