Hi Greg,Thanks for the info... it is a vinyl record with handwritten entries on a printed Capitol label that appears to be made for these type of recordings. If it is, in fact a test pressing, do these records have any particular value or is it just an oddity? I have had some of the aluminum based reference recordings before - they seemed to be similar to the type that you recorded yourself. I am just not very familiar with the test pressings and couldn't find anything about them.Curt
> From: gbogan...@charter.net > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:49:02 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Capitol Master recording question... > > If the record is vinyl (Gisele MacKensie recorded mostly in the postwar > era), with an unusual handwritten label it is probably a test pressing. The > word "master" probably referred to the master tape number(s). If the record > is a nitrocellulose "lacquer" (thin plastic coatings on an aluminum > substrate), it was probably a "reference recording". These were test cuts > made on lacquer and submitted for approval by the A&R department before the > pairing and final sound was released for commercial production. Cutting > reference lacquers was standard procedure at most of the major record > labels. They were especially common in later days when post-production > "mastering" (meaning EQ tweaking and level setting) was routinely done after > the "final" master tape mix was OKd by the producer. Which means the sound > of the disc was routinely modified from the "final" mix and needed to be > re-approved by the producer. > > Greg Bogantz > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vinyl Visions" <vinyl.visi...@live.com> > To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 8:38 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] Capitol Master recording question... > > > > > > I discovered a record that I am not sure about and wondered if anyone > > might enlighten me on it. It is a Capitol Master #7623-10 "Wishin" by > > Gisele MacKensie / Flip side is Master #9624 "Good Bye Sweetheart" by > > Gisele MacKensieAll of the numbers and titles are hand written. The label > > has a date of 1/52 on the bottom and a sticker with "M2111" written on > > it.This was apparently published in 1983, as I found a record with these > > titles and that date on Capitol, but I can't find any info on it as far as > > being a Master copy... any ideas???Curt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
