A disc containing rehearsals for Tony Martin's 78rpm RCA Victor recording of "Hooray For Love"
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This is a fun 78rpm record, but not as fun as the rehearsal.
This is an instantaneous recording containing Tony Martin with Earle Hagen and his Orchestra rehearsing before recording Victor 20-2690 - Hooray For Love, released on 78rpm disc in 1948.
This is some fun insight into the recording process and a peek behind the doors of the recording studios at RCA Victor in the late 40's. There are comments about tempo, dynamics, lyrics, the length of the song, and even a brief interlude involving Martin humming a tune for which he doesn't know the title. Slightly tense at times, overall, it's a fun disc.
Well, I like Tony Martin so I thank you for this.
I am an old time radio fan and have several "instantaneous disks". They contained old time radio programs. They were supposed to be sent back after played and re-used. I can still play a couple of them, but don't dare. I have a Techniques SP-25 turntable that can accurately play and track 16" disks. Many years ago I played my disks, digitized them, and shared them within the old time radio community. Great Video!
Tony Martin was featured on WFMU's "Incorrect Music" show because of his version of "The Age of Aquarius", in which he mispronounces "aquarius" throughout the song, and yet that somehow made it into the final take. I guess he liked to have fun with language like that.
I am a big fan of WFMU radio! Especially my kindred spirit The Old Codger.
Whoever was nominally running the session on behalf of RCA Victor, it's pretty clear Tony Martin was in charge!
I've a letter from our old friend Beverly Sills, where she is referring to her most recent project, the Victor Herbert album, where she writes: "The acetates came in today. I've just listened to them, and believe me, that record is a PIP!"
very interesting!
As a young collector, I somehow got to calling these 'acetates'. That's on me for not researching them properly! Thank you for correcting me this early. I enjoy finding these in the wild, and I have some interesting ones. It seems that every so often, some resale shop gets some in, and I pick them up just for a lark.
Hello! To be fair, that was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, however if you say "acetates", someone will immediately jump in and make the correction, so I thought it would be best to pass that along : )
Like you, I try and pick them up when I find them. There will be more videos on instantaneous material in the future, mostly because I have a lot of it. )
"Acetate" is what people called them for decades. It was a misnomer, but professionals did call them that.
I just picked up two instantaneous discs a couple of days ago. One of them is already peeling and you can see the metal but not where the sound is apparently recorded. Can someone put me in touch with an archivist that can assist me in transferring and identifying what these are? Thank you.
Just sold an instantaneous reference for an obscure rockabilly band. Aluminum base. Now I'm more educated because I thought it was an acetate.
If that rehearsal disc isn't 78rpm what speed was it cut at?
33-1/3. Most people couldn't play records at that speed (before the LP was introduced in 1948) but radio and movies had been using 33-1/3 since the twenties.
@@robertwayne3561 thank you. This channel always fascinates me.
I still hear many professionals refer to them as “acetates” - I don’t take offense to it, as it’s just something that’s entered the common parlance over the decades. Much like people using “wax” to refer to a vinyl record. Or dropping the “needle” on a record when in LP/45 world it would more correct to refer to it as a stylus… not everything has to be the clinical/unsexy terminology. It’s all fine by me… as long as they don’t say “vinyls”!