Exactly the case with my copy of "For No Reason at All in C" on a later red
Columbia (first edition of that set was unlaminated, second pressings were
rounded edge and I believe slightly larger than the late 40s ones).
dl
Tom Fine wrote:
> Hi Steven:
>
> If what you say is true about the lead-in groove running right to the
> edge, then these would likely be made from the old
> slightly-larger-than-10" parts. In fact, the disks are somewhat prone to
> chipping on the edges because the lead-in groove starts right on the
> very edge and there's a very small "lip" before the music grooves.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven C. Barr"
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> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Another discography question ... Bix Beiderbecke
> Columbia 78 albums
>
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine"
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>>> OK, feeling lucky today after that quick Spike Jones success.
>>>
>>> This question relates to the several late-78-era albums that Columbia
>>> put out gathering Bix Beiderbecke recordings. The albums generally
>>> had 4 x 2-side 10" 78's. My question is, how were these reissues
>>> made? Were they disk-to-disk transfers with new manufacturing parts
>>> made or were they new copies of original manufacturing parts?
>>>
>> In actual fact, you have to look closely at the records to establish
>> their origins!
>>
>> Columbia pre-mid-1934 records were actually 10-1/4" in
>> diameter...meaning that the original stampers
>> could NOT be used for 10" (more or less exactly) 78 issues intended
>> for record changers and/or
>> junkeboxes...! When original "metal parts" were used, the grooves will
>> run to the very edge of a
>> latter-day 10" 78. However, in many cases the 10+" sides were dubbed
>> onto new "metal parts"
>> to avoid problems...!
>>
>> "Master pressings" will have matrix/take data in its original
>> form...using the sort-of-italic typeface
>> used by Columbia in the twenties and pre-ARC thirties. Dubbed issues
>> will NOT use that same
>> typeface...and, in many cases, will show the new matrix number used
>> for the dubbed master...!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>
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