ISW@uunet.UU.NET (02/21/91)
kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes: > This weekend I picked up at an auction a number of metal mothers and >stampers marked "Century Custom Recording Services-- Portsmouth VA." I >was able to make a fairly crude pressing from one of the stampers on a >biscuit I found in the closet, which seems to be a live recording of a >group calling themselves the New Hermaneutics, out of North Carolina. I'd >date the whole pile at 1967-1969 or so. Anyone ever heard of >the company? I looked in the Portsmouth phone book and saw nothing, and I >asked a couple of friends at local studios and had no luck. In desperation, >I post here. When I was in college, Century came around and recorded the band doing a concert. The guy used an Ampex 601 (or the stereo version, if it had a different number); don't remember what kind of mics. Anyway, as I remember, if he got something like 100 orders (at $15-20 each), Century would make a pressing. I still have mine; the cover "art" is generic, with an overprint of the school-specific stuff. The recording's quality is at least as good as the source material warrants 8^). I believe Century did a lot of this sort of thing. Isaac isw@cup.portal.com