RCA Victor Company Inc.: How to sell Victor Home Recording (1930)
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024
- Victor Bve 62695/6
spoken by Fred Erdman
rec. 29 July 1930, Camden, NJ
By around 1930, Victor introduced a home recording option with their electric disc/radio combination. These blanks, mostly just 7" in diameter were prepared with an empty groove, in which a special cutting needle would ride, leaving its dents in the empty groove. By simply reversing the signal output towards the electric pickup, audio could be recorded from either the radio or by a supplied handheld microphone.
In late 1930/early 1931, this record was given to dealers. It indirectly emphasizes the problems this home recording system had, which only provided very basic audio quality at reduced volume at best. Nevertheless it was an interesting gimmick but strictly not recommended to be sold as a main feature.
This is extremely interesting, thank you for sharing it! Basically they’re saying, “hey, we know it doesn’t work well. And also our customers are amateurs. Sell it to them anyway.”
When I played this record the first time, it was indeed a refreshing surprise of corporate honesty.
The guy sounds so exasperated at the beginning… “will you call them together right NOW PLEASE” lol I imagined him gripping his forehead as if he had a headache ahaha
This is really neat, it’s very interesting to see how we’ve come this far in technology. It’s like a little bit tutorial
It sounds great!!! It's very clear for sure.
Recorded on July 29, 1930. Fred Erdman is the speaker.
Thank you so much!
You're welcome! Erdman was a recording supervisor for Victor, and his voice was heard on various promotional recordings for them during this period.
@@fromthesidelines Awesome, I wasn't aware of that. I just edited the dates and added this to the description. Again, many thanks!
Again, you're welcome!
Not to mention, the Great Depression was starting to hit hard at the time; and buyers who could afford luxuries such as this were getting thin on the ground...
Good point!
Not only that, record sales fell considerably towards the end of 1932 (who needed to buy them when you had a *RADIO* to listen to "free" music whenever you wanted?). RCA Victor- and almost all the other major record labels- were on the verge of bankruptcy, and almost went out of business............
A highly interesting record & a part of 'gramophonic' & marketing history. Great condition too!
Wait, is Victor literally supposed to be pronounced as Vict-Tour?!
I think this owed to the person who read along the text, very much like announced cylinder record either will say "Edis'n rec'rd" or "Edis-son rec-cord".
I am surprised by the sound quality of the demo record. Not a crackle.
Thank you, I do some filtering/processing so this isn't just the raw output. Also, the proper EQ curve is quite crucial.
victor here!;.
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