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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Tomoko Yamamoto" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:10 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] Robert Johnson recording equipment query > Dear ARSCLIST, > > I'm doing research for a documentary about the blues musician Robert > Johnson, and we're trying to track down the recording equipment used for his > recording session in 1937 in Dallas, Texas. > > I've been browsing through the ARSCLIST archives, and I hope I'm not > committing a huge faux pas by jumping in with this question... > > I've been able to find out so far that the recording was done at the > American Record Company's warehouse in Dallas on 6/20/37. Also, I've read > that the recording equipment used 1-1.5 inches of hard beeswax, cut with a > diamond needle, and the master was kept under ice to keep it from melting. > > Is it possible to find out the exact kind of recording equipment that was > used for the session? And if so, does anyone happen to know where I can > track down one of these recording machines/devices? > > Thank you, and best regards, > > Ann Yamamoto > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/ >