[ARSCLIST] Fw: [78-l] Fw: [ARSCLIST] Amos 'n Andy disc

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Steven C. Barr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth McLeod" <lizmcl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <78-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [78-l] Fw: [ARSCLIST] Amos 'n Andy disc


> Heh -- I am the "one expert" who advised them that the disc is probably a
> home recording. The quality is quite poor, and isn't up to the standards
> of any professional studio. I'm also the one who determined it was
> recorded at 85 rpm, having done a transfer for them.
>
> They've asked me a pile of questions, and want to interview me, but I
> suggested I'd need to get paid to go to NYC and do the interview, so it
> would seem they're trying to find someone willing to do it for nothing.
> Pikers.
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
> On 11/30/06 9:52 PM Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:
>
> >For our radio "experts"...
> >Note that the original sender is probably NOT on 78-L...answer accordingly...
> >...stevenc
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Charles E. Howell III" <chuckh@xxxxxxx>
> >To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:41 PM
> >Subject: [ARSCLIST] Amos 'n Andy disc
> >
> >
> >> All - I'm hoping somone on the list might have some more info on the disc
> >described below - I know that Sentinel was a radio and TV manufacturer, but
> >can't find anything about their making recording equipment and blanks. I can
> >send the pictures he mentions off list.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Chuck Howell
> >>
> >> Chuck Howell
> >> Curator
> >> Library of American Broadcasting
> >> Hornbake Library, U of MD
> >> College Park, MD  20742
> >>
> >> 301-314-0401
> >> chuckh@xxxxxxx
> >>
> >>
> >> =========================================================
> >>
> >> Hey Chuck,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks so much for your interest in helping us uncover this mystery.  I
> >really
> >appreciate all the effort youbve gone through.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The big thing we are trying to uncover now is who may have recorded the
lost
> >episode of Amos bnb Andy we discovered on an aluminum disc.  The serial
> >dates
> >back to 1931, and a sticker on the record says bSentinel Chromatronb.
> >Written
> >in pen are the words bAmos bn Andyb and bWOWb (a Nebraska Radio
> >station owned by
> >Woodmen of the World Life Insurance and operated by Radio Station WOW,
> >Inc. from
> >1923 until a law suit in 1945).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In the middle of the recording, the show cuts out to some daytime radio
> >program, and we are missing the middle chunk of the serial.  One expert
> >thought
> >it might have been a home recording created by someone who had the money
> >to play
> >around with this type of expensive equipment.  Someone else thought it may
> >have
> >been created by a professional studio that would have recorded it for a
> >client.
> >The middle portion of the episode may have been recorded onto a different
> >disc
> >so as not to miss any of the program when the disc was turned to the other
> >side.
> >We also discovered that it wasnbt recorded at 78 rpm, but more like 85 rpm,
> >maybe to compensate for the weight of the recording arm.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Attached are a couple pictures of the record so you can have a look.  I
> >appreciate any help.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Many Thanks,
> >>
> >> David Jacobs
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Lion TV, History Detectives
> >>
> >> 304 Hudson St, 5th fl
> >>
> >> New York, NY 10013
> >>
> >> 212-206-8633 x3848
>
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