About the Tiffany Transcriptions

16 inch Tiffany Transcription Disc

The Tiffany Transcriptions, recorded in San Francisco between 1946 and 1947 are some of the most revered recordings, of any type of music, ever made.

The Tiffany Transcriptions were designed to be  pre-recorded (transcribed) radio shows of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, hosted locally by radio stations across America.

This website tells the history of these legendary recordings and other related information about Bob Wills and his years in California. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys recorded over 458 individual recordings for the Tiffany Music Company of Oakland, California.  This number includes false starts, incomplete takes, mic checks, intros and outros, etc. There were more that 360 complete takes recorded.

Learn why Cliff Sundin, one of the founders of the Tiffany transcription said: “To me it’s a page in my life I’d like to forget.”   Start the story here.

The Tiffany Transcriptions, recorded in San Francisco between 1946 and 1947 are some of the most revered recordings, of any type music, ever made.

The Tiffany Transcriptions were designed to be  pre-recorded (transcribed) radio shows of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, hosted locally by radio stations across America.

This website tells the history of these legendary recordings and other related information about Bob Wills and his years in California. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys recorded over 458 individual recordings for the Tiffany Music Company of Oakland, California.  This number includes false starts, incomplete takes, mic checks, intros and outros, etc. There were more that 360 complete takes recorded. Learn why Cliff Sundin, one of the founders of the Tiffany transcription said: “To me it’s a page in my life I’d like to forget.”

Start the story here.