General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL DISK COVERED WITH SYNTHETIC MATERIAL; PAPER LABEL; PAPER SLEEVE; CARDBOARD PACKING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

25.5 cm

Height

1.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RECORDISC

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1940'S

Canada

HUGH LECAINE WAS A CANADIAN NUCLEAR PHYSICIST WHO WORKED AT NRC FROM 1940. HE HAD A PASSION FOR MUSIC & WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN CANADA. HE DEVELOPED THE 1ST ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH THE SACKBUT IN 1945. (REF.2). THIS IS PROBABLY THE 1ST RECORDING OF THAT INSTRUMENT.

Function

USED TO RECORD AND PLAYBACK AUDIO. ON THIS PARTICULAR DISK A RECORDING WAS MADE BY HUGH LECAINE OF STUART JENNESS PLAYING THE PIANO AND THE SACKBUT. THE SACKBUT WAS RECORDED 1ST AND THEN PLAYED BACK FOR JENNESS TO ACCOMPANY WITH THE PIANO; AND BOTH WERE RECORDED TO THE DISK.

Technical

DISK ITSELF IS AN EXAMPLE OF A 'HOME' PRODUCED RECORDING BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECT IS THAT IT CONTAINS POSSIBLY THE FIRST EVER (?) RECORDING OF AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT - HUGH LECAINE'S SACKBUT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL: [A] PRINTED: 'R [LOGO]/ STAR[?] RECORDING BLANKS/ THE RECORDISC CORP./ 395 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY/ PLAY/ INSIDE OUT/ PLAY/ OUTSIDE IN/ TITLE/ RECORDER/ FOR VICTORY/ DATE SPEED/ TYPE PROFESSIONAL COPYRIGHT 1942'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'Time/ SL. LAB. 3 [MIN] 32 [SEC]/ ESTR. 2 [MIN] 27 [SEC]/ SLEEPY LAGOON ESTRELITA/ STUART JENNESS PIANO/ &/ SACKBUT/ 25/7/46/ 78'/ [B] PRINTED: 'SAME AS ABOVE]/ HANDWRITTEN: '5 Min 8 Sec/ STARDUST- PIANO S[?]/ STU JENNESS/ 25/7/46/ 78'/ STICKERS ON SLEEVE: 'STUART E JENNESS/ 9-2051 JASMINE CRESCENT/ GLOUCESTER ONT/ K1J 7W2/ 744-1383'/ 'Concord Radio Corp./ Chicago/ 11984'

Missing

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Finish

DISK- BLACK; LABEL- WHITE WITH GREEN & BLACK PRINTING/ BEIGE SLEEVE

Decoration

N/A