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From: Don Cox <[log in to unmask]> > According to the booklet with the "Secret Broadcasts" set, the sources > were mostly original 16 inch V-discs pressed on vinyl (which would give a quiet > surface), with some tape copies from V-discs. Ted Kendall made the transfers. There never were any 16-inch V-discs. They were meant to be played by the soldiers themselves on regular phonographs, so the were all 12-inches. Did you mean Armed Forces Radio Service discs which were meant ONLY for broadcasters and thus were mainly 16-inches. These two entirely different categories of recordings should not be confused. I do think that some 16-inch lacquer masters were also involved, if not for the Victor issue, for the issues prior to the Victor CDs. I've never understood what was so "secret" about these well-known broadcasts. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > But there are also very good transfers of pre-war material from metal > parts done by Doug Pomeroy, in the "Centennial" and "Platinum Glenn > Miller" CDs. It is shellac pressings that give the typical high noise. > Regards Don Cox [log in to unmask] -------- Original Message -------- On 06/06/2012, DAVID BURNHAM wrote: > Nope, that's not it entirely; the most awesome sounding set, "The > Secret Broadcasts", were studio recordings made between March and June > of 1944. A mystery, though, is that these recordings are described as > "orginal tapes" which were lost for over 50 years. I didn't think tape > was being used yet, at least not in the allied countries, until after > the war. But there is no sonic evidence of a disc surface so who > knows. >