[ARSCLIST] Dynadoodoo Re: [ARSCLIST] Exactly how many labels did RCA press records for in the 50s/60s ?

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I seek out UK "dynagroove" pressings since the English just mastered 
them the same as the rest of their records (IE really well).  I don't 
think that RCA sent them the dynagroove processed tapes.  I believe the 
tapes sent to the US RCA cutting guys were pre-distored.  In other 
words, the guys doing the cutting weren't integral to the dynagroove 
process.  That's my understanding.  I've been told by more than once 
source that the dynagroove process occurred at HQ where different EQ and 
distortion was added to a subsequent master to be used for cutting.  The 
distortion and EQ would change the further into the side you got.

I have quite a few RCA pop and jazz records that sound good.  It's funny 
that RCA decided to follow Columbia's lead in producing good sounding 
jazz/pop and bad sounding classical.  By the early '70s, most good 
sounding classical was coming from England.  It's a shame that they 
changed anything from the early '60s.  They may have had access to 
better microphones and tape decks, but the bad production values more 
than eliminated any gains in the quality of equipment available to the 
engineers.  Hell, I'd take tape hiss and saturation with a simple 
microphone setup any day (as opposed to 1,000 microphones, a team of 
guys in lab coats, and lots of monkey business).

Phillip

Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> Yep,Dynagroove sucked the proverbial donkey balls,,but the ones pressed by RCA for other labels did not use that process.They sound more like LSCs.
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> Are you aware that a lot of the RCA pop/rock/country Lps of the '63-'69 era were not Dynagroove ?
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> As for Dynafloppies,I suggest you seek out the original British,German (TELDEC),Japanese,French.or Australian pressings instead.
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> phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Usually awful sound identifies the Dynagroove pressing.  Later, they 
> gave us Dynagroove and Dynaflex for awful sound on awful vinyl.  A pox 
> on whoever had the idea.
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> Dan Nelson wrote:
>   
> > What is being used to identify an RCA pressing?
> > 1) Dyna groove format with raised outer edge and label
> > area?
> > What about before RCA introduced this format ?
> > 2) Distinctive engraving in spiral area, numbers.
> > lettering, etc ?
> > thanks 
> > dnw 
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