Re: [ARSCLIST] speed policies

["Copeland, Peter" <Peter.Copeland@xxxxx>]

Dear David,
    You ask specifically about "78rpm era trade journals". For the reasons
discussed elsewhere on this listserv, I would be equally suspicious of the
following, which however is the earliest I have found.
    The English branch of the "Odeon" record company, whose popular logo was
"Jumbo", attempted to correct the previous misdemeanours of its recording
engineers in the British trade magazine
"Talking Machine News" (Vol. VI No. 80, September 1908), in which the speeds
of the then-current issues were tabulated. Subsequently, Jumbo and Odeon
records carried the recommended speed on the label, in slightly cryptic form
(e.g. "79R" meant "79 revolutions per minute"). And although I haven't done
a formal survey, my impression is that when a later Odeon record *didn't*
carry a speed, it was often because it was horribly wrong, and the company
didn't wish to admit it. (A few were reissues of much older records, of
course).
Peter Copeland

-----Original Message-----
From: David S Sager [mailto:dsag@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 August 2003 16:45
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ARSCLIST] speed policies

Can anyone cite an article regarding any recording companies recording
speed(s) in 78rpm era trade journails (Talking Machine World, Voice of
Vic. etc)?

Many thanks

D. Sager


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