I found it supremely ironic that Neil Young would record a whole album of cover songs in Jack White's recording booth, and release it as an "Audiophile" version..
http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/news/neil-young-a-letter-home-limited-edition-box-set
 
-Matt Sohn 


On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 1:15 PM, Lorna Fulton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  


Hi mike- thank you! Will look these up! We intend to build the recording booth with the record lathe built in, and continue to use the lacquer discs, as they work well... 


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> On 17 Sep 2014, at 18:03, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> You might check with Rainbo records in Santa Barbara.  They used to make
> most of the discs that were used in these machines.  And look up
> Mutoscope.  There also was an Empire State Building recording booth that
> was not only in the Empire State building.  It was similar.  Indeed, the
> main problem might be getting blank discs because a regular aluminum
> base lacquer disc won't work. It crimps dimples in the label area of the
> discs to keep the disc in place.  Discs were fibre base or thin
> aluminum.
> 
> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] recording booths
> From: Lorna Fulton <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, September 17, 2014 10:16 am
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Many thanks- this is a great start! If anyone knows of any research /
> publications as well, that would be brilliant!
> 
> 
> Lorna Fulton
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> + 44 (0) 7771 692971
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> 
>> On 17/09/2014 10:55, "CJB" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> Google in your friend ...
>> 
>> http://retrodundee.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/railway-recording-booths-1960s.h
>> tml
>> 
>> http://www.dinosaursandrobots.com/2008/11/mutoscope-voice-o-graph-coin-ope
>> rated.html
>> 
>> http://wcardoneproductions.com/blog/2013/the-voice-o-graph-recording-booth
>> s-of-the-1940s/
>> 
>> http://www.dhrecordings.com/dhr_malls.html
>> 
>> http://www.skooldays.com/categories/arcade/ag1271.htm
>> 
>> etc., etc.
>> 
>>> On 17/09/2014, Lorna Fulton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Hi, I'm new to this list, so forgive me if this question has been
>>> answered
>>> before!
>>> I'm based in the UK and doing a project recording contemporary
>>> musicians on
>>> a 78 presto lathe- one mic, one take, one cut. We're then building this
>>> into
>>> a contemporary archive. The majority of the musicians are those who play
>>> traditionally inspired music (recently recorded Sheesham & Lotus & son
>>> (Toronto) and the lost brothers (Ireland)).
>>> We're looking to further develop the project by building a traditional
>>> recording booth- of the voice o graph type- the ones which used to be
>>> around
>>> in the 40s-60s, which would then travel around cities, placed where the
>>> old
>>> recording booths used to be, where the public could record a record, and
>>> there would be a range of performances from musicians we have worked
>>> with.
>>> 
>>> I've already been in touch with the British Library and the British
>>> Sound
>>> Archive looking for any archival/historical information on these
>>> recording
>>> booths, but they have been unable to find anything, so referred me to
>>> this
>>> list. I know Jack White has a voice o graph in his studio, but aside
>>> from
>>> that, am finding it very hard to find out anything about their history-
>>> if
>>> anyone could help, that would be brilliant!
>>> Thank you!
>>> Lorna Fulton
>>> e: [log in to unmask]
>>> t: + 44 (0) 7771 692971