Post by coyote on Jul 9, 2009 12:34:02 GMT -5
This is a copy as I was offshooting from the "girl thingy Cat Rag" sound file thread.
The diamond disc of "girl thingy Cat Rag" arrived today. It's a clean copy that's visually in E condition, but it plays noisy all throughout, although it's loud and clear. Is the noise typical of etched label DDs from this early era, or were the noisy pressings limited to the World War I period?
Rocky
I've wondered the same thing. I'm going to copy this to a new thread if anyone is knowledgeable about particularly "noisy" etched label pressings. It's been documented that most of the 1917 ("B") pressings (letter and number below Edison's signature--NOT the matrix number) are particularly noisy, but are there other notably noisy matrix/pressing numbers?
By the way, my copy of this DD plays well and I don't think it's noisy, although it has a few bad grooves (probably a former owner trying to play it with a steel needle). My matrix is 3853-C-55 for this side and while the pressing date is B1, I think it sounds good, at least not compared to WWI discs and other "B" pressings I have. Maybe I should upload a sound file as "noisy" regarding DDs can be pretty subjective.
Also, I think the look of a DD can be deceptive--I have some pristine-looking paper label DDs in the 51000 series (in particular, 51658-Sleepy Time Gal and 51304-California, Here I Come) which "blast" or buzz and sound very harsh during certain sections/notes. I'm fairly sure this is the disc and not my reproducers, but don't have another copy of these to compare it to.
Rocky
I've wondered the same thing. I'm going to copy this to a new thread if anyone is knowledgeable about particularly "noisy" etched label pressings. It's been documented that most of the 1917 ("B") pressings (letter and number below Edison's signature--NOT the matrix number) are particularly noisy, but are there other notably noisy matrix/pressing numbers?
By the way, my copy of this DD plays well and I don't think it's noisy, although it has a few bad grooves (probably a former owner trying to play it with a steel needle). My matrix is 3853-C-55 for this side and while the pressing date is B1, I think it sounds good, at least not compared to WWI discs and other "B" pressings I have. Maybe I should upload a sound file as "noisy" regarding DDs can be pretty subjective.
Also, I think the look of a DD can be deceptive--I have some pristine-looking paper label DDs in the 51000 series (in particular, 51658-Sleepy Time Gal and 51304-California, Here I Come) which "blast" or buzz and sound very harsh during certain sections/notes. I'm fairly sure this is the disc and not my reproducers, but don't have another copy of these to compare it to.