Rare Austral Duplex Raltons Havana Band Sob Sister Sadi
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Description
Austral Duplex 8 inch 78 disc
Ralton’s Havana Band Melbourne C1925
Australia’s first locally recorded discs were pre-electric"Austral Duplex" issues, cut in the latter half of 1925 at Noel Pemberton-Billing’s World Record Company (Wocord) studio, in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. "Austral Duplex" records were eight inches in diameter, 78 rpm, and had a thin black shellac laminate surface on a cardboard backing, most are now in an advanced state of deterioration. The "Austral Duplex" discs were very finely grooved (even more finely than the later "Broadcast" eight inch discs), permitting almost four minutes of program to be accommodated on each side. Unfortunately the old steel needle pickups would rip holes in the thin shellac surfaces to expose the cardboard beneath. Most of these discs were pressed wildly off-centre, so that they "wow" badly at each revolution, and they were recorded at widely variant speeds, from 65 to 90 rpm!
CAT.NO.
Side 1: d14 NO.11 I want to be happy.
Side 2: d21 NO.26 Sob sister Sadie. Hot side and one of the best you will hear on these Austral discs.
Condition:
Record: About an E or better. Has a couple of what looks like pit or pressing marks on Side 2. Both sides Play very well.
Do not pay please wait to be invoiced - with thanks.
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