From LeeHazen at aol.com  Mon May  1 10:13:29 2006
From: LeeHazen at aol.com (LeeHazen@aol.com)
Date: Mon May  1 10:16:20 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Voice Of Music
Message-ID: <3a9.2350bd1.31877189@aol.com>

Do a google search for VM corporation / Voice of Music Corporation.

There is a dedicated web site for VM on the net.

Lee Hazen
From dfischer at usol.com  Wed May  3 15:34:06 2006
From: dfischer at usol.com (W8DBF D.B. Fischer)
Date: Wed May  3 15:37:38 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Singers/Quartet
Message-ID: <02ff01c66ee8$9f6a4e10$55ec1240@hpdc5100mt>



Hi All,

Perhaps one of you know the answer to this RCA Nashville puzzle.

I have heard the Anita Kerr Singers also called the Anita Kerr Quartet. 
Granted, there were two females and two males, all singers, four makes a 
quartet when doing four part harmony. Now did she have two groups or is this 
the same group with a different title?

When Al Hirt recorded his first of four albums in Nashville, "Honey In The 
Horn", the Anita Kerr Quartet did the background vocals. On the song 
"Talkin' Bout That River", there is definitely a bass singer. He may be 
Black, nice voice, hits some low notes. Normally there is a Baritone who 
drops down and hits a few bass baritone notes once in a while, but he is 
obviously not a Bass. This guy was!

Did Anita Kerr change singers for certain musical venues? (Which would be 
hard as heck to do and maintain a tight harmony as was her style!) Or was 
there a second group?

This came to mind yesterday as I remastered two Anita Kerr Singers albums 
from vinyl to CD for a list subscriber, Robert Nickels, W9RAN. The song 
"Talkin' Bout That River" was on one of these albums, but there was no Bass 
singing with her. It sounded far better with the bass she had on the Al Hirt 
album!

Thanks!

Duane W8DBF
 

From dfischer at usol.com  Sun May 14 21:00:34 2006
From: dfischer at usol.com (W8DBF D.B. Fischer)
Date: Sun May 14 21:04:45 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Going To Dayton? Pickup Gear Here In Flint!
Message-ID: <00b201c677ba$fabf20d0$c4ec1240@hpdc5100mt>



Hi All,

If you are going to the Dayton Hamvention and are interested in a beautiful 
Revox B-77 studio quality 1982 $1,200+ reel to reel two track stereo tape 
deck, uses either 7 or 10 inch reels, contact me! Pick up ONLY in Flint, MI!

Also a pair of three-way Fisher speakers about 40 inches high -

Teac A-5500 reel to reel deck professionally refurbished with internal 
Dolby -

1970 Sony TA-1144 solid state integrated stereo amplifier -

DBX model SW-15 sub-woofer, 15 inch speaker, beautiful medium Oak cabinet 
18X18X23H, 48 pounds -

Contact me for details and directions. Thanks!

Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer@usol.com
Flint, Michigan

From dfischer at usol.com  Tue May 23 19:01:52 2006
From: dfischer at usol.com (W8DBF D.B. Fischer)
Date: Tue May 23 19:07:05 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Question
Message-ID: <05fe01c67ebc$e9e02490$daec1240@hpdc5100mt>



Hi All,

Maybe our "Man In Nashville", Lee Hazen, knows the anser, then again, maybe 
others on this well versed list do too! I should distinguish that Chet 
Atkins did have an album titled "Our Man In Nashville", my reference was not 
about his album.

The Anita Kerr Singers? The Anita Kerr Quartet? Different groups with Anita 
Kerr heading them up or the same group by another name?

The 1963 recording by Al Hirt "Honey In The Horn" done at the famous RCA 
Studio B There is a bass singer singing with the Anita Kerr group, normally 
there is not. One of the two guys, drops down and sings a bass baritone, but 
in no way is singing a true bass.

It is this change to a 'true' quartet style that is responsible for the 
group's name change?

So I ask you, is this the same group with the same name with a substitution 
of the baritone for a bass? Or?


Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer@usol.com
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
Meet The Man BEFORE He Became A Legend!
Rare Audio & Video Available Now! See Photos - Get Details - Order Yours
http://homepage.mac.com/jthayer13/W9WZE/

From w9ran at oneradio.net  Wed May 24 00:22:12 2006
From: w9ran at oneradio.net (Robert Nickels)
Date: Wed May 24 00:27:33 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Question
In-Reply-To: <05fe01c67ebc$e9e02490$daec1240@hpdc5100mt>
References: <05fe01c67ebc$e9e02490$daec1240@hpdc5100mt>
Message-ID: <4473DF74.2000705@oneradio.net>

W8DBF D.B. Fischer wrote:

> The Anita Kerr Singers? The Anita Kerr Quartet? Different groups with 
> Anita Kerr heading them up or the same group by another name?

Hi Duane,

I did a little digging for reasons known to you - and found that the 
original Anita Kerr group was 5 voices, back in 1949 when she first went 
to Nashville and sang backup for Ernest Tubb, Red Foley and Eddy Arnold 
among others.   Then Jim Reeves hired her group for his WSM radio show 
and that led to an appearance on Arthur Godfreys "Talent Scouts" (that's 
K4LIB for us hams!) The group became synonymous with the "Countrypolitan 
  sound" that put Nashville on the musical map.

According to http://www.spaceagepop.com/kerr.htm  the Kerr Singers and 
the Jordanaires played on 1/3 of the records produced in Nashville and 
she not only became good friends with Chet Atkins (aka W4CGP "Certified 
Guitar Player") but also lived just across the street from him!

And to answer your question, by then, Kerr's quartet had come to consist 
of herself as soprano, Dottie Dillard (alto), Louis Nunn (baritone), and 
Gil Wright (tenor).  But the quartet also recorded under other names - 
as the Little Dippers they hit the top 40 with "Forever", and as "Anita 
and the So and Sos" - "Joey Baby".   And they were part of the Living 
Voices recordings on RCA's budget label, Camden.  She later reformed the 
Anita Kerr Singers at Warner Brothers, adding more voices, and recorded 
with Rod McEuen's very popular poetry albums as the "San Sebastian 
Strings".

The one common factor Duane, is the very talented triple-threat Anita 
Kerr - producer, arranger, and performer!

73, Bob W9RAN



From LeeHazen at aol.com  Wed May 24 09:18:53 2006
From: LeeHazen at aol.com (LeeHazen@aol.com)
Date: Wed May 24 09:24:06 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Question
Message-ID: <44d.18e9029.31a5b73d@aol.com>

In a message dated 5/23/06 6:02:10 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dfischer@usol.com writes:

<< It is this change to a 'true' quartet style that is responsible for the 
 group's name change?
 
 So I ask you, is this the same group with the same name with a substitution 
 of the baritone for a bass? Or? >>

I can't answer this accurately as I did not work with Anita Kerr very many 
times.
I think that she moved on to LA not long after I entered the Nashville Scene 
in
March, l968.

As far as there being different types of groups: Nashville Musicians and 
Singers
are very versitile and often people would be added or substituted to 
accomplish
the mission.  Guys like Charlie McCoy - he's known for his terrific harmonica
playing, but he's also a great guitar and bass player.  He was often hired as 
a
"utility man" and would play whatever was needed for a particular song.  
Harold
Bradley was a wonderful guitarist who had many albums on the market, but often
he played 6 string bass guitar on sessions.

Chet Atkins was known to play on sessions for others in addition to playing on
his own albums.  I worked with him on a Dan Fogelburg album in l973.  It was 
a Columbia Records project and he was a RCA artist.

The Nashville musicians and players are the most versitile on the planet.  We 
have
second generation players on the "A" team now as the tradition continues.  
Ditto
with engineers and producers.  It's like a big family here.  We had an 
"Oldtimers
Group" comprised of people involved in the production of music in Nashville 
prior to
1980.  Charlie McCoy was our chairman.  I was honored to be included.  Bobby
Thompson, guitarist and banjo player came up with the idea and we had  around
8 reunions over time.  I think that Bobby has passed on which may be why there
have been no more reunions. Bobby worked on the England Dan and John Ford
Coley albums which were produced here at Studio by the Pond.  Larrie London,
also deceased, played drums on those projects here.

I hate to say it, but we are losing members of our family fairly often.  We 
just
lost Billy Walker over the weekend.  He was a well known Country recording
artist.  I met him at NHC Nursing home in Hendersonville when he visited with
my Mother who was living there l992-94 until she died.  He was the nicest 
person
on the planet and gave his time freely in order to visit with others.  He, 
his wife,
his guitarist and his bass player were all killed when his Van crashed en 
route to
Nashville after playing a gig in Alabama last weekend.  His grandson survived
the crash but is in critical condition in a Hospital in Alabama.  Billy lived 
right
here in Hendersonville as do so many people in the music business.

Yesterday I launched my pontoon boat "Serenity NOW!" and cut the yard.
Temp is rising into the 80's today and it is "severe clear" outside.  YEAH !

So, there could have been an Anita Kerr Quartet if one was needed..  Perhaps
there was an Anita Kerr Choir as well - - -

Lee Hazen
From LeeHazen at aol.com  Wed May 24 09:33:57 2006
From: LeeHazen at aol.com (LeeHazen@aol.com)
Date: Wed May 24 09:39:17 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Question
Message-ID: <38c.3bcb506.31a5bac5@aol.com>

In a message dated 5/23/06 11:22:41 PM Central Daylight Time, 
w9ran@oneradio.net writes:

<< The one common factor Duane, is the very talented triple-threat Anita 
 Kerr - producer, arranger, and performer!
 
 73, Bob W9RAN >>

Thanks for the information.  I learned a lot from your post !

Lee Hazen KIR 1544  (cb)
From dfischer at usol.com  Wed May 24 16:12:17 2006
From: dfischer at usol.com (W8DBF D.B. Fischer)
Date: Wed May 24 16:17:50 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Question
References: <05fe01c67ebc$e9e02490$daec1240@hpdc5100mt>
	<4473DF74.2000705@oneradio.net>
Message-ID: <006d01c67f6e$69754120$c2ec1240@hpdc5100mt>

Hi Robert (and All!),

Thank you very much for taking some of your time to sift through the layers 
of historical sediment and discover the glittering golden nuggets of musical 
lore that evoke warm and vivid memories and moments of sentiment in each of 
our lives in ways peculiar to each. Often times an empire, or in this case a 
musical dynasty, is built by people who's names we shall never know because 
one person had a dream, an idea, a desire that the waters of discouragement 
could not put out, the powers that prevail could not control and the trends 
of that time could not redirect. What happened at the RCA Studio B in all 
probability could never happen again, as it was an incredible collection of 
unique people, all with immense talents, producers with brilliant 
imaginations and clear visions of tomorrow, musicians that were all super 
stars in their own right, vocalists who were capable of singing anything and 
doing it well, engineers who had a natural gift for just knowing what 
ingrediants to mix and in what amounts and precisely when to add them and 
perhaps the most important component of all, everyone there simply blended 
together naturally and fluidly and created a sound and style that I do not 
believe can ever be equaled again.

As a professional Magician/Illusionist I can tell you that the person in the 
limelight is only as good as the people who work with them. Knowing I had a 
man handling my sound, that would fix what broke, get me through whatever 
electronic disasters might happen, left me free to focus all of my 
concentration on doing my program. My crew was totally devoted to me, as I 
was to them. This kind of devotion is rare and having all of it under the 
roof of RCA Studio B is almost beyond belief! That is, so much of it on 
every level! Musicians. Vocalists. Engineers. Producers. Writers. And they 
all just fit naturally together like they were born to it! Amazing.

Lee? Did you do the mix for the Anita Kerr albums in 1962 "From Nashville 
"Pop Hits"" and "The Vocal Stylings Of The Genius In Harmony", a tribute to 
Ray Charles?

I had never heard, did not know they existed, words to Floyd Cramer's 
instrumental hit of 1961? "Last Date". The Anita Kerr Singers did a great 
job with them, but that song will always be just an instrumental to me after 
hearing it wordless for forty-five years!


Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer@usol.com
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
Meet The Man BEFORE He Became A Legend!
Rare Audio & Video Available Now! See Photos - Get Details - Order Yours
http://homepage.mac.com/jthayer13/W9WZE/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <w9ran@oneradio.net>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Question


> W8DBF D.B. Fischer wrote:
>
>> The Anita Kerr Singers? The Anita Kerr Quartet? Different groups with 
>> Anita Kerr heading them up or the same group by another name?
>
> Hi Duane,
>
> I did a little digging for reasons known to you - and found that the 
> original Anita Kerr group was 5 voices, back in 1949 when she first went 
> to Nashville and sang backup for Ernest Tubb, Red Foley and Eddy Arnold 
> among others.   Then Jim Reeves hired her group for his WSM radio show and 
> that led to an appearance on Arthur Godfreys "Talent Scouts" (that's K4LIB 
> for us hams!) The group became synonymous with the "Countrypolitan sound" 
> that put Nashville on the musical map.
>
> According to http://www.spaceagepop.com/kerr.htm  the Kerr Singers and the 
> Jordanaires played on 1/3 of the records produced in Nashville and she not 
> only became good friends with Chet Atkins (aka W4CGP "Certified Guitar 
> Player") but also lived just across the street from him!
>
> And to answer your question, by then, Kerr's quartet had come to consist 
> of herself as soprano, Dottie Dillard (alto), Louis Nunn (baritone), and 
> Gil Wright (tenor).  But the quartet also recorded under other names - as 
> the Little Dippers they hit the top 40 with "Forever", and as "Anita and 
> the So and Sos" - "Joey Baby".   And they were part of the Living Voices 
> recordings on RCA's budget label, Camden.  She later reformed the Anita 
> Kerr Singers at Warner Brothers, adding more voices, and recorded with Rod 
> McEuen's very popular poetry albums as the "San Sebastian Strings".
>
> The one common factor Duane, is the very talented triple-threat Anita 
> Kerr - producer, arranger, and performer!
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/vintage-audio
> List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> ** For Assistance: dfischer@usol.com **
>
>
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From LeeHazen at aol.com  Wed May 24 18:07:30 2006
From: LeeHazen at aol.com (LeeHazen@aol.com)
Date: Wed May 24 18:12:52 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Anita Kerr Question
Message-ID: <492.9dca70.31a63322@aol.com>

In a message dated 5/24/06 3:13:17 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dfischer@usol.com writes:

<< Lee? Did you do the mix for the Anita Kerr albums in 1962 "From Nashville 
 "Pop Hits"" and "The Vocal Stylings Of The Genius In Harmony", a tribute to 
 Ray Charles? >>

boy, I wish I had.  I was fresh off active duty in the USN at that time and 
had
just started playing bass in clubs on the weekends.  A few days a week I 
worked
as a staff musician for the National Songwriter's Guild - a mail order demo 
service.  On occasions, I also sang demos for $2.50 a song, guitar and bass 
brought me $2.00 per part per song.  It was a living - -  during that time I 
was
slowly building up a stash of recording gear and I built my own stereo mike
mixer similar to the Ampex MX 10 mixer. I started recording local groups in 
clubs in
l963 and in my kitchen studio in l964.  Nashville was still a distant dream 
which
didn't happen for me until l968.  Now, 38 years later, I'm on the retired 
side of
that career.

Lee Hazen
From dfischer at usol.com  Thu May 25 15:39:24 2006
From: dfischer at usol.com (W8DBF D.B. Fischer)
Date: Thu May 25 15:44:49 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re 1906 Recording, Any Value?
Message-ID: <019e01c68032$f4bcc590$2bec1240@hpdc5100mt>



Hi All,

You may recall that I discovered an original recording done in 1906 by the 
Marconi Company owned by Guglielmo Marconi. The artist is playing a banjo 
and it is an instrumental solo of an Irish ballad. The album jacket is 
looking somewhat the worse for the wear, but the actual record appears to be 
in good condition.

I am curious as to whether or not this truly vintage album would have any 
value, if so, any guesses as to ho wmuch?

I do know that Thomas A. Edison 'borrowed' the technology in 1912 and used 
it on his recordings for the Edison Reproducer. How true, I do not know.

Is this 1906 record collectable, a piece of important history or just a nice 
conversation piece?

Thanks.





Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer@usol.com
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
Meet The Man BEFORE He Became A Legend!
Rare Audio & Video Available Now! See Photos - Get Details - Order Yours
http://homepage.mac.com/jthayer13/W9WZE/

From LeeHazen at aol.com  Thu May 25 16:30:07 2006
From: LeeHazen at aol.com (LeeHazen@aol.com)
Date: Thu May 25 16:35:35 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re 1906 Recording, Any Value?
Message-ID: <37b.31027a6.31a76dcf@aol.com>

In a message dated 5/25/06 2:43:10 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dfischer@usol.com writes:

<< Is this 1906 record collectable, a piece of important history or just a 
nice 
 conversation piece? >>

 I should think it is all of the above.  It's 100 years old !

I'll post your email on the Ampex list and see if anyone is interested in 
discussing
it.  I'll have responders contact you directly.

Lee Hazen

From dfischer at usol.com  Thu May 25 17:07:41 2006
From: dfischer at usol.com (W8DBF D.B. Fischer)
Date: Thu May 25 17:13:14 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re 1906 Recording, Any Value?
References: <37b.31027a6.31a76dcf@aol.com>
Message-ID: <020501c6803f$4cf04eb0$2bec1240@hpdc5100mt>

Hi Lee,

While you are posting, I have a beautiful, fully professionally refurbished, 
Rebox B-77 I am trying to find a new home for. I have a pair of new Revox 
hubs for the ten inch reels, the original aluminum ten inch take up reel and 
the tape splicer assembly is still on the tape deck! (most are removed and 
sold separately, as are the hubs!) I have the manuals also.

Nothing wrong with her Lee. Looks great, plays perfect will outlast most 
owners!

Because the B-77 did not have internal Dolby, some owneres may be interested 
in my like new Teac AN-180 external Dolby and Equalization unit. It will add 
the Dolby of your choice to recording tape and also allow you to play back 
all recordings having been recorded with Dolby. It sold new in 1974 for 
$350, a tidy sum at that time! I also have the extremely rare calibration 
tape Lee! It is probably worth triple what the AN-180 is! (LOL!) I even have 
a manual. Looks new, works perfectly and really does improve audio 
measureably! Looks impressive too, all sorts of meters, lights, switches, 
knobs etc.




Duane Fischer, W8DBF
dfischer@usol.com
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
Meet The Man BEFORE He Became A Legend!
Rare Audio & Video Available Now! See Photos - Get Details - Order Yours
http://homepage.mac.com/jthayer13/W9WZE/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LeeHazen@aol.com>
To: <vintage-audio@mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <LeeHazen@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re 1906 Recording, Any Value?


> In a message dated 5/25/06 2:43:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
> dfischer@usol.com writes:
>
> << Is this 1906 record collectable, a piece of important history or just a
> nice
> conversation piece? >>
>
> I should think it is all of the above.  It's 100 years old !
>
> I'll post your email on the Ampex list and see if anyone is interested in
> discussing
> it.  I'll have responders contact you directly.
>
> Lee Hazen
>
> _______________________________________________
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/vintage-audio
> List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> ** For Assistance: dfischer@usol.com **
>
>
>
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> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
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> 

From JEb45ACP at aol.com  Tue May 30 22:51:15 2006
From: JEb45ACP at aol.com (JEb45ACP@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jun  3 09:26:40 2006
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Marconi 
Message-ID: <3c2.2fcda6e.31ae5ea3@aol.com>

Regarding your post on the Ampex list : I am a collector of antique 
phonographic esoterica and a professional audio engineer . In order to answer your 
questions about the subject record I need to know more about it . 

1) The label name 

2) artist name , selection name and record #s 

3) physical description : ie: 10" ,12" , other size ? cylinder ? 

Basically Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph in 1877 and 
commercial models were marketed from the 1880s onward . In no way 
was any design of Marconi's ever incorporated in the Edison reproducer or 
phonograph !

The design of Edison's cylinder and disc record reproducers are similar 
and although they went through evolution in design during their period of 
manufacture , they are all Edison's designs and were covered by his patents . 

As Marconi was not directly involved in the record business , and Marconi's 
contributions such as radio came later than 1906 this record appears to be an 
interesting anomaly . Can you take a digital snapshot of it ? 

I'm going to listen to some Edison records now , email me with more info 
about this record an I'll try and get some answers for you .  

BTW, your email neither accepts html or attachments , so I hope you get
this. It is my third try at communicating with you .

John Eberle
Americana CD Mastering 
1813 8th Ave South Suite A
Nashville , Tennessee 37203
615-297-5560
