Listen to Our Saxophone Quartet Recordings
As some of you know, my Dad Morrie was the techy guy in the Hollywood Saxophone Quartet. When they practiced at our house, he would sometimes record them. I don't remember the machine that cut the 78's very well - but I've seen pictures of it, and it is vaguely familiar.
He saved thirty-two 78 home recorded records, in 3 albums. We've digitized them for you. Some of the records are not in good shape. Some of the recordings have a lot of hiss and pop. But SOME of them are amazingly good!
Morrie Crawford often recorded the HSQ when they played at our house. At first he used a machine that cut 78's, and later both my brother and I remember the fancy AMPEX tape recorder we had. Our Music Room's walls, ceilings, and doors were completely covered in acoustic tile—the kind with the little holes in it, and the microphone was suspended from the ceiling!
Morrie often let the recording continue between "takes". If you listen to the 4 (or 6) guys talk, you will hear them discuss all kinds of things - the Dodgers, golf, cars. And the rehearsals were far from perfect - you can hear random, "oops" here and there.
Mostly you hear them laugh and joke around. It seems like they had a great time.
- Listen to one of the many Train Wrecks - "DeeBahDah Bang! Bang! "
As Jack often said... "Peachy".
