Mr. Diehl,
What is the compositional makeup of post war grunge?  I'm pretty familiar
with what Carnegie did with the RCA Z recordings, but I've never seen
anybody breakdown what was being watered down and/or what was being added
or subtracted.
The RCA exec R. Peter Munves once told me that Columbia was not so good,
and then it was good, then it was not so good and RCA was better here than
there, but I have never gotten any more than that.  I can see and feel the
difference between Columbia gold band and grey, I can hear differences in
HMV pressings and Columbia made in France, I am just at a dead end in any
bookish comprehensive resolve.
GW

On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 21:45, David Diehl <
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> The Haven sessions were re-released on Chronological Classics 1253. They
> sound pretty clean to me, maybe dubs of test pressings but not typical
> post-war 78 grunge.
>
>  David Diehl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mickey Clark <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tue, Nov 29, 2022 7:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] acetate and vinylite
>
> Hi Guy - I think it would be worth your while to try a transfer with a
> VRII
> cartridge. Some records that sound terrible with a stereo cartridge can
> sound flawless with a true mono cart-Mickey Clark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Railroads On Parade
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 2:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] acetate and vinylite
>
> After searching around for a good sounding Bill De Arango/Ben Webster 78
> Mr.Brim and Dark Corners it occurred to me that after listening to one on
> youtube as rough sounding as mine, and the only transcription I have been
> able to find, a better transcription might not exist.  I don't see the
> recordings were ever transferred (please prove me wrong) but what also came
> to mind is, the different formulas (I assume) of acetates, shellacs and
> vinylite and any documentation of what they were and who used them and
> when?
> My copy and the one on youtube both appear to the eye as new, but sound as
> if they are not.  It simply comes to mind that maybe the mix of the stuff
> used to press the disc was inferior?
> Guy Walker
>