Selma Kurz sings Der Vogel im Walde on Gramophone Concert Record

[staticmunk7777]

oooooo nice n scratchy i likes it scratchy

[limon276]

It's a pity that perfomances like this have been recorded with such primitive technologies. In other hand, the acoustic wax cutter traced an uncommon lead-out for those years. I guess that the cutter operator lifted a lever as soon ended the session quickly for tracing the lead-out.

I want to know if, in those years, the recording companies sold the stampers to the licensee for pressing or they cutted a new wax by acoustic transfer from a finished disc.

[VictrolaCredenza]

Thank you very much for your comments.

I assume this leadout is quite usual for late German acoustic and early electric records, using compass to draw hemisphere groove between final groove and deadend circle. You can observe phonograph reproducer tracing this groove e.g. at following you tube channel

Ivogün sings "Der Hölle Rache" Odeon

at mabuo16.

This is also my posting id.

[limon276]

Thanks for your valuable info. I'm surprised for the using of a compass to draw lead-out curve. You're right, because only a few German acoustic recordings I've seen this strange curve. In German Sarasate discs I've seen a double lead-out.

I just saw that video. Interesting. Hopefully if we could see a video of a acoustic cutter lathe working.

[VictrolaCredenza]

I assume British Gramophone took galvanic copy from German original, thus this typical German hemisphere leadout is existant to British pressing. I have also posted a Phonograph playback of German pressing (much poor) of same record. Please copy below and search on youtube.

Selma Kurz singt "Der Vogel im Walde"

[meltzerboy]

Kurz' 25-second trill is quite a feat! This is a classic performance, which she recorded at least twice.