It was recorded November 3, 1926. I doubt that it's electric. Dick RA Friedman <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> 03/19/2004 04:02 PM Please respond to Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: [ARSCLIST] Is this 1929 Harmony Recording Acoustic? (Harmony 308H) Recorded shortly before Henry Ford retracted his remarks in the Dearborn Independent.-"Yidisher Charleston" http://yiddishsong.org/html/rare_78_s.html If you have Real Audio, you can listen. Will work with as low as a 56K dial-up. I always thought this was an electric recording. RA Friedman, Archivist Freedman Jewish Music Archive University of Pennsylvania david diehl <[log in to unmask]> wrote: "Rob Bamberger" 03/17/2004 11:27 AM >I vaguely recall that you told me once that while Harmony remained acoustic for a time after the introduction of electrical recording, it did eventually get some sort of electrical system that was inferior, and that some of the Harmony's that I'd described as acoustic were actually crummy electrics... . Is this right? At what point did they get electrical equipment? Columbia was in receivership during 1924-5 as a result of the post-WW I recession and its own inept business practices. It needed to invest in the WE system to be competitive with Victor but it did have a sizable investment in acoustic equipment on the books. To satisfy the bean counters the budget label Harmony was trotted out. Cheap records for cheap players and no royalty to Western Electric. The! acoustic system had been tweaked for increased bass response and the records were very popular among younger consumers of dance hits. I've never seen any evidence that Columbia developed or adopted a homegrown system in 1930. Perhaps they negotiated a suspension of royalties for lower priced labels. David J. Diehl Library Director Texas State Technical College Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.