Hi George Paul, I really appreciate your reply, do your tone test records have labels and how does the superior side sound? You are most fortunate to be able to listen to a tone test record, I always wondered what they sounded like. Thanks for sharing, Steve From [email protected] Sun Sep 17 00:51:57 2006 From: [email protected] (Douglas Houston) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:11:53 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Some 'interesting' Victor 10 inch 78's? Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Single sides were the early records that most companies made. After all, why give the customer a double measure for his money? Then, in the early 1900s, some rat-fik began making records with recordings on both sides. It wasn't long before the major companies had to go along with the two-sided thing. Later, many of the old single siders were re-pressed as two siders, so I understand. Many were also re-recorded in the electrical era on 2 sides. > [Original Message] > From: David Barnett <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/18/2006 9:26:49 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] Some 'interesting' Victor 10 inch 78's? > > I've been lurking for a long time. I finally have something worth > asking. > > I recently picked up a few old 78's that seemed 'interesting.' I'd > appreciate any info on them. > > A few have red Victor labels. What surprised me is that they only > have a groove on one side. What's the history behind that? > > 2 of them are:: > > #64120: 'I Hear You Calling Me' , singer John McCormack. > #87243: 'O sole mio', singer Enrico Caruso. (that seems to be a nice > find, is it?) > > > Then there's a double-sided record, again Victor red label, with a > 'Red Seal Record' designation: > #1701-A, and 1701-B on the other side. > Roumanian Rhapsody #1, Part 1 on one side and Part 2 one the other. > > > One is a BLACK Victor label, which has Hebrew on it in addition to > English. > #17771-A: 'Birchos Kahanim', Labeled as 'Hebrew Cantor with Choir'. > Cantor G. Sirota plus choir > #17771-B: 'Aw Horachmim', Labeled as 'Hebrew Cantor with organ,' > Cantor G. Sirota. > > I presume there was a series of these types for different religions? > > Thanks for any information. > > David > > David Barnett [email protected] > 516-767-0675 www.FairLibertysCall.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
