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For the record...I reviewed the book in the ARSC Journal in 2005. It was full of errors then, too. Sam Brylawski On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 5:43 PM George Brock-Nannestad < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad > > Hello, > > what a mess! It is high time that somebody knowledgeable after 13½ years > finally looks inside the book. However, the fact that Stephanie Bonjack's > article was published does cause reason for worry about the quality of the > "peer review" of the ARSC Journal. They ought to have caught her sweeping > statement about the respective diameters of LPs and 78s. But was the book > reviewed in the ARSC Journal when it appeared? > > If the book does not have a reference to H. Courtney Bryson, "The > Gramophone Record", Ernest Benn Ltd., London 1935, then in my view it must > be worthless as a secondary source. > > I like your review: however, the reference to "pumice" is in itself > misinformation. The mineral content of a shellac 78 rpm record is about 80 > percent, however it is rottenstone, barytes or synthetic barytes, finely > ground. > > The Columbia laminated record did have finer grit for the surface layer on > paper than the solid mass of the other 78s, and hence the background noise > is closer to a hiss than the noise from solid records, which tends to have > impulses superimposed. > > I thought I had the book, but not yet opened. I do not, and I do not > intend to pay for it. > > With such a confusion, there is certainly room for a book that does it > right. > > Best wishes, > > > George > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto: > > > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ron Roscoe > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2019 12:20 PM > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ARSCLIST] Book Review: "Sound Recording" by David > L. > > > Morton Jr. > > > > > > Folks; > > > > > > > > > > > > I started reading Stephanie Bonjack's article "The Importance of LPs > in a > > > Digital World" in the Fall 2018 ARSC Journal and when I got to the end > of > > > the > > > second paragraph and read that "the LP with its larger diameter" [than > > the > > > 78] > > > and also "the 78 which could only hold up to four minutes per side", I > > > wondered > > > where she got this incorrect information. The Endnote cited David L. > > > Morton's > > > book "Sound Recording, The Life Story of a Technology". > > > > > > > > > > > > Folks, this book is full of errors! The 78 records were issued > primarily > > > in > > > both 10" and 12" diameters, just like LP's are/were! LPs did not come > > in a > > > larger diameter. And, I believe the 12" 78 could hold 4.5 minutes per > > > side. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have written a review of the first ~100 pages of this book on Amazon, > > > you can > > > read it here: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/review/R33PN2EA7AQX1W/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_ > > > rv0_rv > > > < > > > https://www.amazon.com/review/R33PN2EA7AQX1W/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The 9 major errors I found in the first 100 pages were enough to > convince > > > me not > > > to read further. > > > > > > > > > > > > It's really a shame that such a promising book is so full of incorrect > > > information. I hope the author can issue a second edition with more > > > attention > > > to these problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Byron [Ron] Roscoe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >