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One thing I did forget to mention - both sides of the disc play inside-out with a rather generous empty area around the label. On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 7:07 AM Tim Gillett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Randy, On rereading your post, I can see you have already told us you > transferred it at 32 > RPM. Apologies, my error. Will listen to it on that basis. > > Tim Gillett > > Perth, > Western Australia > > From: "Randy A. Riddle" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 10:39 AM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] An Odd Radio Transcription > > > > In a few weeks on my blog, I'm going to be posting a rather odd > > transcription disc I ran into a few months ago. > > > > At least I think it's a transcription disc. > > > > It's a ten inch laminated Columbia pressing from Sollie & MacGregor. > > It's "Coleman Cox", program 11 on one side and program 12 on the > > other. The matrix numbers are MS-1311 and 1312. The matrix also > > includes the show title and number and the notations "Time 4:50" and > > "Time 4:51". > > > > Cox was an author from California who published some books in the > > 1920s. I found him in some radio listings from the NY Times and the > > LA Times from around 1935 where he's described as a "Philosopher". > > The shows are odd, in that early to mid-30s kind of way, with Cox just > > saying some kind of pithy proverbs with a bell sounding after each > > one. The theme song of the show is "Jingle Bells", oddly enough. > > Each show runs about five minutes with a proper intro and outro. > > > > Sounds normal for a 30's transcription so far, right? > > > > Well, here's the weird part - the disc runs at about 32 rpm. If you > > play it at 33 1/3, it sounds like Mickey Mouse and obviously isn't the > > right speed. I manually adjusted the speed when I transferred the > > disc so it sounded right and checked the actual speed with the RPM app > > on my iPhone. > > > > Anyone hear of an odd speed being used on purpose like this in the 30s > > for transcriptions? Was this some kind of production/mastering error? > > > > If this was intentional, perhaps to save on syndicating a five minute > > show on a ten inch rather than twelve-inch disc, I can't see an odd > > speed disc like this going over well with station engineers. > > > > When I first got the disc and previewed it, noticing I had to really > > dial down the speed, I thought it might have been mastered at the > > British Talking Book speed used about that time, but that was 24 rpm, > > which is much slower than what we have here. > > > > Any ideas on this oddity? I've owned a lot of transcriptions over > > various time periods and never run into an off-speed disc like this. > > > > Here's a link to label scans and mp3s of the content if you want to > > puzzle over it for a bit. > > > > https://duke.box.com/s/ioohdj1uiqifk8yfagshphqzesu1o0qy > > > > Thanks! > > > > Randy > > > > -- > > > > Randy A. Riddle > > Mebane, NC > > Cool Cat Daddy Productions > > www.coolcatdaddy.com > > [log in to unmask] > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- Randy A. Riddle Mebane, NC www.coolcatdaddy.com [log in to unmask]