From: "Kathryn Hobgood Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
> Hi folks, I am wondering if anyone has a resource recommendation that 
> would
> discuss how a band would record in the late 1920s? (Specifically for
> Victor.) My colleague here in New Orleans tells me that the 
> instrumentalists
> would arrange themselves around a microphone in a semicircle, the loudest
> instruments being staggered further away. The vocalist, meanwhile, would
> have his/her/their own mic some distance from the band, and the two lines
> would run straight to the machine. Does this sound accurate to you? I need
> to verify this setup and would love some resource suggestions.
>
This seems to have been in accordance with the wishes/desires of both the
band leader and the "recording expert" at the session...?! Note that
Ellington's 78's from the 20's and 30's ALWAYS have the string bass
audible...!

Steven C. Barr