Producer’s note
Many of these recordings date from the earliest days of electrical recording which only beganin 1925. Although the system was perfected within a very few years and ultimately was a vastimprovement over the previous ‘acoustic’ process, some of the discs from 1925 and 1926 seemto have been recorded at an excessively low level, resulting in a weak signal that can becomeseriously compromised by the inevitable surface noise of shellac discs. This, coupled with thedifficulty of finding pristine copies of the original discs, has meant that several sides are noisierthan one would have hoped. In addition, Murdoch’s first electrical session of 23 November 1925suffers from both a ‘boxy’ acoustic and an out-of-tune piano. In the interests of preserving theserare discs it seems better to include everything rather than just the best of them and I hopecollectors can hear past these defects and enjoy the very musical playing of this almost forgottenartist. (APR / Michael Spring)